My wife alerted me to a package I had on the porch. When I opened the door, I saw THIS: (If you don't get the Manny Ramirez reference, check my previous blog posting.) Anyway, here is the video of me opening up all my new precious!
One of my favorite walk-offs was in the '07 playoffs when Manny knocked it out and stood at the plate with his hands raised in the air for about 45 minutes. I have enjoyed seeing photoshop battles online, and wanted to do a few myself. If you wanted to as well, I have cut out one below. Just save to your computer and tweet out to @tanmanbbfan with the hashtag #photoshopbattlemanny Anyway, here are a few of my entries. Some stupid. Some funny. All Manny. How Manny would you say? This Manny.... Your turn! @tanmanbbfan / #photoshopbattlemanny A few others
I babble quite a bit for the first 4 minutes on the history of Donruss, without showing anything really so feel free to skip to around the 4 minute mark if you don't care and just want to see the collection!
On the forums, I've spoken ad nauseum (satire & otherwise) about the problems I have had with Topps coming out with their 2016 rendition of Archives Signature Series Buybacks. I have gone back and forth, and decided to do a "blog only exclusive" article here to share my final thoughts. THE GOOD You can get copies of buybacks that weren't previously available in 2015 New for 2016 are buyback jersey/relic cards (sweet!) THE BAD There is (again) NO checklist They were released a mere 9 months or so after the last release They look VERY similar to the 2015's. Very
38 minutes of baseball card talk goodness awaits you with the click of the youtube video below! If you are interested in learning more about Radicards, check them out at www.radicards.com
[EMAIL CHIME] Hello Tanner, I ran across this Jose Canseco card, and was wondering if you would be interested.... [EMAIL CHIME] Hey, Tanner! A friend of mine just pulled this Canseco! You can email him at... [EMAIL CHIME] So, you are the crazy moustache guy that makes customs and loves Canseco, right? If so, I saw this Canseco get opened in a break.... ---------------- I get messages like these every day. The only way it could possibly be any better is if more of you did it! I want to SINCERELY thank everyone who has ever even tried to put
Someone posted the question "Why do so many people dislike printing plates so much?" My response was that as this hobby continues to have more and more high end pieces, we collectors see our cards more like art, thus making the aesthetics factor very important to us. Because of this, plates are not at the same level, because they are...well...ugly. I personally love them. I love having a piece that is used to create the entire run of a certain card. I got to thinking though, what if the companies started to instead, chop up printing plates and embed them
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Just when you thought you couldn't get enough buyback cards... Introducing: The buyback-buyback! If you are like most collectors, 10 different buybacks of the same junk wax card in the span of 7 months simply isn't enough! Here is the rundown: Take a beautiful base card: Have it signed, then stamp, serial number and encase it ... Then take that signed/stamped/numbered/cased card and have it signed/stamped/numbered ON the case ... and put it in another case! These ON CASE signed/stamped/numbered cards are guaranteed to be a hit with collectors and investors alike. (Note: the sticker is in an entirely different
In July, a 1963 Topps Ken McMullen rookie card sold on eBay for over $150,000. It was a beautiful specimen graded by 9 by PSA. For those of you who don't know who Ken McMullen is, he signed with the LA Dodgers right out of high school and debuted in 1962 as a 20 year old. McMullen wrapped up his career with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1977. His career statline boasted a .248 average with 156 home runs. So why is his rookie card so expensive? Because he shared it with 3 other guys. Recognize any of the names? Throughout
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