When is a trading card more than just a trading card? When it has the power to do good. When it can be a source of inspiration to the person holding it. When just purchasing it can help to raise funds for a worthwhile cause. A trading card is more than just a trading card […]
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St. Patrick’s Day is coming up which makes collectors think about how lucky they have been in terms of collecting. Upper Deck is well known for packing out great hits from the game’s biggest stars in our packs and we love to hear about fans scoring great pulls! For Throwback Thursday today, we want to […]
By Andrew Tolentino | Assistant Editor
This weekend, I had the pleasure of taking a trip to Kansas City, Mo. to visit my childhood best friend and long-time collecting comrade Aaron Ott. As seen in my three days of incessant travel tweeting, the Midwestern journey included a stop at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and a stroll through other must-see K.C. sights.
Most importantly though, the great state of Missouri gave me the opportunity to reminisce with my old friend.
Remembering how much fun we had riding to local card shops in the back of his dad’s white Ford Ranger pickup, we dusted off an old binder and traveled to today with a 2010 Donruss Rated Rookies boxed set….and then we stuffed our faces with Arthur Bryant’s Barbeque.
Thanks to a handy laptop camera and Aaron’s very understanding wife, I managed to capture both memories and deliciously prepared meat in this episode of Pulling with Everyday People.
Filed under: Beckett Media, just for fun, NFL, Panini Tagged: 2010 Donruss Rated Rookies, Aaron Ott, Kansas City, Pulling with Everyday People, Pulling with Everyday People Aaron Ott 
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