bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog

Before I begin, I'd like to dedicate this blog post to my grandmothers, Leonor Anama (nee Filoteo) and Gloria Y. Nichols. Both were born in February, Leonor on February 24, and Gloria on February...

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I should probably make more of an effort to post often. The comments I received were great and (ego...enough already...) After reading the comments on my last post, I think it would be best to ...

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The official Opening Day of Baseball Card Season was Wednesday, January 30, 2019. I would have been out there with the rest of the collecting world. Celebrating. Opening packs. Watching vid...

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The votes are in... MARIANO RIVERA 425 (100%); ROY HALLADAY 363 (85.4%); EDGAR MARTINEZ 363 (85.4%); MIKE MUSSINA 326 (76.7%); Curt Schilling 259 (60.9%); Roger Clemens 253 (59.5%); Barry Bo...

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When the announcement is made at 05:00 PM CST on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, to let the world know who has been inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame, I will be at home, again, getting ready to tr...

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I had this pack with me the last couple of days, but never got around to opening it. But it's Monday, a bit late in the afternoon, and I forgot to pack a lunch. Braving the elements and the singl...

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A Twitter discussion happened a few days ago regarding the status of blogging, specifically blogging about the Hobby. Is it still viable? Is it still popular? Are people still doing this? Or ...

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Today was a great day to be the parent of a Special Olympian. Quick backstory: My son has been a part of Special Olympics, representing his high school since his sophomore year. As a soph,...

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Work has been crazy busy as we headed into the New Year. I may have been with the food broker for a year, but I am still figuring things out and realizing that I still have a lot to learn about t...

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Happy New Year everyone. We are at my sister's house right now celebrating our family Christmas. The belief, my mom always says, is that your can have Christmas with your respective families,...

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It's 27 minutes before the 2018 ends here in the Central Time Zone. I'm drinking sparkling white grape juice before I break open a shot of Bailey's with Coffee (or is that supposed to be the othe...

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I swear, I am not going to turn this blog into an obituary column, although by my recent posts, it sure seems that way. I guess that's because I am getting older, and the people I looked up t...

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November 2 is traditionally All Souls Day. It is the day where we celebrate the lives of family and friends who have passed away. Many will go to cemeteries and pray, some may even picnic on the ...

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When Stuart Scott accepted the Jimmy V award at the 2014 Espy Awards, he said this: "When you die, that does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live ...

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It's almost an afterthought. I say almost because for many, the memories are still fresh in their minds. They're haunting. And I can only imagine that some still do not look forward to this day...

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Coinciding to my return to semi-active card blogging, allow me to enjoy today's big news. It's the middle of August. That means the preview of next year's Topps baseball cards should be coming ...

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Once again, thank you very much for following my journey on Saturday. I don't have much free time for myself now that I work two jobs and my weekends are spent at the pharmacy. Not complaining. T...

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We interrupt the lack of activity on this humble little blog to announce that today is National Baseball Card Day. I will be traveling to about four to five different card shops in the Chicagol...

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You're not familiar with the name Sensen Lin? Well, according to LinkedIn, Mr. Lin is the Vice President, Assistant General Council for GIC, an investment management company based in Singapore....

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After months of waiting...and waiting...and waiting... It's Baseball Season!!! Okay, so it happened yesterday. I had planned on writing this in the morning, but life happened. Twenty-...

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Growing up, there was no place I loved going to more than Toys "R" Us! (No, I can't do the reverse R, so I'm not going to even try). For a kid, it was every theme park, museum, and wonderland...

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After three years of spending St. Patrick's Day at home, enjoying corned beef with all of the fixings, and a nice glass of Irish Cream (or two...or more...), we're hitting the road, celebrating ...

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Between working with a food broker and a pharmacy (yes, they let me work with drugs), there really hasn't been much time to relax. Not complaining, but I haven't had a day off since January 1. Th...

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On April 15, 1997, MLB announced that it was going to retire the uniform #42 for all 28 teams in MLB in honor of Jackie Robinson. This meant that the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil ...

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January 31 was the start of the 2018 Baseball Card Season, and after two days of searching, (realistically, waiting for my paycheck) and watching all of the hits, sets, and cards that I am just d...

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