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3 min read 2022-01-04 07:59:00

1998 Topps All-Star Rookie Left Handed Pitcher Jesús Sánchez

Jesús Sánchez, Pitcher for the Florida Marlins, should not be confused with Jesús Sánchez, outfielder for the Miami Marlins. For one

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

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 2021-12-02 08:06:00

Now's your inning, set the World (Series) on its ear! Set it spinning! That'll be just the beginning!No disrespect to the 2021 Comeback Players of

3 min read 2021-11-26 00:50:00

Listen: Anthony Gose has come unstuck in time.Gose has gone to sleep a Phillies' 2nd round pick as a speedy outfielder, and woken up 31 years of

4 min read 2021-04-06 04:56:00

There are players in Major League history with more eye-popping stats than infielder Miguel Cairo, but very few of them were unanimous selections for

6 min read 2021-04-05 06:05:00

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 2021-04-03 05:44:00

Oh don't mind me, just trying to finish last year's Heritage set. What's taking so long, you may rightly ask?Elvis has entered the building, but he

3 min read 2021-04-01 22:23:00

Rod Carew is an All-Star's All-Star. In 19 MLB seasons, Carew was an All-Star 18 times.Topps made Carew an All-Star Rookie, but he was also an

2 min read 2021-03-31 06:13:00

One of the worst things about taking so much time away from posting is that I neglected to properly thank folks that have sent cards to me over the

2 min read 2021-03-30 06:17:00

Bobby Smith, you say? Oh, he just made the Topps All-Star Rookie squad because he got the "Expansion Team Boost" you say. Oh, he was the

5 min read 2021-03-29 02:34:00

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

2 min read 2021-03-28 06:15:00

I had started to write several different introductions to this post - tying the new Topps online exclusive "Project 70" to the 1970s, but

2 min read 2021-03-27 05:17:00

One basketball great playing baseball, and one baseball great playing basketball. Like the post from yesterday, each of the cards shown in this post

3 min read 2021-03-26 06:47:00

Nothing fancy, just a post of some "recent" vintage (pre 1980) pickups!I found a seller on eBay that had some very sharp vintage. More

3 min read 2021-03-23 06:12:00

The unlikely path that lay before Magglio Ordóñez was that of a 15 year MLB veteran. He was a late bloomer who became a smash hit in two AL Central