The Shlabotnik Report
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Hi, I'm Joe Shlabotnik. I've been collecting Baseball cards since 1974. The purpose of this blog is to keep me focused on the task of organizing, focusing, and purging my collection, and sharing all the cool stuff I discover/rediscover along the way.
The Shlabotnik Report
2d ago
Thirteen is considered to be an unlucky number through much of western culture. For some people it’s something to be feared and avoided. When it comes to sports – specifically uniform numbers – it gets significantly more use now than ..read more
The Shlabotnik Report
1w ago
For the fifth time since 2017, I attended a somewhat-local postcard show that pops up once a year. I always have a good time at these shows, even though I generally don’t buy a whole lot when I’m there. It’s ..read more
The Shlabotnik Report
2w ago
This is the latest in my Topps Minus 50 series which addresses transactions and other events within Major League Baseball which might have had an affect on Topps checklists and the like. In this post I’m going to cover the ..read more
The Shlabotnik Report
3w ago
I’ve been trying to post something here at least once a week, but this week I’m having trouble getting my thoughts squared away on a couple of posts I’ve been working on. I’ve also got a backlog of scans from ..read more
The Shlabotnik Report
1M ago
This is the latest in my Topps Minus 50 series which addresses transactions and other events within Major League Baseball which might have had an affect on Topps checklists and the like. I’m slipping from my original schedule here… For ..read more
The Shlabotnik Report
1M ago
This is the latest in a sporadic series on an ongoing project, a “Dead Parrot” Frankenset which features cards of NHL and WHA teams which are no more, which have ceased to be (as in the line from the Monty ..read more
The Shlabotnik Report
1M ago
The baseball season effectively ended for me when the Mets lost game 6 of the NLCS to the Dodgers. On a very high level I’m rooting against the Yankees in the World Series, but I’m not watching more than a ..read more
The Shlabotnik Report
1M ago
It’s been a long time since I did a Random Team Review, so to quickly explain the series… I take a completed team set from my collection and highlight players and cards which fall under certain categories. For this post ..read more
The Shlabotnik Report
2M ago
Not too long ago got a small lot of 1992 Score “90’s Impact Players” insert cards from Dime Box Nick. It started when he wrote a post about cards he got from his local Goodwill, including a couple of cards ..read more
The Shlabotnik Report
2M ago
This is the latest in my Topps Minus 50 series which addresses transactions and other events within Major League Baseball which might have had an affect on Topps checklists and the like. October 2, 1974 Final day of the regular ..read more