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June Pickups

With June we saw Tier 1 pop up on the grid and I, like most of you, "like" Tier 1 but don't really plan on buying much of it. The very concept of "4 cards in a box" just rubs me the wrong way. Buying 1 of those cards off the poor sucker that bought said box however,...

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Astros Game

I've had my family in town all week, they came in for the 4th and to spend time with their grand-daughter. She's loved every minute of it because Grandma and Grandpa spoil her rotten, as they should. The wife and I always try to come up with interesting things to do...

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Trade with NightOwl

Small yellow envelopes are now officially my favorite thing to see in the mailbox. Not that I had a previous favorite thing in the mailbox, because my electric bill certainly doesn't qualify, but you know what I mean. Last week I worked out my first trade with...

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Outgoing

Just an fyi, 13601 and 36695, you packages went out yesterday. You should have them tomorrow or Monday.

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Bargin Box Win

Has anyone else noticed the crazy stuff that's starting to sneak into the "value" box as Target and/or Walmart? Maybe it's just my Target, because I've never heard of anyone else running across stuff like this. From the same store that continuously supplies me my...

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June’s Break Loot

So, Matt over at Cardboard Conundrum was having a huge break this month and I jumped in hoping to finish off my sets for 2012 so far, which I did. Topps Series 1, Series 2, Archives and Gypsy Queen are now, as they say, in the books. Well, as far as base cards go....

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YYYOOOOOUUUUUKKKKK

WHY?!?! What's next, let Papi walk, trade Ellsbury and resign Daisuke?!?! WTF front office. WTF. I mean, I know he's hurt 95% of the time, but damn, his OBP is ridiculous. Hasn't Ben read Moneyball. What does Youk do? He gets on base. All. The. Time. Come on! At least...

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Blog Housekeeping

Not that it affects any of you in any way, but my last post was #1750. That's not a significant number outside of it being just something I wanted to point out. After 1750 posts, and 12 years, for the first time I'm turning on page caching. That's a good thing. I got...

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Series 2 Hobby Box

So, when my wife asked me what I wanted for Father's Day, 3 things entered my mind. A steak, Uncharted 3, and some baseball cards. I've already had my steak, and Uncharted 3 is on it's way via Amazon. The Series 2 hobby box she got me however, showed up early, and she...

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Trade Bait Update

As I mentioned last week, I was doing a bit of scanning and finally got around to updating my trade bait gallery. It's now up to date with things from the couple trade bait drafts I was in earlier this year (with more on the way from Greg - *poke*), my 2nd teams from...

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