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Damon Holtz

@hrderbyswing.bsky.social

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Avid baseball fan. Avid baseball card fan. Paperback reader. Alternative rock music is the soundtrack to my life. Married to an incredible woman who has fought and survived ✌🏻 different types of breast cancer.

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks! 🙂 There’s no filters or anything on it. I walked onto the beach, saw that on the horizon, and was totally enthralled.

Glad others are enjoying it too. 🙏🏻

Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks! 🙂

Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 7h

Nothing special. Just pulled out my phone and snapped the photo. No filters or anything.

Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 20h

Visited Milwaukee over the weekend. Discovered the E-5 Sports card shop.

It’s a super cool and compact shop with sports memorabilia and all the usual hobby and retail card stuff. Great prices. Owner seemed like such a genuine nice guy.

Worth checking out if you’re in Milwaukee.

Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 23h

Looks so serene and post-apocalyptic at the same time.

Chicago, IL

Taken from Indiana Dunes State Park

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 1d

Pedro Martínez and Don Zimmer, on this date in 2003

Colored-pencil drawing of the 2003 altercation between Pedro Martínez and Don Zimmer

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 1d

Dillion Dingler! What. An. Insane. Throw. Wow! 🤯

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 1d

Kerry Carpenter is a bad bad man! Wow!

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 2d

All of a sudden I’m hungry for a pocket pancake. 🤔

Brewers’ manager Pat Murphy once pulled out a “pocket pancake” while being interviewed during a Friday Apple TV game. Still one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.

Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 2d

Totally with you. Hinch seems to micromanage *everything* about the bullpen.

I’m not anti analytics. Far from it. This scenario is tired though: a reliever has struck out both guys he’s faced? And he’s a lefty about to face a righty? Gotta pull him. 🙄

Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 3d

Fantastic TV commentator. Really enjoy listening to him call Blue Jays games.

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 3d

Strike 3 “swinging.” Are. You. Kidding. Me.

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 5d

Glad you liked it! 🙂 I saw on eBay she autographed minis of this card too. So awesome.

Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 5d

From my Mantel app post earlier: I follow @diannarussini.bsky.social here for NFL news, so I figure other followers of hers may also enjoy this card:

All About That Base: 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter

Gigantic fan of how Allen & Ginter continues to find innovative ways to highlight women in sports.

Dianna Russini 2024 Topps Allen & Ginter card.

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 6d

MLB managers absurdly overmanage their pitchers in the postseason. Exhibit A from today ⬇️

Ridiculous box score from today’s Toronto and New York MLB postseason game.

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 7d

LOL. 😂 You may be right!

Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 7d

I love opening packs too, but I can’t with this price point. Originally, I thought $120 was wild for thirty Logofractor cards. But with only ten per box, I’m grateful there’s eBay. I just bought the Kerry Bonds Logofractor base last night. 👍🏻

Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 7d

100% with you. I love opening packs, but I have my limits. I also buy the Logofractor PC singles off eBay I’m into for a fraction of one box.

The math on Logofractor is steep. Are those even MVP Buyback eligible?

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 7d

That’s a fantastic point. So, ten Logofractor cards….for $120. That is so nuts I was hoping I was missing something.

The price point is insane if all the cards are Logofractor. But they’re not. Only 10. I. Do. Not. Get. It.

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for confirming what I thought I saw. So, a Logofractor box is 3x as expensive as a regular Chrome blaster. *For ten Logofractor cards.* Ten. $80 bucks more. For ten Logofractor cards. What?

Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 7d

I’ve never done drugs, but I feel like I’m on crack:

Are there only 10 Logofractor cards in these Chrome Logofractor Boxes? For $120? What? Am I misreading the box? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 7d

the mythical quadruple appeal caught on video

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks! I’d enjoy it a lot more if Bichette wasn’t still hurt and off the roster, but still cool The Jays won the AL East. 👍🏻

Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 8d

Yes. And more yes. The first couple times I witnessed this I thought I was being punked. But no phones were out recording for a YouTube bit.

Some adults don’t understand things that go from Point A to Point B need packaging. And labels. How???

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Damon Holtz @hrderbyswing.bsky.social · 8d

It blows my mind how many adults my age have zero clue how shipping/mailing works.

Like no clue. Waiting at Fedex to ship packages occasionally for work is a totally wild experience in the failure of, what I used to believe were, basic life skills.

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