Dime Boxes -- The Low-End Baseball Card Collector's Journey

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Short Term Stops

Rehashing the most unfamiliar stints in big league history, team by team.

"The All-Defunct Team"
"The All-Angels Team": Pt. 1, Pt. 2
"The All-A's Team" Pt. 1, Pt. 2
"The All-Astros Team": Pt. 1, Pt. 2
"The All-Braves Team": Pt. 1, Pt. 2
"The All-Blue Jays Team": Pt. 1, Pt. 2
"The All-Brewers Team": Pt. 1, Pt. 2
"The All-Cubs Team"
"The All-Cardinals Team"
"The All-Dodgers Team"
"The All-(Devil) Rays Team"
"The All-Diamondbacks Team"
"The All-Giants Team"
"The All-Indians Team"
"The All-Mets Team"
"The All-Mariners Team"
"The All-Marlins Team"
"The All-Orioles Team"
"The All-Padres Team"
"The All-Pirates Team"
"The All-Phillies Team"
"The All-Rangers Team"
"The All-Reds Team"
"The All-Red Sox Team"
"The All-Rockies Team"

"The All-Royals Team"
"The All-Tigers Team"
"The All-Twins Team"
"The All-White Sox Team"
"The All-Yankees Team"

The Short Term Stops All-Star Team
The All-Forgotten Team
The All-Zero Year Team





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Cards I Need: "The Dime Box Dozen"

  • 1985 Fleer Update #U-51 Rickey Henderson
  • 1987 Sportflics #178 Dave Kingman
  • 1993 Select #38 Dennis Eckersley
  • 1995 Upper Deck Special Edition #178 Darryl Kile
  • 1997 Score #304 J.T. Snow
  • 1998 Stadium Club #113 Tony Gwynn
  • 2001 Topps #100 Derek Jeter
  • 2004 Bazooka #52 Kenny Lofton
  • 2009 Topps Heritage #62 Greg Maddux
  • 2011 Topps Allen & Ginter #325 Mike (Giancarlo) Stanton
  • 2017 Stadium Club #231 Mike Trout
  • 2022 Topps Gypsy Queen #48 Justin Verlander

Keep Dreaming (More Ambitious Wants)

  • 1957 Topps #302 Sandy Koufax
  • 1958 Topps #307 Brooks Robinson
  • 1961 Topps #425 Yogi Berra
  • 1962 Post #84 Billy Martin
  • 1962 Topps #300 Willie Mays
  • 1962 Topps #544 Willie McCovey
  • 1963 Fleer #56 Roberto Clemente
  • 1963 Topps #390 Hank Aaron
  • 1966 Topps #540 Denny McLain
  • 1968 Topps #280 Mickey Mantle
  • 1984 Topps Traded #42T Dwight Gooden XRC
  • 1995 Bowman's Best #2 Vladimir Guerrero RC

For Buddy

For Buddy
2000-2015

For Latte

For Latte
2002-2020

For Marmalade

For Marmalade
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For Panda Bear

For Panda Bear
2005-2023

The Frankenset King!

The Frankenset King!
1972 Topps #19 Billy Cowan

The (Second) Frankenset King!

The (Second) Frankenset King!
1973 Topps #273 Chris Speier

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