Thank you to the always-generous @kujhawk90.bsky.social for sending me this Ralph Garr as part of the 6/21 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sun giveaway that helps me cross off one more name in my missing cards for the Braves team build. Also, an additional thank you to Nathan for hosting the giveaway!

A trio of thank yous to the always-generous @kujhawk90.bsky.social for sending me these 3 cards that I claimed on the 6/7 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway! Additional thank yous to Nathan for bringing us all together for the giveaway & growing #cardsky!

A barrage of thank yous to @ryanpeoples.bsky.social for generously offering this beautiful lot of hockey cards on the 5/31 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway! Additional thank yous to Nathan for bringing us all together on the thread & growing #cardsky!

An X user recently tried to school me on A’s attendance & say the numbers they drew during the awesome 1988-92 run were underwhelming. Respectfully, I wrote a short article in response and wanted to also share it on this (kinder) platform tubbsandmoresports.blogspot.com

A symphony of thank yous to @metsuniverse.bsky.social for sending me this trio of 1966 Topps I claimed on the 5/24 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway AND throwing in three extra goodies! #KindnessAlert Additional thank yous to Nathan for bringing us all together on the giveaway thread!

A trio of thank yous to the generous @kujhawk90.bsky.social for sending me these 1984 Fleers! These cards were claimed on the 5/17 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. Additional thank yous to Nathan for bringing us all together on the giveaway thread & growing #cardsky!

🎂Happy 83rd Birthday to Tommy John! In a prior article, I wrote about my 3 favorite baseball cards of John & why I believe he belongs in the HOF tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-t...

🎂Happy 83rd Birthday to Walt Hriniak! In one of my past articles I wrote about how Hriniak helped Dwight Evans evolve into a HOF-caliber slugger & also touched on his work w/HOFers Frank Thomas, Carlton Fisk & Wade Boggs tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2018/05/how-...

A quartet of thank yous to @realmarkd.bsky.social for sending me this trio of Angels hurlers & the underrated Erubiel Durazo! These cards were claimed on the 5/10 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social giveaway. Additional thank yous to Nathan for hosting & growing #cardsky!

A salvo of thank yous to the very-generous @aldonadi.bsky.social for sending me a 5-card 82 Topps lot I claimed on the 5/3 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social giveaway & throwing in the nice surprise of the extra Ken Landreaux card! Additional thank yous to Nathan for hosting the thread & growing #cardsky!

A trio of thank yous to @ryanpeoples.bsky.social for sending me these vintage beauties! These cards were claimed on the 5/3 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway as a super cool mystery 1966 Topps claim. Additional thank yous to Nathan for hosting the giveaway & growing #cardsky!

🎂Happy 69th Birthday to should-be-HOFer Lou Whitaker. Blindly pick any year from 1978-95 & you’re almost certain to land on a good or very good year by the underrated Tigers second baseman. What does it all add up to? A great career that belongs in Cooperstown. #Tigers #HOF

A trio of thank yous to @alanabbs.bsky.social for sending me these 3 81 Topps! Additional thanks to Nathan on whose 4/26 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social giveaway these were claimed! Sadly, the giveaway thread engagement has been declining lately on Bluesky. Don’t hesitate to join in or stop back by!

A trio of thank yous to @if7ate9.bsky.social for sending me a pair of 85 Topps & a PK card that I will happily pass along to my sister who cheered for him when he was w/the Habs! These cards were claimed on the 4/19 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social giveaway. Additional thanks to Nathan for hosting!

🎂Happy 65th Birthday to my favorite player during my childhood, Jimmy Key! Here's my article where I took a look at the highlights from Key's 9 seasons pitching for the #BlueJays & my favorite cards of the southpaw from those years tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/my-f...

🎂Happy Birthday to one of my all-time favorite players Yankees slugger Don Mattingly. A few years ago, I wrote about Donnie Baseball's impressive achievements & the unforgettable Topps cards from his 1984-89 peak seasons tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-...

A trio of thank yous to @brubaker.bsky.social for these cards that I claimed from his 4/12 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social giveaway post that honored the recently-deceased Davey Lopes & Phil Garner—a pair of truly versatile players. Additional thanks to Nathan for hosting the thread & growing #cardsky

A quartet of thank yous to the very generous @tabletopmania.bsky.social for sending me these four cards to help me complete the 1990 Topps set! These cards were claimed on the 4/5 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sun giveaway. Additional thanks to Nathan for graciously hosting the thread each weekend!

A quintet of thank yous to @aldonadi.bsky.social for sending me 4 1985 Fleer Royals & tossing in an extra Onix Concepcion! #KindnessAlert! These cards were claimed on the 3/29 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sun giveaway. Additional thanks to Nathan for hosting & growing #cardsky!

A pair of thank yous to @splitseason1981.bsky.social for graciously sending me these 1964 Topps that I claimed on the 3/15 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway! Additional thank yous to Nathan for growing #cardsky by hosting the giveaway each weekend!

A flutterball of a thank you to @tloebig.bsky.social for sending me this 1968 Topps of HOF knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm 🦋 This card was claimed on the 3/8 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. An additional thank you to Nathan for hosting this awesome thread & growing #cardsky!

A gigantic pair of thank yous to the always-generous Damon aka @hrderbyswing.bsky.social for sending me this #RAK of one of my favorite players, HOFer Fred McGriff! Give Damon a follow!

A trio of thank yous to the always-generous @kujhawk90.bsky.social for sending me these Topps beauties! These cards were claimed on the 3/1 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. Additional thank yous to Nathan for hosting this wonderful this wonderful thread each weekend & growing #cardsky!

Sometimes @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway mail all comes at once! A symphony of thank yous for these beauties to: Murphy, Rose, & Garvey are via @alanabbs.bsky.social from 2/15, Parker is via @ryanpeoples.bsky.social 2/22 & Griffith & Davis are via @metsuniverse.bsky.social from 2/22.

A sincerest of thank yous to @19thcenturybucs.bsky.social for sending me this vintage card of WWI flying ace Rauol Lufbery! This card was claimed on the 2/1 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. Additional thanks to Nathan for hosting the thread where cool & unique cards can be claimed!

A quartet of thank yous to Dan aka @learnbaseball.bsky.social who sent me these 4 1986 Topps! These cards were claimed on the 2/8 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway thread. Additional thank yous to Nathan for hosting the awesome giveaway thread each weekend & growing #cardsky!

A symphony of thank yous to the incredibly-generous @sportsfanandy.bsky.social for sending me 3 1970s Topps I claimed on the 1/25 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sun giveaway AND throwing in a 4th card, a Willie Davis 1964 Topps! #FriendlyAlert Additional thank yous to Nathan for hosting the thread!

Happy 68th birthday to Atlee Hammaker! My most recent article highlighted Hammaker’s 1983 campaign in which he captured the NL ERA title tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

A quartet of thank yous to @alexanderraine7.bsky.social for sending me these late 70s Picassos! These beauties were claimed on the 1/11 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway! Additional thank yous to Nathan for hosting the giveaway thread each weekend & growing #cardsky!

A trio of thank yous to @nightowlcardz.bsky.social for these Topps beauties! These cards were claimed on the 1/4 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. Additional thank yous to Nathan for hosting the awesome thread! If you havent taken part in the giveaway thread, now is the time!

My most recent article highlights the four pitchers who captured ERA titles during the 1980s despite posting poor-to-mediocre win-loss records tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

A trio of thank yous to @if7ate9.bsky.social for sending me these 1985 Topps which includes a personal favorite of mine, Jimmy Key! These cards were claimed on the 12/28 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. An additional thank you to Nathan for hosting this #cardsky thread each weekend!

New article alert!🚨Today’s piece highlights the four pitchers who captured ERA titles during the 1980s despite posting poor-to-mediocre win-loss records tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

Let's do a holiday season card #giveaway. Like, share & follow by 12/25 for a chance to #win this 1973 Topps Bob Gibson card. #baseball #Christmas #thehobby #cardsky #HOF #Cardinals #vintage

A trio of thank yous to the always-gracious @kujhawk90.bsky.social for sending me these 1983 Opeechees! These cards were claimed on the 12/14 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sun giveaway thread! An additional thankyou to Nathan for bringing us all together for the thread each weekend & growing #cardsky

A trio of thank yous to @alexanderraine7.bsky.social who joined the @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway last weekend & offered these 1976 Topps beauties in his debut post! An additional thank you to Nathan for hosting this awesome #cardsky giveaway thread which keeps growing! Come join us!

19th century baseball pioneer Harry Stovey was born on this date in 1856. Stovey mixed power & speed like few others & is one of the top 19th century players not in the #HOF. I wrote about Stovey’s career back in 2021 tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2021/12/nine...

Happy Birthday to Byron Buxton who was the focus of my latest article for his unique accomplishment of becoming the 1st qualified AL/NL batter to go the entire season w/o being caught stealing or grounding into a doubleplay during a full-length campaign tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/byro...

You’re very welcome @ryanpeoples.bsky.social! I appreciate shoutout posts like these because it lets me know the cards were received & it helps spread word about the awesome @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. (Fun fact: A shoutout posts is how I learned about the giveaway)

A quartet of thank yous to the consistently-clutch @metsuniverse.bsky.social for sending me these 1988 Topps! These cards were claimed on the 12/7 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway! An additional thank you to Nathan for consistently hosting this awesome giveaway & growing #cardsky!

A barrage of thank yous to the incredibly-gracious @19thcenturybucs.bsky.social for sending me this 🤩 stack of AL & NL 1983 Topps as part of the 12/7 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway! An additional thank you to Nathan for hosting this thread where incredibly cool stuff like this happens!

A quartet of thank yous to @nightowlcardz.bsky.social for these awesome 1970 Topps cards of expansion club players that were claimed on the @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social 11/30 Sunday giveaway! An additional thank you to Nathan for growing #cardsky w/this fabulous giveaway thread!

The Era Committee HOF vote is tomorrow. Among these 8 candidates below, which 3 would you most like to see voted in?

A trio of thank yous to @andyt813.bsky.social for these 1989 Topps Box Bottoms of an all-time great base stealer, pinch hitter, and Slim Fast spokesman. These cards were claimed on the 11/23 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. An additional thank you to Nathan for hosting this giveaway!

I recently appeared on the Not in Hall of Fame podcast to take part in the discussion for the upcoming Contemporary Era HOF ballot. I had a great time debating the 8 candidates which include Bonds, Clemens, Delgado, Kent, Mattingly, Murphy, Sheffield & Valenzuela www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxAn...

Thank you to Damon aka @hrderbyswing.bsky.social for sending me this Topps Chrome Joe Montana! Give Damon a follow, he posts about #thehobby & is super generous as well!

A trio of thank yous to the always-gracious @kujhawk90.bsky.social for sending me these Topps beauties! These cards were claimed on the @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. An additional thank you to Nathan for hosting the thread each weekend. if you havent taken part, come join us!

A trio of thank yous to @davejackedcards.bsky.social for sending me these 3 1980s Topps beauties! These cards were claimed on the @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. An additional thank you to Nathan for hosting this thread each week & growing #cardsky!

A pair of thank yous to the always-gracious Damon aka @hrderbyswing.bsky.social for sending me this RAK of Fred McGriff! Back in 2011, the Crime Dog’s (at the time) overlooked HOF case inspired me to start my blog & write baseball articles! Check out Damon’s profile & give him a follow!

🎂⚾️Happy Birthday to my favorite overlooked HOF candidate, Dwight Evans! Over the years, l've written several articles about Dewey. This one focuses on him changing his batting stance & overcoming a couple of vicious beanballs to become a top slugger tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2018/05/how-...