on June 28th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
History has been made as Mariano Rivera recorded the 500th save of his career Sunday night during the Yankees 4-2 victory over the Mets.
In typical Rivera fashion, ‘Mo’ faced 5 batters while allowing just 1 hit and striking out two.
Congratulations to Mariano Rivera on this impressive baseball achievement!!!
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on June 28th, 2009 by Mario A.
I’ll be honest with you guys, since the passing of pop icon Michael Jackson, baseball cards have been on the back burner. I just didn’t feel much like blogging about sports cards and instead spent the past few days watching non-stop M.J videos, a few of his movies, and spending time with the family.
On Saturday, [...]
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on June 28th, 2009 by zman40
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on June 28th, 2009 by zman40
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on June 28th, 2009 by Dave
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on June 28th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Mariano Rivera’s Race To 500 Saves!!! Part 15
The New York Yankees have been able to embarrass the Mets on their home field over the last 2 nights. And Mariano Rivera has enjoyed a front-row seat to view the action.
There is one more game left in this 3-game series and it takes place Sunday night on [...]
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on June 28th, 2009 by oldschoolbreaks
With the fourth of July less than a week away, I thought I’d showcase a hit from a product described as “a Star-Spangled Tribute to America’s Pastime,” 2002 Donruss Studio. The base cards featured the traditional Studio-style portrait shot of each player with Old Glory and some shots of the player’s home city in the [...]
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on June 28th, 2009 by Dinged Corners
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on June 28th, 2009 by Mario A.
It’s been a terrible month for celebrity deaths. From Farrah Fawcett and David Carradine to the legendary Michael Jackson and now famous, loud but lovable pitchman, Billy Mays.
While I never blogged about the 50-year old Mays, fellow collector and sports blogger, JRJ had. He sent a baseball to Mays’ Tampa home and wrote a great [...]
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on June 28th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
In 1979, Gary Templeton of the St. Louis Cardinals became the first player to get 100 hits batting from each side of the plate.
**factoid courtesy of ‘Armchair Reader – Grand Slam Baseball’
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on June 28th, 2009 by Captain Canuck
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on June 28th, 2009 by thehamiltonian
I’m on twitter. Yeah, I don’t really know how it works or anything like that, but I am there. Same username: thehamiltonian, and you can view my awesomely random tweets in the sidebar of this blog.
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on June 28th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
On September 25-27 the Philadelphia Sports Card & Memorabilia Show will take place at the Valley Forge Convention Center. Here is who will be signing autographs that weekend.
Saturday:
Yogi Berra
Johnny Bench
Carlton Fisk
Sunday:
Bob Boone
Whitey Ford
Ric Flair
Others will be added soon and the prices haven’t been announced yet. Lets hope Hunt Auctions or the convention center has improved [...]
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on June 28th, 2009 by gmoney168
By Jason Ciaramella aka ExeterJay
The much-anticipated OPC Baseball arrived in stores and hobby shops across the country on June 17th. This product had caused quite a stir among collectors of vintage, retro and throwback style cards, with the promise of a 1971 OPC parallel card in every pack. The concept of doing a retro theme [...]
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on June 28th, 2009 by chemgod
This is going to be a heck of a week of signings. As always, please call ahead to ensure that not only is the player signing, but also that the times are correct. Good luck and have a great week.
6/29/09
Randy Jones – baseball – 4pm – 6pm – PETCO Park, 100 Park Blvd, San Diego, [...]
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on June 28th, 2009 by chemgod
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on June 28th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
Albert Pujols is having a great season and his rookies are on fire. Browsing eBay you’ll find tons of his cards selling for huge amounts. But there is one thing that really makes my piss come to a boil and that when sellers try to pass off the card below as a true Pujols rookie. [...]
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