on June 29th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 29th, 2009 by Mario A.
When the sell sheets for 2009 Topps Allen & Ginter first hit the Internet many questioned Topps’ decision to include Bernie Madoff in the set. Sure, he was to be featured in the subset, ‘World’s Biggest Hoaxes, Hoodwinks, & Bamboozles’ but even then it was a strange choice.
Either way, Topps removed the Madoff card from [...]
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on June 29th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on June 29th, 2009 by Dinged Corners
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on June 29th, 2009 by Mario A.
Even as a Yankees hater, it’s hard not to like Mariano Rivera. Unlike some of his most famous past and present teammates, Rivera comes with no baggage. By the time he hangs up his cleats he will likely go down as the greatest, most-dominant closer baseball has ever seen.
With 500 career saves out of the [...]
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on June 29th, 2009 by T.S.
Nobody has been any classier about discussing the odd surge in home runs
that took place during the steroids era than the guy who took the biggest hit, in
a manner of speaking, from that curious period.
After the news about Sammy Sosa’s name appearing on that infamous “List” of those
who tested positive for PED’s in 2003, I looked back at an interview I did with Henry
Aaron 10 years ago as Major League Baseball was celebrating the 25th anniversary
of Aaron’s passing Babe Ruth on the all-time home run charts.
Ever gracious, there were still little hints that The Hammer knew something
was out of whack back then. “The game is watered down a bit. Some players are capable
of hitting home runs year-in and year-out, but you’ve also got guys who will hit 10
home runs one year and 40 the next. You’ve got to start thinking, ‘Is it real, or
what?’ ”
Turns out, it wasn’t, but unfortunately the legion of sportwriters and
MLB officials who might have been thought to have noticed something amiss just as
Aaron did weren’t exactly performing at their peak efficiency.
One of the other things I was struck by was the realization in 1999 that
it was Ken Griffey who was thought to be the likely challenger to Aaron’s record,
not Barry Bonds. At the time, Bonds was 36 years old and had 445 home runs, and Griffey
was only 47 behind him and was six years his junior, pardon the pun, again.
I wonder what would have been the response if somebody had predicted
that a 36-year-old, even a Hall-of-Fame-bound one, who had hit 37 and 34 home runs
in his last two seasons, would add another 317 home runs to his lifetime total from
that point on?
The only thing goofier than Bonds hitting 213 home runs over the four-year
span of 2000-2003 was Griffey socking 83 over the same span. Of course, The Kid missed
roughly 260 games over than span as he continued a struggle with nagging injuries
that has plagued him for virtually the entire second half of his career.
Gee, if only they had some kind of synthetically created substance that
would help athletes recover from injuries more quickly and more effectively.
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on June 29th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Before the likes of Ken Griffey, Jr. and Will Clark and Mark Grace. Even before Don Mattingly and Wade Boggs. And even before George Brett and Rod Carew.
Billy Williams was tagged as having one of the sweetest left-handed strokes in all of the game well before this impressive list of talented lefties.
‘Sweet Swingin’ Billy Williams’ was [...]
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on June 29th, 2009 by Jeremy Roe
It is well documented that some players live in the spotlight, and their Hall of Fame resume seems predestined even while they are playing in their prime (see Jeter, Derek; Pujols, Albert). Then there are others who played in relative obscurity, showi…
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on June 29th, 2009 by Joey
My wife and I went to the movies yesterday and saw the Proposal with Sandra Bullock. I have always liked Sandra and this movie was really entertaining. It was laugh out loud funny at times. The biggest surprise of the movie came when Bullock took a shower but forgot to take a towel with her. [...]
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on June 29th, 2009 by chemgod
Saturday night, as many of you know I ended up going to the team USA game in order to finish getting my bat signed. I went with my sister who bought a Team USA baseball to get signed. I had planned this out for a few weeks now. After the first game I went to [...]
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on June 29th, 2009 by Dave
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on June 29th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
On June 29, 1969, the Chicago Cubs held ‘Billy Williams Day’ at Wrigley Field.
While an event of this caliber is usually reserved for a player in his final year or final home stand as a member of the home team, I guess that the Cubs organization thought so much of Mr. Williams that they chose this [...]
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on June 29th, 2009 by steveisjewish
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on June 29th, 2009 by chemgod
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on June 29th, 2009 by Jeremy
I’m back from my Eastern Washington camping trip feeling exhausted and sun scorched. We stayed at a little resort called Sun Lakes Park just outside of Coulee City. The campground is nestled in a valley amidst two tall bluffs that offer views akin to numerous red-rocked sites in Arizona. Within walking distance are several recreational amenities [...]
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