once again, big thanks to Matthew (aka Halosfan) for sending me some awesome boxing cards (as he’s done several times before!) From the 2008 Topps Co-Signers set, i received Boom Boom Mancini and Kelly Pavlik, as well as a Dual Autograph card featuring Vic Darchinyan and Danny Green..Â
I haven’t been buying much stuff lately, so finding these in my mailbox today was great! Click the images below for a larger view.
 
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i was reading the CU forums a few days ago and found this post about an awesome custom card featuring Charley Pride, made by by Bob Lemke to resemble the 1954 Bowman baseball set..
yes, Charley Pride the hall-of-fame country music singer was a professional baseball in the Negro Leagues before he made a name for himself in music..
check out the scan of the card below (click the photo for a larger view)..
see more of Bob Lemke’s custom creations at http://www.tinyurl.com/customcards.. he also has one of the best card blogs on the internet, check it out @ http://boblemke.blogspot.comÂ
as i’ve said before, i collect all kinds of stuff besides just rickey henderson.. a friend of mine (Halosfan) from the CU forums knows I enjoy sports in which people get punched in the face, and he sends me some cool boxing cards sometimes.. he’s sent me several over the years, but here are the latest two.. I think my favorite is the Jack Slack card.. homeboy just seems like a badass.. he died in 1778, and the back of the card says little is known about him except that he was also a butcher, and a “master with the broad-sword”..
click the photos to see bigger scans..
