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Fixed Email

A quick apology, mostly to Greg, but also to anyone else that's tried to email me recently at this domain. Apparently, in a fit of spam-related rage, I turned on some ridiculously strict anti-spam measures. I had SpamAssassin set at a 2 (1-10, 1 being the strictest),...

Andrew Miller – Rookie Auto

So, I did something I don't normally do. I picked up a pre-Red Sox card for a player that may or may not even have a spot in the rotation this year. It was $0.99 with free shipping and I figured "why not". Normally I wouldn't have bothered, but on autographs I'm...

Trade with Ben at BaseballCardsRule

So, after I had posted the tradebait from the Tristar Show last month, Ben from Baseball Cards Rule gave me a buzz and was interested in a couple cards. We had actually met up with Ben before the show and had some breakfast. It was great to meet a fellow blogger in...

Penny Auction

I've got an active search saved on eBay for anything containing the words "Red Sox" and "lot" and starting at $0.01, not exceeding $1.00. I won just such an auction last week, spending a whopping $0.02, and it just showed up the other day. I got a couple duds, but for...

Back Story

I'm assuming by now that my old readers, my college and high-school friends, have all but given up on me and that my new readers, my baseball card bloggers, have no idea this isn't a 100% card blog. It wasn't always this way. Before 2011 there wasn't a single mention...

New Collection

I took some time today to think about whether I'm a player collector or a team collector. Technically, all my player cards are members of the same team, or have been, or would eventually be. Does having an Adrian Gonzalez rookie make me a Gonzo collector, or a Red Sox...