Wax Ecstatic

By Wax Ecstatic

Have you rediscovered your childhood baseball cards, or do you have that "90s nostalgia" itch you've been looking to scratch? Come take a trip down memory lane as we take a second look at some famous ... more

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The podcast currently has 189 episodes available.

Wax Ecstatic episodes:

March 14, 2017 Episode 69, To the Binder We Go! The "New" Baltimore Orioles and a New Look for Topps
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the 1954 Topps set, with random pull Joe Coleman. A major change in the Topps design, stories of Bill Veeck and Charlie Finley, and some news on the podcast!
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55min
March 10, 2017 Episode 68, Mucho Miscellania! All-Stars, No-Logos, and a Baseball Theme Park
Host Matt Sammon makes one more dig through the "miscellaneous" box to look at glossy All-Stars, no-logo cards, and Boardwalk & Baseball.
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50min
March 07, 2017 Episode 67, Talking Team Sets, and One Particularly Bad Team
Host Matt Sammon looks at the fan-favorite team-issued sets, with a deep dive in to his own 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team set that was filled with various miscreants from the Rays' bad old days.
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52min
March 03, 2017 Episode 66, Minor League Baseball Becomes Major League Business
Host Matt Sammon looks back at minor league baseball cards, which started innocently in the 1940s, grew in the 1970s, then exploded in the 1990s with major league cards.
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51min
February 28, 2017 Episode 65, The End of the Monster Box! '93 Topps Puts Out a Monster Set with a Future Monster in the Making
Host Matt Sammon closes out the "big ole monster box" with a look at '93 Topps, and how the Dodgers whiffed on Pedro Martinez.
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53min
February 24, 2017 Episode 64, Upper Deck Keeps Its Quality Streak Going in '93, as Does Cal Ripken Jr.
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the great answer Upper Deck had for the competition in 1993, the great career of Cal Ripken Jr., and our Wax Ecstatic survey results!
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48min
February 21, 2017 Episode 63, Checking Out the Forgettable '93 Score Set With "the Professor", Greg Maddux!
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the rather forgettable '93 Score set, the unforgettable Greg Maddux, and the dying breed that is the 300-game winner?
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54min
February 17, 2017 Episode 62, '93 Ultra Makes Mets Fans Forget About Jim Fregosi... Maybe
Host Matt Sammon looks back at another sharp set in '93: Fleer Ultra. Plus, were the Mets really in the wrong in '71 when trading Nolan Ryan?
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55min
February 14, 2017 Episode 61, My Brother From Another Mother, Tim Salmon and the '93 Donruss Set!
Host Matt Sammon (no relation) looks back at Tim Salmon's career, and the very good but not great '93 Donruss set. Plus plenty of listener tweets on the hobby!
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48min
February 10, 2017 Episode 60, The Stunning '93 Leaf Studio Set, and the Stunning End to Kirby Puckett's Career and Life
Host Matt Sammon looks back at one of the best sets not only from 1993, but in the history of baseball cards, Leaf Studio. Plus, a look back at the tragic life and career of Kirby Puckett.
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42min

FAQs about Wax Ecstatic:

How many episodes does Wax Ecstatic have?

The podcast currently has 189 episodes available.