Royals and Randoms

 ...I got my bowl ready. We got Fun Dips, too!

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Hello friends..... I bet you thought I was dead!  I'm not....but you can always hope.  :-) I'm back because I have been perusing Craigslist and Facebook for cheap card lots recently.�...

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What's this?  A new post?  Don't get used to it.  ;-)   Perusing Facebook Marketplace last Saturday night, I came across a new ad.  A guy was trying to sell a medium flat-rate box of card...

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Word on Twitter tonight was that SOME Ebay accounts (not all) were getting a coupon for $25 off a $25 purchase (before shipping + tax).   Coupon Code is : HAPPY25 Put some item in your cart...

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  I have done a pretty good job of staying AWAY from the Ebay during quarantine, but during a little browsing the other night, this caught my eye.  It's got TWO Iowa State guys in Montgome...

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   I think Paul Maholm is ready for a breakout season.

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*If cards continue out the wazoo for more than four hours, please consult your physician. But seriously, people out there have been really generous lately. Like, shockingly generous (if that is...

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Jason Giambi He's really cleaned himself up since his days with the A's.

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Yep.  He sure is.

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Utz is a Pennsylvania-based snack company.  I have no idea what their stuff tastes like (do any of you?), but I hope they stay in business because they have the only Food-Issue card set this...

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This showed up in my mailbox yesterday via a PWE trade on the TCDB .  And all it cost me was a few recent Topps cards and a stamp! Career Stats on these guys: Pat Darcy: 0 WAR Hank Webb:...

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I have been doing almost all of my trading lately on the Trading Card Database .  With my limited time and trading inventory now, I've got to be a little more surgical in what I am giving an...

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This picture shows cards #156 and #157 from 2003 Bowman.  Why are these cards significant? The first correct answer wins: the satisfaction of a job well done! 😁 Bonus points: Post a lin...

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The end of the month brought with it another end -- the blogging career of Area 40 / JBF / Wes Moore .  From his send-off card cornucopia, he sent me one hit...it's a jersey card of my favorit...

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...Football, that is.  🏈 Came across these guys.  Not too shabby for having forgotten about them!! Have you found any forgotten cards lately?

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The Sheep have come home to roost!  I want to thank everyone for entering the contest this year -- I was hoping for 40 entries...and we got 74!  This is one where having more people makes...

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The response from the card community to this year's Baseball Sheep contest has been AWESOME.  We already have more entries this time than we did in the last iteration.  Remember that the de...

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IT'S BACK. In 2014 I ran a little contest called "Baseball Sheep " - we got 34 entrants, answered some fun questions, gave out some prizes, and had ourselves a ball.  LET'S DO IT AGAIN!! ...

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I hadn't seen these mentioned on the blogs yet, so I figured I'd post about it. My wife tossed me this box after she had finished her cereal.  The back of Grape-Nuts (or "grape-nuts" as it i...

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2014 Panini Immaculate - Frank White Autograph - #/99 I must admit, I'm a "White Guy". Now, that's not saying anything about the pigments of my epidermis, but rather, my fandom for Royals...

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Back in late July I made a purchase from "Erik's Fire Sales" on Twitter (@EriksFire )...well it was really a large quantity of very small purchases.  He was posting tons of cards for sale, and y...

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Longtime blogger (and new Twitter Buddy ) Jon from A Penny Sleeve For Your Thoughts went on a generosity streak after finding a ton of Topps Buybacks for sale.  He asked me if I wanted some. ...

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The '90s were a weird time.

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I recently got a stuffed mailer from JP at Cards My Mom Didn't Throw Out .  If you have Diamondbacks cards to spare (especially Steve Finley, Paul Goldschmidt, and Luis Gonzalez) make sure yo...

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