Posted on March 31, 2008 by Ryan Cracknell
Semi-Pro
Upper Deck, 2008
1. Will Ferrell as Jackie Moon
Today’s card is from a three-card promotional set made for the Will Ferrell comedy Semi-Pro. Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, the owner of the ABA franchise the Flint Tropics who are in danger of being wiped out by a league merger with the NBA. So the synopsis goes. The [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2008 by Ryan Cracknell
WWE Heritage III Allen & Ginter “Superstars”
Topps, 2007
11. Ric Flair
It’s the Super Bowl of professional wrestling tonight – Wrestlemania. After entering the WWE Hall of Fame last night, this could be the last time we see the “Nature Boy” Ric Flair wrestling in the ring. Granted, I grew up in Canada where pro wrestling revolved [...]
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Posted on March 29, 2008 by Ryan Cracknell
It looks as though my personal server is down as the “Cards of the Day” aren’t showing up. I’m not sure why this is. My whole site is down where I host the images. Hopefully it’ll be fixed shortly. It’s not like there’s millions of people knocking on the doors here, anyway.
Update: Website is still [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by Ryan Cracknell
Star Trek: The Original Series 40th Anniversary Series 2
Rittenhouse Archives, 2008
P1
It’s not very often that a trading card causes controversy. However, many were shocked when they saw the promo for the recently released Star Trek: The Original Series 40th Anniversary Series 2 P1 from RA. The card’s image show Captain Kirk raising his arm [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by Ryan Cracknell
1961 Topps Baseball
157. Cal McLish
I remember the first thing I always did when I got my class picture back was to scan the back row to see who blinked or half-blinked. If there were no victims I’d move to the front where I could almost guarantee someone fell prey to the flash. But class pictures [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2008 by Ryan Cracknell
The Brady Bunch
Topps, 1969
37. Tired Ballplayers!
Spring is here. The snow is finally melting, I’ve got a week off of the day job and baseball season has kicked off. Life is good. But seeing as how I’ve posted baseball two days in a row, here’s a baseball-themed card from an all-time favourite set of mine – [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by Ryan Cracknell
2008 Upper Deck Series 1 Baseball
229. Manny Ramirez
I finally got my grubby hands on some 2008 baseball cards yesterday – two rack packs of 2008 Upper Deck Series 1 Baseball. Although I didn’t pull anything “big” I have to say that this set impressed me more than I thought it would. First, the rack pack [...]
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