Category Archives: December 2019

When I opened my mailbox on Friday I saw three plain white envelopes (PWE) staring back at me. All three were sent by Rob in Michigan. He was able to send 32 Cubs baseball cards in total among the three envelopes, and none were damaged. It was a nice selection of late 1980’s and earlyContinue reading “#TeamPWE Mailday Times Three”

The 1990’s were my coming of age years. I turned nine years old in 1990, and was a senior in high school when we hit Y2K (Class of 2000). We do a lot of growing up and make a lot of changes between the ages of 9 and 17. I was always a collector (andContinue reading “Memories As a 1990’s Teen Collector”

In the last two years I have found myself spending a lot of time in front a stack of monster boxes with rows and rows of cards for 25 cents. Reading some blogs, other collectors swear by the dime boxes and the quarter boxes. Until recently I thought it was a waste of time, butContinue reading “Diamonds in the Quarter Box”

Fergie Jenkins was the trade hit courtesy Brandon in Nebraska. This is a really sweet piece as it measures about 5×7. I have seen similar cards like this, but none nearly as cool as the Jenkins. I’ve met Fergie Jenkins a few times over the years, but as I looked through my photos have neverContinue reading “Fergie Jenkins Magic In This Mailday”

It’s been three years since I really dove in head first into the hobby world. Despite being a collector (off and on) since the late 1980’s, I generally ignored the hobby world outside my own collecting. On occasion, I would perk up with hobby news, such as the Alex Gordon rookie card craze in 2006.Continue reading “Black Friday Shopping and Cubs Mailday”

The Chicago Cubs Minor League Encyclopedia is a work in-progress that will document biographies on each player who has worn a Cubs minor league uniform. The inception of minor league teams in the Cubs organization dates back to 1922 with the Wichita Falls Spudders. Below you will read letters to home written by Cubs minorContinue reading “Cubs Minor League Diaries (6/28/1966): Robert Eyer”