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1989-90 Pacific Senior League, Al Hrabosky

on March 12th, 2010 by zman40

#179 Al HraboskyHere is the second card that I sent to Al. I wanted to send him a card from his days with the Cardinals, but I didn’t have one. I thought about going to the card shop to find one until I noticed that he had a card in this set. Once I…

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Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Won The MVP – Twice!!!

on March 12th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Won The MVP – Twice!!!
Dale Murphy put on incredible performances during the mid-80’s.  He was rewarded with 2 MVP awards for his amazing efforts.  Coming in back-to-back seasons, 1982 and 1983, there was no better player than Murphy during that time.
While his talents were MVP-caliber, Strawberry never won the league’s [...]

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Random Topps Card of the Day: 1978 Topps #498 Joe Sambito

on March 12th, 2010 by James B. Anama

Thanks to the Topps Card Randomizer, introducing the Random Topps Card of the Day for Friday, March 12, 2010:Official Card Set Name and Card Number: 1978 Topps #498.Player Name, position, team: Joe Sambito, pitcher, Houston Astros.Major League Debut: J…

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milton bradley through the mail success!

on March 12th, 2010 by gcrl

as part of my big spring training ttm push, i sent a couple of cards to milton bradley, c/o the mariners spring training facility in arizona.  about a week later, the cards came back:2004 topps tradedand 2005 toppscomplete with a lurking shawn gre…

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Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Have Just 1 Rookie Of The Year Award!!!

on March 12th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Have Just 1 Rookie Of The Year Award!!!
Dale Murphy did not make a huge impact on the league during his rookie season of 1976.  After his debut, it took Murphy 2 years before he became a permanent fixture in the Braves’ line-up.
Darryl Strawberry made an immediate impact upon his arrival [...]

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Box Busters: 2010 Topps WWE Slam Attax cards

on March 12th, 2010 by chrisolds

What happens when three self-confessed WWE geeks open a box of the new 2010 Topps WWE Slam Attax cards?

In the words of Gorilla Monsoon, “Pandemonium.”

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Card Spotlight: 3-12-10

on March 12th, 2010 by White Sox Cards

2010 Upper Deck #546 – Unnamed Chicago BallparkEven though Upper Deck uses the names of Comiskey Park and U.S. Cellular Field in the description on the back of the card, they can’t even print the name of the building on the front. That’s a bit frustrat…

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Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Crushed 733 Home Runs!!!

on March 12th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Crushed 733 Home Runs!!!
Never classified as a ‘power guy’, Dale Murphy had a quick, sharp swing that allowed for the ball to sail out of the ballpark pretty often.  In total, Murphy connected for 398 homers.  He averaged 1 home run in ever 5.48 games played.
Darryl Strawberry had the kind [...]

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Steve’s 09/10 Panini Elite Basketball Box Break

on March 12th, 2010 by The Cardboard Connection
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A very tempting trade offer on Topps Million Web site

on March 12th, 2010 by Newspaperman

More times than not, the trade offers tossed around on the Topps Million Giveaway Web site are a joke. But when someone offers vintage for vintage, you at least need to take a second to mull it over, unless of course they are offering you a scrub for your star.
This morning I logged in to [...]

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Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Made A Combined 15 All-Star Game Appearances

on March 12th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Made A Combined 15 All-Star Game Appearances
Murphy made 7 All-star appearances during his playing days.  All of the appearances came during his time with Atlanta, including a string of six straight years from 1982-1987.
Darryl Strawberry played in 8 All-star games.  For 8 consecutive seasons, from 1984-1990, Darryl was on the same [...]

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Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Have 5 Gold Glove Awards!

on March 12th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Have 5 Gold Glove Awards!
Never noted as the fastest guy in the field or as the player with a superior throwing arm, Dale Murphy’s effort and hard work as an outfielder earned him 5 Gold Glove awards.  From 1982-86, Murphy won the award in each season and was consistently rated amongst the [...]

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Happy Birthday Bryan Hebson!!!

on March 12th, 2010 by James B. Anama

Happy Birthday Bryan Hebson!!!Now I know what you’re thinking.Why am I wishing this guy a Happy Birthday, something I have not really done on this humble, little blog for a player?Why am I posting a birthday greeting to a guy who only played in two ga…

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How pissed are these people?

on March 12th, 2010 by stusigpi

The completed auctions.Sort by highest priced then lowest. Awesome.

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Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Share 6 Silver Slugger Awards

on March 12th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Share 6 Silver Slugger Awards
One of the greatest offensive outfielders of his era, Dale Murphy won 4 Silver Slugger awards during his playing days.  From 1982-85, ‘Murph’ was awarded with the prize that honors the top offensive player at each position.
A very well-rounded player, Darryl Strawberry won 2 Silver Slugger [...]

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White Hot Explosion Of Greatness

on March 12th, 2010 by Matt F.

It’s pretty easy for me to call Bo Belinsky a “flash in the pan.” I’ve never pitched in the majors. The most athletic thing I’ve ever done was break my finger playing football in middle school.But it is really hard to find a better way to explain the w…

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indian cards giveaway bonanza!

on March 12th, 2010 by gcrl

as most of you know, david at indian cards… recently purged a bunch of cards from his collection.  i was the happy recipient of an 800 count box, filled with dodgers, twins, and blue jays (my 2nd favorite al team).here is just a sample of the bo…

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More Tales from the Quarter Box

on March 12th, 2010 by dayf

These came from the Atlanta Sports Cards quarter box, not the JT’s quarter box. All in all, I think the ASC box is a little better, but it’s tough to make it there on my lunch break. I limited myself to four bucks this time. it’s too easy to overboard …

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Goddammit, Blogger

on March 12th, 2010 by dayf

If I am going to take the time to click on Post Options, then go to Post Date and Time, then click on the radio button for Scheduled at, then actually type in the exact date and time I want the post to be published, then click …

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The ABC’s of Baseball: C is for Coach

on March 12th, 2010 by Thorzul

2009 Topps Heritage #465 New York Yankees Coaches (Rob Thompson/Tony Pena/Kevin Long/Dave Eiland)(Apologies to any Yankees haters out there, but I didn’t have a whole lot of coaches cards to choose from. Managers, sure, but this blog follows the lette…

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Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Have 35 Years Of Major League Experience Between The Two Of Them!!

on March 12th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry Have 35 Years Of Major League Experience Between The Two Of Them!!

Dale Murphy played for 17 years in the major leagues.  He competed in 2,180 regular season contests during that period.  Murphy played 4 years in which he missed no games.  And in addition to that, he competed in 150 or [...]

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Happy Birthday To Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry!!!

on March 12th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

Happy Birthday To Dale Murphy & Darryl Strawberry!!!
That’s right, we’re celebrating two birthdays today at ‘30-YOC’.  Dale Murphy turns 54 years old today and Darryl Strawberry is now 48.
And as you know by now, I like to dedicate a day’s worth of posts to my favorite players on their birthdays and although today is a little out of the ordinary [...]

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The Best Package of the Year – GCRL

on March 12th, 2010 by AdamE

I’ve sent off a ton of packages lately and sometimes after I pay the USPS bill I think is it really worth it?  I start to think that maybe it would be cheaper to just buy singles rather than make all of these long distance trades.  …

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Airbrushed Fridays: 1989 Topps Traded #69T

on March 12th, 2010 by madding

Who else is ready for baseball to start? I actually put in for a vacation day from work for Opening Day this year, as well as the day after. I plan to revel in the beginning of the 2010 season. Who knows, perhaps I’ll even be inspired to do some sor…

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Free Autograph Signings – Weekend of 3/12/10

on March 12th, 2010 by chemgod

There are lots of free autographs to be had my avid hounds!  As always please check the venue before standing in line for ridiculous hours, make sure the athlete will be appearing and that the times are correct.
Thanks again to Signingshotline.com for the info:
Friday 3/12/10

John Jurkovic
Football
3/12/2010
2:00
through
6:00
FREE! Radio show. Autograph not guaranteed.
Harry Caray’s: Navy Pier
700 E Grand [...]

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Two of my favorites, 2010 Topps Series 1 edition (with poll!)

on March 12th, 2010 by handcollated

So here’s the deal. I picked out twelve of my favorite Topps cards from this year (that I own) that I haven’t seen all over blogdom, and as I sorted them I noticed that they seemed to… line up. There were two cards that depicted sliding, two cards of great plays, two great [...]

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2009 BBM Second Version Ryota Igarashi

on March 11th, 2010 by Paul

Who is this? Ryota Igarashi, a relief pitcher for the New York MetsWhat is this? An autographed card from the 2009 BBM Second Version Japanese baseball card setWhere’d I get it? I’ve been buying up Ryota Igarashi’s cards on eBay since the Mets signed h…

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Live anywhere near Calgary?

on March 11th, 2010 by Captain Canuck

Be here on Saturday… It should be a cool time. Somebody needs to bring pizza though. It’s a long drive for me and I’m going to get hungry, I just know it.

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2010 Upper Blecch Series 1 blaster.

on March 11th, 2010 by Dinged Corners

In Upper Deck’s press release announcing 2010 Series I on Feb. 6, the joy was breathless: “Obviously we’re extremely pumped up right now,” said Gabriel Garcia, Upper Deck’s Baseball brand manager. “We really went to task to fin…

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thanks for the memories, nomar

on March 11th, 2010 by gcrl

we’ll always have 4+1!enjoy your retirement and those talking heads at espn.

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Needed – Scan of back of a 2009 T206 autographed mini card

on March 11th, 2010 by chemgod

First person to send one to me at chemgod1000@yahoo.com gets a game used card or auto.  Needs to be 600dpi or better.
Thanks a bunch,
Mike
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Dear Topps and Upper Deck: You Need More than a Fan Page

on March 11th, 2010 by JRJ

You need a Facebook Application.It’s great that Topps, UpperDeck and other card manufacturers have joined the Facebook tribes. Their fan pages are OK – they aren’t at the level of Red Bull or Dunkin’ Donuts. Both of them have been recognized for having…

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