Friday, September 4, 2026

The Struggle is Real

Anyone else struggling to comment on blog posts?



I've tried to comment on several blogs this morning and every time I get the "Publishing..." box without the comment actually being published.  I was able to leave a comment on a Word Press blog, but not on any Blogger blogs... including my own:


I'm hoping this is just a temporary glitch on Blogger's end... or a simple fix on mine, because commenting on your posts and responding to comments on my blog are a very important part of my hobby.  If anyone has any insight, please let me know down in the comment section below (assuming you are able to).

2026-27 School ID Card

Switching gears, I apologize for the lack of posts.  I was hoping to hammer out some Flea Market Finds, but the start of the school year is typically hectic.  Plus I've been more tired than usual, so when I get home I've been recharging my batteries watching tv rather than playing with my baseball cards.

I even missed out on publishing my annual birthday post.  Here are the trio of cards I've added to my Birthday PC since last year:

2017 Topps Now #547

Back on September 1st, 2017... Clayton Kershaw returned from the DL to help the Dodgers snap a five game losing streak.


Unfortunately the victory came at the expense of my favorite National League team.

2019 Topps Now #778

On September 1st, 2019... Justin Verlander pitched the third no-hitter of his career.


After walking Cavan Biggio in the bottom of the first inning, he shut down the final twenty-six batters he faced in the game (14 by strikeout).

2022 Topps Now #825

On September 1st, 2022... Spencer Strider struck out 16 against the Colorado Rockies to set an Atlanta Braves single game franchise record.


Warren Spahn holds the all-time franchise record with 18 strikeouts in a single game back in 1952.  At the time the Braves were in Boston and the Cubs were their opponents.

Speaking of birthdays, here's a cool present I received on Wednesday from one of my students:

1996 Collector's Edge President's Reserve #375

Stubblefield is one of his defensive coaches, so he got me a signed card for my birthday.

Well that's it for today.  I'm really hoping that the "comment" issue will be fixed soon.  Although reading blog posts are a huge part of my interaction with fellow collectors... exchanging comments is equally important.

Happy Friday and sayonara!


Update

Don't have a solution to the problem, but Angus, John, and Greg have reached out to me to let me know that they tried to comment on this post without success.  However Jim was able to comment on this post.  Looks like it's impacting some people, but not everyone.

18 comments:

gcrl said...

Happy belated birthday. Have you ever searched for Topps gold parallels numbered 0901/20xx?

Rod (Padrographs) said...

Happy Belated Birthday!

defgav said...

Test, test.. Fuji is the best.

Fuji said...

Looks like Blogger has figured out the issue. 🥳

gcrl - thanks. i just searched comc and didn't see any cards serial numbered to my birth year, but i love the idea.

rod - thank you

defgav - appreciate you testing it out.

gcrl said...

i was able to comment from my phone but not my laptop. weird.

night owl said...

Oh, we're back! We are so back!

Matt said...

Happy belated!

gregory said...

(1) Blogger sure has had its share of glitches lately. Glad this one seems to be fixed.
(2) If that cheesehead photo is the actual photo on your school ID, that's fantastic!

The Lost Collector said...

Happy birthday!

Bo said...

Happy birthday!

Chris said...

Hope you had a relaxing birthday. I've noticed Blogger commenting has been shaky lately. Hopefully you're able to read this comment.

Chris said...

Update: It's working :)

John Sharp said...

Topps NOW cards of Verlander are cool.
Good Job! 👍

Dennis said...

Happy new school year! I'm glad comments are working again. That Stubblefield is a very cool present! And of course I love seeing Verlander here, even as an Astro.

RR said...

Hmmmm Maybe that is why I did not get any replies on my last post. It is nice getting replies because I put a lot of time looking info up and scanning cards. Let's see if my comment gets posted.

Derek said...

Happy belated birthday! That was Verlander's second no hitter of the Jays. Booooo!

Nick Vossbrink said...

I can't comment in Safari anymore. Only Chrome. I suspect Google shenanigans.

Matt said...

I struggled with uploading photos yesterday. It was a huge pain. Finally after multi attempts they went through.