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Tag: Minor League Cards

CollectingPosted onSeptember 5, 2020September 13, 2020

Just A Break

It’s Saturday. The ladies are down for a nap, I got the yard done already, and I’m settling in to watch the Athletes take on…

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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 onDecember 31, 2018July 8, 2019

Brubaker’s Dozen Finds of Ebay: #1 A White Whale

*cues up Europe* THIS IS THE FINAL [post in the] COUNTDOWN!!!! Let’s cap off the Brubaker’s Dozen with my most epic eBay pickup of the…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 11, 2018July 9, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: A Superb Surprise!

If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that I hit the score of the year last week, rather unexpectedly. I’m itching to post about…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 6, 2018July 10, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: Johnny’s Trading Spot

Whoa. I’d forgotten all about this one. Back in May, Johnny sent me a whopper of a package filled with fantastic new Astros cards. Get…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 5, 2018July 8, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: I Waited Until Almost Next Year

Back in May, Tom of Waiting ’til Next Year sent out several boxes around the blogosphere while trying to clear out some of his extra…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 14, 2018July 9, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: D’oh!

“Hello again.”  The voice comes forth graveled and ominous. “Remember me?”I shrink in mild terror. Oh no, I f*cked up, I think, as my brain…

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CollectingPosted onJuly 26, 2018July 9, 2019

Belated Trades: Recapping Some Cards from Ryan

It’s almost the end of June, so let’s take a quick look at my blogging progress this year. Here’s how many posts I’ve gotten up…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 5, 2018July 9, 2019

Tomorrow’s Heroes Of Yesteryear!

Time for another post featuring some of last year’s pickups. I guess that makes this title more apropos than I thought. Back in May, I’d…

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AutographsPosted onMay 17, 2015July 13, 2019

Feb 28 Card Shop Minors

In my post about what I thought was the final LCS in Houston closing, I mentioned that just days later I discovered another shop, thanks…

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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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