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Matt Sammon is the host of "Wax Ecstatic", a very nerdy but fun look at the baseball cards of the 1980s and early 90's. Matt is the director of broadcasting for the Tampa Bay Lightning. He i...
Host Matt Sammon discuses the new book "Singled Out" with author Andrew Maraniss. What started as a random card pull from a 1978 Topps pack...
Host Matt Sammon dives into a seldom known set about a seldom known league. In the winter of 1989-90, former Major League players brought th...
Host Matt Sammon dives into the bargain bin to find a gem in 1992 O-Pee-Chee Premier, a set that was overlooked then and now. At only 198 ca...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the 1992 Donruss Triple Play set, which had the right idea but quickly changed courses for numerous reasons....
Host Matt Sammon looks back at what is arguably Donruss' greatest set. The 1989 set featured big rookies, stars, and an incredible colorful...
Host Matt Sammon looks at another set that the program took a first look at many years ago, and then just moved on from. Finishing a close s...
Host Matt Sammon responds to listener suggestions for sets to revisit, and our first in the sharp but overlooked '87 Donruss set. With a 40-...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the sharp and fancy 1993 Fleer Flair set, which despite its impressive design and limited press run added an...
Host Matt Sammon looks at the cornucopia of foodstuff combo cards from the 1980s and 1990s. From the classic soda and fast food sets of the...
Host Matt Sammon reflects on the colorful and progressive '72 Topps set which looks better with age, and gets a new look courtesy of this ye...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the history of the "traded" sets and set extensions. What started out as a public service to notify fans that...
Host Matt Sammon looks at the new Repacked Wax, where cards from the past 65 years are assembled into newly packaged wax units. It's a great...
Host Matt Sammon looks at the sharp '94 Donruss set, which continued a streak of impressive sets released by Donruss in the early 90s. But t...
Host Matt Sammon takes a look at a unique and short-lived product, 1990 Topps Heads Up. How did this predecessor to items like Fathead not h...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the 1993 Donruss set which managed to raise the bar from the noteworthy 1992 set. Even though the improvement...
Host Matt Sammon rings in 2021 with a look back at the 1991 Topps Archives, a set that paid homage to the 1953 Topps set while staying true...
Host Matt Sammon indulges in your 90's nostalgia as we take a look at '92 Donruss, the first set of three from the early 90's that showed a...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the 1963 Fleer baseball set, or as he calls it, the "Seattle Pilots" of baseball sets as there won't ever be...
With Thanksgiving around the corner, host Matt Sammon looks at some hobby "turkeys" including some funny non-sports cards from deep in the s...
Host Matt Sammon tracks down some 90s nostalgia that isn't your usual "junk wax", as we open up 1991 Leaf Studio and 1992 Leaf Series 1 pack...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at some fun and unique products this episdoe: 1979 Topps MLB All-Star Bubble Gum Wrappers, and 1987 Donruss Jumb...
Host Matt Sammon revisits Minor League Baseball cards with a break of some 1991 Classic packs. Despite a relatively low return on investment...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at 1961 Topps, which some people see as plain and boring, while others see a simple and clean work of art. We lo...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the little-liked 1982 Topps K-Mart MVP set, which despite a lack of fanfare was a very influential set for yo...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at one of his favorite underrated sets, one that is starting to get some more love thanks to a great design and...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the 1993 Upper Deck set, a set that was nearly perfect while showing off the indulgences of future hobby prob...
Host Matt Sammon revisits the colorful calamity that is 1975 Topps, as we see how market forces and a lack of quality control makes this mus...
Host Matt Sammon is joined by Brad Balukjian, author of The Wax Pack book. Matt and Brad first discussed the topic back in September 2016, a...
Host Matt Sammon opens a nice little gift box full of 1988 Topps American Baseball. Popularly known as "UK minis", we dispel the UK connecti...
Host Matt Sammon opens up some 1994 Topps series 2 packs for the first time in 26 years. But the reminder of the strike-shortened season and...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at some "off the beaten path" sets of the late 80's and early 90's: Topps BIG, The Conlon Collection, and Swell...
Host Matt Sammon looks at the crucial pivot in Bowman starting in 1991, after a less-than-spectacular re-introduction in 1989. The Bowman br...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the tipping point in the start of the rookie card craze-- 1983, and in particular Topps as the set featured r...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at series 1 of 1993 Topps, a set that is suddenly in demand thanks to Hall of Famer Derek Jeter's gold rookie ca...
Host Matt Sammon takes one for the team as he opens a holiday "fauxback" 1979 Topps rack pack. While 1979 Topps is a fun and relatively easy...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the set he calls a true work of art-- 1971 Topps and its newly-inspired twin set 2020 Topps Heritage. Featuri...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the under-appreciated 1990 Topps set, and the somewhat overlooked vending box. Once used to feed drug store v...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at '74 Topps as he opens up a vintage pack of a set that was launched with all the right intentions, but fell vi...
Host Matt Sammon steps out of the batter's box to take a look at some classic non-sports wax, with a focus on Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail K...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at some memorable multi-player cards, featuring memorable Hall of Fame players... and others. We focus on the ot...
Host Matt Sammon discusses "first" baseball cards, which requires a little discussion about the classic '89 Topps set. It won't make you ric...
Host Matt Sammon dares to purchase a "pack lot" variety pack on EBay, and while the haul is underwhelming there are some pretty interesting...
Host Matt Sammon helps you stuff your stocking with a lengthy recalling of the '89 Upper Deck set, why the set is still valuable 30 years la...
Host Matt Sammon looks at several grocery item cards from the 1970's and 1980's, with a bonus look at some cards from the 1930's and 1940's....
Host Matt Sammon looks back at the '92 Fleer Ultra set, by request. After botching the Ultra premiere in 1991, Fleer wasn't messing around w...
Host Matt Sammon had that itch to open up some cards, so naturally he went to the drug store to fix it. The surprising finds in a drug store...
Host Matt Sammon finds a box of one of the most overlooked and underrated sets of all time-- 1988 Score. The premiere edition of Score intro...
Author Dan Epstein joins host Matt Sammon to discuss baseball in the 1970s, why 1976 was and still is a pivotal year in baseball, and of cou...
Host Matt Sammon looks back at another overlooked set from the 80's-- '86 Topps, while also diving in to stories of expansion teams, old mag...
How could something that was so good, become so average and maybe even disdained? Call it "the pumpkin spice" effect, and 1993 Topps Stadium...