Inside the player’s studio – Scott Fletcher

Meet Scott Fletcher, professional nomad. You may know that he played in the majors with the Cubs, White Sox, Rangers, and Brewers (and also the Red Sox and Tigers after this card was produced), but the traveler’s lifestyle started at a young age, when Fletcher took a job as a door-to-door greeting card salesman.  He […]

Inside the player’s studio – Royce Spencer Clayton

If I told you to pick out a player from the 1992 Studio set that you thought was the most likely to enjoy golf, water sports, and historical reading, would you have guessed Royce Clayton? I wouldn’t have.  To me, that sounds more like Mark Grace’s sort of thing. Do you think any girlfriends/wives cared […]

Inside the Player’s Studio – Roger Clemens

Roger Clemens loves to face Mark McGwire.  Pretty juiced up match up, right??!?!  You could say Clemens gets “juiced” to face him.  Har, har…. Seriously though, I’ve met Roger Clemens in person at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (or whatever the current name of the golf tournament may be), and he was kind of a […]

Inside the Player’s Studio – Norm Charlton

Did you know Norm Charlton was once a cook at Wendy’s?  Did you know the person who reheats the frozen patties at a fast food joint is classified as a cook?  Of course not, but now you do thanks to card #21 from ’92 Leaf Studio!!  The manliness of Charlton’s hobbies (fishing, hunting, automobiles, and […]

Inside the Player’s Studio – Tom Gordon

One of all time favorite Saturday Night Live skits was Will Ferrell’s impression of James Lipton on Inside the Actor’s Studio.  I’ve never watched the actual show since I have no particular interest in actors/actresses, but the skits were hilarious. How does this relate to Priceless Pursuit?  One of my favorite sets from the early […]

Mid-week mail; Another Studio down

I don’t always get cards in the mail, but every time I do I’ll post it on Wednesday.  Why?  Because “mid-week mail” has a nice ring to it, don’t ya think? For the second week in a row I’ve gotten a missing piece to my 1992 Studio hand collated set, this time being #204 Brian […]

Help Wanted – 1992 Studio

A few months back I purchased a box of 1992 Leaf Studio off ebay.  With 48 packs in the box, I figured I’d be able to hand collate a complete set – and I was close. After finally getting around to sorting through the box this afternoon, I found that I’m just13 cards short!  Not […]

Happy Mother’s Day

Today is a special day in the Swaykos household as Joseph and I celebrate mom on her very first Mother’s Day.  Just over five months ago our first child was born, catapulting us into the world of parenthood, and my wife hasn’t missed a beat.  She’s already a pro, and the sacrifices she’s made for […]

Cheese

I don’t think I’ve ever purchased a pack of 1999 Skybox Thunder, but based on the one card from the set that I do have it gets my vote for cheesiest set of all time. OK, John Wetteland in a photography studio.  I’ll give them that, at least it’s somewhat orginal.  Kind of a tongue-in-cheek […]

Brand new look, same great content!

When I started The Priceless Pursuit, I’d intended to focus almost exclusively on the box loads of junk wax in my collection, trying to squeeze a little added value of an otherwise worthless collection.  I’d even fallen in love with the bargain table at my card shop, purchasing boxes of 1991 Score, 1992 Studio and […]