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CollectingPosted onFebruary 20, 2021

Post-Apocalyptic Mail

It’s been one heck of a week down here in Texas, as you may have seen. We hit our lowest temperatures in over 30 years,…

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CollectingPosted onNovember 14, 2020

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. VI

Ooof, missed again. Let’s start this thing over, shall we? I have a sneaky suspicion I might actually be able to maintain a posting streak…

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CollectingPosted onNovember 1, 2020

Fall Back In The Saddle

Alright, here’s the goal: one small post a day in hopes of getting through all (most of?) the stuff that I have in the scan…

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AutographsPosted onOctober 28, 2020

Stop Doomscrolling and Write a Post Already

There’s been a lot going on. Duh. So it’s pretty easy to get sucked into Twitter (if that’s your thing – it’s mine, for better…

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UncategorizedPosted onOctober 12, 2020

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. IV

Alright, it’s time to whip up another of these posts. I’m sitting here watching us hit the crap out of the ball – right at the…

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UncategorizedPosted onJuly 25, 2020

Cards Upon Cards Upon Cards

I want to preface this post with a statement: I’m typing this while watching a real major league baseball game. That seems incredible. It’s not…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 26, 2020

Gritting It Out

Today found me trucking along rather well – we got out for a short drive to pick up coffee (to-go, of course) and tacos (also to-go)…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 11, 2020January 11, 2020

Johnny’s Trading Box!

Back in October, Johnny hit me with a box out of the blue – and not just a little box, either. This was a small…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 10, 2020

More Little Trades!

Alright, the third little batch of small TCDB trades has rolled in, which means I’m already starting to get behind on 2020. I guess I…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 24, 2019January 8, 2020

Peace on Earth, and Goodwill for Cards

It’s the end of the year, and I have a tremendous backlog of trades that need some posts of recognition. Those aren’t always necessary, but…

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Moonshots

A somewhat crazy list of cards and ephemera I want most.

  • 1939 Play Ball #130 (Wilbur) Bill Brubaker
  • A Jeff Bagwell printing plate
  • A Bill Brubaker on-card autograph (’39 or ’40 Play Ball)
  • A Nellie Fox autograph
  • Any of the original 1962 Phillips “Here Come the Colts” magazines
  • A complete run of the 1999 Astros season tickets, which celebrate the franchise history
  • An uncut sheet of the twelve 1967 team issued cards
  • A Colt .45s bobblehead
  • The “Streaking Orbit” bobblehead

Top Targets

A quick list of cards which are most desired at the moment, as dictated by random collecting whims.

  • 2018 Big League Gold Parallels: 86, 104, 304
  • 2019 Topps Chrome Refractors: 28, 62
  • 2019 Topps Fire Inserts
    En Fuego: Gurriel Gold Minted parallel
    Fired Up: Correa (+ Gold Minted parallel)
    Flamethrowers: Cole Blue Chip
    Max Velocity: Fisher Blue Chip parallel
  • 2018 Stickers: 14, 28, 37/40/57/67, 52, 64/141, 70, 86/196, 97/138/146/149, 114, 137, 159, 193, 236
  • 2019 Stickers: 7, 11, 12, 18/19, 34, 37, 45, 46/59/66/76, 49, 54, 56, 57/197, 61, 78, 82, 86, 99, 101, 102, 106, 107, 111, 115, 118, 128/130, 142, 149, 150, 155, 156, 162, 164, 166, 171, 179, 180, 182, 185, 196, 201, 204, 217, 220, 222, 224, 230, 231

Set Killers

A non-exhaustive list of cards that will finish Astros team sets for me. Assassins are most appreciated.

  • 1988 Donruss Baseball’s Best #150 Billy Hatcher
  • 1988 Fleer Star Stickers #88 Nolan Ryan
  • 1989 Topps Big #291 Scott Servais
  • 2000 Upper Deck Hitter’s Club #4 Craig Biggio
  • 2001 Topps Traded – Chrome #T96 Tim Redding
  • 2012 Allen & Ginter #345 Nolan Ryan
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