Dime Box Junk - $1.70

THE HAWKS LOST THE LAST GAME OF THEIR SEASON LAST NIGHT ON A BUZZER BEATING 3-POINT FOUL AND YES IT WAS THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY FOR THAT SEASON TO END. LET'S LOOK AT SOME DIME BOX BASKETBALL CARD PICKUPS IN HONOR OF THEIR 50TH SEASON IN ATLANTA WITH NO CHAMPIONSHIPS OR FINALS APPEARANCES

1981-82 TOPPS JACK SIKMA & SUPER ACTION

VINTAGE TOPPS BASKETBALL IN A DIME BOX IS AN INSTANT BUY - NOT EVEN GOING TO CHECK MY WANTLISTS - GIMME ALL OF IT.

SIKMA'S A HALL OF FAME CENTER FROM ILLINOIS-WESLEYAN, PLAYED WITH THE SONICS AND THE BUCKS SO ENJOYED AN ALL-GREEN NBA CAREER. APPARENTLY THE HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCEMENT WAS 5 DAYS AGO AND I HAD NO CLUE. I WOULDA BEEN CROWING ABOUT ATLANTA HAWKS LEGEND SIDNEY MONCRIEF GOING INTO THE HALL ON TWITTER OTHERWISE

SO THE BRIEF PERIOD OF TOPPS BASKETBALL CARDS FROM THE LATE 60S TO THE EARLY 80S WAS FILLED WITH LUDICROUS GIMMICKS AND THIS SET IS NO DIFFERENT. THE BASE SET WAS 66 CARDS IN SIZE AND THEN TACKED ON ANOTHER 44 CARD SET FOR THE EAST, MIDWEST AND WEST MARKETS. THE 'HIGH NUMBERS' CONTAINED ADDITIONAL PLAYERS AND THESE ACTION CARDS FROM PLAYERS IN THE MAIN SET. THIS SOUNDS CONFUSING AS HELL BUT IT'S REALLY ONLY 198 CARDS FOR THE SET AND IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE BENCH PLAYERS GET SOME CARDS WHO WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE

1994-95 UPPER DECK SPECIAL EDITION DOC RIVERS & JEFF HORNACEK GOLD

UPPER DECK BASKETBALL SETS FROM 1993 TO ABOUT 1996 ARE CONFUSING AS HELL. THERE'S REGULAR SETS, SPECIAL EDITION SETS, SP SETS, SPECIAL EDITION INSERTS, IT'S ALL A BIG MESS. BUT THESE ARE FOILY AND SHINY AND THAT STUFF TURNS BRAINS TO MUSH WHEN DIGGING THRU DIME BOXES SO I HAVE THESE NOW

DOC RIVERS WAS MY FAVORITE HAWKS PLAYER NOT BORN IN FRANCE* WHEN I WAS A KID SO ANY SHINY CARDS WITH HIS MUG ON IT IS COMING HOME WITH ME. THE HORNACEK, WELL, GOLD CARDS ARE HARD TO PULL OK

I SHOULD PUT TOGETHER A '90S BASKETBALL PARALLEL FRANKENSET, I'VE GOT SO MUCH OF THIS STUFF AND NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM

1997-98 TOPPS ALLEN IVERSON BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME PARALLEL

I COMPLAIN ABOUT PARALLELS 24-7-365 AND THEN I PICK THEM UP AT CARD SHOWS LIKE I'M SNARFING DOWN BAR PEANUTS. WELL, YEAH. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN PULLING USELESS PARALLELS OUT OF A PACK OF EXPENSIVE CARDS AND SNAGGING A HALL OF FAMER PARALLEL FROM A TIME PERIOD WHERE THERE WAS ONLY ONE - MAYBE TWO - PARALLEL SETS IN A PRODUCT

BESIDES THIS IS A SECOND-YEAR CARD OF ALLEN FRIGGIN IVERSON, THE MAN WHO SINGLEHANDEDLY DRAGGED A TEAM TO THE FINALS. SOME PARALLELS ARE GOOD

2008-09 TOPPS TREASURY COURTNEY LEE SHINY RC SERIAL NUMBERED REFRACTOR THING

TOPPS TREASURY WAS A ONE-SHOT PRODUCT FROM TOPPS WHERE THE GIMMICK WAS A RIP CARD PER BOX AND SOME RIP CARDS HAD ACTUAL MONEY IN THEM. IMAGINE SPENDING $70 ON A BOX AND OPENING A RIP CARD AND YOU GET A $50 BACK. THE CARDS WERE SORTA SILLY LOOKING AS THEY HIT HARD ON THE CURRENCY THEME BUT THERE WERE BIRD AND MAGIC CARDS ALL OVER THE PLACE SO IT WAS MOSTLY A FUN PACK TO RIP

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A PARALLEL OR IF THE BASE ROOKIES WERE ALL LIKE THIS OR WHAT BUT COURTNEY PLAYED A FEW YEARS IN THE LEAGUE SO YOU'D THINK IT'D BE WORTH MORE THAN A DIME. WHERE MY WESTERN KENTUCKY SUPERCOLLECTORS AT

2001-02 FLEER SHOEBOX WALLY SZCZERBIAK

MILDLY OBSESSED WITH THIS SET BECAUSE FLEER DID NOT PRODUCE A FLAGSHIP OR FLEER TRADITION BASKETBALL SET THAT YEAR FOR SOME REASON. FLEER IS BASKETBALL CARDS AS FAR AS MY NOSTALGIA-ADDLED BRAIN IS CONCERNED SO THIS DISTURBS ME GREATLY. THIS SHOEBOX COLLECTION SET IS THE CLOSEST THING TO A TRADITIONAL FLEER SET FROM THAT YEAR AND HAS A REALLY NICE MINIMALIST DESIGN GOING FOR IT SO I'VE DUBBED IT THE OFFICIAL FLEER SET OF 01-02. I LOVE IT SO MUCH I ONLY BOUGHT ONE (1) PACK OF IT BACK IN THE DAY AND NOW I DESPERATELY WANT THE SET BUT CANNOT FIND

I HAVE NO MEMORIES OF SZCZERBIAK OTHER THAN 'WALLY WORLD' AND A BILLION TIMBERWOLVES ROOKIE CARDS.

WITH THE SEASON OVER I HAVE DECIDED TO ROOT FOR THE BUCKS SINCE THEY STOLE GIANNIS AND OUR COACH FROM THE HAWKS SO IT'S BASICALLY AN ATLANTA TITLE IF THEY WIN. I NEED SOMETHING TO DISTRACT ME WHILE I WAIT ANXIOUSLY FOR THE DRAFT LOTTERY. WE'RE TOTALLY GETTING ZION, I BELIEVE THIS. I BELIEVE IT

NEXT TIME: SOMETHING OTHER THAN DIME BOX CARDS MAYBE

* ANYONE MENTIONING BORIS DIAW IS BANNED FOR LIFE. THERE IS NO WAY TO BAN PEOPLE IN BLOGGER BUT I'LL REMEMBER DAMMIT

KELLOGG'S!

SOME DAYS YOU JUST CAN'T WRITE A POST! NO TIME NO MOTIVATION FEEL BAD WRITERS BLOCK CAUGHT A CASE OF THE LAZIES

DON'T DESPAIR! THERE'S A SIMPLE WAY TO PROVIDE CONTENT EVERYONE WILL LOVE WITH MINIMAL EFFORT

1974 KELLOGG'S DICK ALLEN

3-D SUPERSTAR DICK ALLEN

FUNKY BORDER

FUNKY UNIFORM

WIGGLY BLURRY BACKGROUND

JUST ENOUGH CRACKS IN THE PLASTIC SO YOU KNOW IT'S LEGIT

AUTHENTIC FOOD RESIDUE ON THE BACK

STATS AND LOGOS EVERYWHERE

THERE IS NO NEED TO WRITE ABOUT IT, JUST BASK IN THE GLORY THAT IS 70'S ODDBALL TRADING CARD GOODNESS

Dime Box Junk - WRASSLIN' EDITION - $1.00

IT'S WRASSLEMANIA DAY WOOOOOOOO

I DON'T REALLY WATCH WRESTLING BUT LITERALLY EVERYONE I FOLLOW ON TWITTER DOES SO I NOW HAVE OPINIONS ON THE MATTER. THESE CARDS ARE MOSTLY FROM WHAT WILL NOW BE CALLED THE MOSSI DIME BOX. ENJOY THE SCRIPTED GRAPPLING PERFORMANCE ENTERTAINMENT CARDS

UM... I MEAN ANIME WRESTLING IS REAL

1989 CLASSIC WWF ANDRE THE GIANT

I DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT ANDRE. EVERYONE LOVES ANDRE. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CARD
NEVER EVER SAW THIS SET BEFORE A COUPLE YEARS AGO. ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE UNIQUE LOGOS FOR EACH WRASSLER. THE PICTURE QUALITY IS PRETTY GOOD TOO
AM IN LOVE WITH THE MINIMALIST BACKS TOO. BIG BOLD HIGH-CONTRAST CARD NUMBER. ANDRE'S NAME IS TRADEMARKED BECAUSE OF COURSE IT IS. NO LIKES, ONLY HATES. I LOVE THAT ANDRE HATES DAMIEN THE PYTHON. THIS CARD IS WONDERFUL

1987 TOPPS WRESTLEMANIA III GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE STICKER

TOR JOHNSON!!! GEORGE SHOULDA STARRED IN A REMAKE OF THE BEAST FROM YUCCA FLATS, IT WOULDA BEEN A HOOT. I BOUGHT A BOX OF WRESTLEMANIA III CARDS BACK IN THE '80S BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAP SO I ALREADY HAVE THIS CARD. YEAH I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A CHEAP BASTARD, IT WAS A FUN RIP FOR 7 1980S DOLLARS. I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT WRESTLING AT THE TIME OTHER THAN THE AFOREMENTIONED SNAKE AND ANDRE AND A FEW OTHER THINGS BUT I DID REMEMBER LAUGHING AT GEORGE CHEWING ON THE TURNBUCKLES. HE'S NOW IN MY SMALL CIRCLE OF FAVE WRESTLERS, AS IS EVERYONE IN THIS POST

1991 CHAMPIONSHIP MARKETING WCW "NATURE BOY" RICK FLAIR

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1990 i have no idea what this thing is MACHO KING RANDY SAVAGE

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SET THIS IS FROM AND WAS UNAWARE MACHO MAN WAS ROYALTY AT SOME POINT IN HIS CAREER. THIS IS KINDA SPORTSFLIXY BUT IS ALSO SMALLER THAN A NORMAL CARD. IT IS VERY NEAT THO AND NEATO IS AN EXCELLENT QUALITY FOR A DIME BOX CARD. MR. POFFO HAS RETROACTIVELY BECOME MY FAVORITE WRASSLIN' SUPERSTAR SO FINDING A LENTICULAR MOVEY ODDBALL CARD OF HIS IS A NICE SURPRISE

2016 TOPPS WWE BATISTA

I HAVE NEVER SEEN DAVE BAUTISTA DO ANYTHING WRESTLING RELATED EVER BUT I FUCKIN' LOVE SPECTRE AND HIS CHARACTER IN THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY MOVIES MAKES ME LAUGH MOST OUT OF THE CREW AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE MOVIES WHERE HE PLAYS BIG GRUMPY HEART OF GOLD CHARACTER TYPES. I FOUND THIS CARD AT THE LAST MINUTE AND PANICKED AND FORGOT TO ROTATE THE SCAN BUT WHO CARES. THE 2016 TOPPS DESIGN LOOKS BETTER ON WRESTLING CARDS BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY USE PYROTECHNICS AND SMOKE MACHINES OCCASIONALLY.

THAT FUCKIN' FIGHT SCENE IN THE TRAIN THOUGH!!! SPECTRE IS AWESOME, SCREW THE BOND SNOBS

ENJOY READING THIS AFTER THE BIG WRASSLIN SHOW BECAUSE I WAS LAZY THIS MORNING AND DIDN'T WRITE!

Dime Box Junk - Fifty Cents

IT ME AGAIN

IF YOU READ THE LAST POST - AND YOU PROBABLY DID CAUSE IT'S THE SAME 6 GUYS EVERY TIME - YOU'LL REMEMBER I COMPLAINED ABOUT ENDLESS BLOG POSTS TAKING FOREVER TO WRITE. IF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER - AND YOU SHOULDN'T BECAUSE TWITTER IS DEPRESSING NOW - YOU'LL KNOW I GO ON AND ON ABOUT DIGGING THROUGH DIME BOXES FOR CHEAP THRILLS

AND THEM * KABLAM * I GOT A WONDERFUL STUPID IDEA. INSTEAD OF SPAMMING TWITTER WITH DIME BOX PICKUPS OR TRYING TO WRITE A BLOG POST WITH 100 SCANS IN IT, I'LL THROW ALL THE DIME BOX SCANS IN A FOLDER AND RANDOMLY PIC A FEW TO POST. NOW I CAN SHOW OFF ALL MY WORTHLESS CRAP WHILE SAVING TIME. GONNA TITLE THE POSTS WITH A RUNNING TOTAL OF THE AMOUNT I'VE SPEND SO ONE DAY I'LL LOOK UP AND REALIZE I COULDA BOUGHT A NEW LAPTOP WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY I'VE BLOWN. LET'S SHOW OFF SOME CARDS!!!!

1993 YOO-HOO WILLIE MCCOVEY

WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME YOO-HOO HAD TRADING CARDS IN THE EARLY 90S??? THERE WERE TWO YEARS OF THESE THINGS! I COULDA BEEN SOOOOOO FAT. FOR SOME REASON THESE THINGS DON'T LOOK AWFUL WITH THE YELLOW BORDERS UNLIKE 1991 FLEER. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THE YELLOW BORDER IS SURROUNDING WILLIE MCCOVEY INSTEAD OF JOEL SKINNER. BACKS ARE PRETTY NICE TOO WITH THE RED & BLUE STRIPEY STATS. NO CARD NUMBER THOUGH, WHICH IS ODD. I WOULDA COMPLAINED LOUDLY IN 1993 WHILE CHUGGING MY EIGHTH YOO-HOO OF THE DAY.

2018 TOPPS BABE RUTH POSTSEASON PREEMINENCE

THAT DIME BOX I MENTIONED IN THE MOSSI POST HAD A CRAPLOAD OF 2018 TOPPS INSERTS IN IT. I THINK THIS ONE WAS FROM SERIES TWO MAYBE? I ONLY BOUGHT ONE PACK LAST YEAR SO I'VE GOT NO CLUE. THIS CARD IS UGLY BUT BABE RUTH IS A SEXY BEAST. RUTH CARDS DO NOT BELONG IN DIME BOXES, EXCEPT FOR THAT OLD BLACK & WHITE CONLIN COLLECTION SET THAT SEEMS TO POP UP EVERYWHERE

2018 DONRUSS ANDREW MCCUTCHEN DIAMOND KINGS

GREAT GOOGELY MOOGELY 2018 DONRUSS IS UGLY. THE FRONT DESIGN IS UHHHHH INTERESTING? BUT IT SURE AIN'T A DIAMOND KING. WHERE'S DICK PEREZ WHEN YOU NEED HIM. THE BACK HOWEVER IS THE TRUE LAZY GARBAGE. BOOOO PANINI. BOOOOOOOOO! ANDREW MCCUTCHEN IS AWESOME THO AND I WISH THE BRAVES HAD SIGNED HIM. YEAH I'M ROASTING MY PRECIOUS DIME CARDS WHAT I PICKED OUT MYSELF BY HAND. HANG ON, THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE

1987 RALSTON PURINA DON SUTTON

LOOK AT THIS GORGEOUS GODDAMN CARD
CROSSED BATS WITH A GIGANTIC STAR FEATURING JERSEY NUMBER
STRIKING RED BORDER
CYAN NAME PLATE WITH TEAM AND POSITION
MAJESTIC PORTRAIT OF DON WITH HIS SILVER CURLS
ANGELS CAP AIRBRUSHED WITH VANTABLACK SO NO LIGHT CAN ESCAPE THIS CARD
YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YEAR THIS CARD IS FROM
A BACK CHOCK FULLA STATS
ALL THIS AND THE CARD IS IN ALMOST NEARLY GEM-MINT 10 CONDITION
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT DIME BOXES ARE FOR GOD BLESS AMERICA

2018 DONRUSS JOEY VOTTO ELITE DOMINATORS

LETS FINISH UP WITH THE SHINIES. THAT BOX WITH ALL THE TOPPS INSERTS HAD A TON OF DONRUSS INSERTS TOO. NOW ALL WORTH A DIME! THIS SUCKER IS VERY SHINY IDEED AND WILL SATISFY THE MOST DISCERNING MAGPIE. JOEY VOTTO IS ONE OF THOSE FORGOTTEN SUPERSTARS BECAUSE HE PLAYS WITH THE REDS WHO HAVE BEEN VERY BAD FOR A WHILE BUT NOT REALLY DUE TO HIM. LIFE IS UNFAIR. AND LOOK! NUMBERS! ON THE CARD! EVERYONE LOVES CARDS WITH NUMBERS ON THEM. AND THE BACK LOOKS DECENT TOO! HEY DONRUSS! DO THIS ON THE BACK OF YOUR BASE CARDS TOO YOU LAZY FARTKNOCKERS

LOOK AT THAT! A QUICK AND EASY BLOG POST THAT WAS WRITTEN UP IN A LUNCH BREAK! YELL AT ME IN THE COMMENTS IF YOU HATE IT! AND LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE! SHOW ME HOW TO CREATE A PATREON SO YOU CAN THROW MONEY AT ME! THIS IS SOCIAL MEDIA! BE SOCIABLE ALREADY

I ALREADY HAVE THE NEXT POST ALL PLANNED OUT! HA! HA! YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME FOR A WHILE!

Top 10 Cards from Billy Not Counting The Vintage Stuff I Put Away In My Binders As Soon As I Got The Package

AAAAAY A PACKAGE OPENING POST, THE LIFE BLOOD OF ANY CARD BLOG

THIS SHOWED UP ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND THE PLAN WAS TO TWEET OUT SOME CARDS BUT THEN SUDDENLY IT'S APRIL SO HEY BLOG POST

THESE WERE SENT BY @suterb42 ON TWITTER, GO SIGN UP FOR TWITTER AND FOLLOW HIM, HE'S COOL DON'T FOLLOW ANYONE ELSE THO MY GOD THAT SITE IS A TRASH FIRE NOW

1991 SILVERSTAR HOLOGRAM DAVID JUSTICE

HOLOGRAMS! AWW YEAH. NOTHING ELSE SCREAMS EARLY NINETIES MORE THAN HOLOGRAMS OTHER THAN MAYBE THAT BLUE AND PURPLE DIXIE CUP DESIGN. IF YOU'VE SEEN THESE BEFORE AND WAS WONDERING WHAT THE HELL IT IS, BACK IN THE DAY ANYONE WOULD SELL ANY OLD DAMN THING WITH A TRADING CARD AND THIS ONE WAS PACKAGED IN A  BLISTER PACKAGE WITH A GIGANTIC FAKE TICKET STUB SERIAL NUMBERED TO SOMETHING LIKE 100,000 AND IT SOLD FOR WHATEVER PRICE THE DEALER COULD STICK ON IT. THERE'S LIKE THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THESE!!! OMG SO RARE!!! NOW THERE'S ONLY THE SAME FOUR MIDDLE AGED GUYS AT EVERY CARD SHOW AND NONE OF THEM REMEMBER WHAT THE HELL THIS IS. BUT I REMEMBER!!!!! I REMEMBER THE PILE OF BIG-ASS BLISTER PACKS WITH A $20 PRICE TAG SITTING ON THE TABLE  MARKED THIS TABLE - $1

I REMEMBER

2018 ARCHIVES DANSBY SWANSON

NOW THAT I CAN'T JUST DROP A TWENTY ON A BLASTER ANY OLD TIME I FEEL LIKE IT MY ARCHIVES COLLECTION HAS BEEN SUFFERING BUT I STILL LOVE THE DUMB THINGS. LAST YEAR WAS GREAT  DESIGN WISE BETWEEN THE 59S AND 81S AND THE DANSBAE IS APPRECIATED. OK THE FONT'S A LITTLE OFF BUT THE ARTIFICIALLY AGED BACK IS DOPE. I ALSO DIG THE ANARCHIST CARTOON ON THE BACK. STEAL THIS CARD! DANSBY LOOKS LIKE HE'S FIGURING OUT HOW TO HIT WHICH WOULD BE A HELL OF A THING FOR THE BRAVES CHANCES THIS YEAR

1996 BOWMAN'S BEST ANDRUW JONES

SECOND YEAR ANDRUW BOWMAN'S BEST. I HAVE ABOUT EIGHT OF THESE NOW SO NOW I HAVE TO GET ANOTHER ONE TO COMPLETE A PAGE OF THEM. I SHOULD PROBABLY PICK UP THE 95 VERSION ONE DAY NOW THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY DIRT CHEAP. THIS ONE LOOKS BETTER THAN THE 95 VERSION IN MY OPINION

1990 BOWMAN MARQUIS GRISSOM

ONE DAY I FOUND MY BOX OF 1990 BOWMAN CARDS, THEN I FOUND ANOTHER BOX. AND MORE 1990 BOWMAN IN A MONSTER BOX. I WASN'T LOOKING FOR 1990 BOWMAN. I DON'T EVEN LIKE 1990 BOWMAN. BUT I FOUND ALL THIS 1990 BOWMAN AND I SORTED IT ALL AND I ALMOST HAVE TWO SETS AND I MENTIONED IT ON TWITTER AND BILLY GOT ME CLOSE TO A FIRST SET. MAY I EMPHASIZE I DON'T LIKE 1990 BOWMAN, BUT WHEN A MAN'S GOTTA SORT, A MAN'S GOTTA SORT. THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER BOX OF THE STUFF HIDING AROUND SOMEWHERE TOO. HELLO THIRD SET! A SET'S A SET THO AND A MARQUIS ROOKIE IS ALWAYS GOOD

2015 QYPSY GUEEN JOHN SMOLTZ MINI VARIATION

I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IS THE VARIATION AND WHICH ONE IT THE BASE BUT IT'S COOL EVEN THOUGH THIS SET IS KINDA UGLY. 1970 TOPPS UGLY WHERE IT'S SORTA CHARMING, NOT EYE BLEEDING LIKE SOME OF THE TRAINWRECK NEWER DONRUSS DESIGNS OR ANYTHING BOWMAN HAD CRAPPED OUT THE PAST FEW YEARS

1991 UPPER DECK NOLAN RYAN HEROES

THESE THINGS ARE MORE COMMON THAN BASE CARDS AND I PROBABLY HAVE FOUR SETS BY NOW BUT THE BINDER FULL OF UPPER DECK INSERTS FROM 1990-1993 HAD A HOLE IN IT AND NOW IT DOES NOT

1992-93 TOPPS DOMINIQUE WILKINS ALL STAR

STILL TRYING TO COMPLETE THIS SET EVEN THOUGH IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED DECADES AGO AND NOW I HAVE TO RESIST THE URGE TO PUT THIS CARD IN THE HAWKS BINDER. COMPLETE SETS, TEAM SETS, PLAYER COLLECTION. ALL NEW COLLECTORS, CHOOSE ONE ONLY. I BESEECH YOU, CHOOSE ONE. THE BACK REMINDS US OF THE RUPTURED ACHILLES THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE HAWKS. WRECKED A GREAT SEASON AND PROBABLY LED TO THE DISASTROUS MANNING TRADE. GAWD WE WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE FINALS - NO -WE WOULD HAVE FUCKIN WON IT ALL. WHY DID THEY FUCK UP THE CHEMETRY IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS WE EVER HAD GRAAAAAH-

NO

DO NOT DWELL ON THE PAST

WE HAVE TRAE NOW

TRAE WILL LEAD US TO THE PROMISED LAND

2018 TOPPS UPDATES AND WHATEVER IT'S ALL STILL TRADED TO ME RONALD ACUÑA RC(???)

IS THIS ACUÑA'S OFFICIAL ROOKIE CARD? OR IS IT THE SP BULLSHIT FROM SERIES TWO? ARE NONE OF THEM ROOKIES? IS ANYTHING REAL??? I DON'T CARE! I'M GOING TO HAVE A GIGANTIC PILE OF ACUÑA BASE CARDS SURROUNDING ME ON MY DEATH BED EVEN IF I HAVE TO GET THEM OUT OF THE QUARTER BO- NO THE FIFTY CENT BOX SO WHAT DO I CARE ABOUT BLASTED ROOKIES WHEN I LOVE LOWLY BASE CARDS WITH ALL OF MY SOUL

THIS ONE GOES TOWARD THE TOPPS TEAM SET BINDER WHICH I HAVE BEEN SORELY NEGLECTING THIS DECADE. BILLY SENT A BUNCH OF 2018 BRAVES AND MIRACULOUSLY I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THEM DESPITE PICKING UP A FEW AT A CARD SHOW RECENTLY. I SHOULD JUST BUY ALL THE TEAM SETS ONLINE LIKE A SENSIBLE PERSON BUT NOPE GOTTA PICK EM UP HERE AND THERE LIKE AN IDIOT. I HAVE MY FUN THO

1987 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS SERIES 7 HAVE A NICE DAVE

I AM BLESSED WITH A VERY COMMON NAME THAT IS GOOD FOR RHYMING RESULTING IN A TON OF GPKS WITH MY MONIKER ON THEM. THIS AND NEW WAVE DAVE BEING POSITIVELY ICONIC ONES AT THAT. THE FRONTS GET A LOT OF LOVE ALREADY SO LET'S FOCUS ON THE BACK.

JOLTED JOEL MADE HIS APPEARANCE IN GPK SERIES 2 AND GETS A DOSSIER FOR SERIES 7. THIS PIC IS SOMEHOW BOTH LESS AND MORE VIOLENT THAN HIS ORIGINAL CARD. JOEL LOOKS HAPPY TO BE ELECTROCUTED  AS HE JAMS OUT BUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE CRUMBLING MUSIC HALL ARE WORRYING. PERHAPS THIS INSPIRED DETHKLOK SOMEHOW. I LIKE HOW THE 'B' VERSION OF THE CARD IS AN ALIAS AND NOT THE CANONICAL NAME. TWO LEGIT ROCK REFERENCES ON THIS CARD: 1) PINKFLOYD NJ, INTERESTING BECAUSE MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON CAME OUT A FEW MONTHS AFTER THIS SET WAS RELEASED. 2) "SIDE 1" OF STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN TAKING A YEAR AND 8 MONTHS TO PLAY. I REMEMBERED AS A KID GETTING THE JOKE ABOUT IDIOT GUITARISTS NOODLING ZEPPELIN FOR DAY BUT WAS HIGHLY OFFENDED ABOUT THE SIDE 1 AND 2 SHIT. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN IS A SONG NOT AN ALBUM YOU RUBES. OK FINE I GUESS 'THE WHO' IS ANOTHER REFERENCE BUT IT FEELS MORE LIKE AN ABBOTT & COSTELLO REFERENCE OR A RIPOFF ABBOTT & COSTELLO REFERENCE TO ME.

THE FAVORITES ARE A MIXED BAG. I DIG THE ODDBALL SANDWICH FIXINS BUT INGESTING IT INTRAVENOUSLY SEEMS A BIT PERVERSE EVEN FOR THIS TRASH SET. FAVORITE SONG SEEMS LIKE THE WRITER RAN OUT OF IDEAS AND JUST GAVE UP. I KNOW THIS FEELING WELL. PICKING HEAVY METAL AS FAVORITE MAGAZINE IS A PRETTY OBVIOUS MUSIC JOKE, BUT. I BET IT INTRODUCED A LOTTA KIDS TO A COOL COMIC MAG WITH HORRIFIC VIOLENCE AND EXPOSED BOOBIES ON EVERY PAGE. DITTO FOR ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. PARENTS YELLED ABOUT THE GROSS OUT PICS ON THE FRONT OF THE CARD BUT THE REAL SUBVERSIVE SHIT WAS ON THE BACK.

JOE'S FAVORITE TV SHOW BEING 'NAME THAT TUNE' INSTEAD OF MTV IS A DEAD GIVEAWAY THAT SOME 50 YEAR OLD SUIT HAD FINAL APPROVAL ON EVERYTHING. I MEAN COME ON

DEAR GOD I SPENT AN HOUR WRITING UP THAT ONE CARD THIS IS WHY I STOPPED BLOGGING REGULARLY. FUCK IT, THE #1 CARD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

o hai mark

Cool Stuff #1 - Beautiful Auto

HEY, EVERYTHING'S GREAT.

BRAVES WON A GAME AND ACUÑA SIGNED A BIG DEAL

TRAE YOUNG KICKING ASS YET STILL GETTING THE HAWKS LOTS OF PING PONG BALLS

UNITED STILL HAS AN ALMIRON AND TATA HANGOVER BUT ARSENAL IS SOMEHOW IN THIRD PLACE???

WATCHED THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI TODAY, WHO DOESN'T LOVE THAT MOVIE

BEEN READING LOTS OF COMICS, TRY THIS ONE, IT'S FUN

STRESS LEVELS ARE DOWN, NOT SURE IF IT'S BECAUSE MY MENTAL STATE HAS COMPLETELY COLLAPSED AND I JUST DON'T CARE ANYMORE, BUT WHATEVER IT FEELS FANTASTIC

AND I HAVE SOMEHOW ACQUIRED A DON MOSSI AUTOGRAPH CARD HOLY CRAP

 LOOKIT THAT GORGEOUS PUSS. AND THAT LOVELY HANDWRITING. YOU CAN READ EVERY LETTER AND HE DOTTED THE I, NOT THE EAR

LIKE MOST OF MY SPECTACULAR PICKUPS THIS ONE COMPLETELY BLINDSIDED ME. AT A RECENT LOCAL CARD SHOW I SHOWED UP SUPER LATE (AN HOUR BEFORE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO END, HOW GAUCHE) AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE WAS ALREADY PACKED UP WHEN I WALKED IN. I LOOKED HALFHEARTEDLY AT SOME VINTAGE STUFF I'VE PICKED OVER A THOUSAND TIMES, THEN PARKED IN FRONT OF SOME POOR BASTARD'S DIME BOX FOR 45 MINUTES WHILE EVERYONE ELSE CLEARED OUT. DROPPED A HAMILTON ON SOME TEN CENT GOODIES [foreshadowing] AND ON MY WAY OUT THE DOOR THE VINTAGE GUY WAS STILL SET UP SO I CLEANED HIM OUT OF 25-CENT KELLOGG'S AS ONE DOES. WENT TO PAY AND DON LEAPT OUT OF A STACK OF AUTOGRAPH CARDS AND TACKLED MY ASS, DEMANDING THAT I TAKE HIM HOME. HOW COULD I SAY NO TO THAT SWEET SMILING FACE

THIS IS MY FAVORITE INDIANS CARD OF DON SO REALLY PICKING THIS UP WAS A NO BRAINER AND I'M GLAD THAT STACK OF AUTOS ACCOSTED ME WHEN IT DID. FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, MY FAVORITE TIGERS MOSSI IS THE '64 TOPPS*, MY FAVORITE ATHLETICS MOSSI IS THE '66 TOPPS AND I AM ETERNALLY HEARTBROKEN THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A WHITE SOX CARD OF DON. CHECK OUT THAT STEALTH PERFECT GAME COMMEMORATED WITH A CARTOON ON THE BACK. FANTASTIC

EVEN BETTER IS I GOT MY SHIT TOGETHER FINALLY AND HAVE A FOLDER FULL OF SCANS ACTUALLY SORTED AND ORGANIZED AND READY TO POST AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE. CHECK OUT SOME SPOILERS FOR FUTURE POSTS IN THE IMAGE ABOVE. FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER MY LACK OF POSTS IS 100% DUE TO MY LAZINESS SO YELL AT ME WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR MORE TRASH TRADING CARD CONTENT. PLAY BALL!

*YOU'D THINK IT WOULD BE THE '60 TOPPS BUT NOPE. '64