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New Additions to My Player Collections

March 9th, 2010Posted by Joey

As most of you know I am collecting the cards of former Texas Longhorn and current Texas Ranger Taylor Teagarden along with Longview Texas native Chris Davis who is also a Ranger. Most of my player collections involve and attempt to acquire every card issued of the player. I believe I will never be able to Touch’em All as there are way to many 1 of 1 cards not too mention I don’t have an unlimited budget. That said I am still going to try and get as close as I can.

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Ian Kinsler Rounding the Bag Part Two

August 17th, 2009Posted by Joey

I picked up the three Ian Kinsler cards above with a credit that I still had over on Sportlots a few weeks ago. Two of the cards represent the first Walmart Black Border and Target Retro Gray Back cards I have picked up. The third is a nice 2009 SPX card.
It didn’t dawn on me [...]

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The Menacing Gaze of Ivan Rodriguez

July 21st, 2009Posted by Joey

I remembered that I still had a couple of dollars of credit over at Sportlots from a previous transaction so I logged on the other day and shopped for some new Ivan Rodriguez cards. I got side tracked on Ian Kinsler cards in the process so I only managed to pick up one Pudge card [...]

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Topps All Star Rookie Additions

May 19th, 2009Posted by Joey

Getting back to the package my good buddy Dennis sent me we have some of my favorite baseball cards in all of cardboard land. For longer than I can remember I have had an unwavering affection for the Topps All Star Rookies with the trophies on the front. Dennis sent me twenty-nine in his latest [...]

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Ian Kinsler Rounding the Bag

May 12th, 2009Posted by Joey

 
My good buddy Dennis sent me another package that I received yesterday and as usual it was packed with good stuff. Dennis has been a big help for the Touch’em All Project as he seems to always send me stuff for active collections I am working on.
 
This Kinsler card is one that stood out [...]

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2007 Turkey Red Carlos Lee Short Print

April 26th, 2009Posted by Joey

 
One of the sets I have been working on for way to long is the 2007 Turkey Red set including the Ad Back Variations. It has been too long since I made a dent in this collection. The other day a seller on Ebay had three of the short prints that I needed for my [...]

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Mail Day Pudge-Kinsler Style

April 21st, 2009Posted by Joey

 
It had been awhile since I worked on my player collections and it was time to make some more progress on Touch’em All. I had sold a few cards and had some money in my Paypal account so I went on over to Sportlots to look for some Ivan Rodriguez and Ian Kinsler cards I [...]

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2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Football Blaster Break

February 17th, 2009Posted by Joey

 
You may remember from a previous post of mine about Masterpieces Football that I really enjoyed it and was planning on building the set. I haven’t done much to complete the Touch’em All quest of building the set but today I have a blaster box to help in that endeavor. The blaster contains 6 packs [...]

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Mail Day From Chris’s Collecting and Sports Corner

February 15th, 2009Posted by Joey

I was wrapped up in some paperwork and card sorting this weekend and completely forgot about the mail. Tucked between some bills and advertisements was an envelope from Chris in Pennsylvania. Enclosed were Ivan Rodriguez, Ian Kinsler and Michael Young.
 
As most of you know I am trying to get every Ivan Rodriguez and Ian Kinsler [...]

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My First 2009 Topps Pack of the Year

February 10th, 2009Posted by Joey

 
Its late and I am tired but I can’t wait any longer to open the two 2009 Topps Baseball packs I picked up a few days ago. I was really hoping to open a blaster of Topps before I bought any packs but I have yet to see a Topps Blaster. So, here we go.
 
The [...]

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The New Teagardens Are Here

January 20th, 2009Posted by Joey

 
I received an email a couple of weeks ago from blog reader Grant asking me if I wanted his 2008 TriStar Taylor Teagarden. I told him I did even though I usually didn’t buy unlicensed products so he sent it my way along with a few more cards. I didn’t realize the TriStar card was [...]

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A Package from the Cardboard Junkie

January 8th, 2009Posted by Joey

 
I got this package in the mail several days ago but I am just now getting around to sharing it with you. A big ‘ol chest bump goes out to Dayf of Cardboard Junkie for sending me a total of 40 Ivan Rodriguez cards and a Turkey Red Ian Kinsler card for my player collections. [...]

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50th Anniversary All-Star Rooks

January 6th, 2009Posted by Joey

Just a quick update on a little progress I made in my quest to acquire all 110 cards from the 2008 Topps 50th Anniversary All-Star Rookies insert set. I have slowly been working on this since they came out. I would have normally put a big dent in it by now but I didn’t really [...]

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Masterpieces in My Stocking

December 27th, 2008Posted by Joey

 
I had let just about anyone that asked me the question, what did I want for Christmas know that I would really enjoy some 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces Football for Christmas. My youngest daughter tried to get me a couple of blasters but all of the big box stores near us were out. Not to [...]

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Give me Two More All-Star Rookies Please

December 26th, 2008Posted by Joey

 
I have spent a little time and money lately getting back to my favorite insert set of 2008, the Topps 50th Anniversary All-Star Rookies. I picked up these two for a dollar each with the two Teagardens from the previous post. You know me, I like to combine shipping on Ebay.
 
Jay Payton was voted [...]

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