Wax Ecstatic
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Episodes: 189
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Have you rediscovered your childhood baseball cards, or do you have that "90s nostalgia" itch you've been looking to scratch? Come take a trip down memory lane as we take a second look at some famous (and not so famous) baseball cards from the 1990s all the way back through the 1950s. Wax Ecstatic is hosted by long-time collector Matt Sammon, who always has a fun look back at some of that classic cardboard in your collection!
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189: Singled Out: The Life and Legend of Glenn Burke, with author Andrew Maraniss
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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188: YOU KIDS GET OFF MY YARD! The (Old) Boys of Summer and the 1990 Pacific SPBA set!
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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187: The "Eh" Team: How O-Pee-Chee Went From a Mirror of Topps to a Top-Notch Set in 1992
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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186: But What About the Children?!? We Take a Second Look at the Well-Intentioned 1992 Triple Play Set!
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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185: The Best "Junk Wax" Set? We Revisit the Colorful Masterpiece 1989 Donruss!
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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184: Frankie Says "Relax" as we Take Another Look at 1985 Topps
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May 21, 2021 |
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183: Back in Black: By Popular Demand, We Re-visit 1987 Donruss!
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May 07, 2021 |
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182: Fattening Up with Flair in 1993!
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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181: The Ultimate Combo Meal-- Food Co-Op Baseball Cards!
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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180: And..... ACTION! With Heritage Coming Out, We Look Back at '72 Topps!
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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179: Trading Spaces: The History of the Traded/Update/Rookie Subsets
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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178: Reheat the Wax! We Dive Into Some Repacked Wax Packs
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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177: Gold Foiled Folly: How '94 Donruss Slouched into Laziness
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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176: Heads Up! No Really... 1990 Topps Heads Up, the Ultimate Pop Foul Collectible
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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175: Even Better Than Before: How 1993 Donruss Raised the Bar Again
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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174: Ring in the New... With Something Old?
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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173: '92 Donruss Gets All Growed Up
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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172: 66 in '63: How Fleer's Set Might Have Been a Big Deal... Or Was it Supposed to Be?
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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171: As God As My Witness, I Thought These Turkeys Would Fly
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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170: Don't Make Like a Tree and Leaf: We've Got Some Cool 90's Nostalgia Bargains Here
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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169: Popping Bubble Gum to Pop-Up Cards
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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168: Farm Fun: Some Very Familiar Names Pop Up in 1991 Classic Minor League
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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167: The Eye of the Beholder-- We Look Back at '61 Topps
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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166: A (Blue Light) Special Set: The Least Valuable 1982 Topps K-Mart MVP Set!
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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165: Yipes! Stripes! The Incredibly Underrated '86 Donruss Gets a Second Look
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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164: Last Chance at Perfection: Looking Back at 1993 Upper Deck
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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163: DIM YOUR EYES! Too Late... Let's Get All Technicolor Again with 1975 Topps!
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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162: Book It Danno: The Wax Pack Book and the Still Popular '86 Topps Set
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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161: Mini Super: The Tiny Treat That is '88 Topps American Baseball (Not "UK Minis")
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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160: Emptiness: 1994 Topps is Decent, But the Memories of Baseball in '94 Bring Down the Room
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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159: Off the Beaten Path: We Find Some BIG Stars of Baseball Past
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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158: I'm Not Quite Dead! How Bowman Avoided Disappearing, After Nearly Disappearing
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May 22, 2020 |
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157: Three's Company: The Start of the Rookie Craze with '83 Topps
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May 08, 2020 |
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156: Who Does #2 Work For? Derek Jeter Makes '93 Topps Series 1 Less Junky
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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155: Ho Ho... NO! A 1979 Topps "Fauxback" Pack Shows Us the Perils of Repackaged Relics
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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154: Back to the Future, with 2020 Topps Heritage and 1971 Topps!
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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153: All That And A Bag Of Chips: A 1990 Topps Vending Box Delivers Clean Cards and Spare Change
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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152: A Perfectly Imperfect Set-- The Beautifully Flawed '74 Topps
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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151: Wacky Garbage... A Look at Some Culturally Relevant Non-Sports Cards
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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150: And You Are...?!? Featuring "the Other Guys" of Multi-Player Rookie Cards
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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149: You Always Remember Your First... Wax Pack You Sicko. A Bargain Bin Beauty with '89 Topps!
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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148: Leftovers (Or I Can't Believe I Opened All Those Junk Wax Packs)
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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147: A Relief Pitcher Walks Into a Hobby Shop...
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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146: Breakfast Cereal Cards? They're Grrrrreat!
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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145: Fleer Gets it Right on Take Two: Looking Back at '92 Fleer Ultra
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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144: At The Corner of Happy and Healthy, We Find Some Discount Surprises
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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143: Taste the Rainbow! We Look Back at a Real Bargain Bin Beauty-- the Colorful '88 Score Baseball Set
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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142: That 70's Show! Dan Epstein Joins The Crazy Hair and Uniforms of 1970s Baseball Cards
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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141: The Rack is Back! Looking Through an '86 Topps Rack Pack and Many Other Sordid Tales
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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140: Pumpkin Spice Baseball Cards? 1993 Topps Stadium Club Series 1 is in the Air!
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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139: Baseball Card "Strays", Without the Annoying Sarah Mclachlan Music
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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138: Oh '88 Topps... I Was So Wrong to Ignore You
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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137: B-Sides: Bringing Backs to the Front
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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136: FORCED FUN! The Donruss Super Value Pack That Isn't Super
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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135: Not Gumming Up the Works: How Topps Almost Had The "Super" Solution to Card Condition
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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134: Green With Envy: How '92 Fleer was the Last Hurrah
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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133: To: Dad, Love: Matt
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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132: A Fat Box of Fat Packs: The Bargain Bin Brings Us Back to '91 Topps!
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May 24, 2019 |
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131: Rated MA: Mike Aronstein Joins Us to Discuss the '77 Renata Galasso set
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May 10, 2019 |
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130: The Red-Headed Stepchild of Premium: The Better-Than-Advertised '91 Fleer Ultra
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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129: (Air) Brush with Greatness-- We Touch Up 1977 Topps and the Expansion Draft
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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128: From the "Why Not" Files, A Box of 1992 Upper Deck
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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127: Criticize '70 Topps All You Want, We'll Just Let it Be
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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126: Classic Wax-- The Cards and Stories We Find in a Pack of '78 Topps
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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125: Honey, I Shrunk the Baseball Cards-- A Look at '75 Topps Mini
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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124: The "Thrill" of Bargain Bin Cellos... Starring the Progressive '87 Fleer Set
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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123: Taking a Break From the Breaks, with Your Questions!
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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122: We Do a Triple Lindy With 1986 Wax!
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Dec 28, 2018 |
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121: The Baines of our Existence... a Plethora of Dreaded Manager Cards in an '85 Topps Cello!
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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120: The Guilty Pleasure of "Junk Wax", Featuring a '92 Topps Box
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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119: We Got The Holy Trinity of... Dreaded Manager Cards... Still It's Always Fun to Open '83 Topps
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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118: Growing Pains: '83 Donruss Struggles While the Hobby Takes Off
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Nov 02, 2018 |
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117: Topps Buries Bowman, and Still Creates a Masterpiece in '56
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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116: The AMC Gremelin of Baseball Cards-- A Look at an '82 Topps Cello
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Oct 05, 2018 |
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115: Fire Up the Flux Capacitor, We're Going Back to 1955!
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Sep 28, 2018 |
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114: Back in Black: The Prestige and Peril of '85 Donruss
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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112: The Clash of the Cellos! Looking at Classic Cardboard from 1981 and 1984 Topps
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Sep 07, 2018 |
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111: The Terrific Topps Sets of 1952-54
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Aug 31, 2018 |
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110: Flippin' Fleer! Looking Through Some '86 and '89 Cello
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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109: Bowman Bonanza! Looking Back at Classic 1950s Bowman Cards
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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108: Growing Up In Baseball Card World, and the Classic '87 Topps!
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Aug 10, 2018 |
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107: Junkapalooza! You Say You Don't Like the '88 Cards, But We Know Better
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Aug 03, 2018 |
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106: The Kids Are Alright! Plus, '84 Fleer and '86 Topps Cello Breaks
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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105: Stars and BARS! '90 Score and '91 Stadium Club Pack Breaks
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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104: A Few Gems From '86 Fleer and '89 Topps, Including a FurrBall!
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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103: Our Kuntz is a Little Rusty After the Break
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Jul 06, 2018 |
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Episode 102, One Final Pitch! It's "Pucker Pitch" Extraordinaire Dave Stieb and 1980 Topps!
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Nov 07, 2017 |
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Episode 101, We Rip in to '78 Topps, and the Two Sides of Jack Clark
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Oct 31, 2017 |
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Episode 100(!), Minnie Stands Tall on the '64 Topps Set
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Oct 24, 2017 |
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Episode 99, The Picture-Perfect '74 Topps and Toothpick Swingin' Dusty Baker
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Oct 17, 2017 |
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Episode 98, We "Go, Go" Back to '69 Topps, and the Enigma That Was the Seattle Pilots
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Oct 10, 2017 |
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Episode 97, From Cardboard to Threads, We Look at Jersey Collections
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Oct 03, 2017 |
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Episode 96, Italian Beef & the Not-So-Meaty '81 Fleer Set
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Sep 26, 2017 |
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Episode 95-- Is That a Snake On Your Shoulders Or Are You Happy to See Me?
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Sep 19, 2017 |
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Episode 94, You Can't Spell "Dempsey" Without Some "D"
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Sep 05, 2017 |
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Episode 93, In 1980, Topps Wraps Its Medium Sash Around Large Len
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Aug 29, 2017 |
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Episode 92, "AO" for "KC" in the Heavily Branded '79 Topps
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Aug 22, 2017 |
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BUBBLE GUM BONUS! Our August 2017 Survey Show
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Aug 18, 2017 |
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Episode 91, "The Bird" is the Word With '78 Topps!
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Aug 15, 2017 |
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Episode 90, Topps and Toby Keep it Consistent in '77
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Aug 08, 2017 |
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Episode 89, O Say Can You See '76 Topps?
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Aug 01, 2017 |
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Episode 88, IN LIVING COLOR! The Unforgettable '75 Topps Set
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Jul 25, 2017 |
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Episode 87, It's "Little D" on the "Big T" as Topps Rolls Out the Single Series '74s!
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Jul 18, 2017 |
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Episode 86, '73 Topps Gets as Ambitious as an Oscar Gamble Afro
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Jul 11, 2017 |
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Episode 85-- You Can't Go Wrong With Wright! A Look at the Zany '72 Topps Set
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Jul 04, 2017 |
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Episode 84, The Powerful Deron Johnson and the Powerful Look of '71 Topps
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Jun 27, 2017 |
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Episode 83-- Bob Aspromonte is a Hero, While '70 Topps is a Zero
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Jun 20, 2017 |
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Episode 82, Get Your First Real Six-String and a Plain Set of '69 Topps at the Five & Dime
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Jun 13, 2017 |
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Episode 81, '68 Topps? It's in the Bag!
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Jun 06, 2017 |
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Episode 80, Is '67 Topps a Masterpiece or Boring?
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May 30, 2017 |
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Episode 79, Art Shamsky Bulldogs His Way Through the Business-Like '66 Topps
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May 23, 2017 |
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Episode 78, A Classic Hitter on a Classic Card, Tony Oliva stars on '65 Topps!
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May 16, 2017 |
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Episode 77, Giddyup! It's Rusty Staub's Colt .45s and '64 Topps!
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May 09, 2017 |
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Episode 76, Like a Frank Howard Moon Shot, Topps Muscles Out a Winner in '63
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May 02, 2017 |
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Episode 75, Topps Breaks Out the Lumber in 1962
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Apr 25, 2017 |
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Episode 74, Topps Keeps It Common in 1961
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Apr 18, 2017 |
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Episode 73, Topps Starts the 60s With an Ode to the 50s
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Apr 11, 2017 |
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Episode 72, Better Ed Than Red! A Mad Men-Esque Set for Topps in 1959
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Apr 04, 2017 |
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Episode 71, Who Needs Color TV When You Have '58 Topps?
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Mar 28, 2017 |
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Episode 70, "Pee Wee" Reese and Topps Hit it Big in 1957
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Mar 21, 2017 |
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Episode 69, To the Binder We Go! The "New" Baltimore Orioles and a New Look for Topps
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Mar 14, 2017 |
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Episode 68, Mucho Miscellania! All-Stars, No-Logos, and a Baseball Theme Park
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Mar 10, 2017 |
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Episode 67, Talking Team Sets, and One Particularly Bad Team
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Mar 07, 2017 |
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Episode 66, Minor League Baseball Becomes Major League Business
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Mar 03, 2017 |
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Episode 65, The End of the Monster Box! '93 Topps Puts Out a Monster Set with a Future Monster in the Making
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Feb 28, 2017 |
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Episode 64, Upper Deck Keeps Its Quality Streak Going in '93, as Does Cal Ripken Jr.
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Feb 24, 2017 |
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Episode 63, Checking Out the Forgettable '93 Score Set With "the Professor", Greg Maddux!
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Feb 21, 2017 |
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Episode 62, '93 Ultra Makes Mets Fans Forget About Jim Fregosi... Maybe
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Feb 17, 2017 |
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Episode 61, My Brother From Another Mother, Tim Salmon and the '93 Donruss Set!
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Feb 14, 2017 |
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Episode 60, The Stunning '93 Leaf Studio Set, and the Stunning End to Kirby Puckett's Career and Life
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Feb 10, 2017 |
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Episode 59, '93 Bowman Doesn't Go Away Like the Dinosaurs
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Feb 07, 2017 |
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Episode 58, Topps Grows Up in 1992, Showing Off Scott Erickson's Black Socks
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Feb 03, 2017 |
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Episode 57, Like a Larry Walker Home Run, '92 Stadium Club Creates Another Smash Hit
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Jan 31, 2017 |
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Episode 56, The "Big Hurt", and Could '92 Upper Deck Keep Up?
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Jan 27, 2017 |
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Episode 55, '92 Score is Too Safe at Home
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Jan 24, 2017 |
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Episode 54, '92 Fleer Ultra Proves to Be One of the Best, and a Guy Not Named "Joey"
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Jan 20, 2017 |
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Episode 53, An Appetizing Set for Fleer in '92, and Mo Vaughn!
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Jan 17, 2017 |
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Episode 52, The Sharp '92 Donruss, and Juan "Gone" Gonzalez!
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Jan 13, 2017 |
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Episode 51, The Kid-Tested & Mother-Approved '92 Triple Play, and "Killer B" Jeff Bagwell!
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Jan 10, 2017 |
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Episode 50, Fool's Gold with '92 Leaf, and BIG Dave Winfield!
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Jan 06, 2017 |
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Episode 49, The Coming of Age of Bowman in 1992... and Donnie Baseball!
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Jan 03, 2017 |
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Episode 48, The Last "Fun" Baseball Card Set... It's '91 Topps
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Dec 30, 2016 |
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Episode 47, The Bar in the Hobby Gets Raised Again with '91 Stadium Club, and Future HOFer Robbie Alomar!
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Dec 27, 2016 |
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Episode 46, The Tony! Toni! Tone! '91 Donruss Set, and the Incredible Career of Ken Griffey Jr
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Dec 23, 2016 |
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Episode 45, Awkward Luis Gonzalez on the Awkward '91 Fleer set
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Dec 20, 2016 |
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Episode 44, The Last Time Upper Deck Ruled the Premium Roost, and Royce Clayton's "Entertaining" Career
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Dec 16, 2016 |
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Episode 43, The Set That Was Too Big AND Failed-- '91 Score and Slammin' Sammy Sosa!
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Dec 13, 2016 |
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Episode 42, The 1991 Killer B's-- Biggio and Bowman!
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Dec 09, 2016 |
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Episode 41, "Neon" Deion Sanders Shines With '91 Leaf
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Dec 06, 2016 |
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Episode 40, It's "Jumbo" Joe Magrane, and the MTV-like 1990 Topps!
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Dec 02, 2016 |
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Episode 39, Better Dead Than Red... The Hot Mess That Is 1990 Donruss
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Nov 29, 2016 |
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Episode 38, Trade You a Doyle Alexander for a John Smoltz? A Look at the All-American 1990 Fleer Set
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Nov 25, 2016 |
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Episode 37, Bottoms Up! It's "Boomer" Wells and the Totally 1990-riffic Score Set
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Nov 22, 2016 |
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Episode 36, Pre-Pinstripe Paul O'Neill and 1990 Bowman!
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Nov 18, 2016 |
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Episode 35, BRING IN VAUGHN! It's Greg Vaugn and the Shiny New 1990 Leaf Set
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Nov 15, 2016 |
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Episode 34, Matt "The Bat" Williams and the Latest Innovation from 1990 Upper Deck
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Nov 11, 2016 |
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Episode 33, Rockin' with Tim Raines and the Classic '89 Topps!
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Nov 08, 2016 |
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Episode 32, A Card That's Half the Age of Jamie Moyer! It's '89 Fleer!
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Nov 04, 2016 |
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Episode 31, An '89 Donruss Card Even Grumpy Kevin Brown Will Sign!
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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Episode 1, Unearthed! An Introduction to Wax Ecstatic
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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Episode 30: Good Job, Good Effort. '89 Score Manages to Darken Gar's Brilliant Career
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Oct 28, 2016 |
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Episode 29, Trash Canseco If You Want, But Give '89 Bowman Another Look
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Oct 25, 2016 |
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Episode 28, As Mammoth as a Cecil Fielder Blast, Our Look at '89 Upper Deck!
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Oct 21, 2016 |
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Episode 27, '88 Topps... About as Disappointing as Glenn Davis' Orioles Career
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Oct 18, 2016 |
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Episode 26, The Thrill of Will Clark on the Not-So-Thrilling '88 Fleer Set
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Oct 14, 2016 |
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Episode 25, Jay Bell is Trying to Give '88 Donruss the Respect It Deserves
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Oct 11, 2016 |
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Episode 24, Spanky and His Gang Shine on the Premiere '88 Score Set
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Oct 07, 2016 |
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Episode 23, '87 Topps Slays While Reggie Must Kill the Queen
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Oct 04, 2016 |
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Episode 22, Is That Your Dad? Or Is It Kent Tekulve on the '87 Fleer Card?
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Sep 30, 2016 |
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Episode 21, Remembering Jose Fernandez, and It's Eric The Red on '87 Donruss!
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Sep 27, 2016 |
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Episode 20, Ahhh the People You'll Meet Through a Pack of '86 Topps
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Sep 23, 2016 |
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Episode 19, Jack Morris is a Hall of Famer, even if '86 Topps Isn't.
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Sep 20, 2016 |
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Episode 18, Hendu is Looking at You! The Brilliant '86 Fleer set, and the Almost Superstardom of Dave Henderson
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Sep 16, 2016 |
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Episode 17, Trade You a Hubie Brooks for a Gary Carter? It's the Sharp '86 Donruss!
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Sep 13, 2016 |
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Episode 16, Airbrush Me! Chris Speier on the Move With the Funky '85 Topps
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Sep 09, 2016 |
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Episode 15, Powder Blue and Gray. It's 1985 Fleer and random pull (#115) Lloyd Moseby!
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Sep 06, 2016 |
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Episode 14 , Can We Get an Amen? It's Doug Loman and '85 Donruss
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Sep 02, 2016 |
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Episode #13, It's Hip to be Square with '84 Topps and Cub-Buster Andy Hawkins
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Aug 30, 2016 |
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Episode #12, Ed Romero-- Damn Glad to Be in the '84 Fleer Set
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Aug 26, 2016 |
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Episode #11-- '84 Donruss: Leaving a Longer Legend Than Ron Kittle
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Aug 22, 2016 |
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Episode 10, Mike "F'n" Torrez and the 1983 Topps Set
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Episode #9, The Redemption of '83 Fleer and "Sky King" Kingman
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Episode 8, the Non-Descript Career of Von Hayes on the Non-Descript '83 Donruss
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Episode 7, The Hockey Side of '82 Topps
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Episode 6, "Hittin" Hisle and the '82 Donruss set
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Episode 5, The Blah that is '82 Fleer
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Episode 4, The Dreaded Manager Card!
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Episode 3, Screamin' Tim Stoddard and 1981 Topps
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Episode #2, The Bittersweet Story of Sad Larry Cox
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Aug 18, 2016 |