It's been a while since I've posted to the blog. Things here have been crazy with moving back to the Cincinnati area after being in Northern Ohio for more than 20 years. It's nice to be close to family again. I'm also hoping that I can make it to a game or two at Great American Ballpark this year. Anyway, I've been looking for some time to add a ticket stub from the only perfect game thrown by a Reds player. Tom Browning accomplished the feat on September 16, 1988 against the Dodgers in a 1-0 victory for the Reds. Most of the tickets I've seen come up on eBay have been for unused tickets sell ..read more

Last week I received a notice on one of my eBay saved searches that I card I had never seen available for purchase in almost 10 years was finally listed. Unfortunately, it was listed as an auction and the card was graded a PSA 10. While I normally don't chase after graded cards, I knew I had to try and snag this copy since I had no idea if I would ever see one again. These 2013 Topps Orange cards are numbered out of 230 and are exclusives that were included as a pack of five cards in sealed factory sets. I'm not sure how many collectors have opened their sets but I'm sure there's a lot of peo ..read more

With the release of 2024 Topps right around the corner I went ahead and did the same thing I've done year-after-year for the past ten years or so. I headed over to eBay to find sellers that had this coming year's team set available for purchase. Normally Reds team sets don't go for that much but I had a feeling that this year would be different with Elly De La Cruz and Christian Encarnacion-Strand having their rookie cards in this release. $16 shipped is what I paid for the 12 cards in series 1. Now I just have to wait until around the end of the month before they arrive. I'm still on the fen ..read more

Anytime I can purchase a pre-war card for less than $20 is a win in my book. It's been over a year since I've acquired a vintage card for my collection but I think it was worth the wait. Out of all the Play Ball sets, this is my favorite. I think the colors on these cards are fantastic. I'm not a fan of the 1939 or 1940 sets since they're just black and white photos so I won't be chasing those cards. This is the first 1941 Play Ball card to enter my collection. Luckily there are only four cards that make up the Reds team set for this release. With this Bucky Walters now in hand I already have ..read more

It's crazy how this year has almost come to an end. Only a little over one month until 2023 is history and the start of 2024. The holidays always seem like a blur to me now that I'm older but I have come to realize over the years that next to Christmas, Thanksgiving is my second favorite holiday. Part of it is the food, but the majority of it revolves around the many blessings I have and seem to take for granted. The day helps me to get grounded and remember just how blessed I am. Family, friends, my health, a home, a great job are the top five on my list but I'm also thankful that I was able ..read more

Have you ever gotten rid of a card only to regret, almost immediately, doing so? That was the case for me with this 2008 Topps Chrome The National Joey Votto. I had a nice collection of 2008 Votto rookies that I had amassed a few years ago but decided to get rid of them. There were a few Upper Deck rookie autograph and low number Topps Triple Threads that I parted ways with, but this Topps Chrome National was a heartbreaker. According to baseballcardpedia.com "it's believed that only 300 copies of each base card were produced for this promotion". Earlier in the week I happened to stumble acro ..read more

42 cards total in the base and update set  45 Sonny Gray 60 Mike Moustakas 81 Jesse Winker 96 Cincinnati Reds 11 Tony Santillan 175 Tyler Stephenson 203 Wade Miley 290 Joey Votto 290SP Joey Votto 314 Eugenio Suarez 392 Luis Castillo 448 Nick Castellanos 448SP Frank Robinson 485 Jose Barrero 485SP Johnny Bench 536 Mark Kolozsvary 546 TJ Friedl 549 Shogo Akiyama 553 Jeff Hoffman 557 Kyle Farmer 557SP Barry Larkin 563 Jonathan India 563SP Jonathan India 619 Reiver Sanmartin 631 Vladimir Gutierrez US21 Tyler Mahle US26 Tommy Pham US28 Colin Moran US43 Jake Fraley US80 Tyler Naquin US124 Nick ..read more

42 cards total in the base and update set 52 Archie Bradley 55 Nick Senzel 82 Michael Lorenzen 96 Brian Goodwin 124 Amir Garrett 137 Trevor Bauer League Leader 153 Tyler Stephenson 153SP Tyler Stephenson 174 Raisel Iglesias 190 Sonny Gray 245 Aristides Aquino 271 Luis Castillo 274 Freddy Galvis 275 Joey Votto 275SP Joey Votto 281 Jesse Winker 333 TeJay Antone 365 Nick Castellanos 368 Mike Moustakas 374 Jose Garcia 347SP Jose Garcia 580 Tucker Barnhart 580SP Johnny Bench 582 Dwight Smith Jr. 587 Cincinnati Reds 627 Eugenio Suarez 638 Wade Miley 647 Shogo Akiyama US34 Tyler Naquin US36 Wade Mile ..read more

47 cards total in the base and update set 20 Aristides Aquino 20SP Aristides Aquino 20SSP Aristides Aquino 30 Jesse Winker 58 Josh VanMeter 107 Luis Castillo 140 Trevor Bauer 140SP Trevor Bauer 172 Sonny Gray 186SP Johnny Bench 197 Raisel Iglesias 209 Derek Dietrich 217 Amir Garrett 267 Joey Votto 267SP Joey Votto 287 Jose Peraza 290 Nick Senzel 368 Wade Miley 376 Shogo Akiyama 377 Phillip Ervin 431 Cincinnati Reds 460 Tyler Mahle 465 Eugenio Suarez 465SP Eugenio Suarez 496 Lucas Sims 510 Michael Lorenzen 533 Nick Castellanos 533SP Nick Castellanos 601 Tucker Barnhart 673 Anthony DeSclafani 68 ..read more

43 cards total in the base and update set. 29 Eugenio Suarez 107 Scooter Gennett 107SP Scooter Gennett 145 NL Nails 146 Jesse Winker 156 Luis Castillo 164 Billy Hamilton 218 Scott Schebler 284 Joey Votto 284SP Joey Votto 304 Michael Lorenzen 343 Sal Romano 374 Alex Blandino 374SP Joe Morgan 375 Cody Reed 399 Tyler Mahle 454 Matt Kemp 464 Alex Wood 465 Raisel Iglesias 468 Anthony DeSclafani 558 Phillip Ervin 573 Tucker Barnhart 573SP Johnny Bench 590 Jose Peraza 590SP Barry Larkin 620 Jared Hughes 691 Cincinnati Reds US3 Curt Casali US35 Derek Dietrich US35SP Derek Dietrich US46 Tanner Roark US ..read more