January - 2019

My $33 Chicago Baseball Dream Team

Recently, a tweet surfaced listing all-time greats at each position with a dollar value. It asked if you had $33, what would your team...

Who Is Hy Cohen?

Hy Cohen isn't a Chicago Cubs household name. The Brooklyn, New York native did make it to Wrigley Field, though. The pitcher made his...

Baseball America's 2019 Chicago Cubs Top 10 Prospects

Baseball America has been my favorite publication since I discovered the magazine in the late 1990's upon my return to baseball fandom. I...

NAFTA Package From Landgren’s Legacy Sports

A N.A.F.T.A. package arrived from Landgren’s Legacy Sports on Saturday. I’ll have to ask what that stands for. It was a nice package that...

Memphis Mark and a Giveaway Win

The giver has become the givee. I don’t even think that’s a real world. During #MerryCardsmas from Thanksgiving to Christmas, I gave away...

A Blog Named Mitch Webster

Has there ever been a blog named after Mitch Webster? Read on. Two more trades and an eBay package were part of Thursday’s mailday. My...

Vineline Postcards From Boo in Annawan, Illinois

A surprise package showed up Wednesday with the return address a familiar name. “Boo” lives across the street from where I grew up in...

That 70's Mailday

For the first time I was happy that there was a holiday that closed the USPS. My mailday posts are beginning to back up this week as I...

Cubs Mail from the Weekend

The last of the Cubs Convention posts have wrapped up, and now I’m playing catch up. A few packages were waiting at home for me when I...

The 34th Annual Cubs Convention Review

This year marked my fifth Cubs Convention, and it is a whirlwind of a weekend. The best part of it has become running into fellow Cubs...

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