on July 8th, 2009 by handcollated
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on July 8th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on July 8th, 2009 by Dinged Corners
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on July 8th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on July 8th, 2009 by MMayes
Charlie FoxHow old does Charlie look here? To me he looks like he’d have to be in his mid-60′s. However, assuming it was taken in Spring Training 1971 (or in front of the bleachers at a high school football stadium), he hadn’t had his 50th birthday y…
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on July 8th, 2009 by chrisolds
Professional Sports Authenticator and PSA/DNA Authentication Services will have a multi-million dollar exhibit of T206 Hall of Famer cards on display and offer a free commemorative poster of the T206 set available to collectors during the 30th National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. 
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on July 8th, 2009 by T.S.
You gotta admit, this is a strange country we live in. In a week when
a former secretary of defense who was one of the principal architects of the Vietnam
War dies, his passing is barely noted because the media is fixated on the passing
of an infinitely more famous (infamous?) pop star.
In the world of sports, the fourth estate probably suffers from the same
curious contradictions, but in least in our world the absurdities don’t always pass
unnoticed.
(Lou Gehrig is pictured at left in an incredible pencil drawing
by Nathalie Rattner – nrattner@shaw.ca.)
Keith Olbermann, hobbyist, columnist and MSNBC anchor, and another baseball broadcaster, Tim
McCarver, both pointed out the grotesque juxtaposition of MLB’s honoring Lou Gehrig
on the 70th anniversary of his “luckiest man on the face 
of
the Earth” speech on the same day that Manny Ramirez made his, dare I say it, triumphant
return after serving a 50-game suspension for using some kind of banned female-fertility
drug. Don’t ask.
I applaud both our most-famous columnist and the outspoken McCarver for
reminding a wider audience that while we are certainly permitted to display outsized
affection and allegiances in directions that would seem to conflict mightily with
our vaunted “values,” there will hopefully always be a handful of commentators who
will be quick to point it out to us.
Every time I make an observation like that, I get this vague feeling
that I am being dismissed as yet another angry old fart lamenting about how grand
everything was way back when. That’s potentially intimidating, if you let it be, which
I don’t. Truth is, some things were better 30 years ago than they are now. Probably
not everything, but certainly some things.
I sort of shrug off any potential aggravation from Manny’s exploits simply
because he seems to me to be a product of the times. He’s our sports world Frankenstein,
and since we made him what he is, I don’t get as mad at him as I otherwise might.
On the other hand, I don’t forgive him for wearing his pants like that.
It’s certainly his choice if he’d rather look like a Good Humor man than a baseball
player, but I don’t have to like it.
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on July 8th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Although small in stature, Rey Mysterio, Jr. has been a top-performing wrestling superstar for years. His skills in the ring offer the rare combination of speed and danger and cannot be pulled off by many of today’s top performers.
This video is of Rey throwing out the first pitch from a Cincinnati Reds baseball game. Enjoy!!
I [...]
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on July 8th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on July 8th, 2009 by Mario A.
Being one of the most-visited card blogs comes with a responsibility. It’s my duty to provide fair and balanced reporting, no matter what company is sponsoring the site. The truth is that 95% of what the card blogging community and message boards report on will never make it into Beckett’s blog or magazine.
Recently, I began [...]
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on July 8th, 2009 by Mario A.
It’s official: Allen & Ginter wins ‘Product of the Year’ from Wax Heaven!
This is an unbiased, well-deserved win for Topps Company.
Too bad there is no on-card autograph of Billy!
Here’s hoping I can review A & G this week.
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on July 8th, 2009 by Captain Canuck
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on July 8th, 2009 by White Sox Cards
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on July 8th, 2009 by chemgod
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on July 8th, 2009 by Dave
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on July 8th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Darryl Strawberry is the only player to play for all four teams that originated in New York: the Yankees, Dodgers, Giants, and Mets.
**factoid courtesy of ‘Armchair Reader – Grand Slam Baseball’
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on July 8th, 2009 by JT
As I mentioned yesterday, “Hard Rock Nights” will no longer be airing on ClassX. But I am looking to continue the program with new broadcasting partners! Here’s what you can do…
1) Let your local rock radio stations know that you want to hear “Hard Rock Nights” on the air there!
2) Write them letters, call them, [...]
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on July 8th, 2009 by steveisjewish
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on July 8th, 2009 by Dan
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