Following in the footsteps of such successful blogs as Ben Henry’s Baseball Card Blog and Chris Harris’ Stale Gum, there has been a plethora of new blogs dealing exclusively with baseball cards. I’ve added quite a few of these sites to our blogroll and also to our baseball card links page. Instead of just leaving it at that, I decided many of these new sites were worthy of their own post to highlight what each brings to their readers. I’ve even invented my own grading system based on the TwinsCards.com patented Five-Puckett scale.
One-Puckett: A good start, but the content is lacking and the frequency of posts is below the Mendoza line.
Two-Pucketts: There is definitely some potential here. Tighten up the content and your well on your way.
Three-Pucketts: This site is a good, solid site that has relevant, informative posts with a definite passion for the content.
Four-Pucketts: This is a very good site. The content is a cut above the rest with fresh, insightful posts and a clear, knowledgeable understanding of the target audience.
Five-Pucketts: Reserved for the best of the best. The pulse of the industry beats by the content found here. Bookmark and visit on a daily basis!
We’ll do these one by one and I’ll try and write a small blurb about each site, but please check them out. You won’t be dissappointed!
The Fleer Sticker Project
The first site I’d like to feature is The Fleer Sticker Project. FleerFan has created an awesome resource for a niche of cards that probably wouldn’t get a lot of press elsewhere. FleerFan covers all the Fleer team logo stickers going back to 1960. He’s even posted a few Twins stickers: 1967 Fleer Logo/Emblem Card, 1968 Cloth Emblem Card, 1968 Team Fleer Logo/Emblem Card, and 1961 Fleer Decals.
Pictured here is a 1969 Fleer 3D Baseball Trophy Plaque. Fleer featured all 24 teams with a 3D effect card featuring the teams cap and sold for $0.10.
I have quite a few Fleer stickers but until now, I never had a way to figure out how to tell the difference between years. At some point (in the near future), I’m going to have to search through my boxes to pull them out. This is just an incredible resource and even though there aren’t daily posts, The Fleer Sticker project is worth worth a daily visit!
TwinsCards.com Rating: 4/5 Pucketts: This is a very good site. The content is a cut above the rest with fresh, insightful posts and a clear, knowledgeable understanding of the target audience.
