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Just when I thought I was the only guy in the world who's still got a trading card featuring the First Lady of the Alliance, a quick Google search reveals I'm not alone. Not only are their others like me, but some have gone as far as going to Star Wars conventions and getting Caroline Blakiston...
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You watch him every night on Hardcore Hockey Talk. Check that, you love to watch him every night on Hardcore Hockey Talk. He's knowledgeable. He's fun. The number of belt-buckles he owns is greater than the number of goals he scored in the NHL. He's your favourite uncle. He's Ludzy. And...
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Joe Ross
on 12-08-2008
Filed under: Trading Cards, Steve Ludzik, Steve Kouleas, Hardcore Hockey Talk
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So here I am flipping through an old box of assorted cards from my youth that I've just salvaged from my Mom's basement. As usual I'm enjoying the memories of past players as I skim though them at a medium pace. There's Roy Lee Jackson, Al Toon, Jim Benning, a rather goofy looking Harold...
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Oh, it's true. Prime Time had a Jheri Curl. By the way, it's "Jheri" Curl, not "Jeri" or "Jerry". The hairstyle is named after it's creator, Jheri Redding a legendary hair products entrepreneur. (God bless Wikipedia ). Yeah, that's him . Surprised?
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This isn't necessarily an interesting card. Obviously I was just looking for yet another excuse to write that Charles Haley liked to butter his own parsnips, if you know what I mean. I promise this is the last time I'll mention it for you regular readers. I just need to be sure every possible...
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Barbaro Garbey's life was fine until May 21st, 2006. Then it became a living hell. Why? Because on that day, the Preakness Stakes happened. And from that point on, Garbey would be relentlessly ribbed with the same jibes over and over again. "Hey Barbaro, how's the leg?" "Barbaro...
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Today's trading card is a 1982-83 O-Pee-Chee Dave Semenko. Semenko is eyeing someone out of frame here. Who? I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it's Doug Wilson. Maybe Bob Murray. It could - according to the timeline - even be The Score's own Steve Ludzik. Whomever he's staring down, the...
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Joe Ross
on 10-27-2008
Filed under: Hockey Violence, Trading Cards, Edmonton Oilers, Muhammad Ali, Dave Semenko
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Today we have Eddie Murray: Badass. Does anyone else think Murray looks like Samuel L. Jackson's Jules from Pulp Fiction? Look at the menacing way he points his bat at the poor sap who was pitching. You can practically hear him say "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious...
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Joe Ross
on 10-22-2008
Filed under: Trading Cards, Mysterious Websites, Pulp Fiction, Eddie Murray, Baltimore Orioles, Samuel L. Jackson
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Today's trading card doesn't have a player sporting a goofy moustache or ridiculously dated uniform. No sir. To truly understand why today's 1987 Topps Darren Daulton card is significant, I'm going to have to tell you a story. Or cut and paste one from Wikipedia at least. Here's the...
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Joe Ross
on 10-20-2008
Filed under: Trading Cards, Philadelphia Phillies, Darren Daulton, Skipping Through Time, Coast to Coast AM, Astral Projection
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Ahh, times have changed since 1985 haven't they? I'm pretty sure that in today's PC fun-filtered world, O-pee-chee wouldn't be able to get away with having a blatant plug for a beer company so prominent on a product marketed mainly towards children. Which is total bullshit. I owned this...
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Joe Ross
on 10-16-2008
Filed under: Trading Cards, Product Placements, Calgary Flames, Lanny McDonald
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Homoeroticism can't really be detected when you're eight years old. At least not when I was that age. Count me in as one of those youngsters who wanted to be like George Michael because "you could get any girl you wanted". Today's eight year old however, may be far more savvy in...
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Joe Ross
on 10-14-2008
Filed under: Trading Cards, The Killer Bees, Jumpin' Jim Brunzell, B. Brian Blair, WWE, Homoeroticism
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You know you've become a man when you begin the process of moving your trading card collection out of your parents' house. And you know you were one helluva nerd when you realize that collection totals over 200,000 cards - 99% of which are completely worthless. Except to myself of course. That's...
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by
Joe Ross
on 10-07-2008
Filed under: Washington Capitals, Minnesota North Stars, Trading Cards, Dennis Maruk, Moustaches