on June 1st, 2009 by Pheebs888
By Mike Greene aka indyreds
It seems that many through the mail (TTM) collectors run into that certain player who signs well for others, but they have had no success with. When this happens it is time to try some different things to see how they work for you. That may involve changing your letter, the [...]
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on June 1st, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 1st, 2009 by Pheebs888
By Mike Greene aka indyreds
For those wondering, TTM stands for Through The Mail. It is a term used for autographs collected by sending items through the mail to an athlete or celebrity in the hope that they will sign the item and return it through the mail to you. The envelope to be sent to [...]
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on June 1st, 2009 by zman40
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on June 1st, 2009 by White Sox Cards
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on June 1st, 2009 by Tuff Stuff
We once again fell well short of our goal of getting more than 300 entries in the Beat
the Blogger contest, but the good news is we’ll give it another shot this week,
and if we can eclipse the 300 mark, one lucky
winner
will claim the authentic, signed Chipper Jones jersey that the Blogger is just
dying to give away. We’re going to open up the contest to our Collect.com friends
this week and see if that can boost our total over the required mark.
Only a late rally by Minnesota kept “dnewt60″ from posting the second-ever
perfect score of 11 in the Beat The Blogger contest, but because he nailed
his “doubler” he still managed to claim the top spot and win the weekly prize. The
Blogger scored a solid 8 and several others topped that with totals of 9 and “dnewt”
bested us all with his near-perfect card.
For those unfamiliar with the Beat the Blogger contest, the idea is simple.
The Blogger posts 10 matchups each week and then selects his choices for the winners
of those matchups. Contestants enter the Beat the Blogger contest by clicking on
the “Comment” section below the post with the matchups and then select their
own 10 winners. You can also designate one of your picks as a “Doubler” and
you will receive an extra point if you’re correct so don’t forget to designate your
“Doubler” pick and increase your chances of winning. If you Beat The Blogger’s
total and post the high score for the week, you win. The regular weekly
prize is an authentic signed 8-by-10 color photo of stars such as LaDainian
Tomlinson, Drew Brees, Marshall Faulk, Santonio Holmes, Gale Sayers, Catfish
Hunter and many more. From time to time, the Blogger will sweeten the pot for
the weekly contest and that’s where the Chipper Jones jersey comes into play. If we
can get more than 300 entries this week, the weekly winner will receive the
Jones jersey so we need everybody to 
spread
the word about the contest so we can reach our goal.
This week’s matchups will be posted later today so check back and make
sure you get your picks posted 1/2 hour before the start of the first game on
Saturday to be eligible. And don’t forget to spread the word about how easy it is
to win playing Beat The Blogger so we can reach our goal of more than 300 entries
this week.
This week’s Matchups w/winning picks in parenthesis
Saturday May 30
MLB
Boston at Toronto (Toronto)
Florida at NY Mets (Florida)
LA Dodgers at Chicago Cubs (Cubs)
Cincinnati at Milwaukee (Milwaukee)
Detroit at Baltimore (Detroit, Doubler)
Sunday May 31
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City (Chicago)
Oakland at Texas (Texas)
Atlanta at Arizona (Atlanta)
Minnesota at Tampa Bay (Minnesota)
Seattle at LA Angels (Angels)
Good luck and spread the word about the contest
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on June 1st, 2009 by packaddict
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on June 1st, 2009 by admin
Following the popular 2009 Topps Series 1 Legends Variations program, Topps is confirming that 17 card numbers in the Series 2 base set also feature a short printed variation depicting a legendary ball player.
The list is as follows:
Series 2 variations
340 Wade Boggs Boston Red Sox
350 Ryne Sandberg Chicago Cubs
353 [...]
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on June 1st, 2009 by T.S.
I was blogging last week about The Baseball Reliquary, a really cool organization
of diehard baseball fans that is, by its own mantra, “dedicated to fostering an appreciation
of American art and culture through the context of baseball history.” In that initial
blog I noted that Steve Dalkowski, Jim Eisenreich and Roger Maris were slated to be
inducted into the Baseball Reliquary Shrine of the Eternals this July. I blogged about
Maris and noted I’d follow up with Eisenreich, which appears below.
But first, an additional note about the Reliquary sponsoring an exhibition
entitled “Cardboard Fetish,” an exploration of baseball trading cards, at the Pasadena
Central Library, Pasadena, California, in July 2009 in conjunction with the 11th annual
Induction Day ceremony of the Shrine of the Eternals. (a likely candidate for
such an exhibition, the 1952 Topps Satchel Paige card by Keith Conforti, is shown
above)
That exhibition is going to include trading cards created by a number
of artists in Southern California and around the country, and as readers know, I am
a huge fan of ersatz baseball cards created by collectors, many of which are far superior
to what the card companies produced years ago or even in modern times. The Reliquary
is devoting one entire case to the work of Paul Kuhrman, noted for his defaced and
altered baseball cards www.paulkuhrman.com.
Here is a link to their website with the page with details regarding the solicitation
of artists’ entries. Artists still have a couple of weeks before the deadline
for submissions:
www.baseballreliquary.org/FetishEntries.htm
And now on to my follow-up to Thursday’s blog: The Jim Eisenreich deal is still
pretty vivid in my memory, which is saying a lot given the various gaps that seem
to develop in that area at my age.
I had been newly married in 1983 and was in the process of introducing
my then-wife to many of the joys of Major League Baseball, but the sad travails of
Eisenreich were kind of a stark reminder even in that seemingly trivial undertaking
that our diversions are hardly exempt from the same real-life grimness that seems
to touch everything else.
We watched in horror (figuratively speaking, much of it was in newspaper
reports) about the often brutal reaction of fans to Eisenreich’s odd twitching behaviors
as he tried to make it with the Minnesota Twins. His Tourette’s syndrome was undiagnosed
at the time, so what appeared to be a young player simply struggling mightily with
an extreme case of nerves brought unimaginable torment from fans as he fought to launch
an MLB career under the most arduous circumstances ever devised.
I understand that in hindsight many of those who were toughest on the
young outfielder contend that had they known it was an actual affliction that bedeviled
Eisenreich they would have reacted differently. I would suggest instead that it was
deplorable that he had to endure what he did in addition to the staggering burden
from his Tourette’s.
Though I had the assistance of having my ex-wife psychologist at my side
as I watched his anguish, I was appalled that he was subjected to that abuse regardless
of whether or not people understood what was ailing him.
It made his eventual triumph all the more compelling – nine solid major
league seasons with the Royals and the Phillies – but it made his torture at the hands
of fans no less inexcusable.
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on June 1st, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 1st, 2009 by Captain Canuck
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on June 1st, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
The record for the most games played without appearing in a World Series is held by Rafael Palmeiro, who played in 2,831 games from 1986 to 2005.
**factoid courtesy of ‘Armchair Reader – Grand Slam Baseball’
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on June 1st, 2009 by steveisjewish
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on June 1st, 2009 by Dan
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on June 1st, 2009 by chemgod
I have been thinking about this idea for quite sometime and while reading Mario’s post <link> over at Wax Heaven I just decided to throw the idea out there. I don’t know about you, but I absolutely hated those stupid Bowman cards that had the scouts of Major League Baseball’s signatures. Mario calls for the [...]
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