Baseball Card Breakdown

Cool corner of my fridge.

When a Hostess card gets all gussied up.

Arrived safe and sound this time. Good stuff! Thanks for looking out!

Showing off my matching 2014 Topps Five Star "christmas card" (12/25) autos of Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw ahead of their matchup tonight.

After a couple months break, I’m back at the cardart thing with a little run of Ichiro silhouettes in time for his big HOF day.

Aw thanks, very nice of you! Yeah, it must've gotten jammed in a machine or maybe a mail handler was having a bad day and decided to take it out on those innocent Padres cards. 🤨

Got a PWE from @cardsovercoffee.bsky.social that unfortunately got bent to hell by USPS. Ouch!

One of my favorite summertime activities is fading the yellow out of 1991 Fleer base cards.

I've got a couple nice Satchel Paige cards I haven't showed off in a while.

Dave Parker forgot to bring his helmet to the 1977 All-Star Game and had to borrow Dave Winfield's. Years back I made a custom using a screen grab to claim him as an honorary Padre in my card collection. RIP Cobra.

#106 U2 (+ Rattle and Hum 12-card set) It's U2 revisited here at #106, just a few posts after we last saw them at card #101 . This shot looks like it could be a candid of them ske...

New 1991 MusiCards Blog post takes a look at a baker's dozen U2 cards.

got an awesome mail day package from @breakdowncards.bsky.social and I'm not sure what kinda fuckery is going here but they're awesome!

Stained glass custom by Nine Pockets.

But no followback? Bummer, was hoping to send you a ‘75 LaCock “white bottom” mod. Nothing amazing, but thought it’d make a unique addition for your collection.

Happy Birthday, Tony Gwynn. I was born and raised in San Diego (and went to SDSU), so you know I got a solid #MrPadre collection. Here are some good ones to show off.

1969 Transogram

Carlton Fisk glow-in-the-dark cardart.

Dean, I'll take this as another opportunity to mention my NES gaming dream wish that is for you to pretty please hack the Top Secret translated rom with your weapons-improving tweaks to create the best possible Bionic Commando game! -Gavin

Just a custom, sadly!

For his birthday today, here are all the cards in my Dick Allen collection that feature the 1972 Topps design. ...Topps, OPC, customs, Kmart, even a couple different "gum stain variations" to be over-the-top about it. 😆

New Baseball Card Breakdown post showing off my recent custom cards: baseballcardbreakdown.blogspot.com/2025/03/my-l...

The Sports Card Blogroll can be handy. bdj610scblogroll.blogspot.com

A custom Neil Diamond trading card in the style of 1991 MusiCards.

New 1991 MusiCards Blog post: #102 UB40, with a bonus Neil Diamond custom. 1991musicards.blogspot.com/2025/02/102-...

Gave my Amy Sedaris auto a makeover.

A favorite piece of my collection is a slabbed index card signed by Bob Uecker that I spruced up with a custom overlay. #cardsky

Wishing a happy 30th birthday to former Reds prospect Gavin LaValley. Gotta be my most impressive PC, or at least the one with the most 1/1's by a wide margin. I'd like to think there's an alternate universe where he became the next Mike Trout and I sold at just the right time. 🤑 🫠

Thanks for your support, Nick. You've inspired me to pick up a couple additions. I'll try to post an update one of these days.

Thanks! Yeah, I had the base version for a while and was glad I could eventually "upgrade" to the refractor.

Posting "Christmas Cards" from my collection every day until 12/25. Mets autos from Topps Retired today, in honor of my buddy from the great "Mets Baseball Cards Like They Ought To Be" blog who passed away a while back but I just found out about today. RIP Warren.

Posting a 12/25 card from my collection every day until Christmas. Pretty sure this is my only Juan Soto christmas card. 2021 Panini Chronicles Pinnacle. #cardsky