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Free Baseball Card Money, Why Not?
Oh, is this yours?If you have not yet posted a guess in the Great Griffey Frankenset $5 COMC credit giveaway, go now! It ends tonight (Thursday 10/15) at 5:00pm. Free money for cards, people! And if...
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The Great Griffey Frankenset: Page 1
Welcome to the first of many Griffey Frankenset Fridays! This is a new feature I will try to keep going for as long as possible. Sadly it is not going to last forever - even a player as mass-produced...
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Griffey Frankenset Giveaway Results
Earlier this week I announced a contest which can be found here. And in case you haven't seen it, the inaugural post of the Great Griffey Frankenset has gone live here. This is the results post. Here...
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Wallet Card Wednesday: Drink Responsibly Edition
A guy I know made some bad decisions a few months ago. He did some drinking then decided to drive home. Before he knew it, fate and a somewhat impaired sense of direction had led him onto the longest...
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The Bo Box Comes to Life: a Trade Post
Bo, blogger, collector, and fellow Wallet Card enthusiast, sent me a jaw-dropping box of '89 Donruss and other goodies that rivals the biggest trade packages I've ever received. Really, it was just too...
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The Great Griffey Frankenset: Page 2
Welcome to The Great Griffey Frankenset!If you're not familiar with the idea of a Frankenset, it is a customized set of cards properly sequenced by card number that all tie into a connecting theme....
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2003 E-X: Backdoor Beauty
E-X, once the admiral of acetate, was starting to show its age in 2003. The cards were still cool, but the printing methods, materials, and die-cutting that made this brand a collector darling in the...
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500th Post Giveaway!
According to Blogger, this is post #500 of The Junior Junkie. I noticed it coming a few weeks ago and just happened to check it the other day when it was at 498. Phew - almost missed it.Anyway,...
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Wallet Card Wednesday: Fat Rabbit Edition
If you read this blog regularly, you probably know that my wife and I are expecting a baby in March. You may not know that we already have a pair of fur babies: a dog and a bunny. Getting the dog to...
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The Great Griffey Frankenset: Page 3
Welcome to The Great Griffey Frankenset!If you're not familiar with the idea of a Frankenset, it is a customized set of cards properly sequenced by card number that all tie into a connecting theme....
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500th Post Giveaway Results!
We have a winner!Before I reveal the winner's name, I'd like to write a little something here that many folks will no doubt skip right over (which I get - I've done it, too). There are two reasons for...
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Ken Griffey, Jr. Baseball Card Cameos: the Canonical List
I've been working on this list for a few years now, and it's finally ready to post. Welcome to the online database of Ken Griffey, Jr. baseball card cameos!A cameo is just what it sounds like, a player...
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The Great Griffey Frankenset: Page 4
Welcome to The Great Griffey Frankenset! If you're not familiar with the idea of a Frankenset, it is a customized set of cards properly sequenced by card number that all tie into a connecting theme....
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Take Five: a Multi-Dude Trade Post
I came up with a new system for streamlining trade posts, and I did such a great job that I lost all my scans for a while there. Luckily I found the folder I'd hidden them in (which I'd named "trade...
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For He is Nate, Master of the Oddball: a Trade Post
Nate, a reader from Minnesota, sent me two trade packages loaded with amazing oddballs. It's no secret that I'm crazy about oddballs. At the family reunion that is Griffey cardboard, oddballs are the...
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Adam's All-Star Oddballs: a Trade Post
I can't say I always know what I'm looking at when it comes to oddballs. I have hundreds of them, some very similar to one another with minor differences, some completely off-the-wall with nothing in...
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May the Blues Be With You: a Trade Post
Hockey is not popular in New Orleans, and it never will be. I say this with confidence because I live here, and I am a huge exception. Having been to one hockey game (Blues vs. Blue Jackets) in my...
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Wallet Card Wednesday: No. Just No. Edition
No.As in "no" amount of Ketchup or Sweet Bay Ray's made this seem OK.
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