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  1. Topnotchsy

    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.
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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...
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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
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    January 2025 Arrivals

    Sorry for the extra work. Was a mistake that I edited.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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    2017 Topps Gallery Yu Darvish Rainbow

    That's pretty awesome!
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    2024 Hobby goals

    I thought I had posted this year, but don't see my goals, so figure I'll post now. Bold is some of what I've done so far. For the most part my goals have not changed in quite a few years as I found areas of the hobby I really enjoy. 2024 looks similar to previous years though I have added a...
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    August 2024 Arrivals

    It is rare for me to acquire a lineup card signed by a HOF manager that I do not already own, but a couple came to auction at Heritage Auctions and ended last night. I was only able to acquire one of the two (the other was Mickey Cochrane), but it's a doozy. May 26, 1935 lineup card from the...
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    August 2024 Arrivals

    There have been some sets which are exceptionally cool, but have gotten lost due to the sheer abundance of sets out there. IMO this set might be the best done example of a GU/auto set where teh signatures were on the GU material. They used the outside of the bat (versus a cross-section) so the...
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    July 2024 Arrivals

    Always excited to find a vintage lineup card. This one will be 75 years old in a little over a monht. Features Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter, Marty Marion and most significantly, Stan Musial who hit 2 homeruns in the game. In all the years I've been collecting lineup cards I've only seen...
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    June 2024 Arrivals

    GU lineup cards from Rickey Henderson's final career SB. For those on Facebook, I just featured this on my Page: Baseball History through Lineup Cards which has a lot more detail:
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    June 2024 Arrivals

    1973 World Series Game 1 Oakland A's Dugout game-usedvlineup. Willie Mays final career start
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    June 2024 Arrivals

    Program from Jackie Robinson's final football game at UCLA.
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    Changes coming to PSA holders...

    I recently got some tickeets graded and bought a lineup card that had already been graded. The plastic that was used felt very different than before. I removed the lineup card from the holder and was harder to crack with a hammer, but the top and bottom separated easier. The lineup card was...
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    Lou Gehrig 2000th consecutive game

    Thanks! I find the feeling of holding a lineup card from when Gehrig and DiMaggio played somewhat surreal. To have the lineup card from such a significant moment is a little crazy to me.
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    Lou Gehrig 2000th consecutive game

    Not dated, but no other game matches the lineups.
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    Lou Gehrig 2000th consecutive game

    I find the holders clunky and bulky. It only authenticates the manager's signature, not the lineup card itself and I have no concerns that either the lineup card or signature are not real. And because lineup cards handled (and often folded and placed into the umpire's pocket) the condition...
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    Lou Gehrig 2000th consecutive game

    On May 31, 1938 the Yankees played the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. The day after 81,000 showed up for a Yankees/Red Sox doubleheader, there were just 6,917 in attendance to see the Yankees beat the Red Sox 12-5. Tommy Henrich, Bill Dickey and Red Rolfe hit home runs for the Yankees. Jimmie Foxx...

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