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Collection Highlight – 1984 Topps Dan Fouts #180 “Instant Replay”
With football season fast approaching, I thought I should show off some of my favorite Charger cards. Now, I’ve been a Chargers fan for most of my life. And when I think of Charger Football, I always think back to the Air Coryell era. Lots of points, tons of excitement. Charlie Joiner, Wes Chandler, the [...]
Collection Highlight: 2001 Upper Deck Prospect Premieres Jake Peavy TTM Autograph
This seemed like a timely card to feature. Jake Peavy’s 2001 Upper Deck Prospect Premieres card that I got autographed through the mail.
Since returning from my last underway almost a week ago, it has taken me a few days to digest the whole Jake Peavy trade. Normally, we have email and limited internet availability at [...]
Collection Highlight: 1994 Flair Wave of the Future Joey Hamilton
I’m in a 90’s kind of mood right now. So I figure I’d spotlight a card that exemplified the craziness of the 90’s insert era. Here’s Joey Hamilton’s card from the 1994 Flair ‘Wave of the Future” insert set. This was a 20 card insert set that highlighted some of the game’s hottest young stars. [...]
Collection Highlight: 2002 Topps Finest Ryan Klesko Refractor
Ryan Klesko’s Topps Finest Refractor. So very shiny:
I first became aware of Ryan Klesko back during the Padres fire sale of 1993. (Wow, that’s over 15 years ago….I’m feeling older.) Back then the team was being gutted and the likes of Gary Sheffield and Fred McGriff were being shopped around. The Atlanta Braves were [...]
Collection Highlight: 2004 Sweet Spot Khalil Greene and Sean Burroughs Diamond Duos
Remember back in 2004 when Padre fans naively thought that we were set for the next 15 years at SS and 3B? It was a euphoric period for the Padres. They were in the midst of moving into their new downtown ballpark and they had a nucleus of solid young talent – Burroughs and Greene [...]
P-A-D-R-E-S 2007 SP Authentics By The Letter Patches
Finally complete. Never intended to do this, but it just happened to work out. There were six Padres in this set, so I decided to try and spell ‘Padres’ using all six players. From left to right:
P – Khalil Greene
A – Adrian Gonzalez
D – Kevin Kouzmanoff
R – Justin Hampson
E – Kevin Cameron
S – Chris Young
Completed the Tony Gwynn Graded Rookie Card Trifecta
The other day I won Tony Gwynn’s Topps rookie card from Ebay. This was graded MINT by PSA. For Tony Gwynn collector’s, this is the definitive card to have in your collection. I have a couple of ungraded copies, but I’ve been wanting to get a graded copy for a while.
That should complement the other [...]
Collection Highlight: 1993 Stadium Club Members Only Parallel Natrone Means, Graded BGS 9.5
Natrone Means. The Natrone Bomb. Natrone “Refried” Means. Natrone Means Business. Definitely one of my favorite Chargers of all time. I happened to check out his stats, and it surprised me to find out that he only had one 1,000 yard rushing season. That came in 1994, when the Chargers managed to upset the Steelers [...]
Collection Highlight: 2004 Topps Originals Signature Tony Gwynn Autographed Card
75 posts and I finally get around to showing off my favorite autographed Tony Gwynn card. It’s from the 2004 Topps Originals set. Basically, the concept of Topps Originals was that Topps would take some of their older cards, have them autographed (on card, not on stickers), and encase them in an acrylic protector. A [...]
Collection Highlight: 1998 Topps Gold Label Class 2 Greg Vaughn
I was browsing the web for some Padres related news when I came across the story that Greg Vaughn was on the Hall of Fame ballot. Despite my appreciation of Vaughn during his tenure in Friarland, I am under no illusion that he will come close to enshrinement. His .242 career batting average and 355 [...]
