on June 9th, 2009 by slette
With the upcoming releases of A&G, OPC, Topps Chrome and Goodwins, I figured I better put out the call one final time before people (myself included) get all excited about these new sets and put other releases on the backburner. I’ve knocked a very handsome chunk out of these lists thanks to all of [...]
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on June 9th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 9th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
At age 20, Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers became the youngest player ever to win a batting title by hitting .340 in 1955.
** factoid courtesy of ‘Armchair Reader – Grand Slam Baseball’
Personal note – I am shocked that in the last 30 years that no hitter has come close to this feat. In the [...]
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on June 9th, 2009 by Mario A.
Est. release date: September
Base Set:
100 Regular Cards
30 Regular Cards Short-Prints
10 Rookie Card Short-Prints
30 Emerging Stars Short-Prints
30 Faces of the Game Short-Prints
30 Future Watch Flashbacks (serial #’d)
20 Future Watch Rookie Autographs (serial #’d)
Inserts:
By the Letter Signatures
By the Letter Rookie Signatures
SPA Signatures – Singles, Duals, Triples & Quads
Base Set FX and Gold Parallels (serial #’d)
Platinum Power
Pennant [...]
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on June 9th, 2009 by Mario A.
In case you missed Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (that’s 99% of America), Mark Paul Gosselaar made an appearance as none other than 90’s TV icon, Zack Morris. You can watch the awesome video, which ends with Zack playing lead guitar and singing the Zack Attack hit, ‘Friends Forever’.
Jimmy Fallon, the worst cast member of [...]
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on June 9th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 9th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 9th, 2009 by Dave and Adam's Card World
This week’s top 5 Hottest Sports Card Boxes:
1.) 2009 SP Legendary Cuts Baseball
This year’s SP Legendary Cuts contains four memorabilia cards per box. Cut signatures fall two per case, mystery signatures are one per case, 20th anniversary memorabilia cards one per case, and on card autograph inserts fall two per case. Obviously many baseball [...]
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on June 9th, 2009 by chemgod
One of the great things about living in the Triangle area of North Carolina is that you get to see the collegiate team USA play, since their training complex is in Cary, NC. Here is a list of all the invitees this season. There are some quality guys that have a shot of making the [...]
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on June 9th, 2009 by Mario A.
Although Mr. Scott originally wasn’t sure if he’d bust any Legendary Cuts, ultimately he decided to for the readers of Wax Heaven. While he was not impressed with this year’s Legendary Cuts, he was pleased that Upper Deck went with on-card autographs while the competition continues using labels.
2009 SP Legendary Cuts
Boxes: 1 Hobby
Packs: 12
Cards: 5
Price: [...]
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on June 9th, 2009 by Tuff Stuff
We fell short of our goal of getting more than 300 entries in the Beat the Blogger
contest, but we are inching closer. 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.
A pair of newcomers to the contest posted near-perfect scores to tie for the top spot
in last week’s contest. Christie Merkle and Dennis Juntenen each scored
10s to easily better the Blogger’s total of 5 (I swear I’ll try harder) and each will
now be receiving an authentic signed 8-by-10 color photo for their efforts.
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 are posted below so 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
Saturday June 13
MLB
Minnesota vs. Chicago Cubs
Boston vs. Philadelphia
Oakland vs. San Francisco
New York Mets vs. New York Yankees
Atlanta vs. Baltimore
Sunday June 14
New York Mets vs. New York Yankees
Detroit vs. Pittsburgh
Cincinnati vs. Kansas City
San Diego vs. L.A. Angels
Washington vs. Tampa Bay
Good Luck and Spread the word.
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on June 9th, 2009 by T.S.
The Hartland folks are touting this as a chance to go back in time, and
given the description of the Casey Stengel Hartland Statue prototype, it’s
hard to take issue with their assessment.
Hartland of Ohio President Fay Halliwell recently announced that
the company would be producing a Hartland Statue of Casey Stengel, which is newsworthy
enough, but gets a second bump by virtue of the fact that the “new” statue will be
made from a near half-century old prototype.
The metal prototype of Casey was already done in 1963 when Hartland Plastics
was sold to Revlon, and company owner Charlie Revlon showed up at the production facility
in Hartland, Wis., and shut everything down. “When Revlon came in and told them to
destroy all the molds, Frank Fulop saved the Stengel prototype,” said Craig Blakenship,
Hartland’s official historian and a recent addition to the Hartland Ohio group that
will produce the 19th statue.
Fulop, who died in 2002, is a legendary figure in the hobby, having been
the principal name attached to the collectible that has been a hobby mainstay virtually
from the earliest days. The full-color Stengel prototype has been in the possession
of Fulop’s son, who lives in Colorado.
Blankenship, a Hartland fan for decades, purchased the www.Hartlands.com
website from Kevin Cloutier. “I love Hartlands and I bought the website as a way to
communicate with collectors,” he said.
Conceived at the time when Stengel was managing the Mets, the statue
prototype portrays him in a Mets uniform. Halliwell said the negotiations about use
of logos are still underway; the statue already has licensing from CMG Worldwide,
which markets the rights to some of the biggest names in the baseball galaxy, including
Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson, Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb, to name a handful.
It’s that licensing that contributes to a suggested retail price that
Halliwell figures will be around $100 for a figure that will be manufactured in the
United States (a Washington state artist who works under the company name L’il Monsters)
and limited to perhaps 200 pieces. Hartland officials also noted that the Stengel
statues, expected to be available later this year, will be manufactured to the same
weight as the originals and will replicate the off-white color in the originals as
well.
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on June 9th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Now that my Dave Winfield player collection is complete I wanted to take the time to show off my favorite 5 cards from this set.
Card #5 – 1988 Score
While not the best image of Dave Winfield, this card certainly illustrates the incredible power that ‘Big Dave’ possessed at the plate. The 1988 Score design will [...]
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on June 9th, 2009 by steveisjewish
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on June 9th, 2009 by Dan
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on June 9th, 2009 by chemgod
Player’s Name: Patrick Roy
Player’s Current Team: Retired (played with Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche)
Player’s Current Address: c/o Quebec Ramparts, 250 boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel, Québec, Québec, G1L 5A7
Date Sent out: 1/31/09
Date Returned: 6/8/09 (128 days)
Why go after this autograph: This is one that I almost forgot about since it’s been nearly 6 months [...]
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