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- 108: Growing Up In Baseball Card World, and the Classic '87 Topps!
Host Matt Sammon is joined by Mike Chapman, whose dad worked for Topps and Score in the 1980s and 1990s. Quite the connection to a hobby Mike started collecting in during the exact same time. Plus, we open a cello of the legendary '87 Topps... and make a nice hit.
Watch the break at https://youtu.be/_o2wd2klKJY
Follow us on Twitter @WaxAndGumStains
1 hr 12 min - 107: Junkapalooza! You Say You Don't Like the '88 Cards, But We Know Better
Host Matt Sammon rips in to your selected cards from 1988, and we discuss the unwritten laws of eating the gum in vintage wax.
Watch the break here --> https://youtu.be/WoPzE8ov6j4
And follow us on Twitter @WaxAndGumStains
1 hr 9 min - 106: The Kids Are Alright! Plus, '84 Fleer and '86 Topps Cello Breaks
Host Matt Sammon shares some of your suggestions as to how to get more kids collecting baseball cards again, and by your vote we open the '84 Fleer and '86 Topps cello packs! Watch the break at https://youtu.be/buWqa3t0J00 and follow us on Twitter at @WaxAndGumStains.
1 hr 18 min - 105: Stars and BARS! '90 Score and '91 Stadium Club Pack Breaks
Host Matt Sammon opens packs of '90 Score and '91 Topps Stadium Club, as selected by our listeners, and gets in to a discussion on why kids aren't buying cards as much as they used to.
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1 hr 13 min - 104: A Few Gems From '86 Fleer and '89 Topps, Including a FurrBall!
Host Matt Sammon opens the listener-selected '86 Fleer and '89 Topps cellos, and wonders if anyone actually bought something from the Topps Company store.
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1 hr 12 min - 103: Our Kuntz is a Little Rusty After the Break
Host Matt Sammon comes back from a 9 month "extended rain delay", and rips through a grocery pack of 1981 Topps baseball as part of the occasion.
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1 hr 8 min - Episode 102, One Final Pitch! It's "Pucker Pitch" Extraordinaire Dave Stieb and 1980 Topps!
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the career of Dave Stieb, his interaction with him when he was 13, and the 1980 Topps set.
Plus, we tell you why the podcast is throwing its final pitch.
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1 hr 8 min - Episode 101, We Rip in to '78 Topps, and the Two Sides of Jack Clark
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the '78 Topps set, and the multi-layered story of Jack Clark.
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48 min - Episode 100(!), Minnie Stands Tall on the '64 Topps Set
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the under-appreciated '64 Topps set, and the way underappreciated career of Minnie Minoso.
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1 hr 3 min - Episode 99, The Picture-Perfect '74 Topps and Toothpick Swingin' Dusty Baker
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the set he overlooked too much-- '74 Topps, which endures despite the infamous "Washington Nat'l League" goofs. Plus, the career of the new "Captain Hook", Dusty Baker!
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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!