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2001 Upper Deck Minors Centennial Signatures

on July 3rd, 2009 by thehamiltonian

Some mail earlier this week brought in another Josh Hamilton autograph for the collection.  I have been picking up some of Hamilton’s older cards lately, especially the hard signed autographs.  Upper Deck released a few prospect oriented sets in the late 90s and early 2000s.  Upper Deck Minors was one of these.  These cards have [...]

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The Ultimate Nerd Smackdown!!!

on July 3rd, 2009 by JT

I started thinking last night (dangerous, I know) about who would win in a battle between Kent Tekulve and Tom Hume…

But then I thought, why stop there? Why not throw Tom Henke into the mess! The more blood the better, right!?!

So now it’s on you…

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Sport Kings ‘09 National VIP Promos

on July 3rd, 2009 by rosschrisman2003

Sport Kings is producing 7 different cards that will be included in this year’s National VIP package.  Each package will contain one of the seven cards depicting various athletes from Series C.

Sport Kings plans incorporate their Redemption Program at this year’s National too.  Collectors who open a box of the new Series C can redeem [...]

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Happy Independence Day!

on July 3rd, 2009 by Mario A.

It’s a little early but I’d like to wish everyone a Happy Independence Day.
My mother and I came to America (Florida) in 1987 after getting robbed and tied up at gun point in my country of Venezuela and never looked back. Despite not looking anything like your typical American and not always being able to [...]

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UPDATE: Baseball Milestones To Look Forward To In 2009.

on July 3rd, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

I thought it would be a good time to review what potential baseball milestones were in line for us to witness during the 2009 season.  I originally posted this blog on April 2nd as I was getting prepared for what looked like could be a very historic season.
I will leave the entire post in tact and [...]

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Time For Some Revenge Against The Pittsburgh Pirates!!!

on July 3rd, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

For those of you that remember all the way back to the first month of the 2009 baseball season, you will recall that the Florida Marlins were the best team in all of baseball.
Jumping out to an 11-1 record in their first 12 games, the Marlins were primed to be the first team to ever [...]

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Baseball Cards on Box Bottoms

on July 3rd, 2009 by Scott

Well before there were baseball card “hobby boxes”, there were just baseball card boxes.  If you were lucky to have enough money to buy a whole box, or you knew a card shop or candy shop owner who would give you the empty boxes (my local guy did), then you had an added treat.  The [...]

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Upper Deck’s ‘09 National V.I.P Promos

on July 3rd, 2009 by rosschrisman2003

Upper Deck will be including a 10-card set in this year’s National V.I.P package.  The players include: LeBron James, Sidney Crosby, Derek Jeter, Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Grady Sizemore, Peyton Manning, Gordie Howe, Ken Griffey, Jr, and Michael Jordan.

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1993 Classic/Best, Jon Lieber

on July 3rd, 2009 by zman40
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Series 27 A’s at Indians

on July 3rd, 2009 by tastelikedirt
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A Handful Of ‘Drug Store’ Andre Dawson Cards

on July 3rd, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

 As I start to dig in deeper and deeper into the assortment of Andre Dawson cards that are out there, I am often amazed by what I come across.  While the subsets of the 1980’s and early 1990’s cannot compare to the bonanza of parallel cards from this decade, there was certainly more to tackle [...]

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7/2 AA Minor League Report

on July 3rd, 2009 by Jeremy

Prior to the start of the ‘09 season, San Diego Padres 2B prospect Eric Sogard was very high on my sleepers list.  Perhaps it was his excellent first season in the California League (.308 10 HR 87 RBI 92 runs 42 doubles) or the fact that he is a former ASU Sun Devil, but I couldn’t help [...]

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A Quick Update on the Redesign of the Football Card

on July 3rd, 2009 by chemgod

Just messed around a little bit today and came up with a slighlty different variation:

I am probably going to stick with this one unless someone has any other suggestions.
Posted in custom TTMs Tagged: custom ttm, first round picks, football

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1992 Upper Deck, Kevin Bass

on July 3rd, 2009 by zman40
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Does Vince McMahon Have His Eyes On Major League Baseball???

on July 3rd, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

He tried to tackle the NFL with his XFL a decade ago.  Does Vince McMahon have his eyes focused on Major League Baseball now???  Watch out Selig, Vinny Mc has an elbow drop with your name written all over it!!!

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120 Years in the Making…

on July 3rd, 2009 by PunkRockPaint
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Free Autograph Signings – Weekend of 7/3/09

on July 3rd, 2009 by chemgod

There is a ridiculously small amount of signings this weekend so if you know of any, please leave it as a comment.  As always, please call ahead to confirm both the appearance and time of the signing listed below.
7/3/09

Randy Jones – baseball – 4pm – 6pm – Tilted Kilt, 310 10th Ave, San Diego, [...]

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Did You Know…

on July 3rd, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

The only 2 players to play in four different divisions in the same season are slugger Dave Kingman in 1977 and pitcher Dan Miceli in 2003.

**factoid courtesy of ‘Armchair Reader – Grand Slam Baseball.
My Take – kind of a useless and uninteresting fact.  But it’s surely a fact that will stump the most knowledgeable of [...]

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Upper Deck is not going anywhere!

on July 3rd, 2009 by Mario A.

It’s never a great idea to report rumors but just a couple of months ago speculation was running rampant about the future of the Upper Deck Company. Many believed that Topps was on the verge of being granted exclusive rights to the baseball market, while others believed that Donruss, now Panini America, would win that [...]

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From the Motherland…

on July 3rd, 2009 by JT

John of The Pursuit of 80’s(ness) recently sent over a package for my boys and I, full of goodies that I’m sure the kids will love to tear into. First, of course, there were several Reds cards, many of which were missing from the collection, including…
A two-sport megastar…

A 2010 Hall of Famer (fingers crossed)…

A shoo-in [...]

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Many Miles Traveled

on July 3rd, 2009 by White Sox Cards
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Bad Wax Presents – 1st Round Draft Pick Cards – Reymond Fuentes

on July 3rd, 2009 by chemgod

We had another first round signer last night.  He is Reymond Fuentes of the Boston Red Sox.  So this brings the set to fourteen total, and by the end of the month the set will be complete.  Reymond was a difficult person to get information on since he is coming out of Puerto Rico.  The [...]

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Stats on the Back 2009-07-03 08:00:00

on July 3rd, 2009 by mmosley
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Celebrating One Year of Blogging

on July 3rd, 2009 by Newspaperman

I woke up one year ago today, July 3, thinking it was time to start my blog.
For months, I’d contemplated writing something baseball card related. I’d already been blogging about fantasy baseball for more than a year, but if there was one thing I felt I was an “expert” at, it was baseball cards.
Now don’t [...]

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Updated wantlists

on July 3rd, 2009 by handcollated

Night Owl and Beardy aren’t the only ones who work a night shift. And since I’m up late, I thought I’d take the time to update some wantlists. First, some 2009 Topps additions, including the series 2 short prints. My jumbo box was lacking in SPs, so all 17 have been added, as well as [...]

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welcome back, mr. ramirez

on July 3rd, 2009 by gcrl
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