carl yastrzemski

6 min read 2022-01-03 07:48:00

I love The 80s - 1982 Boston Red Sox

This is a series of posts on a 1980's Frankenset. Each page features a different team, with 9 of my personal favorite cards from that year's team.

3 min read 2021-04-01 21:00:00

Today is Opening Day. It's been a while since I've been able to say that in the month of April. In both 2018 and 2019, the season began in the last

15 min read 2020-08-21 11:47:30

In 1999 Nike came out with a clever commercial featuring Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Mark McGwire and Heather Locklear. Rather than pay attention to

6 min read 2020-07-08 06:29:00

I am not a dedicated player collector because it doesn't fit into how I view baseball and how my collection reflects the history of baseball. Set

12 min read 2019-10-13 07:49:00

Playoff baseball affords such a great opportunity to get a bunch of posts hammered out. In past years I've gotten some big organization projects

4 min read 2019-09-19 22:06:06

There has not been much to cheer about at the friendly confines of Fenway Park this season, with elimination from playoff contention looming ever

1 min read 2019-08-12 23:26:08

I was sitting at my desk sorting cards and labeling items yesterday when I cane across a four 1969 Topps checklists featuring Mickey Mantle. I

$A Sox team set of 2005 Topps Retired refractors$ 3 min read 2019-07-12 05:37:00

My collecting habits don't typically including going after team sets, but it is neat to realize you've knocked off an entire team from a set you're

3 min read 2019-03-12 06:20:00

My haul from this past weekend's card show was pretty much evenly split between cards for my collection (pictured left) and cards picked up with

3 min read 2019-02-25 07:40:00

Last week I survived that popular ritual of 50-somethings everywhere, the colonoscopy.I know that just made a young person squirm. Good. That's why I