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  • Episode 8: Random Thoughts (Sports Analytics, NFL All-Pro Running Backs, Optic Gold Vinyls, More)
    Jan 12 2026

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    I try a new, faster-paced format in this episode. Discussion topics include:

    1. Instagram Etiquette
    2. Mount Rushmores Make No Sense
    3. Mailbag
    4. Fantasy Football isn't Real
    5. Sports Analytics Don't Make Decisions
    6. 2025 All-Pro Running Backs
    7. 2011 Finest Superfractor Pricing
    8. New PC Addition: A spectacular Josh Jacobs Rookie Card

    Word of the Day: disabused*

    • Meaning: to free from error, misconception, or fallacy
    • Examples: he was quickly disabused of the idea that anything had changed; let me disabuse you of your foolish notions

    *Word and definition collected from Merriam-Webster

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    35 min
  • Episode 7: Why 1980's Topps Football Cards May be More Interesting Than you Think
    Dec 29 2025

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    Episode Segments:

    1. Review & Feedback: 1988-1990 Topps Football Box Bottoms
    2. How Good Was He?: Craig Biggio
    3. Main Segment: 1980's Topps Football Inserts


    Word of the Day: concomitant*

    • Meaning: accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
    • Examples: the drug's risks increase with the concomitant use of alcohol; an improvement in the facilities led to a concomitant improvement in morale

    *Word and definition collected from Merriam-Webster

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    38 min
  • Episode 6: Topps Box Bottoms - Jerry Rice Plays QB
    Dec 21 2025

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    Episode Segments:

    1. Review & Feedback: 2016 Panini Prizm Derrick Henry 1/1 RC
    2. How Good Was He?: Bill Laimbeer
    3. Main Segment: 1980s Topps Box Bottoms and an exceptional Jerry Rice card you may have never seen


    Word of the Day: abstruse*

    • Meaning: difficult to comprehend
    • Examples: the abstruse calculations of mathematicians; you're not the only one who finds Einstein's theory of relativity abstruse

    *Word and definition collected from Merriam-Webster

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    38 min
  • Episode 5: How a Matt Forte Superfractor Almost Stopped me from Acquiring the 2016 Derrick Henry Prizm Black Finite RC
    Dec 14 2025

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    Episode Segments

    1. Recap/Review: 2005 Tom Brady Superfractor sale; Importance of Utilizing Checklists
    2. How Good Was He: Bo Jackson
    3. Main Segment: 2016 Panini Prizm Black Finite Derrick Henry Acquisition Story

    Word of the Day*: baleful

    • Meaning: deadly or pernicious in influence
    • Examples: the baleful effects of water pollution; a dark, baleful sky portending a tornado

    *Word and definition have been collected from Merriam-Webster

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    59 min
  • Episode 4: Topps Finest Superfractors; Kobe and Michael Jordan Inserts
    Dec 8 2025

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    In today's episode,I first introduce and discuss Topps Finest Baseball Superfractors from the mid to late 2000s.

    In the main segment, I showcase my Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan 1990s basketball card collection. I then discuss what these cards have taught me about collecting with intention.

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    24 min
  • Episode 3: OG Baseball Superfractors and Nostalgia
    Nov 30 2025

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    In Part 1 of today's episode, I refine my thoughts on what separates good 1/1s from great 1/1s. I also discuss why I tend to stay away from auto and relic cards.

    In Part 2 of today's episode, I examine 2005-2010 baseball Superfractors that are in my personal collection. I conclude that collectors shouldn't always chase nostalgia or be driven by nostalgia,...sometimes we have to let the nostalgia chase us as we perform research. Specific cards mentioned include 2005 Topps Chrome Superfractor Zack Greinke and 2006 Topps Chrome Superfractor Felix Hernandez. Curt Schilling, CC Sabathia, and other players of the era also make an appearance.

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    51 min
  • Episode 2: Prizm Football and Early Year Basketball 1/1s
    Nov 25 2025

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    In today's episode, I first discuss 2012 Panini Prizm football and share some thoughts on Pylon and Black Finite parallels. More specifically, I question the utility of constantly comparing sets and ranking cards.

    After that, I review some of the most well-known basketball 1/1 parallel sets that were produced between 1997/98 and 2004/05. Included in this discussion is a recent addition to my personal collection: 2003/04 Finest Gold X-Fractor #122 Chris Webber 1/1. For this card in particular, I discuss my reasoning and thought process as I went about acquiring this card.

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    37 min
  • Episode 1: Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, and 2003 Topps Chrome Baseball
    Nov 19 2025

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    In today's episode, I discuss five cards in my personal collection:

    1) 2006 Topps Heritage Black Refrector #THC62 Tom Brady /52

    2) 2006 Bowman Chrome Red Refractor #201 Aaron Rodgers /5

    3) 2003 Topps Chrome Xfractor #63 Ichiro Suzuki /50

    4) 2003 Topps Chrome Xfractor #245 Barry Bonds /57

    5) 2003 Topps Chrome Traded Xfractor #T126 Miguel Cabrera /25


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    47 min