Lots of cards on the chopping block today! Let's go!   Trade #81 (Brendan: The View From The Third Floor) Traded 02/02/21: 2008-09 O-Pee-Chee (hockey) #128 Tim Thomas, 1982 Donruss #76 Alan Trammell, 1982 Donruss #214 Tim Raines, 1973 Topps #230 Joe Morgan, 1972 Topps #451 Tony LaRussa   Received  01/30/21: 1981 Donruss #383 Jose Cruz (See Trade #240) 1981 Donruss #427 Leon Durham (See Trade #207) 1981 Donruss #496 Mickey Rivers (See Trade #240) 1978-79 Topps (basketball) #46 John Shumate 1978-79 Topps (basketball) #55 George Johnson (See Trade #158) 1978-79 Topps (basketbal ..read more

One of four Astros To start on Opening Day Five or more seasons   1997 Topps #430 Shane Reynolds    Reynolds got the Opening Day honor for Houston from 1996-2000. He joins J.R. Richard (5), Mike Scott (5), and Roy Oswalt (8) as the only Asros pitchers to have done so at least 5 times. Source: Wikipedia - List of Houston Astros Opening Day starting pitchers ..read more

  Only 3 trades this past month, which means we are incredibly close to Trade #300. Remember, if you are my 300th Time Travel Trade partner, you get your pick of any card from the stack for free! I can almost guarantee that I'll have a winner before the next update, so if you've been waiting for just the right moment to make a Time Travel Trade, this is it! Let's see if any of these new additions will be part of that historic trade:   I'm starting things off with a single card from a TCDB member named Johnny. Our trade was actually bigger, but mostly cards outside of the project. H ..read more

Twenty-six straight wins Set N.A.I.A. record Now in Korea   2018 Topps #378 Aaron Wilkerson (RC)   Wilkerson led the Cumberland Bulldogs to the 2010  National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) World Series championships, going 14-1. The following year, he went 12-0. He currently pitches for the Lotte Giants of the KBO league ..read more

The NHL hockey season officially winds down this week, with the last games of the regular season set to be played on the 18th. The playoff will begin a few days after, and for the 13th straight year, my Buffalo Sabres will not be among the playoff teams. Despite this extended futility, there are a lot of positives on the team that I remain hopeful that next year things will break in their favor and the streak will end. Speaking of positive things, I received a RAK (Random Act of Kindness) last week. Someone sent me an envelope of cards. The return address merely said TCDB, so obviously this i ..read more

An "old school" player from Staunton, Virginia (Also where I work)   1989 Topps #98 Larry Sheets   One of a handful of players from my current part of the world, Sheets is the father of current Major League player Gavin Sheets. I found this great interview with him: https://ballnine.com/2022/03/24/larry-sheets ..read more

My recent Tony Gwynn pull made me wonder if that was the best card hit I ever pulled from a pack. I've pulled some great cards in my time, but could anything top a relic card of a Hall of Famer, especially if it was limited to only 25 copies? I decided to look through my collection and find out. Then I decided, why not try and make this a blog bat-around? I'd love to see what other bloggers have pulled! Fortunately for me, the TCDB has a feature that lets me see lists of all my autographs, relics, and serial numbered cards. I just had to go through each one and try to remember which ones came ..read more

I was worried for a little bit, the bounty of baseball cards at my local Wally World dried up, and for awhile I feared things had returned to an unfortunate new normal. However, a recent stop showed replenished shelves. I grabbed a few pack, and bow am I ever glad I did! 3rd Place #211 Tampa Bay Rays (TC)    I always enjoy seeing the players have fun, and when that fun is depicted on cardboard then all the better. Bonus points for a cameraman cameo!   2nd Place #128 Christopher Morel (FS)    One of the most popular cards of the first series, and it ..read more

  On St. Patrick's Day, everyone is Irish. On Cinco De Mayo, we celebrate all things Mexican. Today, I embrace my Polish heritage! It's Dyngus Day, which you've probably never heard of unless you are from Buffalo or Cleveland.  Dyngus Day is a Polish holiday celebrated the Monday after Easter. It is a day for all of us Poles to eat kielbasa, listen to polka music, spray your loved ones with water, and whip pretty ladies with pussy willow branches!   I know what you're thinking - no, this isn't an April Fools Day joke. This is a legit holiday!       Now gra ..read more

All-Star M.V.P. Drove in both A.L. squad's runs homer and sac fly   1991 Topps #625 Terry Steinbach   Steinbach hit a solo home run off of Dwight Gooden in the 3rd inning of the 1988 Midsummer Classic, and in the following inning drove in Dave Winfield with a sacrifice fly. Those were the only two runs the AL team scored, which was enough for a 2-1 victory over the National League team ..read more