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The Mountaineer Mine

The Mountaineer Mine (An Intro) 9/14/17
The Mountaineer Mine #1 - Kevin Pittsnogle
The Mountaineer Mine #2 - Major Harris
The Mountaineer Mine #2.2 - Major Harris
The Mountaineer Mine #3 - Owen Schmitt
The Mountaineer Mine #3.2 - Owen Schmitt

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  • foul bunt
    Another TTM Success From Tommy Medica - This 2014 Topps Chrome refractor of Tommy Medica was sitting around in one of my boxes for quite a while. I had gotten him TTM back in 2020, and must have...
  • Too Many Verlanders
    2025 trade package #24: My Sports Obsession - November ended up being a very social month for me as far as the hobby goes. Less than a week after I attended the show with Angus that I just recapped, ...
  • Japanese Baseball Cards
    Card Of The Week December 14 - The Twins Oosterhout of the Netherlands' Honkbal Hoofdklasse announced this weekend that they had signed former Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Ayumu Ishikaw...
  • My Sports Obsession
    Happy Birthday - Devin Gardner - Devin was born on this day in 1991, making him 34 today. NFL Debut - n/a Years Active - n/a Cards on TCDB - 136 cards (2025), 135 cards (2024), 132 c...
  • soxnerd
    TODAY (DEC. 14) IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: HELLO PIZARRO, BLACK JACK DEALT AWAY AND MORE - Here’s a look at what happened on this date (Dec. 14) in White Sox history: *1960, A JUAN-DERFUL DEAL: The White Sox acquired left-hander Juan Pizarro from...
  • Nachos Grande
    2025 Topps Holiday Advent Calendar: Day 14 - Happy Sunday, everyone! Today is December 14, so you know what that means - time to open another door in our Advent Calendar! *Day 14:* Each 2025 Topps ...
  • Baseball Card Breakdown
    Instant Winnings - My weekend got kicked up a notch by an unexpected box of various good cards. Friday evening I won a cardsphere giveaway, and Saturday morning I had the w...
  • Droidtrader's Sports Memorabilia
    Closing Out a Slow Week With a Return From Frank Linzy - This has been the slowest week that I've had in a while, but it will probably stay this way for a few weeks at least. I haven't sent out many requests, ...
  • The Chronicles of Fuji
    A Trio of BIPs (Blogger Inspired Purchases) - A quick post with a back update and some recent blogger inspired purchases. Let's start with the back. I'm still in a lot of pain, but at least it's not ...
  • Sports Memorabilia News
    Sean McVay’s First Football Card is in 2025 Panini Mosaic - He's yet to turn 40 but he's already won a Super Bowl and is considered one of the NFL's best coaches but it wasn't until this year that Sean McVay finally...
  • John's Big League Baseball Blog
    16 Days of Boydsmas- Day 5 - *16 Days of Boydsmas- Day 5. * In 2025, Matthew Boyd was a finalist for a Gold Glove Award in the National League. Matthew's lifetime fielding percentage ...
  • Run-Fore!-Kelloggs Baseball Cards
    Where are the Unopened Kellogg's Packs Hiding? - Like everyone else my age, when I dug through the box I grabbed the card and ripped it out of the package. Somehow, not everyone did so. Once COVID h...
  • baseball card vandals
    - Eat me. Own this BCV original.
  • The Phillies Room
    The Phillies Room: December Notes / Schwarber Signs! - 2025 Philadelphia Phillies Kids Club / Club 215 2025 Topps Now #845 2025 Chachi Special Edition #5 2020 Bowman Draft #BD-112 2024 Bowman Chrome Pro...
  • Blowout Buzz
    Board Buzz: Must-read threads on Blowout Forums (Dec. 14) - *What's Buzzing: *Wemby returns and guides Spurs, John Cena smiles because it happened, NFL Week 15 and more in this Sunday edition. -- *1 -- NBA: Wemby...
  • Daily Autograph
    Ricardo Cabrera - I met him at a Minor League game at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida in 2024, when the Daytona Tortugas came to play the Bradenton Marauders. Ricardo si...
  • Sports Card Info
    2025 Topps Update Series Baseball Super Box Pin Checklist - Found inside the 2025 Topps Update Series Baseball Super Box are (10) 14-card packs, (1) oversized card and companion card, (1) 5-card pack containing Silv...
  • COMC Blog
    COMC & TAG: A new chapter in card grading - COMC is thrilled to announce a new partnership with TAG (Technical Authentication & Grading), bringing TAG’s cutting-edge, technology-driven grading soluti...
  • Mint Condition
    Uncustomed Heroes of 2025: Marlins - In a year where the usual NL spoiler, the New York Mets, were too depressed to actually catch would-be competitors, the surprise spoiler may have been ...
  • CrazieJoe's Card Corner
    Different Times - On to the next pack of 2022 Upper Deck AEW cards, and we continue the amazing streak of all new base cards - would love that trend to continue through th...
  • WHEN TOPPS HAD (BASE)BALLS!
    WTHBALLS CUSTOM SET SPOTLIGHT: 1960S STARS OF THE GAME: BROOKS ROBINSON - Good day all! On the blog today, we spotlight another card from my 1960 "Stars of the Game" custom gelatin set, this one Brooks Robinson: In 1958 he’d p...
  • Cardboard History
    NBA Advent Calendar day 13 - Barely got today's post up in time. Chronic health problems kicking my butt today. Just something I've been dealing with my whole life basically. Really l...
  • Sportscards From The Dollar Store
    One Away - With the addition of this card (in more than one definition), I'm officially one card away from completing the entire cardboard run of Jeff Dellenbac...
  • cards as i see them
    chrome was a chore this year - i purchased a fair amount of 2025 topps chrome this year, and i purchased it from a variety of sources - directly from topps, from a couple of card shops, ...
  • Night Owl Cards
    Your weekly reminder that Topps doesn't care - I realized only a couple of days ago that Topps had released its Archives brand. I don't know how anybody keeps track. Archives' arrival has come a wee...
  • Sports Card Radio
    Steve Cohen Beat Insider Trading Charges. Now He Owns PSA - Steve Cohen's SAC Capital pleaded guilty to insider trading in 2013. $1.8 billion in fines. Eight employees went to prison. Over a decade of systematic fra...
  • Baseball Cards Come to Life!
    Cake or gum? 1977 Al Oliver - Last time there was a 5-5 tie. I'm guessing there will be a winner here. Looks like two photos taken at the same sitting! In earlier years Hostess cards ...
  • Cardboard Junkie
    2025 COMC BLACK FRIDAY BINGE HONORABLE MENTIONS - YAY! COMMENTS WORK AGAIN. NOW I JUST HAVE TO CONSTANTLY WATCH FOR SPAM LIKE A HAWK. NO, I DON'T NEED TO RECOVER MY STOLEN DOGECOIN, THANKYOUVERYMUCH. HE...
  • The Official Panini America Blog
    Panini Weekly Redemption Card Updates: December 8-12 2025 - In an effort to keep collectors updated on the status of those Panini America redemption cards that are currently being processed, like the one included in...
  • The Collective Mind
    Two Boxes of 2025 Allen & Ginter: Diminishing Returns - I almost didn't do it. As you probably already know, Allen & Ginter is the only new product I buy almost every year - including flagship Topps. This ye...
  • Johnny's Trading Spot
    Saturday Shadow Shots - *Christmas is right around the corner and I still need to get a few things handled. Our annual parade is tonight but I won't be attending. Next week rea...
  • The Topps Archives
    Grue-some - Among the trove of super tough Topps tests recently hammered by various auctioneers, one non-sports release really stood out to me. Issued (barely) in 1...
  • Cards on Cards
    Contest Reminder and a PWE Round-Up - *Cards from little envelopes.* Before I get into today's crop of cards, here is your final reminder to go and sign up for the College Football Postseason...
  • Beckett News
    2025 Topps Chrome Update Series Baseball Parallel Guide and Image Gallery - A Guide and Image Gallery to 2025 Topps Chrome Update Series Baseball parallels and variations, showcasing the difference between patterns. The post 2025...
  • Vintage Hockey Cards Report
    Stories Of Darryl Sittler - What follows are four stories from the Hockey Hall of Fame NHL career of Darryl Sittler. Starting with his first NHL goal, we also look back on a huge pl...
  • Go GTS
    Go GTS Weekly: Keeping the Pulse of #TheHobby – December 12, 2025 - Go GTS Weekly: Keeping the Pulse of #TheHobby - December 12, 2025 - Catch up on all that's been happening in The Hobby... We cover breaking news, product...
  • thefirstfiftyracesarethehardest
    Sunoco Returns with Ganassi, Simpson - Fans wanting a throwback livery will get their wis…kind of. Sunoco returns to IndyCar with a multiyear fulltime primary sponsorship of Chip Ganassi Racing’...
  • Card Buzz
    Navigating through a Japanese repack - *I was fortunate to be able to travel for a couple of weeks to Japan the past year* - mostly taking photo ops at various sighteeing sites. *When I could, I...
  • Upper Deck Blog
    Upper Deck Enhances the Collector Experience on e-Pack® by Becoming a Connected Retailer to The Authority™ Marketplace - Collectors on e-Pack® have the unique ability to decide when, where, and how they want to experience collecting. They can purchase, instantly open, and t...
  • The Shlabotnik Report
    Topps Minus 50: 1975 Winter Meetings – Day 5 - This is the latest in my Topps Minus 50 series which addresses transactions and other events within Major League Baseball which might have had an affect on...
  • The Greatest 21 Days
    Jose Martinez stayed in game, pitched in 4 majors games - Pitching for the AA Wichita Wranglers in April 1994, Jose Martinez took a deflected comebacker off his cheek, The Wichita Eagle wrote. The play complete...
  • RED SOX FAN IN NEBRASKA
    Last Week's Maildays - As I promised earlier, this is a much more diverse post. I received a lot of smaller TCDB trade packages. But yes, there are some Ceddanne Rafaela card...
  • SABR Baseball Cards
    Why I Sell Baseball Cards - In 1976, at the first-ever sports card show in the St. Louis area, I set up a table to sell some of my cards formally for the first time. I don’t think I s...
  • Hockey Ink In The Mail
    A Season in Autographs: 2021/2022 - From 1917/18 to 2021/22 a grand total of 8,325 people have played in the NHL. *2020/2021 * ...
  • Tim Wallach
    2025 Topps Shoebox Treasures #15 "Sepia Autograph" #/50 - *Card Review: 6.5* I'm not much for autographs on cards, at least, ones that aren't obtained in person. That's actually a generous way of putting it...
  • Puck Junk
    Does Condition Really Matter for Old Hockey Cards? - Especially When You Put Them in Pages? Last November, I purchased a complete 1970-71 O-Pee-Chee hockey card set at the Fall 2024 Sport Card Expo in Toro...
  • Dawg Day Cards
    Weekend card show - Syracuse Part 1 - As I mentioned in my last post, I went to two card shows last weekend. Saturday saw me wake up early, and make the two hour drive to meet up with Night ...
  • All Cardinals All the Time
    #1000 - I was going to post a couple of trades yesterday for a 2 for Tuesday post, but ran out of time. Instead, I will show off a few cards from TCDB member Ju...
  • ENOUGH ALREADY
    opening up two 2025-26 Topps basketball blasters -
  • Diamond Jesters
    Repack Haiku #438 (Al Pedrique) - *Pride or cowardice? * *Had staff walk Bonds all series * *To pause milestone hit* 1988 Donruss #361 Al Pedrique (RC) Pedrique was serving as the interim...
  • Not Another Baseball Card Blog
    Jeff Kent - Hello Friends! Over the weekend, the Contemporary Era released their ballots to see who will go into Cooperstown next summer. The ballot for this comm...
  • The Writer's Journey
    Fun Cards: SSPC “Baseball Immortals” Jeff Kent - Jeff Kent had a Hall of Fame career as a second baseman. I’m shocked the BBWAA passed on him. He never even received 50% of the vote from the writers, desp...
  • Dave and Adam’s Sports Card Blog - News and Information on Sports Cards
    New Releases of the Week of December 8th 2025 - The holiday season is heating up with a massive wave of new releases hitting the shelves at Dave & Adam’s! From galaxy-spanning Star Wars Chrome to t...
  • Plaschke, Thy Sweater Is Argyle
    Jackie Robinson Pickup: 1950-56 J.J.K. Copyart Postcard (Blank Back Edition) - If he wasn't a budget breaker I would collect playing-era Jackie Robinson stuff all the damn time. As a Dodgers' fan, a baseball fan, and a UCLA graduate.....
  • Cardboard Collections
    Box Break: 2025 Topps Allen & Ginter - 12/03/25 saw the release of the annual Allen & Ginter set. For me this was a long awaited day as Ginter is one of my favorite sets. Outside of Stadium ...
  • Lifetime Topps project
    Saturdays Suds: Baseball & Beer #104 Hop Butcher Be Alert for Foul Balls - Had a beer recently that qualified for been quite a while since I did one of these posts. I recently went to the Michigan / Northwestern football game at ...
  • 1960s Baseball
    RIP - Dave Morehead - Dave Morehead, who pitched for the Red Sox in the mid-1960s, passed away on November 23, 2025 at age 82. Morehead was a member of the Sox' starting rotat...
  • Pre-War Card Magazine
    Rare Signed 1933 Goudey Ruth Available in Fall Auction - The signed 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth #144 stands out in a crowded field of pre-war treasures offered in REA's Fall Catalog Auction. The post Rare Signed 1933...
  • Sport Card Collectors
    FINAL VOTING TAKING PLACE - *DON'T FORGET TO VOTE FOR YOU FAVORITE BLOGGERS AND TRADING CARD PRODUCTS IN NACHO GRANDES END OF THE YEAR AWARDS.* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
  • The Yount Collector
    2025 Topps Chrome Update - Yount Checklist - Robin has a few very limited cards to chase in this year's Chrome Update. And he just so happens to share the card with two other Brewer's Greats. ...
  • Oilpressure
    RLL is Going All-in For the Future - As of yesterday, we are exactly halfway through the IndyCar offseason. The season finale at Nashville ran 92 days ago, and the green flag will fly in St. P...
  • Tan Man Baseball Fan
    Why 90s/00s Inserts Still Matter in Today’s Ultra-Premium Hobby (and why they may be the best) - If you really want to keep me busy for hours, just ask me to rank my top 10 favorite cards. I’ll agonize over it endlessly – mostly because my ’90s-’00s ...
  • A Pack To Be Named Later
    1993 Classic '93 Hockey Draft - If you remember the Classic baseball cards (and game) from the late-1980s, this pack of hockey cards will seem familiar. And by the time the ear...
  • Royal Card Review
    I Should Never Make Plans On My Blog - In August I laid out plans for my blog.... then I stopped posting. Lesson learned. In that time since my last post I haven't done a lot worth writing ...
  • MY HOCKEY CARD OBSESSION
    LINDEN CARD OF THE WEEK - 2024/25 Premier Old Style Signatures - It's a rare mid-week day off for me...and I'm welcoming it with open arms. A busier end to the calendar year has me energized and excited for what the ne...
  • Cardboard Catastrophes
    One Off - I finally broke my hobby drought. After nearly 8 months of not adding a single card to my collection, I just bought what will be the 74th card in my sign...
  • Snagging Cardboard
    YOU'RE FIRED! And Me TO? - No, I'm not fired. This is just the final post on this blog as I am stepping away from all blogging at year's end.However, NY Giants Head Coach Brian Dabol...
  • Blog - WaxPackHero
    Topps Living Set NBA - Come here to see the NBA Topps Living Set photo checklist and print run information!
  • LV's TTM autographs and Baseball Cards
    October TTMs - Van Snider Signed 1/1 Sent c/o Home address 15 days Mickey Weston Signed 2/1 Sent c/o Home address 15 days Tim Redding S...
  • Coast To Posts - A Hockey Card Blog
    18-Inning Heartbreak and the Hunt for Young Guns - Game 3 was another fun matchup. I watched it until maybe the 8th inning and had to hit the hay. You know, work in the morning. I figured I’d save the hig...
  • Card Boarded
    Collection Update 2025 - Wow, it's been over three years since I posted on here. Time flies, I guess. This blog had been my primary passion project going back to 2009 and even th...
  • Not Pulled From Packs
    New Blog, New Location - For everyone who still has me on whatever lists I may be on, I am starting to blog again. I'm starting back up with my new blog, called A Most Adequate C...
  • Cardboard Conundrum
    New Blog, New Location - For everyone who still has me on whatever lists I may be on, I am starting to blog again. I'm starting back up with my new blog, called A Most Adequate C...
  • Torren' Up Cards
    My Pros and the Cons of this One Specific Card - So during the peak of my downsizing efforts there were some cards that I went over multiple times wondering if I wanted to move it or not. The fact that...
  • fivecardguys
    Mickey And Friends On MLB Topps Chrome Disney Cards - Disney magic meets the diamond in an awesome crossover: the launch of MLD Disney Topps Chrome with Mickey & Friends MLB cards in 2025.
  • Padrographs; Abner to Zimmer
    Plus 1=1340 - Well I added a card to my Padrographs collection. Reginald Preciado signed by the Padres in 2019, he played in instructional ball for the Padres but wa...
  • Section 36
    Collecting the Sox: Bobbleheads - Harry Potter Devers - If you're following me on Instagram (and really why aren't you?) you know I've been showing off my bobblehead collection periodically one by one. I reali...
  • The Fleer Sticker Project
    They Still Work! 1970 Fleer Iron-Ons - I came across a video on Youtube from Rob Opens Wax opening a pack of *1970 Fleer Iron-ons*. It was fun to see Rob not only open the pack but th...
  • Collector's Crack
    Going through a bulk baseball card box buy. - Thought I might post this here if anyone is interested. I'm incredibly lucky to have a great source for cheap bulk cards here in Anchorage. Don's Sp...
  • Cincinnati Reds Baseball Card Collector
    2015 Reds Autograph Baseball - Here's the latest addition to my autograph collection, a 2015 Reds team signed Opening Day Major League Baseball. There are 16 signatures on this basebal...
  • I need new hobbies.
    For Sale or Trade! - This is just a placeholder post, until I start posting things for sale or trade. I’m going through a lot of my stuff at the moment, so the first couple of ...
  • Starting Nine.
    It Was Thirty Years Ago Today. - Fans talk about "unbreakable" records all the time. They talk about Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hit streak as though no one could ever break it. It i...
  • Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius
    1962 Topps Mars Attacks Needs List - 1962 Topps Mars Attacks Needs List Last updated: 08-31-25 *Bold* = Awaiting arrival/pending trade 1. The Invasion Begins 2. Martians Approaching 3. At...
  • The Angels, In Order
    Added Two This Week - Just two cards incoming this week. TCDB trading is on again off again. I think I have two more incoming next week. I miss getting mail. Small trade with ...
  • Getting Back into Baseball Cards....in Japan
    2024 Topps Stadium Club NPB complete set for $3.40 - As I mentioned last week one of my new collecting hobbies is buying complete sets that I find for insanely cheap prices. This week's installment is th...
  • Off Hiatus Baseball Cards
    A Milwaukee Card Show!? - Am I too late to talk about a trip I took in June? Well, I am going to talk about it anyway. My wife had decided to go to an out-of-town event in Charlot...
  • ikissedthebricks
    Justin Wilson- 10 Years - It breaks my heart to write this post. How in the world can it be ten years since we lost Justin? We still talk about him every race we attend. I wear a ne...
  • Infield Fly Rule
    Roger That - You only have to win by one. Despite slogging through what has been a disastrous 2025 season, the Colorado Rockies scratched out an all-time great win las...
  • Number 5 Type Collection
    1979 Calbee Japanese Baseball #5, Kyosuke Sasaki - This close-up batting portrait shows Japanese veteran Kyosuke Sasaki in the colorful, Expos-like uniform for one of Osaka's two teams of that era, the Ki...
  • Hell's Valuable Collectibles
    Jaroslav Halak Autographed 8x10 Photo - (team and product links go to sponsored *Amazon* products, player links go to related pages on my blog, news links go to source pages) There was sad news t...
  • Look! An Airplane!
    Mid-Way Regional Pancake Breakfast Fly-In, Midlothian, TX 2025 - June 7, 2025 Mid-Way Regional Airport, Midlothian, TX I'm
  • A Penny Sleeve for your Thoughts
    Extending my leave - I said in my last published post that I would be taking a break until March, or April, at the latest. Seeing as how it's now July, I was obviously a bit of...
  • Welcome to Oreopolis!
    Alex Palou, Smiling Assassin - Given the inflated sense of importance that many American racing fans place on the Indianapolis 500, a victory on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval wa...
  • The Cardboard and Me
    Joe Paterson: Q&A - First post in a long time, but I have a very good reason for returning to the blog. Former NHLer Joe Paterson reached out to me after reading my post ab...
  • Royals and Randoms
    My Son's One Pack - Last night at my Son's end-of-year Little League team party, one of the coaches handed out one pack of 2025 Topps to each player. My son pulled thi...
  • Eamus Catuli!
    My First Rip In Quite Awhile - I had an unexpected envelope arrive in the mail the other day, and I finally found a minute to dive in. There was a nice, handwritten note from a good b...
  • Hockey Kazi
    Bulldogs Meet & Greet/Autograph Signing - Back again y'all. On Feb 26. Brantford Surplus held a meet & greet/autograph signing with the OHL Brantford Bulldogs from 14:00-15:30. Odd time during t...
  • Clyde's Stale Cards
    2023-2025 San Francisco Giants Fan Fest photo cards - It has been a few years, but the Giants have produced a new series of black & white photo cards for their yearly Fan Fest events. This design show...
  • Cards of Future Fenway Stars
    Cardboard Season: Pre-Spring, March 6, 2025 - It has been years since I've followed college football closely. But when I was younger, I could have told you every starting quarterback and leading r...
  • 1995 Skybox E-Motion
    Emotion Recap - Page 26 - Masters #4 Tony Gwynn Masters #5 Kenny Lofton Masters #6 Greg Maddux Masters #7 Raul Mondesi Masters #8 Cal Ripken Masters #9 Frank Thomas Masters #10 M...
  • Curly W Cards
    Test post - Hmm it seems that this blog has been hijacked. I am writing a test post to see it that makes a difference. UPDATE: (Monday 10 Feb 2025) Hmm seems to be ...
  • Tenets of Wilson
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  • Highly Subjective and Completely Arbitrary
    2025 Wallet Card Junior Ortiz - Here's the new Wallet Card for me in 2025: Ortiz was a member of the Twins' 1991 World Series winning roster, in the role of a backup catcher, and the p...
  • CaptKirk42s Trading Cards Blog
    2024 Some Sales YAY! - This past year for my card sales over at Ebay I only sold one item an Adrien Peterson relic card. In attempts to get things to sell on Ebay a few time...
  • Baseball Happenings
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  • Fan-Attic Sports Cards Blog
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  • Dime Boxes -- The Low-End Baseball Card Collector's Journey
    Closing the doors (for now) - This is a post I knew was coming, but dreaded writing. Let's take the band-aid off: I've decided to close up shop on "Dime Boxes" for the foreseeable fut...
  • The Snorting Bull
    106. - Blake Snell number 106 is just a red herring to make two other announcements. Announcement #1- I have not written very often in this space during t...
  • The Collector
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  • Wrigley Wax
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  • Dub Mentality
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  • The Real DFG
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  • Dave's World
    Doug Mientkiewicz - Douglas Andrew Mientkiewicz (/mɪntˈkeɪvɪtʃ/ mint-KAY-vitch; born June 19, 1974) is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played…
  • Sports Cards Uncensored
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  • The Hopeful Chase
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  • The Raz Card Blog
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  • Can't Have Too Many Cards
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  • It's like having my own Card Shop
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  • Remember The Astrodome
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  • Bump and Run Football Card Blog
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  • Trader Crack's
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  • FOR LOVE of THE CARDS
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  • Collecting Cutch
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  • Scott Crawford On Cards!
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