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Baseball Card Stories

Baseball Cards on Box Bottoms

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Scott

Well before there were baseball card “hobby boxes”, there were just baseball card boxes.  If you were lucky to have enough money to buy a whole box, or you knew a card shop or candy shop owner who would give … Continue reading →

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You Won’t Believe This Story

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Scott

This is a true story that happened to me recently. I have many of the baseball cards between 1980 and today, but don’t have many cards prior to that time span. I have a dozen or so cards from the … Continue reading →

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Your Worst Trade?

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Scott

I was just reminiscing about some of my older cards and sets and thought about a few of the trades I had made when I was younger. I’ve made some square deals, and some lopsided (in both directions) trades. For … Continue reading →

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Unopened Baseball Card Boxes

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Scott

There was a story in today’s Wall Street Journal about preserved and unopened baseball card boxes from the 1950s, 1960′s, and 1970′s. The story basically hinged on the fact that certain collectors or maybe more appropriately, investors, purchased boxes of … Continue reading →

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Switch Pitcher?

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Scott

This post isn’t card related, but assuming you are a baseball fan, you have to see this.  Have you ever seen a switch pitcher?  Well, you’re about to.  The Staten Island Yankees, the NY-Penn League A Affiliate of the New York … Continue reading →

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Nicknames on Baseball Cards

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Scott

Interesting article on MLB.com about Hall of Famers with “fowl”nicknames.  It would be interesting to see how many of these Hall of Famers with birds in their nicknames have baseball cards that actually show their nicknames.   You would think that … Continue reading →

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