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-...

A trio of thank yous to @jaywigley.bsky.social for sending me this pair of Nolan Ryan stickers & 1981 Topps! Jay is one of my favorite people on the @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway where these were claimed. An additional thank you to Nathan for graciously hosting the thread!

A trio of thank yous to @metsuniverse.bsky.social for sending me these 3 Dodgers cards! Mets Universe is one of my favorite regulars on the @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. This trio of Dodgers cards were part of Mets Universe’s special World Series giveaway from last Thursday.

A quartet of thank yous to the always-gracious @aldonadi.bsky.social for sending me these 1982 Topps beauties! These cards were claimed on 10/19 @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. An additional thank you to Nathan for graciously hosting the giveaway thread each Sunday & growing #cardsky!

A trio of thank yous to the always-gracious @kujhawk90.bsky.social for sending me these 1985 Topps! These cards were claimed on the @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway. An additional thank you to Nathan for graciously hosting the giveaway thread each Sunday & growing #cardsky!

I meant to post this yesterday. A salvo of thank yous to @if7ate9.bsky.social for this fun trio of cards that I claimed on the @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway thread. Additional thank yous to Nathan for hosting this thread & growing #cardsky!

A trio of thank yous to the always kind Michael aka @metsuniverse.bsky.social for sending me these 1974 Topps of HOFer Fergie Jenkins, future HOFer Dusty Baker, & the underrated Willie Davis! Additional thank yous to Nathan @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social on whose Sunday giveaway these were claimed!

A quartet of thank yous to @jaywigley.bsky.social who sent me these 1984 Topps cards as part of the most recent @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway! Jay has been a huge help to get me closer to completing the 1984 Topps set! An additional thank you to Nathan for hosting the giveaway thread!

A quartet of thank yous to the extremely-generous @aldonadi.bsky.social for sending me these 1982 Topps beauties! These cards were claimed on the @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway thread. An additional thank you to Nathan for hosting this thread & making it the best part of #cardsky!

Eight heartfelt thank yous to @jaywigley.bsky.social who has been a huge help to my 1984 Topps build! Jay offered to help anyone collecting 1984 Topps on the @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sunday giveaway thread. An additional salvo of thank yous to Nathan for hosting this awesome thread each week!

⚾️My latest article focuses on #Twins slugger Byron Buxton's unique accomplishment of becoming the first qualified AL/NL batter to go the entire season without being caught stealing or grounding into a double play during a full-length campaign tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/byro...

🚨New article alert!⚾️ Today's piece focuses on Byron Buxton's unique accomplishment of becoming the first qualified AL/NL batter to go the entire season without being caught stealing or grounding into a double play during a full-length campaign tubbsbaseballblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/byro...

A trio of thank yous to the consistently-gracious Christopher aka @kujhawk90.bsky.social for sending me these three 1983 Topps. These cards were claimed on the most recent @ngtcollectibles.bsky.social Sun giveaway. An additional thank you to Nathan for hosting the thread each week & growing #cardsky