As many of you know, I am not much of a baseball card collector anymore. There are only specific things I really chase.Group 1:90's Inserts/Parallels from any team/player as long as the cards are 1995-1999.Derek JeterThese Top Two I wouldn't trade away for anything. These are absolute locks for my collection as long as I live.The next list I collect there is some flexibility on whether I would ..read more

When I found out that 2023 Certified football included Rodney autographs this year, which eBay notified me about, I immediately started my chase. But the first few Rodney's were way overpriced like most cards are when they first release.I wasn't going to overpay for Rodney even being a Super Collector.Prices have since dropped and so haven't more Rodney's and I have been able to add a few ..read more

I have been trying to find a place to post my Rodney's Cardboard segment.Big Blue Cardboard, even though is my NY Giants blog, doesn't get the views or the comments to spend the time posting these. Cards Over Coffee is pretty much the same. I had considered doing just a Rodney Hampton blog and posting all of them all over again there but another blog is so much effort and I don't have that effort ..read more

Matt, great name by the way, over at Diamond Jesters has sent forth a new Blog Bat-Around challenge. He posted his best 5 pack pulled cards and wanted other bloggers to do the same.Having been sponsored by sport card companies, I have opened a lot of products over my time with some nice hits in-between. However, for this challenge, I didn't want to count any of the pulls from the card company ..read more

I don't have a lot to say, I am just going to let the cards do the talking for me.My latest Grady mail day was quite shiny...And these were just some of that shine. Believe me, there was plenty more.Thanks again to Grady for these occasional mail day pick me ups. Always look forward to them as they help me get through another day ..read more

Welcome to the second Throwpack Thursday!I said I would plug these in when I had time to do so.Today's pack comes thanks to blog reader Oren who sent me some packs at Christmas time.With Presidents being celebrated a few days ago, I thought why not keep the celebration with a presidential product.1992 Wild Card Decision came with 8 cards per pack. Well, mine came with more. The 100-card product ..read more

When you find out that one of the NBA's All-Time greats has an upcoming SuperStar son, as a card collector, how can you not want to chase a few cards of his? I guess in most circles you would call this prospecting.Bronny, the son of LeBron James is already playing college ball and on his trail to the pros despite having a scary cardiac arrest back in July of 2023 which hopefully won't play any ..read more

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Hockey.It's one of those sports I no longer pay attention to, but feel like I should be because Upper Deck has been putting some great inserts in their hockey products the last few years.And everyone knows how much I like a well-done insert since we haven't seen those since the 90's/.When I got my box of inserts from reader Grady M, there was a big stack of hockey inserts/parallels in their. Many ..read more

Happy Sunday to you all!Who wants to check out the latest Rodney Hampton card addition to my super PC?You do!! Well, that's good because here it is!Today's card is a bit of a rare one. You don't find these too often if not at all.In 1995, Topps included Mystery Finest and Mystery Finest Refractors in their flagship product. With these being a Mystery card, you didn't normally get to see the card ..read more