on July 13th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
OK, the fied is set for the ‘Pick Your All-Star MVP’ contest.
Below is a list of the participants and the player that will be representing them during tomorrow night’s big game.
drewscards – Albert Pujols
Mark Aubrey – Yadier Molina
Kevin – Carl Crawford
wickedortega – Mark Teixeira
Mario – Hanley Ramirez
chemgod – Evan Longoria
kris – Jason Bay
Mike Anderson - Joe [...]
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on July 13th, 2009 by Mario A.
(For a full listing of all Wax Heaven reviews, click HERE)
When I returned to collecting in 2007 all anyone wanted to talk about was Allen & Ginter. By the time I was able to find a Hobby box ($185 at B.C. Sports) I felt like I got a kick in the gut. Sure, the cards [...]
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on July 13th, 2009 by White Sox Cards
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on July 13th, 2009 by Flash
I pulled this relic card from a box of A&G this past weekend.That dirt was on the card when I pulled it. I remarked to Kim (who was helping break our two boxes) that it had dirt on it but it doesn’t look quite like dirt to me if you catch my drift…
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on July 13th, 2009 by thehamiltonian
Pujols has yet to hit, but I am really feeling the let down after last year’s festivities. The Home Run Derby was Josh Hamilton’s coming out party in a way. He was playing well in the first half of the 2008 season. After the All Star festivities, it was out of this world.
Last year’s home [...]
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on July 13th, 2009 by chemgod
Tonight’s winner is:
Dan (comment number 31)
The cards and mystery wax will be mailed by Friday and thanks to everyone who entered.
Check back on Mondays for more giveaways. Next Monday I am giving away some more FREE cards and packs.
Thanks again everyone!
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on July 13th, 2009 by zman40
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on July 13th, 2009 by Mario A.
In reality, Jaime is supposed to be my nemesis. As a fellow hardcore Jose Canseco collector, we should be spending our days battling it out on eBay. Instead, Jaime, a Super Collector by all meanings of the term surprised me today with a nice stack of Jose Canseco doubles I desperately needed.
Originally, the idea was [...]
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on July 13th, 2009 by Mario A.
For several months I have been writing about the genius that is Upper Deck’s Spectrum of Stars insert set. After all, Wax Heaven’s slogan is ‘Trading Cards and Pop Culture’. How could I not love a set featuring autographs of Al Bundy, Cheech & Chong, and Kim Kardashian?
Two weeks ago, Upper Deck’s baseball license was [...]
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on July 13th, 2009 by Captain Canuck
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on July 13th, 2009 by Tuff Stuff
Because it’s the All-Star break in baseball, the NFL is still out to lunch and the NBA’s 10-month season is finally over, things get a little slow in the sports world this time of year. And when it gets slow, sportswriters and any sports media people tend to try and get a little creative to find (make) some news to pass the gameless nights. Unfortunately for the fans, that’s sometimes not a real strong suit for the scribes.
Tonight we’ll be treated (and I use that term loosely because it could end up being
a 3-hour batting practice session or something monumental could happen see Josh Hamilton’s
28 HRs in 2008) to the 2009 Home Run Derby sponsored by one of the few companies that
still has some disposable income left (State Farm Insurance in case you wondered).
I believe it gets decent ratings every year but that’s only because MLB junkies need
their fix and the Derby is the only dealer in town on this night (unless you enjoy
Summer League NBA action, and god help you if you do).
I see where every expert this side of Chris Berman’s second chin is predicting a winner
so I decided to do likewise (here using the term “expert” looser than Lindsey Lohan’s
mouth after a six Appletinis) and give you my prediction for the Derby and a few others
thrown in for good measure.
Crystal Ball Says:
Home Run Derby-Despite being the last guy invited to the party, Tampa’s Carlos
Pena puts on a clinic in from of hometown favorites Albert Pujols and Ryan
Howard to pull out the win. Logic would take all seven of the other competitors
before putting your money down on Pena (could be the first-ever Derby strikeout victim
as well) but my gut, eeer, Crystal Ball is showing a picture of Steve Irwin so I got
to go with the guy from the Rays.
Pedro Martinez-Looks like the former Cy Young winner is on his way to Phiadelphia
to try and help the champs repeat but unless he’s back on the juice, I can’t imagine
how he can help. Last we saw Pedro, he was chucking 87-mph fastballs that won’t even
measure up with the overhand lobs being tossed tonight in the Derby. Unless he’s regained
about 6-7 mph on his fastball, the Dominican’s version of Jamie Moyer will
only be making a quick cameo appearance in Philly. I’m predicting one flash in the
pan where Pedro gets some early run support and then coasts to an easy 8-5 win that
looks way better than it was but still grabs the opening spot on Sportscenter that
night on the nostaglia factor alone. You know the drill: ESPN cues up the Pedro circa-1995-99
highlights and then sprinkles in some of that night’s highlights until so your confused
he still matters when most of us know that can’t be possible. You heard it here first,
Pedro makes 5 starts, 1-4 with a 6.94 ERA before his body breaks down yet again. He
then makes a half-hearted “I’m retiring for good this time speech” before getting
angered by a press conference question about possible steroid use and runs off in
search of Don Zimmer to take his aggressions out on.
Tiger Woods at The British Open-Had a tough time getting a clear picture in
the Crystal Ball on this one but then saw a picture of Paris Hilton pop up. Still
confused, but I think that was a sign to bank on another sure thing and Tiger is the
only sure thing I know in the golf world. Actual prediction is Tiger wins in a three-hole
playoff against an up-and-coming player (Anthony Kim perhaps) who’s got enough talent
to tame Tiger but not the mental toughness is takes to beat the best ever.
Crystal Ball is getting a little fuzzy. I shook it up but now it’s just snowing inside
and displaying a nativity scene. Kindy freaky, better shutter down.
Hyping Up Some Hoops: While I often attempt to be funny in my predictions,
I can’t be more serious about the following prediction. Sacramento Kings rookie Tyreke
Evans is going to be good. Not LeBron James good, but special good. Like top-20 in
the entire league good. If you’re a basketball collector, jump on this bandwagon immediately
or you’ll kick yourself for the rest of your life. I’m predicting right now that he’ll
give Blake Griffin a run for his money in the ROY balloting and while the two are
very different players, both will be special and Evans will be looked at as the steal
of the 2009 Draft in two or three years. He scored 33 in Las Vegas League action last
night and you can expect more of the same from the powerful 6-6 slasher who appears
to be a man among boys and likely will all of next season as well.
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on July 13th, 2009 by White Sox Cards
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on July 13th, 2009 by Tuff Stuff
The Blogger improved to post 7 of 10 but it likely won’t be enough to hold
on when the final tally is totaled. I posted the teams that won below and will have
the weekly winner for you first thing in the morning on Tuesday. Thanks for playing
and spread the word. In the meantime, I suggest reading my blog post above and making
a prediction or two of your own or simply post why my predictions will never come
to fruition.
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.
Last week’s Matchups (Blogger’s picks in parenthesis)
Saturday July 11
MLB
NY Yankees at LA Angels (LA Angels)
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs (Chicago)
LA Dodgers at Milwaukee (Milwaukee)
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota (Chicago)
Texas at Seattle (Seattle)
Sunday July 12
Kansas City at Boston (Boston)
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (Philadelphia)
Oakland at Tampa Bay (Oakland)
Florida at Arizona (Florida)
Atlanta at Colorado (Colorado)
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on July 13th, 2009 by handcollated
Every time I end up at Target I look at the series 2 blasters and wonder whether they have throwbacks inside. Then I remember that I didn’t care much for them anyway, and put them aside. I have yet to journey to the local WalMart.
Still it seems by a comparable time now we had seen [...]
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on July 13th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
In this large ‘oddball’ lot of Andre Dawson cards I picked up recently in an Ebay auction, out popped these three mini cads featuring ‘The Hawk’.
I was out of the collecting hobby when these cards were released so I don’t know much about them. I have placed them next to a regular sized card to [...]
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on July 13th, 2009 by oldschoolbreaks
Yes, the man who only opens old wax has signed up for Gint-A-Cuffs, finally has a box in hand, and is ready to do battle! Let’s get right to it, shall we?
N43 Boxtopper:
#N43-TL Tim Lincecum (+10)
Pack 1:
#185 Dustin Pedroia (+2)
#99 Chris Duncan
#140 Loren Opstedahl
#173 Francisco Rodriguez
#66 Alex Rodriguez (-1)
#132 Anna Tunnicliffe
Mini #262 Magglio Ordonez
National Pride [...]
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on July 13th, 2009 by Dinged Corners
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on July 13th, 2009 by Flash
And I really couldn’t care less….Nick the Stick RelicNick the Stick AutoI think this is one of those products whose price will drop dramatically when little interest is shown in the product itself. Don’t know if there are any Phil Hughes, Phil Coke …
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on July 13th, 2009 by Chris Harris
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