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- 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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55 min - 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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50 min - 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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52 min - 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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51 min - 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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53 min - 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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48 min - 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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54 min - 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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55 min - 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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48 min - 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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About Wax Ecstatic
From the publisher's feed
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 (and not so famous) baseball cards from the 1990s all the way back through the 1950s. Wax Ecstatic is hosted by long-time collector Matt Sammon, who always has a fun look back at some of that classic cardboard in your collection!