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Recent content by Topnotchsy
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2026 (!) Goals
A lot has changed in my life in the last few years. I've had to sell quite a bit, including some items that I really never expected to let go. THe general categories have been long-time focuses, the bold is more focused on this year. 1) I want to try and sell items that are in the collection...- Topnotchsy
- Post #26
- Forum: Baseball
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Whose cards will be more valuable in the future Mantle vs Jordan? (Warning: Rage bait)
Right now, basketball is an international sport in a way that baseball just is not. I don't know whether that will remain that way in the future, but it feels like the Jordan brand (how well known he is, how iconic he is etc) is so much bigger than Mantle that I can't see it changing.- Topnotchsy
- Post #6
- Forum: Baseball
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RIP MagicPapa!!
Man, that's awful to hear. Not sure that I ever interacted directly with Michael, but he was one of those people who just made the places he was a happier, nicer, friendlier place. Been on message boards with him probably for a couple of decades, and he always spread joy. He will be missed.- Topnotchsy
- Post #5
- Forum: Baseball
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March 2025 Pickups
Got something a little different. Many of you may recognize the characters from Charlotte's Web, one of the classic children's books of the last 100 years. The illustrator of that book was Garth Williams, who also illustrated Stuart Little, The Little House on the Prairie series and dozens of...- Topnotchsy
- Post #19
- Forum: Baseball
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March 2025 Pickups
Been a big, big month for pickups. First we have a couple of lineup card pairs:\ - 1963 World Series Game 3. Don Drysdale pitched a 3-hitter - 9/25/1956 - Sal Maglie No-Hitter. Jackie Robinson's final career 2B- Topnotchsy
- Post #16
- Forum: Baseball
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January 2025 Arrivals
Sorry for the extra work. Was a mistake that I edited.- Topnotchsy
- Post #44
- Forum: Baseball
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January 2025 Arrivals
Excited to pick up this photo of the Cleveland Buckeyes. Different sources have it as from 1946 and others 1947. In 1947, the team lost to the NY Cubans in the ***** League World Series. Key players include future Brave and ROY Sam Jethroe, catcher Quincy Trouppe and others.- Topnotchsy
- Post #37
- Forum: Baseball
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2024 Hobby Goals: Year in Review
Crazy to look back at a year, especially one as intense as this past year was for me. Lots going on in the personal life, and was forced to sell a lot to provide a hobby budget, but looking back, I was able to acquire some absolute centerpiece items for my PC. 1) I want to try and sell items...- Topnotchsy
- Post #21
- Forum: Baseball
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2025 Collecting Goals
Super fun looking back at old threads. Not sure why I didn't participate the first few years, but even so, I've been posting for decade in these threads. 1) Items of the major integrators (Jackie, Campanella, Newcombe, Larry Doby etc) from before they made the MLB. In particular I would love...- Topnotchsy
- Post #21
- Forum: Baseball
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Congrats to Dave Parker and Dick Allen on finally making it to the HALL OF FAME!
I guess comes down to how you measure HOF candidacy. I'm definitely biased towards modern metrics but I cannot fathom why people think Parker is a deserving HOF. Parker had a .290 lifetime batting average, but a very underwhelming .339 OBP. He had some power, but not a ton of power. BR has him...- Topnotchsy
- Post #10
- Forum: Baseball
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December 2024 Arrivals
He's not a name that the average fan knows about, but Willard Brown was one of the great homerun hitters in the ***** Leagues and Puerto Rican Leagues and was voted to the Hall of Fame in 2006. Additionally, Willard Brown was one of a very small number of black players to play in the Majors in...- Topnotchsy
- Post #4
- Forum: Baseball
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November 2024 Arrivals
In my integration collection, an area of particular focus are the players who crossed the color barrier, from their days in the ***** Leagues. I've been able to acquire some amazing Campanella pieces previously, including a couple of Minor League contracts, a team signed Minor League photo...- Topnotchsy
- Post #46
- Forum: Baseball
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2024 MLB Awards thread
I don't know why MLB does this. If they did everything on one day, they could make a big event out of it. As is, it's almost an afterthought, released in a trickle a couple of weeks after the WS.- Topnotchsy
- Post #2
- Forum: Baseball
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September 2024 Arrivals
Couple of really cool pickups for 2 areas of my collection: 1) 1935 Browns lineup card. The players in the lineup are not particularly memorable, but the player/manager, who signed the bottom right corner is. Rogers Hornsby was one of the few managers who are in the Hall of Fame, and who I've...- Topnotchsy
- Post #15
- Forum: Baseball
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