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You haven’t seen these before – 90’s Prototype Edition

What lies below is the unveiling of some cards you have likely never seen before. In addition to this is the absolute craziest deal I have ever been a part of! If you ask seasoned hardcore collectors, they will tell you the 1990s inserts/parallels are where it's at. The best of the best? Across the board, you will likely hear about 1996 Select Certified Mirror Gold, 1997 Pinnacle Totally Certified Platinum Gold, 1998 Donruss Red Crusade, among others. These are *true* white whale cards for collectors. With only 25-30 of each having been printed, some of these cards have been dreamed about

Cheese & Macaroni … or Macaroni & Cheese?

1987 Kraft Home Plate Heroes I'm not sure what your thoughts/feelings are on Mac & Cheese, but it has been in my life for 30 or more years. The cheesy goodness. The way you can stick a noodle on each prong of your fork. Perfection....almost. In 1987, Kraft DID make it perfect by printing 2 baseball cards to cut out from the backs of each box of Macaroni & Cheese (or as I like to call it ... Cheese & Macaroni ... anyone else with me? No? I didn't think so.) I blame this commercial for ruining it for me subliminally.

Remembering to Be Thankful

You can't have everything. Don't even try. Don't get too bummed out when someone else gets a card you have been holding out for. This has been my mantra this morning, as I look back on some cards I have missed out on recently. I've been EXTREMELY fortunate / blessed / thankful / lucky to land what I have, and I thought it would be a great time to do a collection update! There are some great 1/1s that are my favorite to show off, but there are also some hum-drum cards with great stories that are my favorite to write

My Jose Canseco Baseball Card Collection in 3D

IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO READ ALL OF THIS, PLEASE CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT THE VERY END, THANK YOU! Hurricane Harvey was unknown a mere handful of days ago, but just like that, friends of mine were sending pictures to me of people lining up for gas and bottled water. I can't believe how quickly this came into play. The flooding has taken a HUGE toll in our area. Thankfully, our house does not look like it will be threatened by flooding (for now.) However, check out the before and after pics a few minutes down the road

Homer at the Bat: The Untold Story of the Simpsons

Hi, I'm Troy McClure! You may recognize me from films as "Dial 'M' for Mommy" and "The Monkey Bachelor, Season 5". Everyone has seen the episode "Homer at the Bat", where all kinds of baseball superstars made guest appearances. But did you know one main superstar did NOT make the cut? Everyone is familiar with this picture. The REAL original picture was supposed to include Mouschi Baconstache. That's right, Simpsons lovers! Mike Scioscia was a fill-in for Mouschi. As the biggest star in baseball during the early 90s, (and Bart's favorite player) Mouschi had to be included. The episode was to

Canseco Super Collector Top 10 Cards of the 1980s

Jose Canseco Top Cards of the Junk Wax Era This page has been modified to fit the junk wax era - we didn't quite make it to 10, but nevertheless, here they are! When you think of the junk wax era, you may think of the baseball card boom that started in the mid 80's and ended in the early 90's. Many believe that this time period is worthless when it comes to collecting, but believe it or not, some of the most valuable, rarest baseball cards have come out of this time period. The cards shown below are the

I made a GIF of Jose Canseco Swinging from my Baseball Cards

"Do you pronounce it GIF or JIF?" Out of all of the questions I post on facebook for debate, that one was quite possible the most hotly contested. On one side, you have the folks pronouncing it with a hard G, and the others with a soft G (or...J). The hard G's mock their adversaries by using lines from a pretty hilarious parody video of someone debating this while asking if they received a jift for the birthday jirl, etc. Whereas the soft G's point out that the creator of the animated gif said it should be pronounced JIF. No matter which

A Canadian Thief, the NSCC & Tons of Customs

The National has come and gone, and with it, many projects have seen their completion! Before I get into the NSCC and what happened, I figured I'd show off a few fun customs that don't have anything to do with anything else. (Well, okay - the needle card actually was a partial trade deal for someone to get Jose to sign something for me.) Remember Deflate-Gate? Someone online wanted me to create something fun for his buddy, so here it is: A Bill Belichick cut auto with an inflation needle! I was completely done with this, and ... well...the needle wouldn't

Nothing but the Tooth

The Yankee Chipper, and that's the tooth! Puns have run amok since Aaron Judge broke his tooth while celebrating a Brett Gardner walk-off home run the other night, so I couldn't resist. Can you blame me? :)

Jose Canseco Super Collector UPDATED Top 10 Game Used / Autographed Cards in My Collection

QUICK!!! Your house is on fire, and you can only save ten cards in your collection. What are they?! That is the question I posed to a friend of mine. As a Jose Canseco super collector I do this with myself as well, and it almost ALWAYS seems like I spend too much time spinning my wheels trying to figure out what they are. I have mad love for 80s/90s inserts and prototypes, but I always seem to gravitate toward the shiny high-end stuff. Even still, I'm going to go ahead and limit this to my top 10 favorite game used /

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