tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post2182024120679064306..comments2024-03-10T22:27:42.346-05:00Comments on Dime Boxes -- The Low-End Baseball Card Collector's Journey: Ten things I like that you don't likeNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13508921644099472101noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-27408395006662940472020-04-17T00:28:11.090-05:002020-04-17T00:28:11.090-05:00A nice bunt is like the soft touch of a nice, fluf...A nice bunt is like the soft touch of a nice, fluffy animal. The successful Jacob deGrom bunt with 2 outs in August last year was majestic.Big Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14200247221382918091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-5166659857697291552020-04-17T00:14:28.103-05:002020-04-17T00:14:28.103-05:00I also like bunts. Punts too. Revolving Door was m...I also like bunts. Punts too. Revolving Door was mentioned here. I have Revolving Door's rookie card. I classify it as my favorite non-sports card to come out of a baseball set.Big Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14200247221382918091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-51691615540509506082020-04-16T12:12:29.835-05:002020-04-16T12:12:29.835-05:00Card-supials was one of the most clever ideas to c...Card-supials was one of the most clever ideas to come out of this whole industry. So much of what this hobby does now was pioneered by Pacific.Adam Kaningherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604439081636666350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-52634157107894811572020-04-14T11:50:55.550-05:002020-04-14T11:50:55.550-05:00I'm still building my '95 Fleer set. I li...I'm still building my '95 Fleer set. I like that it's so different, and even just for the colorfulness. Plus I got the starter super cheap and already in pages.<br />I'm also (still) building '95 Topps. Or I should say rebuilding because I got a factory set that was bricked and I'm replacing all the spotted ones. <br />Wasn't collecting when both of those came out new.<br /><br />Today's game is all about pitching and homers. It was better back in the day when they stole bases, bunted and pitched complete games (and all in under 3 hours).<br /><br />Reprints every couple years wouldn't be bad, but Topps HAS to make a huge set of them every single year and acts like it's a new thing each time. Get some original ideas, please!<br /><br />The appeal of A&G is the non-sports stuff - especially the inserts. If you don't want odd stuff in there - get Gypsy Queen instead.<br /><br />I love Pacific. Used to buy box after box of their 2002-03 hockey products for cheap from one dealer. Better use of foil, acetate, color, die-cuts, and other innovations than any other company.<br /><br />The documentation of '97 UD is awesome. Except for the work involved, I don't know why it's never been done again. Would love to see that.<br /><br />Also building '57 Topps. It just keeps getting cooler as I go. It's simple and very 50's and still conveys the reverance to the players of that day.GCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14713246271197550543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-27771125522314619372020-04-14T09:21:45.300-05:002020-04-14T09:21:45.300-05:00There's just one thing I don't get about d...There's just one thing I don't get about double binding : does it really help to gain space ? To me, it's all about volume. I feel that I can put as many cards in a binder either way (around 1 000). The difference will be that I'll save pages. Not space. Or maybe something like 10% ?Kevin Papoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043961407774793471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-60698484641418053522020-04-14T07:14:41.340-05:002020-04-14T07:14:41.340-05:00I really like 1997 UD and double-bagging too. If I...I really like 1997 UD and double-bagging too. If I didn't doublebag my cards, I'd probably go broke. That's a bit of an exaggeration, but still. Less money for the baseball cards themselves.GTThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08571783591509696397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-57712031144920607662020-04-14T07:10:41.865-05:002020-04-14T07:10:41.865-05:00Sounds like 1995 is one of your favorite years to ...Sounds like 1995 is one of your favorite years to collect! Another interesting list Nick, thanks for posting and I hope it generates another round of posts on the blogs in response...shoeboxlegendshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11642879419337014960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-71749820668874765572020-04-14T06:47:03.252-05:002020-04-14T06:47:03.252-05:00Now that MLB Network is showing a lot of old 70s-8...Now that MLB Network is showing a lot of old 70s-80s games lately,you're reminded of how important bunting was,I do miss it!<br /><br />And you know how much I love Eight Men Out...the historical inaccuracies arent the point..it's a classic and the actors were all great!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028310351744038097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-90059384135016958762020-04-14T00:19:55.215-05:002020-04-14T00:19:55.215-05:00#1 -- 1995 Fleer -- Don't like
#2 -- 1995 Topp...#1 -- 1995 Fleer -- Don't like<br />#2 -- 1995 Topps -- Don't like<br />#3 -- Eight Men Out -- I like<br />#4 -- Bunts -- I love<br />#5 -- Double-bagging pages -- Don't Like<br />#6 -- Reprints -- It depends. I was cool with them until the last few years. Topps is starting to get a little carried away now.<br />#7 -- Non-sport cards -- I like<br />#8 -- Pacific -- It's okay<br />#9 -- 1997 Upper Deck -- Don't like<br />#10 -- 1957 Topps -- It's okayFujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-85005256638469997192020-04-13T22:57:14.473-05:002020-04-13T22:57:14.473-05:001. That's a hot mess.
3. Yes. This and Major...1. That's a hot mess. <br /><br />3. Yes. This and Major League are my favorite baseball movies. Elliptical Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516754757484718622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-39003185294407478562020-04-13T22:32:27.621-05:002020-04-13T22:32:27.621-05:00- The various list-oriented posts are actually the...- The various list-oriented posts are actually the first time that I have heard anything regard a stigma towards storing multiple cards in pages. I always assumed that was the standard way of utilizing card pages, although evidently that might not be the case.<br /><br />- As someone who bunted a lot during his playing days and has helped teams win many games with the technique, I, too, love well-executed bunting. Strategically-inefficient sac bunts (particularly with skilled hitters), however, not so much.<br /><br />- 1995 was a weird year for me in terms of collecting, due mostly (I think) to the lockout spilling into the start of the 1995 season. I was usually amped up to pick up the newest versions of all of the various brands, but it was kind of anticlimactic to effectively be celebrating a season that did not have a real conclusion and with no clear resumption of play on the horizon. I liked the design of 1995 Topps, yet only wound up getting a handful of packs, which was the case for most of the brands until later in the summer when I was able to pick up Collector's Choice super cheap at our local CVS.<br /><br />- I agree about 1997 UD being a very clever concept. My only quibble with the set was that it felt overloaded with subsets that took away the chance to feature more players. For example, in Series 1, Rey Ordonez has three cards (1 base, 2 subsets), while the Angels have one base card, the Blue Jays two, and the Pirates two. There is some backfilling in Series 2, but still even more subsets.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14229291739813356346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-4196589583574991352020-04-13T22:32:21.275-05:002020-04-13T22:32:21.275-05:00I can find people who like everything here with th...I can find people who like everything here with the exception of 1995 Fleer and maybe 1997 Upper Deck (has anyone ever written about that set?) So I'd say that actually this was tougher for you than the first one, which is my theory, that doing a "things I like that nobody else likes" list is more difficult than doing "things everyone likes that I don't."night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-21852303522403296912020-04-13T21:50:36.132-05:002020-04-13T21:50:36.132-05:00Great post! Love your thoughts even if I don’t agr...Great post! Love your thoughts even if I don’t agree on some! As Judge John Hodgman says, “people like what they like.”Bill@Bravestarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07770224780592929061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-40423041484622901072020-04-13T21:39:35.540-05:002020-04-13T21:39:35.540-05:00I've grown to love 95 Topps, and more so over ...I've grown to love 95 Topps, and more so over the past few years of borderless cards. I'd buy and bust boxes of it now if it were't for the "bricking". I love bunts and double-bagging. I miss Pacific. 97 UD was good but 96 is my favorite. "Eight Men Out" is on my list to view. Non-sports cards are fine, just not mixed in a pack with my baseball. I do collect them. "No" to reprints. I don't get excited over them anymore. 1995 Fleer? YES just to aggravate PK Steinberg. How could I not love that 57 Furillo? Is it wrong to say I like it more than 52? acrackedbathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05056658025780679689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-89543264016743194592020-04-13T21:32:42.148-05:002020-04-13T21:32:42.148-05:00My brother has been doing a top-ten lists thing la...My brother has been doing a top-ten lists thing lately, and he asked for top ten sports movies. Eight Men Out was #7 on my list, which makes it the number three baseball movie behind A League Of Their Own and Moneyball (I love Aaron Sorkin). Great movie, I agree.<br /><br />I like Pacific, mostly because I bought their early sepia-toned Legends cards before I left the hobby. I like that they innovated Spanish-language cards, too. Although that "Online" set they put out was awful. <br /><br />And...I'll leave aside the ones I disagree on!Brett Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909286892005353279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-54644442728014540032020-04-13T20:31:30.605-05:002020-04-13T20:31:30.605-05:00The innovation of Pacific was amazing looking back...The innovation of Pacific was amazing looking back now.CrazieJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572217437316422524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-28333021019983663722020-04-13T19:43:39.250-05:002020-04-13T19:43:39.250-05:001995 was right in the sweet spot of my collecting ...1995 was right in the sweet spot of my collecting youth. I don't think I've appreciated the 95 Topps set enough over the years. And I WANT to like the 95 Fleer set, but what's the point of a card if you can't read the player's name?! I liked Pacific, too. In 93, they had only a Spanish version due to licensing or something. I liked that version as well as some of the stuff they did at the end of the decade. As for 88 Donruss, I think it has some redeeming qualities! Ok maybe only one or two .Jeff B - Wax Pack Wonders https://www.blogger.com/profile/04466080281782632354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-22632919795918591692020-04-13T19:21:08.863-05:002020-04-13T19:21:08.863-05:00I agree on 1,4,5(The more cards you accumulate the...I agree on 1,4,5(The more cards you accumulate the more room you will need,and you never want to part with some cards you like because of space limitations),7,8.sg488https://www.blogger.com/profile/00993979741912316505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5342310663064800554.post-57793112588425535902020-04-13T18:38:53.699-05:002020-04-13T18:38:53.699-05:00THIS, is the content that I came here for: bunts a...THIS, is the content that I came here for: bunts and double-bagging. I 100% agree with you on these two fronts.<br />Non-sports cards? Ugh. Heck, I don't even care much for non-baseball cards. P-town Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07437348006643978055noreply@blogger.com