A highly respected slice of binary cream pie

By the time this posts I'll be on my way to the Tristar Sports Collectors show in Houston. I plan on feasting on massive amounts of penny boxes and cheap, worthless hits. I will gorge myself on cardboard, foil and sticker autos. I will, to borrow a phrase, "make it...

With 2012 Baseball cards about it kick off with Topps Series 1 here in a week or two, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at some of the products coming down the pipe in 2012. Taking a look at the lineup, I'm actually only excited about a couple products....

Well, technically Plaschke Thy Sweater is Argyle. Plaschke, the person, is Bill Plaschke, a sports writer for the LA Times. Argyle Sweater is a blog run by Greg, who is an awesome guy, and as far as I know, not Bill. That works out well for me since Bill Plaschke...

Sam posted his "Goals for the Tristar Show" yesterday and I thought I'd do the same. They're not quite as lofty as his (collect the signatures of an entire baseball team), but I think this show is a perfect opportunity to make great headway in a hobby I've really come...

I was happy to find a little present in my mailbox when I got home last night. It was my cards from Sam's Group Break last week. He busted a box of 2009 SP Authentic, 2009 UD Piece of History and a box of 2007 UD Artifacts. I, obviously, chose the Sox as my team and...

So, if you've been paying attention, you'd know that I've gone a little coo-coo for cocoa puff over 2008 Upper Deck X. I honestly have no idea why. I just like them. A lot. I like the card design, I like that the set isn't 7000+ cards (just 100 base!), I like that I...