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The Ballad of Stubby Clapp
Aug 26th
By Pedro Maicazo aka metsmagic18
Although I don’t collect his cards, since he only has 3 professional ones, I admire Stubby Clapp. You have never heard of Richard Keith Clapp? Impossible! In that case, let me tell you a little about him.
On February 24, 1973 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Richard Clapp was born. Growing up in Canada, Clapp began playing hockey for the Windsor Bulldogs. Their team won first place for the season Stubby was there, with Stubby himself as team captain. After discovering his true passion for baseball, Stubby moved on to Texas Tech University to play baseball. He holds More >
A Lesson Learnt in an Unlikely Place
Aug 23rd
By Andrew Hoyler aka Andrew Hoyler
One Friday, I went to the Chantilly, VA card show with my uncle. I had just gotten paid in the morning, so I had a few extra bucks to spend. I got together the cards I needed to complete my sets for 2002 Topps and a few random other ones. I used the Inventory Manager on www.sportscardforum.com, which lessened my work! I love that thing. Anyways, I also got the list of Andrew Bailey cards I needed (which I left at home. Heh, oh well). I met my uncle there, before we went our separate More >
Who?
Aug 21st
By Andrew Hoyler aka andrewhoya
I get questions all the time about the player I collect, Andrew Bailey. At card shows, I get weird looks when I ask if the vendor has any of his cards, and even get an occasional “who?” After I explain who he is and still get a blank state in return, I just move along and try my luck at the next table. “Who?” Oh, nobody, I suppose. Just a 2-time All-Star and 2009 Rookie of the Year who also holds the A’s rookie record for saves in a season. Nothing major, or anything. Sure, he’s More >
Changes the Card Companies Need to Make for the Greater Good
Aug 21st
By Alex Kupka aka mnlax13
Like many collectors on this site, I am quite fed up with the card companies and many aspects of their products. To start off if I could change things about companies the first thing that I get them to do is to start inserting more decoys. Many people view pack searchers as a cardinal sin in the hobby. They’re looked down upon and many believe that people that commit this act are ruining the future of collecting for our youth. I have been to big box stores and have seen people searching for some relic or More >
A Lesson to Pass Along
Aug 19th
By Pedro Maicazo aka metsmagic18
One of my earliest memories of getting autographs was in San Diego in the summer of 2009, when I first got serious about collecting. The exact date was August 29th I believe…I was a visitor in San Diego which by all means is a very nice city. It has some fun features including a sandbox in right field that is open early on game days, and non-game days. Fan-friendly, and maybe if you’re lucky you’ll see a good game. Nonetheless, it’s a fun place to be.
At that time, San Diego was dead, they were out of More >
My Father and I
Aug 19th
By Alex Kupka aka mnlax13
Throughout my life, I did many things that a typical youth would do in Midwest suburbia like joining scouts, playing on a little league baseball team with friends in the summer, going up to my family’s cabin etc. I always knew that I was different due to the fact that I was adopted and therefore different from the other children who were around me. The area in which I grew up in is a mostly Caucasian, blue collar community. I was adopted from Korea, and to this day never had the chance to meet my biological More >
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