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

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Top Five

Counting down the Top Five cards from my stable of player collections, one post at a time.

Hoyt Wilhelm
Tom Seaver
Reggie Jackson
Derek Jeter
Mark Grace
Ron Santo
Jim Abbott
Tony Gwynn
Billy Martin
Gary Carter
Jackie Robinson
Babe Ruth
Orel Hershiser
Carl Yastrzemski
Justin Verlander
Keith Hernandez
Hank Aaron
Ichiro Suzuki
Rickey Henderson
Bob Gibson
George Brett

Steve Garvey
Vladimir Guerrero
Oscar Gamble

Yu Darvish
Ted Williams
Brooks Robinson

Thurman Munson

Rusty Staub

Carlton Fisk
Anthony Rizzo
Yogi Berra
Pete Rose
Whitey Ford



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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
2007-2022

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

GOJW Tournament Champion

GOJW Tournament Champion
The first king of junk wax!

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Hello, my name is Nick... And I'm a dime box-aholic. Just your everyday college student and newly-minted literature lover who happens to enjoy unearthing gems of baseball history, a dime at a time.
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