MIL Strikes Again!

While I wait for my wife at the dentists office, she is getting a tooth pulled, I brought my laptop and connected to my hotspot so I can finally create a new post.

It may not be the most ideal place to do a post, but finding time to do one is what matters. I also need the distraction while I sit here. I hate the dentists.

*looks up for a second to see only one person sitting in the waiting room* *good, they won't think this person jamming on their keyboard excited about pictures of people on pieces of cardboard isn't weird*

One of my last posts I shared how my mother-in-law found some cards and an autograph football at an auction, this time she strikes gold again when she went to a yard sale.

 

This is a decent size stack of 9-card pages filled with cards. I am unsure what she paid for these, but some superb stuff within that fits my collecting profile.

Kick it off with some 1992 Topps baseball.

A nice mix of baseball including some Pucketts.

 

Anytime I find 90's Finest and then 90's Fleer Metal Universe base, it's a win.

 

A couple Clementes

Griffey! I am pretty sure I have this one, but still, it's Junior!

Middle row of 90's inserts. Those are gem finds to me.

 

More gem finds here. 90's Pinnacle Mint, Puckett and Griffey Dream Team and Prism.

Another slide show! Cool!

 

Now onto some football. This page has a 90's insert already in the top corner for the PC.

 

It's still so hard for me to see Mark Brunell in anything but a Jags uniform.

 

I will have to see if I need any of these for my base set.

 

Brunell rookie!

  

90's Emmitt Smith insert with some shine. Not sure if it's a tough find or even has value as I haven't looked it up yet, but still a pretty cool find featuring one of the NFL's greatest running backs.

 

And we finish this up with one page of basketball that was randomly in there but it has Patrick Ewing, so that's a plus.

Overall, another solid MIL strike!

*sees wife coming out of the room so hurries up to finish up the post to get out of the dentists office*

Well, let me know your thoughts on this latest find from my mother-in-law.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

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The day has come, a little bit earlier this year due to my schedule being all over the place.

It's time for you to send FIVE and ONLY FIVE of the Cards listed below to the The Coffee Card Hall Of Fame!

Make your voice be heard and your vote count!

Here are your nominees and who nominated them,

 

Nominated by Matt

 

Nominated by Ginko-5

 

Nominated by Matt, Jafronius, and Uncle Charlie

 

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Nominated by Me!!

 

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Nominated by Fuji

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In comments, just tell me which five you want to go. The ones with the most votes will make it. The inductees will be announced in the next few weeks depending on  my schedule but I didn't want to miss out on doing this. I feel once again turnout on the nominations was weak again this year, but let's see how the voting goes and that might make a difference if this returns for 2026 or not.

Let your voices be heard below!! 

Sip on that coffee and think it through as only half of these will make it. There is a lot to take in for considerations for these cards. The look, the value, the stories, etc. Make sure you put together all of your thoughts before casting your final vote.

Thanks you!

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The Great Card Cleanse Of 2025 Part 3: The Basketful

Good Morning!

It's been a couple of months since I last updated on this project of hauling and cutting back on my collection and today's is a doozy!

I have been realizing for quite some time that I have waaaaaaayy toooooooo many autograph and relic cards just sitting around that have no meaning to me other than taking up space.

So, what to do about that....well...every year I mail out a big box (he hits me back as well) to a former blogger and he runs an eBay store and what better gift than the gift of cards to sell.

This year, I will be giving him all the ones I don't need. Well not all, more on that in a second.

Along with that I will send him some personal items as well I have picked up throughout the year so it's not completely impersonal.

I have been adding when I have time all of the goods to this laundry basket.

First picture was this one taken about a month ago.

 

And just like that, it grew like the laundry you don't want to take care of.

This will take me awhile to pack up and sort out and I still have one more sport to go before I can do that.

Oh, and touching base back on some of these cards, I am pulling out some baseball autographs to pwe trade to readers of the blog knowing that most of my readers are baseball card collectors. I will have a tab at the top of the blog with all of those and what I would want in return. These are lower end autographs I don't mind sending pwe.

I will update that in a post when I get them listed on here. It may take a little time as expected.

I have more to go with this cleansing project but so far, I have emptied many, many boxes of stuff. It's been so great to clear up space and just keep the cards that I need and not so much hoarding anymore.

As always, thoughts are welcomed on my project and would love to hear if you have done anything like this before.

Don't forget to drink your favorite beverage as you comment and hope to see you back for the next part...and the next post.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

5 Things I Did In The Hobby Last Week

HELLO FELLOW COFFEE CARD ENTHUSIASTS!

*takes a sip*

I have been trying to set aside some time to put up new posts and it seems to be working....for now. I am in the final stretch of my first semester so I may need to stay focused to get to the finish line which is December 15th with no break in-between.

Yes, that means doing homework during Thanksgiving week.

I also have a busy life and basketball has started as well so a lot of things to do in such little time. I will say the first open court gym practice we had with all of the 3rd/4th grade girls in the district went really well and I see a lot of potential in this group regardless of who I actually get on my team at the end of the month.

It's been a challenge to say the least to balance everything out, but, I am holding my ground the best I can.

I was actually even able to do five things in the hobby last week and here is what they were,

*pauses with a sip, then continues on*

I have only done three posts in this segment so far because I have been too busy to do this on a weekly basis, the last one was in June, but I wanted to let you know what this series is about if you don't remember or if you are a new reader.

This series is once again related/played on by Elon Musk's email to government officials in February 2025 asking them about what five things they did.

Also, once again, this is not about politics. I just liked the idea.

*its best to never post politics, make friends, not enemies*

Here we go onto my five things.

1.As always, I did a lot more social media posts across my planet of them. I started doing Rodney Hampton, Eli Manning updates along with small mail day posts on there since it's much faster to send out a social media message than putting up a big blog post.

If you want to catch up on stuff you missed out on, here is a list of all of my social media channels:Cards Over Coffee YouTube Channel is for cards:

Cards Over Coffee - YouTube

Matt's World Of Fun YouTube Channel is for everything else:
Matt's World Of Fun! - YouTube

On top of this, I have two Facebook accounts, Cards Over Coffee and Sport Card Collectors,

Twitter/X: Coffee Card Guy

Instagram account: Coffee Card Guy

Bluesky as Cards Over Coffee

There you have that. Now go check me out on those!!

2. I finally was able to update some numbers on TCDB and add new cards to a few of my collections.

Jaxson Dart

 

Victor Cruz

3. I started work on getting together some WNBA cards to hand out to my girls when the basketball season ends. It was a big hit last year and I think it's another way to grow the future of collecting.

4.I started to initiate some pwe trades and even a bigger trade for a card I want pretty bad. Let's see if I can pull it off.

5. Some Christmas piles have been added to. I just need to find the time to get these in the mail box and on their way out. It's very time consuming to pack these up.

And there you have it. Five things I did in the hobby last week.

I hope to keep this series going when I have time to post on it.

*takes this posts final sip*

Have a Wonderful Wednesday and in comments, tell me five things you did in the hobby last week or make a comment on mine.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Fluffy

It was a dark, cold and slightly rainy 7pm night as my wife and I sat outside at the two-hour away county fair in late August.

The temperatures were in the 40's, cold hit hard and shivers began as we waited for the show to begin knowing once it did, the cold won't be hopefully as noticeable.

*needed HOT coffee..why didn't the fair offer coffee*

The show started off very slow in the beginning and cold continued to set in. That's the problem with shows, they have opening acts and when they don't hit a home run, it makes you want that main act even more.

In coffee terms, it's like having creamer without the coffee.

Or in the hobby having a card wrapper without the cards.

But, then a little after 9pm...the moment we had been waiting for happened...FLUFFY appeared on the stage!

YES! We got to see the legendary Gabriel "Fluffy Guy" Iglesias live!

 

Before the show began, it was told we weren't allowed to video or take pictures during the performance, which stunk because the pictures would have been great.

 

However, in the final like five minutes of the show, they allowed photos and video. It went by very fast just like the show. But, it was amazing and it was worth sitting in the cold for.

After the show, I had to search for Fluffy autographs since they didn't have any available at the show. Usually all non-sport autos are for nostalgic reasons.

Found one. And I am a Looney Tunes fan so it's a double win.

This was the first show, concert or show, that I have been to in over 20 years.

Yeah, I don't get out much unless it's for coffee.

Well, I hope everyone has enjoyed this week of posts! I still have so much to catch up on.

Thanks for reading and Happy November!

In comments, let me know if you are a fan of Fluffy or if you have seen his stand-up live or what the best comedian is you have seen live.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee With Griffin Dunne

If you are reading the Coffee With title part and scratching your head at the name Griffin Dunne, don't worry, you just haven't watched the right horror movie yet.

For those of us who have, we realize that Griffin Dunne played Jack Goodman in An American Werewolf in London. Some consider it a comedy-horror, I just look at it as a horror.

If you are unfamiliar with the film, it features two American graduate students guys backpacking in England, when the two wandered off the road they were told to stay on and were attacked by a beast, later on finding out it was a werewolf.  One of the students was brutally killed, Jack, while the other was just bitten some but now turns into a werewolf because of it. 

And even though Jack was killed, he still makes appearances in the film and talks to David and is the one who reveals to him what really happened to the both of them.

The film included some cool scenes including varying looks of Jack's return and what I consider one of the best human-to-werewolf transformations in horror movie history.

When I found Griffin on the checklist for Leaf Pop Century,

 

I grabbed the autograph because this was a movie I watched time and time again with my mother growing up. It was one of her favorite werewolf movies other than The Howling. 

I actually preferred this one over The Howling. 

This autograph actually serves as a two-way find as Griffin also played Uncle Nicky on the series This Is Us. A show that was superb and one that my wife and I binged.

But, for the focus of today's post on Halloween, I stuck to the Halloween movie. But, please if you haven't yet, watch This Is Us. So many plot twists and turns. I do suggest though not watching the final two episodes, I consider the final episode the third to last episode. That's the way it should have ended.

Let me know in comments today if you have seen this movie and what your favorite werewolf movie is!

I will end this post short so you guys can get ready today for the kids and I will end it with some candy, coffee and cards. Because who doesn't buy extra Halloween candy? We say it's for the kids, but while we are saying that we have four Reeses in our mouths. It's okay, I get it. Go ahead. Eat that candy (especially if it's coffee flavored). I won't tell. 

*munches on an almond joy*

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

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Trick Or Treat

*coffee is ready, time for some Cards Over Coffee!*

It's not too hard to figure out if you have been reading my blogs for awhile, that I am a huge fan of holiday cards.

Whether that be Christmas cards, cards featuring Thanksgiving, cards that have fireworks for 4th of July or cards that even feature Halloween. I am all for it.

My latest pickups combine my love of my NY Giants and my passion for holiday cards.

*takes a sip before showing off the cards*

The last few years Panini has put out a product called Panini Score-A-Treat which combines Halloween and football cards in this case. They also make a basketball version.

The product is mainly aimed towards giving cards out on Halloween night instead of candy and I think the product itself is aimed for little kids. It has wonky, but fun brightly colored designs, is made on thin cardstock and includes a lot of players the kids would want.

It's also often very affordable as you get a lot of cards for a little price.

I usually try to open up some, but this year, I haven't yet. I may not at this point, it's just heading into my favorite holiday season and that's where my focus will fall more upon.

However, I found a couple of cheap bargain bin and tough pulls from the product that I had to have and wanted to show off to you guys!

Here they are,

"Bats" parallel of Micah McFadden. These are numbered to 399. Pretty cool looking card. I am sure it's tough odds to find one as I don't see many parallels being pulled from these.

I landed this one for under $4!

 

Next one, an even rarer find. a Candy Corn parallel of Micah McFadden /99. These look super cool if you are a fan of Halloween and of Candy Corn like I am. Yes, it's not that yucky.

This one was found for under $5, seems like a deal compared to other players!

I thought these would be fun cards to show off before the "big day" tomorrow.

In comments today, let's hear about your favorite Halloween candy. Also, your thoughts on these cards, the overall product and even candy corn.

Have a great Thursday.

*Candy Corn Loving Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Don't forget you can start to nominate cards for the 2025 Coffee Card Hall Of Fame!! Cards don't have to be autographs, patch cards, super star cards. It can be whatever you think is Hall Worthy! Find details and current nominations HERE.