Mail Day: Reading Phillies & Lehigh Valley IronPigs Team Sets
Two additions to the minor league team sets came in today. I’m on a slow burn to get a complete Phillies minor league team set…set (and I’m picking up Pawtucket Red Sox team sets as I see them, because they…
Mail Day: Mike Schmidt PC Additions
I haven’t added any cards to my Mike Schmidt collection, which I’ve been growing and holding on to since the early 80’s. Most of the cards I got were newer. The only two career-era cards I picked up were the…
Incoming Mail: February’s Going to Be a Big Month for the Collection
I may or may not have gone on a wildly ill-advised eBay shopping spree. Went a little bonkers. Grabbed two small lots of ’61 Topps base set. I’ve decided to start building the set. Found a good deal on a…
Stumbled Across Pack-Pulled Mike Trout & Bryce Harper Pre-Rookies
I decided to cheat a little bit on the $50 challenge. I decided to go through the books of cards I’ve gotten in the last few years to put together a modern shipment for Comc. In my minor league…
New Stadium Visit: Croke Park (Dublin, IE) Home of the Gaelic Athletic Association
Stadium: Croke Park Location: Dublin, IrelandSport: Gaelic Athletic AssociationOccupant: GAA, Dublin GAAHome of the All-Ireland Finals Slainte and very welcome greetings from Dublin friends and fellow collectors. My partner and Amanda and I are currently in the middle of our…
Some Exciting Updates
There’s been a lot going on here at the corner of Ashburn Alley & Yawkey Way. Collections wise, we’ve been relatively quiet. I’ve had a couple returns come in for the Phillies Frankenset that I haven’t posted, including Ramon Aviles,…
Providence Bruins Meet the Team Night & Catching Up
Tonight was Meet the Team night at Dunkin Donuts Center for the Providence Bruins. The majority of the roster was in attendance signing autographs. The two noticeable exceptions I picked up were Chris Breen and Cameron Hughes. Hughes we heard…
Set Review: 1990 ProCards Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons
Grades Quality: B Design: BStar Power: C Collectiblity: B Intangibles: B Overall: C Value: $5This is the standard bearer set for peak-hobby minor league card design. The 1990 ProCards set is full of stars and the design hints at some…
Mail Day And Also The Time I Did Play By Play for Shonie Carter’s Pro Wrestling Debut (With a Tony Atlas Cameo)
I’ve been on a team set splurge lately. I’m working on collecting all the Phillies AAA team sets. It started when I refound my ’88 Maine Phillies team set and saw a good deal on the ’87 Maine Guides set. …
Set Review: 1988 CMC Maine Phillies Team Set Review
GradesQuality: BDesign: A-Star Power: DCollectiblity: DIntangibles: COverall: CValue: $3A subtitle for this review could have been “A Great Design Thoroughly Wasted”. TCMA/CMC released minor league sets in the 80’s. 1987 appeared to be the last year under the TCMA banner and…
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