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So, Your Favorite Player is an All-Star. Now What?
Well, it finally happened. You got in on the ground floor of fandom—a young player, up and coming, had all the tools, plus work ethic and a good personality. You thought to yourself, “Hey, I’m going to root for this player just a little bit harder than the others. I want to see him succeed.” [...]
Phillies Prospect Michael Taylor Talks Cards, Collecting, and Autos with Susan Lulgjuraj
The Cardboard Connection’s own Susan Lulgjuraj caught up with talented Phillies Outfielder to talk Cards, Autographs, and Collecting.
Magglio Ordonez Auctions his Long Hair, Skybox Tickets, and Signed Bat for Charity
For those who thought that hair related sports memorabilia was a passing fad, think again. After years of letting his hair grow longer and longer, Detroit Tigers Star Magglio Ordonez’s hair has become someone of a star unto itself. Recently he decided to call it quits – all in the name of charity. His man [...]
2009 Topps Series 2 Baseball Set Checklist
2009 Topps Series 2 Baseball Base Set Checklist (331-660) Card# Player Name Team Other Info 331 Luke Scott Baltimore Orioles 332 Chone Figgins Angels 333 Jeremy Sowers/Aaron Laffey Cleveland Indians 334 Blake DeWitt Los Angeles Dodgers 335 Chris Young Arizona Diamondbacks 336 Jordan Schafer Atlanta Braves Rookie Card 337 Bobby Jenks Chicago White Sox 338 [...]
Story of an 11-year-old autograph hunter
Dylan Jacobsen stood by the security gate looking down the ramp leading into the Philadelphia Phillies players’ parking lot. Anytime he sees one of the fancy cars, the 11-year-old makes sure his ballpoint pen is ready. Jacobsen wants an autograph from one his favorite players and hopes this time one will stop. Jacobsen, who grew [...]
Looking for more cards? Surf the web
Finding baseball cards isn’t easy, but finding them for a good price is the hard part. There are the usual locations such as eBay, and card shops, but one of the most surprising ways to find baseball cards is through the Internet. Gone are the days when you could trade cards with your pal down [...]
When Prospecting Goes Wrong
Matt Weiters, Matt LaPorta, Mat Gamel, David Price, Gordon Beckham, Andrew McCutchen, Tommy Hanson. Holy cow, the 2009 baseball season has been a who’s who of top MLB prospects. Do the minor leagues even exist anymore? I’d wouldn’t be surprised if they were running out of players. I can’t remember a more active prospect influx [...]
Hot Box or Hot Air?
Buying hobby boxes is like walking into a casino. You’re trying your luck and hoping to come out a winner. I’m no stranger to baseball cards or casinos. Yet, I still find myself going back for more. I recently bought two boxes of 2009 Upper Deck Series 2 Baseball. I wanted a ‘hot box.’ A [...]
Alex Rodriguez’s Road To Redemption
Alex Rodriguez endured an off-season of controversy when it came out that he used performance enhancing drugs during his tenure with the Texas Rangers. The majority of this scrutiny came from those who cited a prior interview he had on 60 minutes where he denied ever using drugs, saying he “never needed them.” Many wondered if A-Rod’s game would suffer this [...]
Interview With Brian Kong, The King of The Sketch
The Cardboard Connection’s own Jay Ghazaleh sat down with sketch card super artist Brian Kong to find out more about the man behind the masterpieces.
2010 Topps Series 1 Baseball
Hobby Configuration: 36 packs per box. 10 cards per pack. Topps Baseball, the ONLY Official Major League Baseball card, leads off the MLB season with a celebratory anthology of baseball’s past, present, and future, with exclusive Autograph, Cut Signature, Relic, Sketch, and Insert cards. Topps Baseball pitches a perfect game with a ground-breaking, once-in-a-lifetime Promotion [...]
Topps Grabs By Ankles; Lifts, Shakes
Who are the ad wizards who came up with this one? 2009 Topps Series 2 Baseball has hit the shelves, the middling release that everyone waits for but nobody is quite sure why. Yet here were are, more than 20% into the baseball season, with plenty of different products already released and some big ones [...]
The Yankee Effect
Pinstripes aren’t just slimming. They also make things more expensive. This isn’t about the price of the new stadium, but baseball cards. A player could be a solid with a decent amount of player collectors following him. However, once you throw a Yankee uniform on him, there are so many more trying to gobble up his [...]
Doubling Down
Every six months or so I make a concerted effort to “streamline” my collection. Simplify, if you will. Purge, if necessary. It starts out simple enough—I vow to only collect cards from certain sets, eschew unnecessary parallels, etc. The specifics vary every time I do it, but the basic idea is the same: spend less [...]
2009 Upper Deck Draft Football
2009 Upper Deck Draft Football Product Profile Release Date: 5/26/09 (Delayed from original date of 5/5) Hobby Configuration: 12 Boxes Per Case / 16 Packs Per Box / 10 Cards Per Pack Product Information 2009 Upper Deck Draft Football Product Highlights (5) rookie autographs per box on average All individual autographs are signed on-card (1) [...]
Visit your local shop soon, before it’s too late
The next time you walk into your local hobby shop, have a good look around. Don’t stop until you remember every crevice and every crack in the wall. For years, local hobby shops have been closing. This isn’t new news, but the rate has escalated in recent months. In this economy, the situation has gotten [...]
2009 Topps Series 2 Baseball Variation Checklist
With the May 20th release date for 2009 Topps Series 2 Baseball inching closer and closer, many collector look forward to soon being able to complete their 2009 Topps Baseball Card Sets. The second installment of what many consider to be the best Topps Baseball base set of the last decade will look to continue [...]
2009 Bowman Draft Picks Football
2009 Bowman Draft Football is a big step up from Topps’ first attempts at preseason rookie-packed football card products, Topps Progression and Topps Draft Picks and Prospects. One of the high points of this set is that 75% of the autographs seeded in it feature on-card autographs – always a nice touch in this [...]