It was a busy week for the One Million Cubs Project. A total of 1,734 Cubs cards were added to the collection by varying means. There were 1,637 cards added through three trades, 15 cards added via Twitter purchase, 18 cards added through three eBay purchases, 2 cards added from my local card shop, 46 cards added from buying 2018 Bowman, and 17 cards added from the Walgreen's jumbo boxes. Monday's mailday brought in 440 cards from Dan on Facebook. I sent him Atlanta Braves in

Low end autographs have been a target for my One Million Cubs Project lately. Remember...I'm after quantity, not quality. That also goes hand-in-hand with my fandom of Cubs prospects that never panned out. @Cardsfromattic had a lot of autographed Cubs for sale, and I bit. The price was right for 15 autographed Cubs cards for $20 shipped. Three of the autos are already in my collection. The 2011 Topps Chrome Darwin Barney is a nice one and isn't bad to have two in the collecti

Recently one of my Dodgers traders, @SouthIndyCards, was inspired by the One Million Cubs Project and set out to collect one million Dodgers cards. The momentum has carried over to other team collectors chasing that milestone. One of them, #TheYankeesMillion, sent a box of Cubs that arrived on Wednesday. In all, 645 more Cubs were added to the collection. Bowman Platinum is a product I chase down when it releases as retail only. It's a hot product when it comes out and is qui

This week marked the release of the latest Bowman set. As I have hopped from Target to Target and Wal-Mart to Wal-Mart all week I finally found a small stash of blasters on Thursday. I'll review the 2018 product this weekend. But tonight it's all about the set that brought line back to baseball card collecting as a 16-year old. It was 1998 and I had turned 16 in June. After a hot start by the Cubs, Kerry Wood's 20-strikeout game, and Sammy Sosa blasting home runs at a record

Monday's Mailday saw 440 more Cubs cards enter the One Million Cubs Project collection. The one-box Mailday was courtesy of Daniel from Facebook. I sent a box of Atlanta Braves in return for the Cubs. Another 39 Ryne Sandberg cards came. Several more 1987 Topps Sandberg's were added bringing my total to somewhere north of 200 cards from that issue. Some nice Oddball Sandberg's here too. Three more Javier Baez cards added. With his hot play I may be seeing less and less Baez i

Sunday's are a great day for reflection and today is perfect timing for a trade review built upon inspiration in this hobby. The One Million Cubs Project was not some idea that popped in my head while sorting cards one morning. It was born through multiple ideas and bloggers. I've always stashed Cubs cards aside when buying collections and boxes. At times I've conducted bulk team trades. The Cubs collection was never organized and until recently I didn't seek out to add to my

Earlier this week I reviewed the 1990 Marathon Oil Chicago Cubs set. It was part of two sets that I purchased on eBay. After submitting a best offer, I was countered by the seller giving me a small discount and saying it was the lowest he could go on the multiple sets. I was unaware it was for ALL the sets pictured in the listings. Score! The 1989 listing had two sets. All six sets were still sealed. I opened one of each and will keep the other sets sealed. The 1990 set just

A recent tweet showed off some 1991 Vineline Cubs cards. Unfortunately, they were not for trade so I sought out eBay for sets. Thinking I'd surely find some, it was a fruitless effort. However, I did come across some other oddball Cubs sets from this era that were missing from my collection. One seller had both the 1989 and 1990 Marathon Oil sets. I put in a couple offers and received a counter. Little did I know it wasn't just one of each set. The 1989 listing was for two se

One week from today 2018 Bowman is released. Shoheil Ohtani mania is pricing many collectors out of this product, myself included. In years past, I have trouble spending $75-80 for a hobby box. This year, hobby boxes are running close to $170. That is just insane. I'll be stalking Target and Wal-Mart for some blaster boxes. No way am I paying hobby prices. Since we are a week out, Topps has released its checklist for 2018 Bowman. Surprisingly, the Cubs only have three cards i

Rob in New Jersey sent a box of Cubs that arrived on Monday. This is my second trade with Rob. Just like the first deal, he sent a nice mix of cards that included many new Cubs to add to my collection. Kerry Wood is an all-time fan favorite. I've mentioned a few times recently the goal to put together some player binders and "Kid K" will definitely have his own. Wood's 20 strikeout game occurred in April 1998 right about the same time I had returned to baseball fandom and lat