on June 15th, 2009 by Jeremy
Sunday’s action at the AAA ranks saw a couple very nice performances from former callups who are making strong cases to be promoted by their major league clubs. The Brewers duo of Alcides Escobar and Angel Salome both had excellent showings yesterday. Escobar went 2-3 with a triple, RBI and two runs scored. Escobar has [...]
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on June 15th, 2009 by handcollated
Topps has announced Red Hot Rookie #2 for 2009. Ladies and Gentleman, Gordon Beckham…
“Becks” is the #1 ranked prospect in the White Sox system coming into 2009. He was their #1 pick in the 2008 draft, going 8th overall and the first top ten selection for Chicago since Alex Fernandez. That one went well.
Beckham is [...]
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on June 15th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 15th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Wade Boggs turns 51 years old today!!
As a kid growing up in South Florida I had no ‘home’ team to cheer for. So I adopted several players, one of them being Wade Boggs. I was a third baseman and I batted third for a few years during my Little League career. Choosing Boggs as someone [...]
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on June 15th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 15th, 2009 by freeandylaroche
On my way home Sunday, I decided to drop into a market that frequently has deeply discounted wax. This time, I found 2005 Fleer Patchworks packs going for a $1. If I recall correctly, they also had full hobby boxes available as well
When I made it home, I browsed through Beckett and saw that 05 [...]
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on June 15th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 15th, 2009 by houstoncollector
The folks at Topps have announced the newest Red Hot Redemption in their series of 10: Gordan Beckham, third baseman for the Chicago White Sox. What they’ve also announced is that one out of every ten redemptions will be for an autographed version of the card, not the regular redemption. This is [...]
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on June 15th, 2009 by zman40
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on June 15th, 2009 by Mario A.
Topps just announced that Red Hot Rookie Redemption #2 is Chicago White Sox Third Basemen, Gordon Beckham. There is a major twist, however, as 1 in every ten cards redeemed will be autographed.
Topps’s Red Hot Rookie Redemption #1 was Fernando Martinez of the New York Mets. Stay tuned to Wax Heaven for all the future [...]
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on June 15th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 15th, 2009 by Tuff Stuff
We fell short of our goal of getting more than 300 entries in the Beat the 
Blogger
contest, but we did have a record number of entries so we might be able to give
away the Chipper Jones jersey before the National gets here (This year’s National
Convention is July 29-Aug. 2). I haven’t tallied up the totals to see who this week’s
winner is yet but the results of the games are listed below so you can get a head
start and see how you fared and I’ll have the official results first thing Tuesday
for you.
This week’s Results (Winners in parenthesis)
Saturday June 13
MLB
Minnesota vs. Chicago Cubs (Minnesota)
Boston vs. Philadelphia (Boston)
Oakland vs. San Francisco (San Francisco)
New York Mets vs. New York Yankees (Mets)
Atlanta vs. Baltimore (Baltimore)
Sunday June 14
New York Mets vs. New York Yankees (Yankees)
Detroit vs. Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
Cincinnati vs. Kansas City (Kansas City)
San Diego vs. L.A. Angels (Angels
Washington vs. Tampa Bay (Rays)
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on June 15th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 15th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 15th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 15th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
When I ordered my baseball bat with the words “Sports Card Info” engraved on it, The Cooperstown Bat Company forgot to put the “s” on the end of the first word. They were nice enough to send out a corrected bat for free and let me keep both for the price of one.
I would like [...]
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on June 15th, 2009 by chemgod
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on June 15th, 2009 by MMayes
Cleo JamesSometimes there’s a card comes up where the player or the subject (like the Billy Cowan “halo” card or the Billy Martin “finger” card) has been written about enough that there’s just nothing fresh to write. Sometimes there’s a card comes up o…
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on June 15th, 2009 by thehamiltonian
And by home, I mean my place. Not some mythical land where bobble heads can walk around among their own kind, without feeling shame at their giant, always moving heads. There are a few different Josh Hamilton bobble head dolls available. I am mainly interested in the ones that have been given away by one [...]
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on June 15th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Billy Williams celebrates his 71st birthday today!!!
One of the most beloved Chicago Cubs of all-time, Williams was a fan favorite from his debut back in 1959 and is still a face of the franchise 50 years later. His charisma, talent, and devotion to the game and city of Chicago have kept Williams in the public [...]
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on June 15th, 2009 by PunkRockPaint
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on June 15th, 2009 by Captain Canuck
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on June 15th, 2009 by steveisjewish
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on June 15th, 2009 by Dave
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