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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Baseball's Top 5 Non-All-Stars (Hitting Edition)

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Some years, it doesn't take much to be an All-Star. Every team gets at least one rep, after all, even the crappy rebuilding franchises r...
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

1977 Chong Modesto A's Baseball #5, Ricky (Rickey) Henderson

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Today's hazy black-and-white set is an ugly duckling that became, at least for collectors, the beautiful swan. Many minor league collect...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Top Five Interesting Things About 1958 Topps

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1958 marks a point of significant transition for modern set design. Here are five things that distinguish this one for baseball fans and col...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

1969-70 Transogram Baseball Figures #5, Jose Cardenal

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Every now and then, a company produced actual baseball statues, just right for collectors to build little ballparks on their desks and bedro...
Friday, January 17, 2014

1921 W516-2-1, W516-2-2, and W516-2-3 Baseball #5, Ty Cobb

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I've written in the past about the strip cards dubbed W516, four classifying characters in a hobby whose apex of collectibles is the spr...
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Monday, January 6, 2014

1951 Packard Sports Library #5, Baseball's 1924 World Series (Giants vs. Senators)

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2014 marks two World Series "anniversaries" for John McGraw. First, it's been 110 years ago since he turned down a post-season...
Friday, December 20, 2013

Goudey's 1934 Big League Gum Baseball Trivia

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This post isn't trivia about a 1934 Goudey baseball set. This post is trivia FROM a 1934 Goudey baseball set. Already deep into that yea...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

A Closer Look at National Chicle's 1934-36 Diamond Stars Gum (and #5, Tom Bridges)

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I've been delving into old gum and candy companies for more than a month, reading from dusty online forums about All-Star Games and Worl...
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