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"

  • 1981 Fleer #60 Jose Cruz
  • 1982 Donruss #419 Nolan Ryan
  • 1988 Fleer Update #U-8 Lee Smith
  • 1989 Upper Deck #525 Paul Molitor
  • 1995 Topps #557 Danny Bautista
  • 1998 Ultra #415 Glenallen Hill
  • 1999 Pacific Omega #134 Hideo Nomo
  • 2002 Fleer Tradition #19 Julio Franco
  • 2003 Topps #549 Billy Koch
  • 2005 Topps Total #461 Corky Miller
  • 2011 Topps Allen & Ginter #325 Mike (Giancarlo) Stanton
  • 2017 Stadium Club #231 Mike Trout

Keep Dreaming (More Ambitious Wants)

  • 1956 Topps #292 Luis Aparicio RC
  • 1957 Topps #55 Ernie Banks
  • 1958 Topps #343 Orlando Cepeda RC
  • 1961 Topps #425 Yogi Berra
  • 1962 Topps #544 Willie McCovey
  • 1964 Topps #125 Pete Rose
  • 1964 Topps #460 Bob Gibson
  • 1965 Topps #250 Willie Mays
  • 1967 Topps #545 Jim Grant
  • 1968 Topps #280 Mickey Mantle
  • 1977 O-Pee-Chee #115 Mark Fidrych
  • 1979 Hostess #102 Ozzie Smith

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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