Todd Tobias
@TalesfromtheAFL
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Husband, dad, AFL historian, trading card enthusiast, Lance Alworth collector, lacrosse junkie, and fan of people being kind to each other.
La Mesa, CA
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The current state of my backyard includes my kids, African neighbors, loud music, homemade tacos and lacrosse. I don’t know how the hell I got so lucky, but I love it.
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Bought my first pack of baseball cards this season. A Heritage hanger that was an impulse buy leaving Target. Not bad!
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A little AFL love and hopes that everyone has the best possible Thanksgiving tomorrow given this crazy world we are living in.
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.
@OJALL_Official
You recently shared a image of a postcard in my collection showing the 1910 Minto Cup Game between the .
@Salmonbellies
and Montreal Lacrosse Club. I recently found the other two pieces of the trio. Enjoy!
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54 years ago today, first
#afl
championship.
@vintagefootball
@clarkjudgeTOF
@RickGosselinDMN
http://t.co/i3yu2Fj3Y7
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Sitting at my son’s
#lacrosse
practice and watching
@wes_berg
@treleclaire
and
@Top_ched83
play catch. Wonder if my son and his teammates really understand how lucky they are to have these guys as coaches?
@SealsLax
@sgovett
@NLL
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No offense to Jimmy Johnson, but to say that this
#PFHOF20
class was expanded to clean up the backlog of long-deserving candidates is rubbish. What about Tom Flores, Don Coryell, Clark Shaughnessy, etc? Feels like we’ve been sold a bill of goods.
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My kids & I just opened 253 packs of new
@Topps
@PremierLacrosse
cards and got 0 parallels. That brings our grand total to 2 #/25 parallels in 403 packs. I don’t know what to say other than Topps and the PLL need to do something about this.
@danarestia
#Lacrosse
#laxcardarchive
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Completed this Zed Williams relic run today. 1/1, #/25, #/50 & Base.
@PremierLacrosse
@PLLWhipsnakes
#lacrosse
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135 years difference between these two lacrosse “cards”. A cabinet card dated May 23, 1887 and a
@BRiorden10
card from the 2022
@Topps
@PremierLacrosse
set. Essentially the same thing, with more than a century between them.
#lacrosse
#thehobby
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I’ve successfully avoided Covid for two years. I’m double-vaxxed and boosted. I wear my mask. This morning I tested positive for the first time… my mom died last week and today is her funeral. Now I’m not going. Not sure whether to laugh or cry. Incredible…
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In Dallas for my daughters
#lacrosse
tournament and checked out
@TripleCardsTX
. They have
@topps
@PremierLacrosse
boxes. Had to buy one and my daughter pulled a Zed Williams auto in the first pack!
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I figure I will post a vintage
#lacrosse
card each day until my
@topps
@PremierLacrosse
replacement packs arrive. Here is a 1910 Murad College Series Premium featuring Swarthmore Lacrosse.
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Very happy to see a new Sports Illustrated for Kids women’s
#lacrosse
was just released.
@officiallaxgirl
@MarylandWLax
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57 years ago today the
@Chargers
brought San Diego it's only major football championship. 53 years later they ensured we will never have another.
@sdutCanepa
@billcenter
@jimsteeg
@clarkjudgeTOF
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Please RT - I’m one card away from finishing the 2014 .
@PaniniAmerica
Prizm Lance Alworth rainbow w/aftermarket autos. Just got the Pink Ribbon and now just need the #/10 Gold. Can the
#hobby
help me find it?
#chargers
#pc
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Ok
@PremierLacrosse
, I’ve held this case of cards for two months, waiting for
@WillDaBeast2828
to get home from college. He got back today. Let’s see what we got!
#lacrosse
@RJKaminski
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Branching out a bit with the AFL collection. 1967 Topps & 2002 BBM Wahoo McDaniel cards. Wahoo the linebacker retired from football and became Chief Wahoo the wrestler. I’ll bet that guy could tell some stories.
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It’s my son’s senior night tonight for
@saints_lax
. I’ve watched him play since 3rd grade. He’s playing next year for
@HopeLacrosse
, which we’re all thrilled about, but I won’t be able to attend all of the games. The ends of eras hit hard for more than just the players.
#lacrosse
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A
@PSAcard
10 Gary Gait rookie card. The
#GOAT
#lacrosse
player in the GOAT grade from the GOAT grading company. A very nice addition to my collection.
#laxcardarchive
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After being involved with sports for 40 of my 45 years, I've come to the conclusion that adults are the worst thing to ever happen to youth sports.
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Installment
#5
of a vintage
#lacrosse
card each day until my
@topps
.
@PremierLacrosse
replacement packs arrive. Here is a 1933 Goudey Indian Gum Ah-No-Je-Nahge.
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Heading into the office today and submitting more
#lacrosse
cards for
@PSAcard
grading. I think I’ve honed my eye a bit so I do better on this sub than the last. Either way, I’m happy to see the excitement now in the lax card world!
#laxcardarchive
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Picked up the four-card 2008 Rochester Rattlers schedule card set with
@JohnGrantJr24
@caseypowell22
@BrodieMerrill_
and
@jwalters1
#lacrosse
#laxcardarchive
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I picked up this postcard advertising a 1907 lacrosse game between Rochester &
@HobartLacrosse
. Then went on and found an article about the game. Love this history!
#MissingLacrosse
@SealsLax
@caseypowell22
@LaxAllStars
@USLacrosseMag
@JohnGrantJr24
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@Super70sSports
What are the chances that the dude on the left grew up to be this cool fellow?
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Expanded the AFL-Wrestling card collection a bit further today with the 1982 Wahoo McDaniel & Ernie Ladd cards. Fun stuff. Gotta find some Gong Magazine Don Manoukian cards now...
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My son, Will, has loved this game since the third grade and has found his fit with
@HopeLacrosse
. I cannot wait to watch he and his teammates grow together during his college career.
#ProudDad
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This is what I got from 403 packs of
@Topps
@PremierLacrosse
cards. I assembled 10 sets and still have roughly 2700 base cards left. Had I known I would receive only two parallels in my packs, I would have saved myself nearly $4k and simply bought a base set on eBay.
@danarestia
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I just learned that due to a restructuring of the marketing department, I am no longer employed by PSA. Hoping to connect with companies in the hobby or lacrosse worlds in need of an experienced writer and dedicated employee. Retweets are appreciated. Thank you.
#thehobby
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Had a great hobby day yesterday. Submitted 105
#lacrosse
cards for grading to
@PSAcard
. Then opened a box of
@Topps
@PremierLacrosse
cards and pulled a pair of #/10 Zed Williams.
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Signed AFL All-Time Team with an added Lamar Hunt because he deserves to be in every great AFL gathering.
#hobby
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I've pulled exactly two 1/1 cards in my life and both happen to be
@SealsLax
stars.
@Topps
@PremierLacrosse
@NLL
#MeantToBe
#Lacrosse
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Happy 60th Anniversary of the San Diego Chargers only league championship to all who celebrate.
#chargers
#AFL
#NeverAgain
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Please take a look at this piece I wrote about
#lacrosse
cards. It’s a genre that has an interesting history lot of room for growth as more people are introduced to all aspects of the game.
@BMFONES
@PaulRabil
@MichaelRabil
@UpperDeckSports
@Topps
Tracking the History of Lacrosse Cards as Interest in Old Game Grows >>>
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99 packs of
@Topps
@PremierLacrosse
replacement parallels. Waiting for the kids to get home from school…
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Want to make a wood
#lacrosse
stick? This 1951 Nabisco Shredded Wheat card shows you how...
@CanLaxHall
@LacrosseNetwork
@LaxAllStars
@Traditional_Lax
@USLacrosseMag
@SanDiegoLax
#growthegame
#learnyourhistory
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Has any new team had more obstacles to overcome than
@SealsLax
? 2019 - New franchise, CBA, injuries; 2020 - Dylan Herrick, injuries, Vegas, Miramar, coronavirus... Probably more I don't know of. Yet they are still fantastic & leaders in the community. Love my hometown team!
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Santa Claus traded in his sleigh for a big, brown delivery truck.
#toppspll
#lacrosse
#laxcardarchive
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My buddy
@KevG163
posted a 1963 AFL Championship program today. Figured I'd follow up with some other stuff pertaining to that game...
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My kids and their friend had a great time at the
@SealsLax
beach lax tourney. All three were given jerseys by the players. Thank you Seals,
@wes_berg
,
@Torper7
and
@mark_glic
. You guys are awesome. Can’t wait for the season to start!!
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FedEx showed up a day early with 200 of my parallel packs. The kids and I opened 30 packs, but are saving the rest for this evening. A handful of highlights in the second pic
@PremierLacrosse
@Topps
#Lacrosse
#laxcardarchive
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Heading to
@IWLCA
Sandstorm and we’re ripping a box of
@Topps
@PremierLacrosse
cards. Great start to the weekend!
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I've been picking up a few cards of guys who played in the AFL, but then also played MLB, NBA, etc. Here is
@Broncos
Lonnie Wright.
#BroncosCountry
#Broncos
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The 2007 .
@RocKnighthawks
team issue. A four card set with all members of the .
@NLL
Hall of Fame.
@JohnGrantJr24
@RegyThorpe
@51_Willy
& Pat O'Toole. That's a solid set!
#lacrosse
#laxcardarchive
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I got lucky in that Brodie Merrill was part of the first pro lacrosse team in San Diego. My family and I loved watching him play for the Seals. Thank you for helping to bring pro lacrosse to my hometown and for being a fantastic player for kids to look up to!
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My subs arrived today and
#lacrosse
cards look great in .
@PSAcard
holders! Highlights include a complete 1999 .
@NLL
All-Stars set in PSA 10, PSA 10 Gary Gait & John Tavares rookie cards and lots of Mikey Powell & Lyle Thompson.
#laxcardarchive
@caseypowell22
@lyle4thompson
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Heading off to my daughters box lax game now, but I’ll have some more numbers for you
@danarestia
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Got this beauty back from
@PSAcard
today. A full ticket from a 1958 high school all-star football game in Mississippi in which future
#Chargers
legend and .
@ProFootballHOF
receiver, Lance Alworth, scored the only touchdown. Thanks
@chubeans
for alerting me when it was for sale.
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With the
#MLB
season starting, I figured I’d show my collection of 700+ different cards picturing players signing
#autographs
. I love the idea of
#kids
collecting autos at the ballpark. That love inspired this collection.
#thehobby
@CardPurchaser
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Picked up a cool
#lacrosse
card I had never seen before. Advertised as being from a set produced by Ava Confections of Australia in the 1930s.
#laxcardarchive
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What was your final
#hobby
purchase of 2019? Here is mine. A 1958 Mississippi High School All-Star Football Game ticket stub. Check the back to see who scored the lone TD. Excited for
#mailday
.
#cardgeek
#AFL
#Chargers
@PSAcard
@DubMentality
@prewarcards
@sportscards
@chubeans
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Final count. 150 packs opened. Two #/25 parallels found. The rest were base cards. Very frustrating experience. I have more packs coming, but won’t be able to get to them until Sunday night.
#lacrosse
#laxcardarchive
#toppspll
@PremierLacrosse
@Topps
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Looking through some older cards as I wait for my
@topps
@PremierLacrosse
replacement packs to arrive. This is the non-refractor version. ;-)
#lacrosse
#laxcardarchive
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I do love my lacrosse cards!
Thank you
@kennydejohn
and
@USALacrosseMag
Meet Todd Tobias, Lacrosse's Leading Trading Card Collector | USA Lacrosse
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Of the 100
#Lacrosse
cards I recently got back from
@PSAcard
, this is one of my Top 5 favorites. Mikey Powell & Jim Brown.
@CuseMLAX
@caseypowell22
#Laxcardarchive
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Market research for the cereal people. This shit won’t even sell in an apocalypse.
#coronapocolypse
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One of the coolest
#lacrosse
team photo I’ve added to my collection. What say you
@LaxBrand
@caseypowell22
@GregBeast32
?
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A legend of
#lacrosse
and future Hall of Famer just announced his retirement. Do you have a
@jwalters1
rookie card yet?
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Thanks to
@PxP4Sports
and
@SchemLax
for teaching me about the
@NLL
this season. As a new
@SealsLax
fan in SD, I knew nothing about the league. I listened to the
@LaxClass
podcast every week. Loved it and learned a ton!!
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Random Hobby Tweet - With very little exception, I only have football and lacrosse in my collection now, but from ages 5-26ish I collected everything baseball I could find. Way beyond just cards. Here are pics of my baseball room before I completely shifted gears.
#hobby
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@Vintage_Chiefs
I don’t know about back-to-back first-rounders, but getting Buck Buchanan, Ed Budde and Bobby Bell in 1963 wasn’t too shabby.
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Ok
#lacrosse
card fans. Let's fill the few days between the announcement of the new .
@PremierLacrosse
card drop and people posting their pack hits with our favorite lacrosse cards. No rhyme or reason, just cards you love!
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On my first business trip away from family, and just found this inside my suitcase.
#blessed
#family
#daddysgirl
#NSCC17
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My son
@WillDaBeast2828
wants to be a Special Ed teacher. Last night
@SealsLax
wore & auctioned helmets raising funds for Down Syndrome Awareness. Desire to buy the helmet of his friend & coach
@CamHolding19
was undeniable. We LOVE this team.
@joetsai1999
@sgovett
@JoshuaBGross
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Absolutely.
@MichaelRabil
@PaulRabil
@PremierLacrosse
- The largest and most passionate group of
#lacrosse
card collectors is right here. We are buying & trading your product and helping to educate the hobby about the sport and trading card genre. Help us to help you. Please.
@PremierLacrosse
@MichaelRabil
there’ve been 3 PLL trading card sets thus far & a dedicated and GROWING group of fans & collectors have supported the PLL by selling out all 3 releases. EVERY. SINGLE. PACK. BOX. CASE. AVAILABLE…we’ve bought them all. The 2023 season’s a week away
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I'm very, very happy to now have signed copies of Cookie Gilchrist's two rookie cards, CFL and AFL. 1958 Topps CFL and 1963 Fleer. Easily two of the toughest cards in my collection.
#BillsMafia
@sskroughriders
@BuffaloBills
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Since normal life is on suspension, let's share some of our favorite cards. Cheap, expensive, rare, common - it doesn't matter. Just stuff you enjoy. A virtual card "show," if you will.
@PSAcard
@TiskaSue
@DubMentality
@tradercracks
@SportsCollector
@ToppsGallery
@ParksideCards
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I didn’t need any of them, but how could I pass them up at these prices? And then a quantity discount got me out the door for $30 for the lot…
#thehobby
#vintage
#chargers
#footballcards
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After studying the American Football League and AFL Chargers for 20+ years, it’s pretty neat to see my daughter play a high school lacrosse game at Balboa Stadium tonight.
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Still sealed 2005 Philadelphia Barrage team set. To open or not to open…
#lacrosse
#laxcardarchive
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That’s my girl!
A huge S/O to our junior seals girls team killin’ it at
@USBOXLA
this weekend taking down the
@TorontoRockLax
Stars this morning 👏👏🌞🙌🙌
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My daughter went to a
#lacrosse
clinic last night where
@_Demps
was the instructor. Sydney is a big fan and brought her
@Topps
@AUProSports
cards of Dempsey to prove it.
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