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2026 National Free Signer - Geovany Soto - Geovany Soto was the next free signer at this year's National. I had sent most of his cards to Max over the years, but was still able to find a couple to ...
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251 - DAN GLADDEN, TIGERS, OF - *The basics: *Dan Gladden appears with the Tigers after his first year in Detroit. He signed as a free agent after five previous seasons with the Twins...
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It's my blog dammit - One thing I still haven't been able to get into my head with this blog, even decades in, is that it's *my *blog. You'd think I'd know that by now. I c...
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Musically shaped cards - *Music-themed die-cut cards!* I don't try to collect them all, rather it's one of those *type* collections where I just try to get one representative fro...
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Casing the Joint: Planning For The National - At the outset of the year I set out to plan the perfect trip the National.2 days ago
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topps overcorrected a bit - after missing out on a team break for the inaugural release of topps chrome platinum anniversary in 2021, i joined a team break of the 2022 release, and wa...
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Monday's are for eBay Purchases. - Well, summer is over, and I'm back to work again. It's not all terrible (I do love teaching), but work definitely eats into my blogging time here! In add...
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Accidentally Left Out - Friday's post celebrated *The Collector's 10th Anniversary*. I didn't have time to open up the 1986 Topps rack pack he included in the care package. Toda...
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400th Post - I've reached another milestone here at Nine Pockets: *400 blog posts! * Because I add content here each Sunday, 400 posts means this blog has been roll...
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AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THIS DILEMMA EXPERIENCE PART II - In my last post I had a dilemma involving if I should do a set that I think I could finish within a short span if I ...1 week ago
About Me
- Rod (Padrographs)
- Portland, OR, United States
- I am a Navy brat who went to 10 schools in 12 years in 4 different states. I have lived in 7 different states. I read two or 3 books a week. I manage a used bookstore for the county library system.
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I got some packs for Christmas (because I bought them) and opened them. I got a few Padres cards and a bunch of other things. I am open... -
I was inspired by Gavin's 1991 Musicards . I wondered who wasn't in that set that I thought should be. So I took some insp... -
The Player: Dave Giusti The Card: 1969 Topps #98 How I got the card: I bought the card on eBay. About the Player: Giusti never played for t... -
Goose Gossage took it to the competition. He had ten votes, while poor Carmelo only got one vote and the etopps card of Xavier Nady got s... -
On November 13, 1989, David Francis Dravecky announced his retirement from Major League Baseball. I didn't see the announcement but was... -
I went sorting through my stuff today and sorting it. I found a bunch of stuff I thought you all might want. First come, first served. Plea... -
This is a battle for spot number sixty-seven. A Hall of Famer in an Archives product, a member of the 1986 team set and Xavier Nady on the ... -
As Jafronius pointed out the Whitson card he fits in the frame nicely. Trevor P dropped by to break the tie, so onto the next battle. It is... -
Dave Kingman was always one of my favorite players. He is from a small town in Eastern Oregon. In 1977 Dave embarked on a tour of major lea...
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I picked up three more 1963 Astronaut cards. I now have twelve of the fifty-five cards, 22% of the set. I am trying now to get the indi...
