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The miniest of mini minis

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

I mentioned earlier my burgeoning interest in English Football cards, particularly the early cigarette issues which to my eyes are absurdly (but enjoyably) inexpensive.  There was an auction I had an eye on for three 1923 cards printed by DC … Continue reading →

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Kotter #9 – Your daily dose of existentialism

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

One of the little things that continues to make card collecting fun 30-some years after I should have grown up and abandoned it is that every so often, there’s a little gem that offers something more than it appears at … Continue reading →

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Contest solved. Already. Wow.

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

The objective with the contest the way I was running it was to keep it going for at least four posts and preferably five or six. To that end, I made the first clue deliberately vague and I wasn’t going … Continue reading →

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Not buying it

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

I’m still not bent out of shape over the lockout.  My nascent soccer/football fandom is keeping me busy enough and there’s no point in being upset over things I don’t control.  The lockout will end when it ends and if … Continue reading →

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Let the abusing of Rick St. Croix begin!

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

“Welcome, Rick, to the Toronto Maple Leafs coaching staff.  Please affix this rather large target to your back – no, no, the back – the one on the chest is for the players.  Oh, I see, that’s just permanently embedded … Continue reading →

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You can’t spell that without Eli

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

I don’t really watch the NFL.  I might watch half of the Super Bowl but I don’t really care who wins it.  If I want to watch football, I’ll probably check out the CFL, but in truth, I don’t really … Continue reading →

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With Friends Like These….

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

My high school wasn’t too big into athletics.  If you’d head down the hallway toward the gymnasium, you’d notice this endless series of black-and-white photos of championship teams in all manner of sports – all of which stopped dead after … Continue reading →

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This is why I try not to get too hung up on prospects

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Travis Snider is now a Pirate.  Coming this way from Pittsburgh is a pitcher who was supposed to be awesome but has never really found it at this level (which, in fairness, could also be said of Snider).  On its … Continue reading →

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How do you tell the story of Busher?

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

The story of Harvey Jackson isn’t one that’s unique to hockey, to sport or to society at large.  It’s one that’s really far too common – a young person with the tools to take the world by storm succumbs to … Continue reading →

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Best of the 70s #14 – 1977-78 OPC WHA

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

The intent of this series is not to dump on the WHA sets.  The fact that I’ve got them ranked (to this point) near the bottom of the list is a bit misleading.  Of the sets I’m profiling, I don’t … Continue reading →

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