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With only a few days left in the Topps Bunt 2025 season, I have completed the 450-card white base set. (White base is the most common cards)

May 20,000th card collected on the Topps Bunt iOS app.

MLB rank Team Pool 5 Puerto Rico A 7 Canada A 11 Colombia A 13 Panama A 15 Cuba A 1 United States B 6 Mexico B 10 Italy B 14 Great Britain B 20 Brazil B 2 Japan C 8 Chinese Taipei C 9 Korea C 16 Australia C 18 Czechia C 3 Dominican Republic D 4 Venezuela D 12 Netherlands D 17 Israel D 19 Nicaragua D

Bracket Challenge for 2026 World Baseball Classic

I put together a chart to help you make the best picks to win $5,000. www.57hits.com/2026-world-b...

That is so rad! It’s wild to think playing this digital game can result in a real life prize.

Back-to-back moonshots!! Shohei Ohtani and Eugenio Suárez. #ToppsBunt

Alex Bregman's first (spring training) at bat as a Chicago Cub.

Wait a minute. I got a notice saying that the Chicago Cubs vs. White Sox game is starting‽ It's February 20, and baseball is happening‽

Benny Ayala has fun with his autograph

Chicago Cubs in 2026 Topps - 57 hits Just in case you’re curious, here’s the Cubs in the 2026 Topps Series 1.

Just in case you’re curious, here’s all the Chicago Cubs in the 2026 Topps Series 1.
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Here's a video of Randy Johnson's first strikeout. bsky.app/profile/1992...

All the more reason to love Ernie Banks. He loved and supported public transit.

Posted in the "Baseball Autograms TTM" Facebook Group by Don Friedman on February 7, 2026 at 7:01pm. The title of the post was, "Got this back today, laughed signing this." https://www.facebook.com/groups/1831542000409274/?multi_permalinks=4442551832641598&hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen Looking at Don's other posts in the group, he doesn't have many cards with inscriptions. So part of me thinks that Orestes simply added this. But none of his autographed cards on eBay have this inscription. So that makes me think he didn't add this without the suggestion. 1989 Topps #27 RC Orestes Destrade

Orestes Destrade signed the car with "Randy Johnson: 1st strikeout victim"

Not sure if Orestes did this on his own or if someone asked him to use that inscription.

I got out of the inning, but it was clear the Pirates were not happy. Our first batter up the next inning, Larry Walker, knew it too. He asked hitting coach Tommy Harper, “What are the chances I’ll get hit here?” Answer: high. With the first pitch, Pittsburgh’s Blas Minor plunked Larry in the left hip, and it was on. Nobody hit Larry and got away with it, so he charged Blas, and we were in a donnybrook. Even though all I had done was try to get a ground ball by throwing a sinker, which hit a batter in the knee, my history preceded me. The headhunter, Señor Plunk, had struck again. I stayed in the dugout for this one — Felipe had told me not to even think about going out on the field. So I stayed in there, fighting as much as I could by yelling and pointing fingers. I didn’t think it was about me, but Dave Clark, a pinch hitter then for the Pirates, came over to the dugout. He was looking for me. “You, you’re the one I want to fight. Come out and fight.” I came back with, “C’mon over here then,” but didn’t take him up on his offer, which was smart because I didn’t know he had been a Golden Gloves boxer in high school. He really wanted to kick my ass, though. I thought about it later, how he and Reggie Sanders and Derek Bell, three

Blas Minor is briefly mentioned in Pedro Martinez's 2015 autobiography, "Pedro".

1993 Fleer, Blas Minor, Pittsburgh Pirates, Colossians 3:23, "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,"

1990 ProCards, Blas Minor, Proverbs 3:5-6, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."

I found my 136th MLB player who signs with Bible verses.

Blas Minor played 1992-1997. Three seasons for the Pirates. He signs mostly with Colossians 3:23, but some of his minor league cards have Proverbs 3:5-6.

The Chicago Cubs feeds are now updated with the current 40-man roster.

Chronological order:
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Brick patterns are making me think there might be something I can use in scorecard design.

I have a webpage with all the longest streaks for every year and all-time. I keep it updated regularly. www.57hits.com/all-time-lon...

**2002 CLUBHOUSE** **BEAT THE STREAK** PRESENTED BY **e-topps** **With an impressive 34-game hitting streak, "Predictamania" is the 2002 Beat the Streak Champion.** **View Final Standings** - Choose one hitter every night that you think will get at least one base hit. The goal - put together the longest hitting streak while making a run at Joe DiMaggio's legendary 56-game mark. - Any fan who breaks DiMaggio's record, will win Season Tickets to the team of their choice for the 2003 season. - Keep your streak going -- if you reach 100 games, you'll win four tickets to every game of the 2002 Fall Classic. - If no one reaches 57 games, the fan with the longest hitting streak will win a trip for two to the 2003 World Series. - Record the longest hitting streak of the month and win limited edition etopps baseball cards! - You can select any player on any night - there are no limitations. Feel like riding an Ichiro hot

The longest streak for Beat the Streak in 2002 was 34 games. I found this old screenshot in my archives.

This Japanese scorecard is utterly astounding www.pinterest.com/pin/16775915...

Although this book should have scorecards from a variety of teams and years, I would have to include one of my scorecards I did for Chicago Magazine in 2016. Perhaps game 5. www.57hits.com/game-5-score...

One of the scorecards would be Pat Hughes' game 7 from the 2016 World Series baseballvoices.com/scorecards/

It's even stranger shopping on Kohl's website and coming across this Chicago Cubs Cody Bellinger pillow. www.kohls.com/product/prd-...

I'm dreaming of a book filled with a variety of baseball scorecards. Filled out from various games by various people.

I'd like an MLB news source that excludes all rumors and speculation. I only want news that actually happens. I don't have time for all this non-news crap.

2006 Upper Deck #556 Will Ohman Chicago Cubs Colossians_3v17

I found my 135th MLB player who signs with Bible verses.

Will Ohman played 2000-2001, 2005-2012. Five seasons for the Cubs. He signs exclusively with Colossians 3:17.

I had a theory that this 2025 World Series was more exciting because there were less strikeouts (and more contact). But that theory didn't hold.

Of the 26 World Series since 2000, the 2025 World Series is 11th for most SO/IP. Rather average for strikeouts.

Wow. If you look at the 20 top clutch relief pitching performances in World Series history… two of them happened last night.

#6 all-time: Toronto’s Eric Lauer 12th to 16th inning

#16 all-time: LA’s Will Klein 15th to 18th inning

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It feels weird to pull a Cody Bellinger Cubs card from the Topps Bunt iOS app

Blue rally towel with silver "W" imprint is used as a blanket over a doll on a bunk bed. Rally towel is from Chicago Cubs 2025 Wild Card Series against the San Diego Padres. The Cubs won the series 2-1. This was the third postseason clinch at Wrigley Field ever.

My 6-year-old and 9-year-old daughters are using my Cubs W flag from the 2025 Wild Card Series as a blanket for their dolls.

Yesterday was the 10-year anniversary of the Chicago Cubs clinching the NLDS over the Cardinals on October 13, 2015. First postseason clinch ever at Wrigley Field.

Here's a video of the last out. Héctor Rondón strikes out Stephen Piscotty.

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