Category Archives: December 2018

The base from my 2018 Bowman Draft break arrived on Saturday, along with a box of Cubs from Michael in Tennessee. There were 24 Cubs base cards in the Bowman Draft break I bought into including eight Nico Hoerner cards. Five Aramis Ademan. Four Cole Roederer. Four Ezequiel Pagan. And just three Brennen Davis. AContinue reading “Bowman Draft and a Box of Maddux”

Friday’s Cubs mailday was a potpourri and the widest selection of new cards for my collection. Vintage, graded, oddball, and a new Cole Roederer for my PC. A flat rate box was sent by Dust Hobbies on Twitter, and he added a plethora of new Cubs to my collection. On top of the box insideContinue reading “Vintage, Graded, Ryno, and Roederer”

How many baseball card blogs have Mike Bielecki in a title? Sure, Dwight Smith was the runner-up for National League Rookie of the Year for the Cubs in 1989 (won by teammate Jerome Walton), so his name may pop up. But Mike Bielecki? Thanks to Alex in Aiken, South Carolina for a box filled withContinue reading “New Mike Bielecki and Dwight Smith Cards Added to the Cubs Collection”

The day after Christmas, Boxing Day, yielded a large box of Cubs cards from Josh in New Jersey. Inside the large box were three boxes of Cubs totaling 1,449 additional cards to my count. By the time these 1994-95 Fleer Excel prospect cards of Jayson Peterson and Ozzie Timmons were released, my 12-year old selfContinue reading “Boxing Day Box from New Jersey”

When asked what I wanted for Christmas, my response was: “Anything Cubs or baseball cards.” When that was met with a side eye, I added, “or an eBay gift card. A web cam for my box breaks….and I could always use socks.” Seriously…I asked for socks. I must have made the nice list this year,Continue reading “Christmas Cubs and Hobby Presents”

Merry Christmas! It’s a special holiday for the One Million Cubs Project. Cubs Count: 243,808 On Christmas Eve, the big brown truck (UPS) dropped off a box of Cubs from Matt in Minnesota. There were plenty of Ryne Sandberg cards inside. Have you ever gone through a box of cards and one or two lookContinue reading “Merry Christmas! 250K”

Four more packages came in on Friday, including the disappointing results of the one 2018 Bowman Draft break I bought into. It wasn’t disappointing because I didn’t pull any hits, it was disappointing because the breaker didn’t send my base. That was the one reason I bought into the break, and wasn’t buying into anyContinue reading “Bowman Draft Break Results Part of Four-Package Mailday”

It has been a while since I’ve entered a box or case break. With the box prices on Elite Extra Edition and Bowman Draft, it just didn’t make sense for me to buy any. Both products are loaded up with Cubs, so I was on a mission to find some Pick Your Team (PYT) caseContinue reading “2018 Elite Extra Edition Case Break Results”

Last week was a slow mail week for the One Million Cubs Project. Things have certainly changed this week as four packages arrived on Thursday. Three trade packages came – from Arizona, Ohio, and Michigan, and the fourth package was from a case break of 2018 Elite Extra Edition. I’ll include the count (24 cards)Continue reading “Trades From Ohio, Michigan, and Arizona in Thursday's Mail”

A Cubs-Cardinals trade was completed Tuesday when Cody from Monmouth, Illinois sent me a box of Cubs. Cody and I got the trade going on a Facebook group, but we know each other from his high school basketball playing days with the Monmouth-Roseville Titans. I worked at the local radio station in Monmouth (AM 1330Continue reading “Another Cole Roederer and a Box from a Former Monmouth-Roseville Titan”