Record Breaking Trade With The Record Keeper

When you think of a “true” card collector, what do you think of?  What’s the criteria that pops into your mind?

Everyone collects in their own way, but that word “true” adds a certain qualifier that not everyone can meet.  Perhaps to you it’s similar to a super collector.  Maybe their collection is vast and [...]

So We Meet A-Gwynn

We’ve been down this road before.

It’s a good road.  It’s a fun-filled road with interesting treasures to be discovered.  A road laced with history.

But this is a fragile road because it’s made of cardboard.

It’s also a never-ending road to nowhere, because I don’t know what kind of metaphor or analogy or introduction [...]

Maddux Overload – 1993 Edition

1993.

The Buffalo Bills lost their third straight Super Bowl.

Monica Seles was stabbed by a crazy fan on the tennis court.

The Chicago Bulls win their third straight NBA Championship.

The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup.

The Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins play their inaugural seasons and Joe “Touch ‘Em All” Carter hits [...]

I’ve Got His Number

Just like a player out by a mile on a Play at the Plate (hint, hint), I’ve got Frank Thomas’ number.  And it’s 0692/3500.

I'd say that's an accurate description.

Brian sent over a couple cards this summer either as his part of a trade or as another one of his random gifts.  I [...]

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 [...]

Big Time

It took much longer than it ever should have, but Community Gum has now reached the 500 post milestone.

It’s a momentous occasion that’s sure to go down in the annals of card bloggery as “another blog post.”  Try not to get too teary-eyed.

Yes, 500 posts.  If this were the Hall of Fame, our [...]

All For Naught

It doesn’t happen too often, but occasionally bloggers will get cards out of the blue.  Typically we’re not those guys.  There’s usually a reason for us receiving something from somebody.  And speaking just for myself, I’m fine with that.  I get so wrapped up in the various aspects of my life that I can’t spend [...]

2003 Leaf Baseball Box Review

If any of you missed our video yesterday, or just didn’t feel like watching the thing, I’m here with a good old fashioned text & picture review of the 2003 Leaf Baseball Hobby box we opened for our giveaway.  I think we had a pretty good box and hopefully everyone will be happy with their [...]

2003 Leaf Community Box Break Video

Hey guys! As Jon mentioned a couple nights ago, we opened our box of 2003 Leaf baseball we purchased with the winnings from a Panini review box. If you’re new to the blog or to the story of this box, I’ll quickly recap in bullet point form.

We opened a high end hockey box from [...]

Absolutely Free 2003 Leaf Baseball Box Group Break

Yes, that’s right.  We’re going to give away the contents of an entire box of 2003 Leaf Baseball cards for free.

240 cards worth o' puddin! Awww, yeah!

A long, long time ago Panini was sending us free boxes of cards to review.  One of those boxes was our favorite of the bunch was [...]