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March Radness is Coming (... paging Pete Lugo ...)
A contest is brewing. Addresses are needed. It's officially conference championship week in college basketball, which means that we're gearing up once again for the annual March Radness contest. I am...
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Seasons Greetings from Oren
A timely big bundle of cards that is finally revealed a few months later. 'Tis the season (*checks calendar*)... oops, it's March! Well, as the sun breaks are starting to increase and daylight savings...
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Contest Time! March Radness XV
The annual March Radness contest is back for the 15th (!) time. Fill out a bracket and maybe win a prize? We back. Pick the best NCAA bracket and you can win a prize. There are also runner-up prizes. I...
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The Elusive Heritage
A bunch of Topps Heritage short prints from @scottcrawford.org including a couple for the Cardinals boxes. As anyone who attempts to build Topps Heritage sets year in and year out can attest, picking...
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Oregon is In... Are You??!
It's your last call for Radness. The games tip off early tomorrow! Make sure to sign up for the annual March Radness contest and fill out your bracket before the first game starts. Keep an eye on...
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A Sunday Night PWE Round-Up
Cards from assorted envelopes featuring goodies from @vossbrink.bsky.social and more! Hey, it's spring! And Easter! How did that happen already? Well, before we get completely stuck reflecting on the...
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Three Yadis and a New Contest
A new contest is upon us, and this one is easy to enter! To go alongside the annual March Radness contest, I promised a quick and easy one for anyone who didn't have the time or patience to fill out a...
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March Radness Contest Results
Another contest is in the books! The 2024 basketball tournament has come and gone, and along with it we have concluded another March Radness contest. It was a tight race this year, with AngelsInOrder...
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Big Time
A look at the new Topps Big League set. In the current production schedule, there aren't a lot of new baseball cards to look at this early in the season. For this reason, I'm grateful for the arrival...
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Birds and Such
It's another group break round-up. It's been pointed out a number of times that I seem to collect a lot of bird teams. Both pro bird teams were heavily represented in the latest round of group breaks...
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Benefiting from a Purge
Rolling the dice on an unseen Blazers lot. A blogger who I've sent some basketball stuff to in the past, CaptKirk42, has been in the process of purging some of his collection. I happened upon his...
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Bootleggin' with Panini, Part 4
A Panini Instant basketball tribute to the 1988 Donruss set. Previously on Bootleggin': Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Towards the end of my last post on this topic, I remarked that there probably wouldn't...
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... Paging "J.D. Drew" ...
An attempt to find one of the contest prize winners, plus a bonus collecting dilemma. I've had a lot better luck about people claiming their contest prizes this year, but I'm still looking for one...
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Thematically Connected?
Another stellar batch of goodies from a Canadian friend. Just as soon as yet another big package of stuff arrived from Sportscards From The Dollar Store, his turn for a mailing sent back in January...
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Stars and Stripes
Set filler needs and patriotic birds from the illustrious @nightowlcardz.bsky.social blog. I suppose I could have saved this post for a certain holiday that's coming up in a few weeks, but I received...
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Large Mac and Other Stars
The latest and greatest group break Cardinals. One of the packages I've yet to sort from this year was a rare all-Cardinals selection. These cards were from group breaks hosted by Nachos Grande, mainly...
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A Mid-Week PWE Round-Up
A new pile of plain white envelopes includes my first look at Series Two from @brubaker.bsky.social and much more! This year's Topps flagship Series Two release date came and went without me finding...
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Padrographs Delivers!
A heaping helping of Cardinals from the renowned Padres autographs collector! A few months back, a big fat package landed on my doorstep from fellow Portland resident Padrographs. I have been working...
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International Card Exchange
Another cluster of cards from a Canadian friend. It's been a bit. Let's check out some more sports cards from a variety of sports! This latest batch comes from Sportscards from the Dollar Store, which...
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An Old Pack of Cards: Footy
English footballers of yesterday. Welcome back to another in an occasionally series of packs that have been left laying around on my desk for a number of years, waiting for a rainy day to be...
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