Great Football Card Mini-Story

For some reason–most likely something to do with the fact that I was one in high school–offensive linemen are most often my favorite players.  When doing their jobs, they go unnoticed, and the good ones always seem to have the kind of attitude I like in a...

Guess Who’s Back, Back Again…

Well, after more than 3 months, I’m finally going to post again.  No promises this time about regularity, but I’m hoping that I will be back with some regularity. So where have I been, that has prevented me from posting on my football card blog during the...

Are You Ready For Some Football?

The 2008 football season got under way this past weekend.  Huh? OK, not THAT football season.  But if the slow part of the NFL offseason (unless you’re a lawyer) is killing you, the Canadian Football League kicked off their season.  In particular, my new...

Blogs Will Save the [Card Collecting] World?

Adam McFarland at SportsLizard.com posted a blog today about ‘How [He] Thinks the Card Industry Will Be Saved’ – and I just wanted to post a link to it, just in case there is anyone who happens to read this blog who hasn’t yet stumbled across...

My Thoughts on Price Guides…

Just came across a post on Sports Cards Uncensored, responding to a post on The Baseball Card Blog, regarding the state of price guides in the industry.  I started to leave a comment on SCU, but when I saw how long my comment was, I decided maybe it was worth a full...

Topps Has Gone and Done It

Well, Topps has gone and done it now–used to be, I pretty much just disliked Upper Deck–and even that was only after a couple of the stories I heard, about their response to Hurricane Katrina and about how they’ve treated my local card shop as he...