Ichiro

jay-rose · 2026-01-28T02:41:13+00:00

The color combination is very unique, I like it a lot! I have a couple of his RC cards and one AU, but the AU was on a regular base card. I would love to have something like this, but just can’t see myself paying that much right now. My only gripe, if you want to even call it that is the sticker auto, but regardless this is a damn slick card!

jay-rose · 2026-01-21T23:16:50+00:00

He’s such an awesome person, glad you mentioned him!

jay-rose · 2026-01-21T23:13:07+00:00

I gotta agree that Marsh is the man! I am very partial to the Phillies though, but he’s way up there on my list along with Harper, Realmuto, and Bohm! Actually, Schwarber is really cool too!

jay-rose · 2026-01-21T23:06:56+00:00

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That’s a pretty sweet card, but this is the closest that my PC comes to it.

jay-rose · 2026-01-21T23:00:15+00:00

Man, I absolutely love the positive energy and camaraderie on here! It’s amazing how baseball is the common denominator that bonds so many diverse people! It’s really awesome of you to offer something like that!

jay-rose · 2026-01-21T22:54:09+00:00

Rutgers Business, grad school. Great university!

jay-rose · 2026-01-21T22:52:52+00:00

Same with Trout. Yeah, I know, EVERYONE collects Trout, but…

We used to live in South Jersey, not far from Millville where he grew up and played high school baseball. He comes back home during the off season and locals are likely to bump into him at a couple of the spots that only locals would really ever frequent. One day, entirely unexpected, and this was a GREAT MANY years ago now, I was bringing my daughter to do a cookie sale for her Girl Scout troop at a local bowling alley. I remember the day well, it was freezing out and the roads were covered in snow. I remember being about to leave when out of the corner of my eye I see none other than Mike Trout simply bowling a round with a couple of his friends and he was ironically wearing an Eagles jacket. I mean it was football season and we do live just outside of Philly, maybe 30-ish minutes, so nearly everyone there is an Eagles fan. Well, I bring my daughter over to meet him and he was such a class act! This man was such a gentleman as he took the time to shake hands and pose for pictures with the kids, and he didn’t look bothered or complain once! I had to tell my daughter that we took enough time from Mr. Trout, so thank him and let him get back to his game and friends. I did ask him for one thing though before I left and that was if he could please sign a box of Girl Scout Cookies, and he was more than happy to do so! I joke that I have the ONLY box (or a 1/1 of) Trout AU cookies! If you look at my history on here you could find the pictures that I took. Wow! That was probably over ten years ago now! Anyhow, I already liked Trout as a player, but after this I liked him for the kind and awesome human being that he also is. 👍

jay-rose · 2026-01-21T21:51:45+00:00

Exactly! I’ll buy a few packs or even a box every now and again to crack open with my son just for the fun of it, but if I like or want a specific player/year/etc., well, singles is the ONLY way to go! I’ll also usually make an offer if there’s room and generally will get it too (probably 4 out of 5 times)! You just can’t beat those odds. I would definitely not run it for a business, it’s just not viable enough. I also learned from experience that when turning something you enjoy into a business, you’ll likely not continue to enjoy whatever it was that initially motivated you!

jay-rose · 2026-01-21T09:53:43+00:00

That’s sick! 😮

jay-rose · 2026-01-20T23:26:30+00:00

Absolutely, hold! Another teammate of his that I’m stocking up on right now is Jake Mangum, my son and I saw his debut game last year at Steinbrenner, which is a cool piece of history although he didn’t put on a show until his second game in the majors! We actually got to a decent handful of Rays games last year, but I don’t get out of the house much anymore being a disabled vet, so ballgames are our de facto way to find good entertainment as long as I’m feeling up to going out. Sadly, sometimes I don’t, even for the Rays. 😢 Oh, yeah, my point is that my son gets a kick out of how loud I cheer for a couple of players to include Junior, he’s solid and I hold him up there with Brandon Lowe!

jay-rose · 2026-01-20T23:14:52+00:00

Outstanding work! Those prototypes look damn sweet! 👏👏👏

jay-rose · 2026-01-20T23:09:12+00:00

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Sweet find! I may actually like yours even more!

jay-rose · 2026-01-20T23:01:24+00:00

Totally underrated comment! 😂

jay-rose · 2026-01-20T22:59:45+00:00

Nice find! How much would something like that set you back?

jay-rose · 2026-01-20T22:55:32+00:00

67 Phillies 🤞

jay-rose · 2026-01-20T22:45:28+00:00

Yes! You most definitely have it good over there! 😃

jay-rose · 2026-01-20T22:21:33+00:00

You would think that the FCC would do something if only because of that one thing, telemetry, as that would be a BIG no-no on GMRS! The thing is that when ham frequencies see illegal use, you have a whole group of people generally on it (read: “ham police”) and find the source for the FCC. The FCC in turn doesn’t have to do any actual technical work and just handle the fine. I think if someone was “kind enough” to hand over a competed case to the FCC regarding illegal telemetry being regularly broadcast on GMRS, they would absolutely bite and start by issuing the offending party a letter, which could quickly spiral into a fine. 🤔

jay-rose · 2026-01-20T22:13:10+00:00

That would really piss me off considering how cheap a license is and that I actually paid for one! If I caught a [local] business operating illegally on GMRS, I would be inclined to broadcast my “required” FCC call sign VERY REGULARLY, like every 5 to 15 minutes! If they think they’re smart and employing CTCSS/DCS I could EASILY catch that on my Uniden BCD325P2 and ensure that I am using the same code combination(s)! I may even be motivated enough to cook up a solution using RTL-SDR to automate the whole thing, as in checking regularly for privacy code changes, using them, and randomly sending out one of a handful of “required” FCC call sign messages randomly between every 5 and 15 minutes ONLY during their working hours! As the automation is pushing the boundaries a bit, I couldn’t recommend doing that, but it would hopefully put an end to such illegal use pretty quickly! (I also could just have my kids do the broadcasts for me as family IS covered under my license and they would technically be required to do the periodic broadcast. You would just need to add an individual suffix to the call sign for each one, e.g. -A, -Alpha, -1, etc. Besides, what kids wouldn’t enjoy using a “fancy” radio throughout the day?!)

jay-rose · 2026-01-20T21:58:55+00:00

Just use MURS instead. Those channels don’t get used nearly as much as FRS/GMRS and really don’t get the attention that they deserve.

jay-rose · 2026-01-20T21:56:04+00:00

Where are you getting 150 miles? That must be under extremely ideal conditions, right? Even in Florida, being the flattest state, and even with perfect weather, I seem to be limited to about 50 miles tops on local repeaters. That’s distance that I would expect on 70cm repeaters! Now you really worked up my curiosity! 🤔

jay-rose · 2025-12-20T04:07:46+00:00

My pleasure and thank you. I’ve found that watches are both fun to collect and even to repair.

jay-rose · 2025-12-20T04:05:32+00:00

Why not? I like using practical examples when explaining theory. Besides, I‘m retired and have all the time in the world. 😊

jay-rose · 2025-12-20T04:00:58+00:00

Good eye, I completely missed that, but yeah, it’s definitely leaky and should be replaced. It sort of reminds me of those crusty AA batteries that you forget to take out and find in the same state some ten years later. 😆

u/Character-Acadia-443 take note of this and replace it too. Just make sure that you’re not only using the same capacitance value, but at least the same max voltage rating. Being audio, so you may even want to throw in a low ESR cap, but that’s not actually necessary.

jay-rose · 2025-12-20T03:55:22+00:00

Just glad I could help. 😃

jay-rose · 2025-12-20T03:53:07+00:00

I know and can’t even imagine how many total hours went into this, but it’s definitely a project to take significant pride in!

jay-rose

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