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The Secret of 1998 SP Authentic
This first year of SP Authentic must have been wild for those first few box breakers. A radically under-designed base set, an autographed card in (almost) every box, and the most prolific exchange card...
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Top 30 Griffey Acquisitions of 2017 Part 1: #21-30
Hi! Miss me? I missed you! But regardless of how far-removed from card blogging I get, I will always, ALWAYS make my Top 30 post because I am still always getting new Griffeys.This year was weird. It...
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Top 30 Griffey Acquisitions of 2017 Part 2: #11-20
That last post was the first time in five months I’ve gotten to hit the Submit button, and it felt good. I’ll have to try and keep up with posting again. Not making any promises, of course. Have I...
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Top 30 Griffey Acquisitions of 2017 Part 3: The Top Ten
Three posts in a row! Don't worry - I didn't get fired or anything...Just about every year when I make this list there is a magic number of cards that could all have been number one; but as it’s a...
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Griffey on a Card With Diamonds: 1996 Pinnacle Zenith
While for the most part Zenith didn’t change all that much from the previous year, Pinnacle did turn up the heat a bit on their sophomoric super-premium set with the addition of two new parallels, one...
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You Are Not Even Going to Believe 1994 Dairy Queen Ken Griffey Jr. Golden...
Branded oddballs were everywhere in the early 90’s, and certain companies (Pepsi, Post, King B, Coca-Cola, etc.) were well-known for their oddballs. Then right in the middle of everything and for no...
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Let’s Talk About The Score Board, Inc.
Have you ever seen this logo? I bet you have…As I get more into autographs I’ve had to learn what to look for in terms of authenticity, value, and exactly what constitutes a “good deal.” Obviously I...
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The 20-Year Checklist: 8000 Days Later
I’ve been wanting to write this post for over three years (or almost 22 years, depending on how you look at it).You may have read a few years ago when I decided to complete the 1996 Beckett Ken...
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1998 SPx Finite Explained (Finally!)
In the late 90’s everybody was trying to re-invent base sets and infuriate set builders. Personally I think Donruss probably failed the most miserably at it, but Upper Deck was guilty, too. Just take a...
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The Great Griffey Generosity Project 18-Month Update
[Confession time: what you are about to read was written way back in June of 2018. Keep that in mind when I use words like “for the past 18 months” and “a few weeks ago.” I am slow on the blogging...
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1997 Pinnacle Inside: Get Thee to a Cannery
1997 Pinnacle Inside Can #8Pinnacle in 1997 was all about that metallic quirk. You had X-Press with their crazy Metal Works ingots, Mint with its coins including redemptions for legit solid gold coins,...
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Seamless: 1995 Pinnacle – Part 1
How have I not done a post about 1995 Pinnacle?There is no more characteristically 90’s a brand than Pinnacle, and their 1995 offering is about as ‘90’s as hella-ugly pants, Teenage Mutant Ninja...
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Seamless: 1995 Pinnacle – Part 2
Welcome back – let’s get to it.You’ve seen 12 Griffey base cards, but you know your boy totally counts cameos, right?1995 Pinnacle Sandy Alomar #39 (cameo)This is one of the first cameos of the Kid I...
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Six Poems About Baseball Cards
I....don't even know what to say about these things - I guess we all just get bored sometimes. Just be thankful I didn't include any of the NUMEROUS baseball card haikus I've penned over the years....
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Batman and Robin and 1991 Donruss
You've got to admit that first Tim Burton Batman movie was pretty solid. A couple years later Batman Returns (also Burton) came out, and despite being considerably sillier than its predecessor, I can...
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2005 Topps Turkey Red: Your Great-Great Grandfather Would Frickin Love These
Remember tobacco cards? Yeah, neither do I. They were way before my time and, more than likely, yours as well. But we’ve all seen them, and pretty much everybody loves them. The color, tasteful design,...
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2000 Ultra: More Stadium Club Than Stadium Club
In 1991 Topps gave us the first Stadium Club set and Fleer the first Ultra set. In 2000, amid bankruptcies and acquisitions and a whole lot of scaling back in general for many brands lucky enough to...
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Top 30 Griffey Acquisitions of 2018 Part 1: 21-30
It's that time again! Well, it was probably that time a few weeks ago, but I'm pretty used to running behind schedule nowadays.Anyhoo, it's time for my annual Top 30 Griffey Acquisitions list. This is...
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Top 30 Griffey Acquisitions of 2018 Part 2: 11-20
This was the year of the relic here at the Junior Junkie. There are a whopping 30 (yes, THIRTY) examples of things glued to cards in the total list. There were five in the last part, and three more in...
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Top 30 Griffey Acquisitions of 2018 Part 3: The Top Ten
Last year I made up some nonsense about these Top Acquisitions of the Year lists each having a “magic number,” that being the number of cards at the top that all would have made a perfectly reasonable...
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