Spike Glidden
@number5typecard.bsky.social
Baseball and trading card hobby writer, creator and researcher of Number5TypeCollection.com. Vice Chair of SABR baseball cards events committee. #GOMS. As for my house, we will serve Humpy the Salmon.
Unused Pepsi Jr. Mariners game ticket that was canceled due to 1981 baseball work stoppage. It ended up inside a book of my dad’s for decades before rediscovery during COVID, an altogether different “work stoppage.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Unused Pepsi Jr. Mariners game ticket that was canceled due to 1981 baseball work stoppage. It ended up inside a book of my dad’s for decades before rediscovery during COVID, an altogether different “work stoppage.”
Discovered a favorite one-album band did three more songs for a soundtrack back in 2000 & it’s Christmas come early for me
music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH9I...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH9I...
Dusty Trails - Dusty Happy End
YouTube video by TheFatherlongLegs
music.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Discovered a favorite one-album band did three more songs for a soundtrack back in 2000 & it’s Christmas come early for me
music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH9I...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH9I...
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As our friends at Boston Duck Tours like to say...
QUACK QUACK FLEET WIN. 🗣️
QUACK QUACK FLEET WIN. 🗣️
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
As our friends at Boston Duck Tours like to say...
QUACK QUACK FLEET WIN. 🗣️
QUACK QUACK FLEET WIN. 🗣️
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What's your favorite season?
1. the cold one
2. the one with plants
3. the sweaty one
4. the one with decay and monsters
1. the cold one
2. the one with plants
3. the sweaty one
4. the one with decay and monsters
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
What's your favorite season?
1. the cold one
2. the one with plants
3. the sweaty one
4. the one with decay and monsters
1. the cold one
2. the one with plants
3. the sweaty one
4. the one with decay and monsters
Late night research into Goudey's 1933 holiday season advertising via America's copyright office. Here's hoping all of these scenes were respectful! #CardSky
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Late night research into Goudey's 1933 holiday season advertising via America's copyright office. Here's hoping all of these scenes were respectful! #CardSky
Fun discovery from prewar #CardSky: Goudey's Gum Car with penny gum samples hit Philly in Oct 1929, replete with their "brownies" (pointy-capped elves). Also mentioned, future National Chicle founder Alvin Livingston, then a Goudey sales manager in Chicago.
December 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fun discovery from prewar #CardSky: Goudey's Gum Car with penny gum samples hit Philly in Oct 1929, replete with their "brownies" (pointy-capped elves). Also mentioned, future National Chicle founder Alvin Livingston, then a Goudey sales manager in Chicago.
Troy Wilder pitched for AA Chattanooga in 1979, a .500+ team that fielded 17 pitchers without sending a single one to the bigs! The franchise improved slightly for 1980...by sending _one_ of 17 pitchers to the bigs.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Troy Wilder pitched for AA Chattanooga in 1979, a .500+ team that fielded 17 pitchers without sending a single one to the bigs! The franchise improved slightly for 1980...by sending _one_ of 17 pitchers to the bigs.
Also got my copy of one of the finest pieces of hobby research you'll ever own. Endlessly fascinating.
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Also got my copy of one of the finest pieces of hobby research you'll ever own. Endlessly fascinating.
Best TTM of the year, first Laughlin original art (Jim Thorpe to boot), first 1920 Big Head strip card. That last one's probably not Brooklyn pitcher Cadore & looks closer to Cincy's Pat Duncan. #CardSky
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Best TTM of the year, first Laughlin original art (Jim Thorpe to boot), first 1920 Big Head strip card. That last one's probably not Brooklyn pitcher Cadore & looks closer to Cincy's Pat Duncan. #CardSky
I named my fists Alhra and Bosky because they're both mad AND hungary
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
I named my fists Blood and Meridian because I’m fixing to Judge your ass.
December 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I named my fists Alhra and Bosky because they're both mad AND hungary
These vintage Hi-Lights sets remain infamous for odd combos of pictures, titles, and dating. Hubbell's cards remain my favorite of the Giants that Nick goes after. #CardSky
Some cool pickups
It’s been a while since I posted a cool pickup roundup but I’ve got enough items now to warrant such a post. I’ll start out with a couple sets that I’ve kind of ignored until now. The first of thes…
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December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
These vintage Hi-Lights sets remain infamous for odd combos of pictures, titles, and dating. Hubbell's cards remain my favorite of the Giants that Nick goes after. #CardSky
Thanksgiving day three: Saturday turkey is down. Just the Sunday ham left to go in this holiday of stuffing and sides!
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Thanksgiving day three: Saturday turkey is down. Just the Sunday ham left to go in this holiday of stuffing and sides!
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Did you know that letters mailed to Santa go on the USPS Operation Santa page where you can read them, adopt one and send them their wished for gift? (Anonymity is protected all around) www.uspsoperationsanta.com
USPS Operation Santa® Program
Adopt a child's letter to Santa this holiday season with the USPS Operation Santa® program. Spread holiday cheer and help make a child's holiday wish come true.
www.uspsoperationsanta.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Did you know that letters mailed to Santa go on the USPS Operation Santa page where you can read them, adopt one and send them their wished for gift? (Anonymity is protected all around) www.uspsoperationsanta.com
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Coimbre was also a part of the Latino Baseball Hall of Fame’s first class. That class included:
All 13 Latino figures honored by Cooperstown (10 with induction, 3 via the Ford Frick Award)
5 Contemporary selections (since 1959)
5 Veterans selections (prior to 1959)
The selections…
All 13 Latino figures honored by Cooperstown (10 with induction, 3 via the Ford Frick Award)
5 Contemporary selections (since 1959)
5 Veterans selections (prior to 1959)
The selections…
The top vote-getter in the first election of the Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Puertorriqueño was not Roberto Clemente… not Orlando Cepeda… not even Perucho Cepeda. It was Francisco “Pancho” Coimbre. The Hall’s physical location will be hosted at the Pancho Coimbre Museum in Ponce.
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Coimbre was also a part of the Latino Baseball Hall of Fame’s first class. That class included:
All 13 Latino figures honored by Cooperstown (10 with induction, 3 via the Ford Frick Award)
5 Contemporary selections (since 1959)
5 Veterans selections (prior to 1959)
The selections…
All 13 Latino figures honored by Cooperstown (10 with induction, 3 via the Ford Frick Award)
5 Contemporary selections (since 1959)
5 Veterans selections (prior to 1959)
The selections…
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Mark those calendars! Members, check email for registration. Non-members, check with @number5typecard.bsky.social or @heavyjstudios.bsky.social, or better yet head to sabr.org/community/!
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Mark those calendars! Members, check email for registration. Non-members, check with @number5typecard.bsky.social or @heavyjstudios.bsky.social, or better yet head to sabr.org/community/!
Found photos from September 12, 2003, my last Montreal Expos game! They beat the Mets 7-4 and #5 Michael Barrett hit a tie-breaking homer off Al Leiter in the 6th. Montreal's retired #8 and #10 were brought back into service when the franchise moved to Washington.
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Found photos from September 12, 2003, my last Montreal Expos game! They beat the Mets 7-4 and #5 Michael Barrett hit a tie-breaking homer off Al Leiter in the 6th. Montreal's retired #8 and #10 were brought back into service when the franchise moved to Washington.
Bobo's become a relatively high Cubs score, given he played a single game for them! Any other one-game players with something higher? Moonlight Graham for Giants only, maybe? #ImmaculateGrid
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Bobo's become a relatively high Cubs score, given he played a single game for them! Any other one-game players with something higher? Moonlight Graham for Giants only, maybe? #ImmaculateGrid
This Thanksgiving we are thankful for these little turkeys & their random affections
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This Thanksgiving we are thankful for these little turkeys & their random affections
word to your bird today
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
word to your bird today
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Ted Kluszewski, 1957 Topps, special Thanksgiving edition
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ted Kluszewski, 1957 Topps, special Thanksgiving edition
Two classic Dick Porter cards from Cleveland spring training. Goudey photo dates to March 1934 & Tattoo Gum to 1930, given the tighter trim on its jersey sleeve. (Might be 1931, since some teams used prior year's jersey during spring training.) #CardSky
November 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Two classic Dick Porter cards from Cleveland spring training. Goudey photo dates to March 1934 & Tattoo Gum to 1930, given the tighter trim on its jersey sleeve. (Might be 1931, since some teams used prior year's jersey during spring training.) #CardSky
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Travis Hafner Pronk Bar (2006-2007): After a breakout season, Cleveland 1B/DH Travis Hafner received his own candy bar, milk chocolate loaded with crispy rice. "Pronk" was Hafner's nickname, which was a hybrid of his two minor-league nicknames, "The Project" and "Donkey".
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Travis Hafner Pronk Bar (2006-2007): After a breakout season, Cleveland 1B/DH Travis Hafner received his own candy bar, milk chocolate loaded with crispy rice. "Pronk" was Hafner's nickname, which was a hybrid of his two minor-league nicknames, "The Project" and "Donkey".
Enjoying Orbit's many 1932-34 Tattoo Gum promotions? Search REA's history in particular, who auctioned a major find of original Tattoo Gum material, including tough finds like this Popeye box dated for 1933 distribution:
collectrea.com/archives/201...
collectrea.com/archives/201...
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Enjoying Orbit's many 1932-34 Tattoo Gum promotions? Search REA's history in particular, who auctioned a major find of original Tattoo Gum material, including tough finds like this Popeye box dated for 1933 distribution:
collectrea.com/archives/201...
collectrea.com/archives/201...
Orbit's hand-tinted Tattoo Gum baseball series of 60 players (R305) remains its most-popular 1933 promotion. Each wax sleeve held one card & 1-cent gum piece, with ad panels standing behind them. This overcomplicated display could explain the set's scarcity today! #CardSky
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Orbit's hand-tinted Tattoo Gum baseball series of 60 players (R305) remains its most-popular 1933 promotion. Each wax sleeve held one card & 1-cent gum piece, with ad panels standing behind them. This overcomplicated display could explain the set's scarcity today! #CardSky