September - 2018 2/2

Quadruple Cubs Mailday Monday

Four packages were in my mailbox upon returning home from work Monday. After spending Sunday evening at Lambeau Field for the...

Saturday Cubs Cards Acquired From Numerous Sources

One box arrived in my mailbox on Saturday. It came from Merle in Highland Park, Illinois. This is our second trade. The first was much...

An Hour Inside the Devastating Flood at the Baseball Card Shoppe

Madison, Wisconsin was hit with heavy rains and flooding two weeks ago. Between 13 and 15 inches of rain fell within a 24-hour period on...

One Million Cubs Project Weekend Video Update

It's the weekend, and as always Saturday morning is my favorite time for my hobby chores. Here's a video version of my One Million Cubs...

Friday Mailday and a New Retail Product

A box arrived in my mailbox Friday from Charlie. In it contained 271 Chicago Cubs baseball cards. In return, I'll be shipping off Buffalo...

Happy Javy Days: A Sportlots Shopping Spree

A couple weeks ago I was tooling around the Sportlots website. The goal was to acquire a nice sized lot of Javier Baez base cards. ...

Sunday Topps Fire Sunday

A few times last week I stopped by Target to see if Topps Fire had arrived. Through Thursday night there was nothing. There are no Target...

Saturday Brings Another In-Person Trade and Some Minor League Baseball Team Sets

My mom's birthday was Friday August 31, so I drove down to Illinois to celebrate the occasion. It just so happened that Shannon in...

Custom Cubs Cards and a Large Flat Rate Box Friday

A large box arrived on my doorstep Friday along with a package of custom Cubs cards from Rookies. A.J. sent a large flat rate box of Cubs...

A 1-For-391 Trade and some Myrtle Beach Pelicans

Two boxes arrived on Thursday, one via trade and another via purchase from a minor league team store. One week earlier I attended the...

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