Group Break Trading

Right around the same time that I held my All-Upper Deck group break, Ryan H of “O” No!!! Another Orioles Blog, was holding a smaller 3-box break.  He came to me with the idea of trading.  We’d swap open slots in our breaks (and I think he floated a couple bucks my way to cover any [...]

Blue Tape Brigade

In my most recent post, I sung the praises of the #TwitterTrade.  Well…second verse, same as the first.

This time, I’m talking about Charles, aka @SWLVGUY.  He’s another must-follow on there.  Not only is he a great trader, as you’re about to see, but also a fantastic twitter ambassador for the hobby.

Oh, and he uses [...]

Hit Parade

The Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Rose Parade have both passed us by for another year. As a kid, I used to enjoy watching a good parade.  I liked all the different character balloons, and the moving floats always fascinated me.  It’s pretty impressive what some people can do with a float-load of flower petals. [...]

A Smaller Trade From A Giant Fan

When I say “small,” I don’t mean insignificant.  Not by any means.  Quite the opposite, actually.  And when I say “Giant fan,” I don’t mean of us.  No, no, no. I simply mean that a fan of the Baseball team from San Francisco, ARPsmith from ARPSmith’s Sportscard Obsession, sent over some smaller sized items in [...]

The NCAA Basketball Season Has Started!

Why am I so excited about college basketball?  A few reasons.

1) My Chicago Bulls aren’t likely to be too fun to watch until Derrick Rose returns from injury.

2) I think the college game is simultaneously infinitely more fun and infinitely more frustrating to watch due to the raw passion and hustle and lack [...]

Upper Deck Community Break Box #3: 2002 Upper Deck 40-Man

So far, so good.  I’m keeping the one box per day promise going.  I think I’ve narrowed my computer shutting itself off issues down to either a RAM or Registry problem.  I unfortunately have no time and little know-how to fix it for a while.  Hopefully my computer continues to cooperate well enough to keep [...]

One Last Post Before The Breakin’ Begins

I actually have a little time to write up a post tonight!  Before the ghost of Community Break Present sweeps us off on our journey tomorrow, the ghost of Community Break Past is here.  This ghost isn’t going to tell us what things would be like if gimmicks and SPs never existed.  He’s not smart [...]

All-Upper Deck Group Break Reminder. Great Teams As Low As $12 For 8 Boxes!

You can find all the details here for my upcoming Group Break (aka Community Break).

It’s coming up faster than you may think.  I’m breaking the boxes wide open in less than a week, so I’d like to get more teams claimed and paid for before then.

I know the prices may seem high, [...]

All-Upper Deck Community Break Sign-Up Is Now Open!!

It’s that time of year again!  To reward you all with sticking with the blog during out down spell (and we’re not quite out of the wood yet, but soon!), we’re bringing you a big ol’ patented COMMUNITY BREAK.

The past couple of years, I’ve held an All-Fleer break and an All-Topps break.  This time, [...]

Possibly My Best Group Break Haul to Date

There was a time when the Braves were the first team selected in every single group break any blog in the history of internet writing produced.  If you weren’t at your computer the second the post went live, you might as well have a second choice ready to go.

That trend continued for what seemed [...]