April - 2019

The Strangest Trade In the One Million Cubs Project

This is a 41-year old stick of gum... Stuck to the back of a 1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band trading card. It looks...

Happy Anniversary, Lee Elia Tirade

April 29, 1983 was not a good day for the Chicago Cubs after falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field to start the season with...

Mailday from Barry and Pokey

Friday saw two packages of Cubs cards arrive. One via trade with Barry, and other Mailday via goodwill from Pokey the Brave. Both are...

Cubs Autograph for Cubs Autograph Trade

In the past week I’ve shipped out THREE Cubs cards in trades. What’s wrong with me? Well, I traded a 1988 Topps Traded Mark Grace rookie...

Bowman Baseball Cards: Retail vs Hobby

There are factions within the card collecting hobby that stick their noses in the air in regards to retail baseball packs and boxes....

Gainesville Sends the Goods

Adam from Gainesville, Florida sent a box of 227 Cubs cards on Wednesday. A great mix of cards dated back to the 1960’s all the way up to...

Autographs, Relics, and Colors from New York

Tom in New York sent another awesome box of Cubs that arrived on Tuesday. For his Cubs-morning efforts I’ll eventually find some stuff...

The 2009 Major League Baseball Draft: A WAR Redraft

It's been 10 years since the Washington Nationals made Stephen Strasburg the number one overall pick. It was a no-brainer in 2009. But,...

West Coast Cubbies

The west coast is where two packages of Cubs arrived on Monday. Amador in Vacaville, California and Ty in Seattle, Washington sent some...

Mega Hits in My 2019 Bowman Cubs Break

Aside from my retail Bowman blasters and value packs, I bought into a pick your team (Cubs, obviously) online break with Bomber Breaks. I...

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