on July 2nd, 2009 by chrisolds
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on July 2nd, 2009 by houstoncollector
You thought the teaser image was nice? Well, the folks at Upper Deck have come through with the information on Upper Deck Black Football: The regular set consists of 90 normal cards and autographed rookie cards. Inserts include: Film Slide PETG Autographs (Varied #), Veteran/Legend Lustrous PETG Patch Auto (Varied #), Biography Signatures (Varied #), Dual Manufactured [...]
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on July 2nd, 2009 by houstoncollector
The folks at Panini America have let us know via their Facebook page that 2009 Donruss Classics is now live. While I haven’t yet had the opportunity or the funds to go out and buy a couple of packs, I have seen some of the cards. I’m not entirely sure I like the base [...]
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on July 2nd, 2009 by Mario A.
(The Biggest Fish in the Bay is a monthly guest column by Kory B.)
2003-04 Upper Deck Glass – Jordan/LeBron Dual Auto Jersey #/10
Final Price $45,000 – Date of sale: June, 19, 2009
What recession? Are you kidding me? 45K? That just boggles one’s mind. For 5 grand more than an ‘09 Cadillac CTS you could have [...]
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on July 2nd, 2009 by houstoncollector
Although I’ve already done a preview of 2009 SP Authentic baseball, today, the folks at Upper Deck have put some new card images up on their Facebook page, and I want to pass the love on to you!
While I like how the player images pop from the card, with the faded background, I’m less [...]
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on July 2nd, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
1971 Topps Fergie Jenkins
I had one of these cards already but the condition didn’t make it worthy of being added to my Fergie Jenkins collection.
So when I saw this one on Ebay and the price was right for the condition of the card, I jumped on it. From my experiences in shopping for this 1971 design, [...]
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on July 2nd, 2009 by houstoncollector
We have no idea on the pricing, although we can expect around $150-200 per 2-card pack (or is it 1-card pack?) and no idea on the release date, although I’d expect October/November. However, thanks to the guys at Upper Deck and their Facebook page, here’s the first image of 2009 Upper Deck Black [...]
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on July 2nd, 2009 by T.S.
For a company that used to give short shrift to its heritage, seeing
the transformation of the Topps mentality over the past 25 years has been nothing
short of refreshing.
Ours is a hobby based on yesterday; Topps was quite reasonably a business
based on today and maybe tomorrow. Back in the late 1980s, I used to be startled that
inquiring to Topps officials about their vintage stuff used to elicit a kind of bemused
indifference. While nobody said so explicitly, the message was that they were in the
business of selling that year’s product – and maybe planning next year’s. It wasn’t
active antipathy to the hobby, but merely an acknowledgement of differing priorities.
The first blip of a change of course came in 1983 with the reprinting
of the 1952 Topps set, then it stepped up in the early 1990s with other reprintings.
By the time we got to this nifty new millennium, Topps had fully embraced its often
glorious past, most lustily with the Heritage Series that has celebrated its early
card designs by reviving them in ever-improving detail and nuance.
And so this year’s Topps National Convention VIP cards (shown here) look
like winners once again, with five gems in the 1959 Topps design. I think the Mantle
left- and right-handed versions are supposed to be a fun nod to the 1957 Topps Hank
Aaron flipped negative, plus there are cards of Roger Maris as a Yankee, Roy Campanella
as an honorary Dodgers coach and Jackie Robinson as a New York Giant. That’s just
cool all the way around.
The Campy card looks to me like one of those flexichromes from back then,
the colorized black-and-white photographs that looked odd at the time. Robinson as
a Giant may give a few people a bit of acid indigestion (he retired rather than accept
a trade uptown), but the Maris is just terrific.
Roger wasn’t a Yankee in 1959; he didn’t arrive in the Bronx until 1960,
but it’s fun to imagine if the addition of his name to the lineup card in 1959 might
have been enough to propel the Yankees to the pennant that year (probably a stretch,
since they ended up 15 game in back of the White Sox). A 1959 pennant would have made
it 10 in a row and 15 in 16 years.
Who knew celebrating yesterday could be so much fun?
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on July 2nd, 2009 by Mario A.
Last year I was shocked to discover that a guy who didn’t even hit 30 home runs, struck out over 200 times. His name is Mark Reynolds and although he is on pace for yet another 200-K year, his powers numbers have dramatically improved.
It’s not even the All-Star break and Reynolds is 7 home runs [...]
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on July 2nd, 2009 by Tuff Stuff
The Blogger posted a solid effort, correctly picking 7 of 10 but it wasn’t
enough to hang with four contestants who totaled scores of nine to tie for the top
spot in last week’s Beat The Blogger contest.
John W, Joann, Dave and Steve Emerick each got 8 of their 10 picks correct
and then utilized the Doubler to push their totals to 9 and win the weekly prize.
For their efforts, all three will be receiving an 8-by-10 signed color photo.
Thanks to everybody for playing and good luck with your picks this week.
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 with Blogger’s picks in parenthesis
Saturday July 4
MLB
Toronto at NY Yankees (Yankees)
Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs (Chicago, Doubler)
Houston at San Francisco (San Francisco)
Oakland at Cleveland (Oakland)
Arizona at Colorado (Arizona)
Sunday July 5
Baltimore at LA Angels (LA)
Pittsburgh at Florida (Florida)
St. Louis at Cincinnati (St. Louis)
NY Mets at Philadelphia (NY Mets)
Detroit at Minnesota (Detroit)
GOOD LUCK and HAPPY 4th Of JULY
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on July 2nd, 2009 by chrisolds
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on July 2nd, 2009 by White Sox Cards
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on July 2nd, 2009 by chemgod
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on July 2nd, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Jose and Ozzie Canseco turn 43 years old today.
While one brother reached the pinnacle of baseball success and the other barely made a dent as a professional player, the Canseco brothers have left a mark on the sport that will never be forgotten. Namely due to Jose’s actions regarding steroids and bringing light to it’s [...]
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on July 2nd, 2009 by chemgod
A few months ago my wife picked up a great hockey book by Floyd Conner called “Hockey’s Most Wanted” and it’s a book about the top ten of every category of hockey you can think of. I figured I would add this to my list of new types of posts. I though that these would [...]
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