2011 Bowman Platinum Baseball Breaks Live on UStream in Roughly 1.5 Hours

For realsies this time!

If all goes according to plan, you’ll be able to join us tonight live on UStream as well as on twitter as we bust open 3 hobby boxes of Bowman Platinum Baseball complete with pictures of the hits and a full play by play. The best part? If you see something […]

Anyone Interested in a Topps Lineage Group Case Break?

This is sort of last minute, but we’re just putting a feeler out there.

2011 Topps Lineage comes out on 8/3 and we are on the fence about ordering some. Currently we think the best way to handle it, if we are able to get a case, is to hold a group break for the […]

2011 Bowman Platinum Baseball Breaks Coming Later Tonight

The title says it all. Almost.

If all goes according to plan, you’ll be able to join us tonight on twitter as we bust open 4 hobby boxes of Bowman Platinum Baseball complete with pictures of the hits and a full play by play. The best part? If you see something you like – just […]

Reviewing That Offer From Last Night

Faithful readers and aimless internet wanderers alike saw my post late last night about what I should do with my Carl Yastrzemski die-cut card. I listed several different options, but the most popular one was to go for the 16 card trade that involved an Ernie Banks die-cut, so that’s the one I’m going to […]

How Would You Play This?

The original title of this post was going to be “Well, I guess I can quit my bitching now.”

Most of you blogging types have had at least a modicum of success in unlocking limited edition, super-special, hachi machi die-cuts from the Topps code factory. I had zero luck after series 1. I bought a […]

Gotta Document Somethin’!

Phew. After this, I’ll have finally caught up with all the trades I’ve completed with Rhubarb Runner over at “e’ rayhahn, rayhah”. I got a bunch of other blogs to hit still, but this is something of a weight off my shoulders. I have a tendency to complete multiple trades with bloggers before I get […]

My All-Star Team

In honor of tonight’s All-Star game, I thought what better time to show off some of the All-Star cards I’ve collected for my players. Simple enough concept, right? Let’s just jump right into it.

I was hoping he would be an All-Star again this year, but he had a rough start

I’ve already shown […]

The Frank Thomas Card Home Run Derby

The Home Run Derby is tonight. Nearly 20 years ago, this used to be the greatest event in all of sports, that is until I discovered the Dunk Contest. 2 decades later, the dunk contest has lost virtually all of its excitement thanks to gimmickry and the curse of “seen it all before,” but the […]

See, We’re Still A Normal Blog

Don’t let the whole retail shop thing throw you off too much, we’re still a typical blog at heart. I know we haven’t posted in a few days since the big announcement, but posts will go on as scheduled. The next time you read my words after this will be a returning feature, then I’ll […]

Get Yer Gint-A-Cuffs III Boxes Here!

As the Commissioner announced yesterday on the Official Gint-A-Cuffs III blog, Community Gum is proud to be the official sponsor and retailer of this year’s battle.

The Kraken is itching to be released by over 15 participants that have signed up already.

Minty Beans says "Game On!"

If you have not yet purchased […]