on June 22nd, 2009 by oldschoolbreaks
I very rarely participate in group breaks anymore but when I saw a break for some 2007-08 Sweet Shot Hockey for fairly cheap, I decided to give it a shot. The break was held by ‘arplatinum‘ from Youtube and I ended up drawing the San Jose Sharks. Here’s a look at my haul:
The first card [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by Dinged Corners
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on June 22nd, 2009 by freeandylaroche
Jeff Kent, along with a number of other Hall of Famers and retired MLB stars during the Hall of Fame Classic this weekend. Kent of course ended his career with the Dodgers, but played six seasons with the Giants.
I would imagine this pretty much confirms which hat he’s going to be depicted wearing at Cooperstown.
As [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by Newspaperman
Cards that are STRUCK OUT are pending.
330, 331, 332, 333, 336, 339, 340, 341, 343, 344, 345, 347, 349, 351, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 365, 367, 368, 370, 371, 373, 375, 376, 377, 379, 380, 381, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 395, 396, 399, 403, 404, 405, 407, 408, [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by Mario A.
By the mid to late-90’s, like most young men, I walked away from collecting to focus on other adventures. Around that time, I believe the very best cards were being produced by Pinnacle Brands, Fleer Trading Cards, and Donruss/Leaf Inc.
It’s been over a decade and I love collecting once more. Unfortunately, Pinnacle Brands is long [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by Pheebs888
By Dale Griffin aka Djarum
I was at the NHRA Holley Hot Rod Reunion this past Saturday and man it was sweet! I went to it last year and was blown away by all the nostalgic Hot Rods and the history that it has brought this amazing sport.
Upon entering the drag strip grounds in Bowling Green, [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
We’re 3/5 of the way through the 2009 Inter-league baseball season and I thought I’d offer up a little status report on how the Florida Marlins have taken on the mighty American League East.
Series 1 – Toronto Blue Jays – The Marlins managed the ‘rare, road sweep’ of the one-time unbeatable Blue Jays. While scoring [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by Tuff Stuff
When it comes to pieces of something, anything that can be inserted into cards, there seems to be few limits. We’ve all seen the pieces of jerseys, pants, shoes, bats, caps and cut signatures now seemingly in every brand available on the shelf.
And this doesn’t count the sheet metal, driver’s suits, pieces of tires and helmets
found in racing products.
The latest is Topps’ 2009 Ticket to Stardom Baseball that features official MLB ticket
stubs embedded in the cards. Tickets can be found from the World Series and Opening
Day to the World Baseball Classic and prominent moments such as rookie debuts.The
product also features Buyback stubs that would feature a stub from a classic game.
The product ships in August, so you have some time to come up with the ideal ticket
you’d like to find in the product. We’ve covered the “ticket stubs you’d most like
to own” in the past, so I’ll just say I wouldn’t mind the Sept. 9, 1992, stub from
Milwaukee’s County Stadium in which Robin Yount clubbed his 3,000th career hit.
But I am curious as to what will be placed in cards next. Perhaps dinosaurs? Nope,
that already happened, along with fragments of bones from Wholly Mammoths. I don’t
have anything against those pieces being embedded in cards, but I just wouldn’t have
expected that in my hockey box breaks or Allen & Ginter brands. As someone posted
on the Sports Card Forum message board a while back, what’s next, strands of hair
from a white buffalo?
If it hasn’t happened yet, I’m sure there is a way to have pieces of Tiger Woods’
putter placed into a card, or perhaps some of the apple core, bubble gum or other
discarded piece of trash Woods used that seems to turn up on eBay a few times a year.
I find these diversions rather entertaining. And I have to think those who aren’t
diehard card collectors probably feel the same way – and that’s why card companies
go to such lengths to have these varieties as “hits” in their products. When the base
collecting community has been contacted over and over again, you have to go somewhere
else to expand to new markets, new buyers and new money. It’s a strategy every
business utilizes.
That’s why you see some of these strange inserts. While hard-core collectors complain
about them, most won’t ever see them (another gripe in the hobby, but that’s also
the chase that drives the hobby). Most of the inserts are very limited and are more
for the publicity to the unknowing populace who think they have a chance at something
special than for the market the cards are designed to serve in the first place. For
releases that draw the extra attention, the old adage applies: any publicity is good
publicity.
The other day in the office, we busted open a box of 2009 O-Pee-Chee Baseball, a no-frills
product that won’t hurt the pocketbook. The box offered no patch cards, no autographs
and nary a redemption. We all remarked how we enjoyed the product. The card designs
were simple and not flashy, the card backs had actual statistics and other nuances
that made it fun to read and in the end you were generally pleased with the outcome.
But this won’t cut it for the populace I spoke about before. They need something more
to give the product a try and that’s where the struggle is and why we have the products
we do in the hobby.
Back to those ticket stubs. Would you rather have a card and stub that are related
together in one piece, or would you rather have the ticket stub as a stand-alone collectible?
If a had a choice, I’ll take the card because it aids in remembering the importance
of the stub.
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on June 22nd, 2009 by Pheebs888
By Christian Racho aka xSquatx
As a card collector, you can send cards by a PWE (Plain White Envelope) or a bubble mailer. Most people use bubble mailers because it is safer to use than a regular envelope. Nowadays since our economy is going down, we find ways to spend less but try to live our [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by admin
Topps announces the player redeemable for the 2009 Topps Finest Baseball Redemption # 3 is Andrew Bailey, Pitcher, Oakland A’s.
Throughout the 2009 Major League Baseball season, Topps will announce the subjects for the 10-card Rookie Redemption set. Each Master Box of Topps Finest includes one Rookie Redemption. In addition, collectors can also find redemptions for [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by Newspaperman
O-Pee-Chee is out in retail stores here on the West Coast, which I guess is no news in and of itself. But until Sunday, I hadn’t seen any single packs, just these rack packs, which proclaim “HUGE VALUE!” I’d beg to differ. You can see my rant below.
Here’s the break of my one — and [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 22nd, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
This was my first trip to Citizens Bank Park, and I must say its one of the nicest stadiums I’ve ever been to. Check out some of the photos! More can be found on Facebook.
Connie Mack
Suite #65 is where I got to watch the game. Probably the best box I’ve ever watched a game from. [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by handcollated
I drove to a big box store this morning just to see what they have in the way of cards, and for the most part it was a barren wasteland. They did have a few 2009 Upper Deck OPC packs, including the rack packs. I thought about buying one, but after looking at the blaster [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by T.S.
Did you ever have occasion where a situation was kinda forced on you
for any number of reasons and it turns out that the “solution” was so cool that you
wonder why you didn’t do things that way in the first place? I raise the hypothetical
after reading the official press release from the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame
Classic in Cooperstown last weekend.
This blog will poach in spots from the PR release (italics), the
gist of which is that the new arrangement with having Hall of Famers and retired ballplayers
square off for the exhibition game at Doubleday Field sounds like it should have been
the way we were doing this all along.
With 90-year-old Bob Feller (Hall of Fame Class of 1962) starting
the game on the mound for Team Wagner, the 7,069 fans at Doubleday Field were treated
to a Hall of Fame matchup right off the bat when Paul Molitor (HOF Class of 2004)
came to the plate for Team Collins and singled to center.
Hall of Famer Bob Feller delivers a pitch during Sunday’s Baseball
Hall of Fame Classic in Cooperstown, N.Y. (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall
of Fame and Museum)
“We made a deal – he said no bunting and I told him I’d keep
line drives out of the middle of the field,” Molitor said after his hit.
Bobby Grich followed Molitor – and promptly brought the house down by
half-heartedly charging the mound after a Feller offering came a little too close
for comfort. From that point on, the laughter coming from the stands was just as prevalent
as the cheers – as the players made sure the fans had a good time.
The inaugural Hall of Fame Classic Weekend was presented by Ford Motor Company,
and the game featured Hall of Famers Bob Feller, Fergie Jenkins, Paul Molitor, Phil
Niekro and Brooks Robinson along with 21 former major leaguers.
The new arrangement follows decades of having actual major league teams
travel to Cooperstown for a mid-summer exhibition, but the difficulties of scheduling
that annual game led the Hall officials to find an alternative. The last game under
the old format, in 2008, was perhaps fittingly rained out.
Feller left the game soon after facing Grich, signing autographs for
fans – many of whom were not born when he threw his last major league pitch in 1956.
But more than 50 years later, Feller’s legend remains larger than life.
Team Collins scored two runs in the first on RBI singles by Steve Finley
and Johnny Grubb, but Team Wagner escaped further damage when Hall of Fame pitcher
Fergie Jenkins got Mike Timlin to hit into a double play started by 11-year-old surprise
shortstop Zach D’Errico of Schenectady, N.Y. D’Errico came to the game with
his father, Rich, and was asked onto the field by Steve Lyons of Team Wagner.
Team Collins added two more runs in the third on a Finley triple and
a Kevin Maas home run. But in the bottom of the fifth, Team Wagner cut the deficit
to 4-1 on an RBI double by former Reds’ slugger George Foster. The teams were named
in honor of the team managers (Hall of Famers Eddie Collins and Honus Wagner) in a
1939 all-star game played in Cooperstown at the first Hall of Fame induction.
Then in the bottom of the sixth, Team Wagner scored four runs on an
RBI double by former Red Sox and Expos pitcher Bill Lee, an RBI groundout by military
all-star Corey Davisson, an RBI single by Lyons and what proved to be the game-winning
double by former Yankees third baseman Mike Pagliarulo.
Lee Smith picked up the win by pitching the sixth inning for Team Wagner,
and Rich Surhoff got the save. Lyons had three hits for Team Wagner, while Finley
and Grubb had three hits apiece for Team Collins.
“The game was a success,” said Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson. “We were happy
to see everyone having a good time at the ballpark and connecting families as well
as celebrating history today on Father’s Day. Not until next year’s Classic will that
much talent be having that much fun on the dirt.”
I’ve tried to cajole my Midwestern colleagues here in Wisconsin to take
a sortie to Cooperstown, and the new tradition sounds like one more reason to continue
hectoring them about it. It’s an idea whose time could have come years ago. Watching
a game at Doubleday Field is as close as you’ll ever get to replicating Kevin Costner’s
“Field of Dreams” euphoria from 20 years ago, followed closely by sitting in the Hall’s
absolutely unique baseball theatre.
I mean no disrespect to the modern players, but the Hall of Fame is just
as much (maybe more) about the thousands of guys who came before as it is about them.
It sounds to me like the “new” Hall of Fame Game may be even cooler than the old one.
There. Who says I can never embrace new ideas?
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on June 22nd, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 22nd, 2009 by White Sox Cards
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on June 22nd, 2009 by chemgod
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on June 22nd, 2009 by White Sox Cards
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on June 22nd, 2009 by Captain Canuck
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on June 22nd, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
On this day in 1987 Tom Seaver hung up his spikes.
On of the most decorated pitchers of his era, Seaver was a dominant force in the game of baseball for 20 seasons. A Rookie of the Year award winner. A 3-time Cy Young Award winner and 2-time runner-up. A 12-time all-star. A World Series Champion. [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by albuqwirke
Quick… what is more fun than purchasing a whole mess of 2008 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards at drastically discounted prices?
CORRECT- getting some of those cards autographed in person!
A handful of pages have been ripped from the calendar since I last discussed these cards. As I suspected, the cards look pretty sharp after the [...]
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on June 22nd, 2009 by Scott
Just busted a hobby box of 2007 SP Rookie Baseball and I was pretty happy to find this card in the third pack I opened:
Finding an autographed Ryan Braun rookie card in a hobby box pack will bring a smile to most collector’s faces.
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on June 22nd, 2009 by Dan
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