on July 5th, 2009 by Mario A.
Collecting is an addiction. You know it, I know it, the companies definitely know it. After all, you are reading the blog of a man who bought 20+ year old chocolate bars featuring Jose Canseco just so he can add them to his collection.
There have been some pretty dumb releases over the years with Pacific [...]
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on July 5th, 2009 by White Sox Cards
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on July 5th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on July 5th, 2009 by Mario A.
By the late-90’s, competition in The Hobby was fierce. Pinnacle, Fleer, Upper Deck and Donruss were coming up with some of the most insane, innovative and beautiful designs collectors had ever seen. You’d be amazed what one can do when the budget doesn’t involve buying up game-used jerseys and throwing them into a shredder.
Topps wasn’t [...]
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on July 5th, 2009 by thehamiltonian
The first overall pick in the recent 2009 NHL Entry Draft was John Tavares of the Ontario Hockey League. The Islanders selected Tavares, and promptly brought him to New York to show him the sights. One of the sights was a Mets game, where he threw out the first pitch.
Being hockey crazy, I believe this [...]
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on July 5th, 2009 by Laurens
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on July 5th, 2009 by Dinged Corners
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on July 5th, 2009 by JT
The rosters were announced today for the MLB All-Star Game. I don’t know if I could be any less excited. No Griffey, no Soriano, no Hanigan. What’s to root for? A few of my AL votes got in: Ichiro, Hamilton, Mauer, and Longoria. Don’t yell at me for voting for Hamilton. I don’t care if [...]
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on July 5th, 2009 by Chris Harris
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on July 5th, 2009 by zman40
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on July 5th, 2009 by PunkRockPaint
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on July 5th, 2009 by Chris Harris
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on July 5th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Each major league baseball has 108 stitches.
**factoid courtesy of ‘Armchair Reader – Grand Slam Baseball’
My take – Hey, that would be a very clever name for a blog – ‘108 stitches’ has a nice ring to it. I need to go copyright that one…
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on July 5th, 2009 by thehamiltonian
I have been following the announcements of the starters for the 2009 All-Star Game Starters. Josh Hamilton was voted in as a starter. No update on whether he will be able to participate. I would lean towards ‘no’, simply because he still hasn’t put in any MLB time, but who knows.
It illustrates the follies of [...]
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on July 5th, 2009 by thehamiltonian
A while back (I forgot to post this), I participated in a group break for 2007 Sweet Spot Baseball over at I Am Joe Collector. After a bit of wheeling and dealing, I managed to end up with the Reds, hoping for Josh Hamilton. No Hamiltons surfaced in the break, but I did end up [...]
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on July 5th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
On this day in 1993, Rickey Henderson and his Oakland A’s teammates battled against the Cleveland Indians in a double-header.
What is so special about that you ask? Double-headers are a normal part of a baseball schedule you say…
Well during this double header, a man by the name of Rickey Henderson led off both of these [...]
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on July 5th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
Last night I attended a Lancaster Barnstormers vs. York Revolution minor league game. It was the first time I had ever been to a game on the 4th of July. This is the 5th anniversary of the Barnstormers, so I picked up a few pins and a team set for my collection. Check out some [...]
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on July 5th, 2009 by Dave
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on July 5th, 2009 by Dinged Corners
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on July 5th, 2009 by chemgod
There are some interesting athletes signing this week, but not as many as I would expect going into the All Star week. So if you know of any more, please leave it as a comment. As always, please call ahead to confirm both the appearance and time of the signing listed below.
July 6
Bill Buckner – [...]
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