on July 21st, 2009 by Newspaperman
To my surprise, Allen & Ginter hit retail shelves this week as evidenced by this single Blaster I purchased. There also were two regular retail boxes at this Target store, but it was clear those had been picked through by some searcher. Blasters are the way to buy this product when it comes to retail [...]
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on July 21st, 2009 by thehamiltonian
Running Total: 10
261: John Danks (0)
296: Bobby Abreu (0)
248: Colby Rasmus (0)
36: Joba Chamberlain (-1)
319: Gary Sheffield SP (+5)
Mini 332: Curtis Granderson (+7)
NP42: Edgar Renteria (0)
Total for this pack: (-1) + 5 + 7 = 11
Running Total: 21
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on July 21st, 2009 by JT
I really don’t know much about Deron Johnson, except that he led the NL with 130 RBI in 1965 while playing for the Reds. That was the only season he broke the century mark and he finished 4th in MVP voting that year. He also had a stint with the ChiSox, which isn’t really surprising, [...]
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on July 21st, 2009 by Mario A.
These days, it’s nearly impossible to collect every single card of a player. With low serial numbered cards, printing plates, and hundreds of different autographs, it’ simply not possible.
The idea of 100% becomes more probable when you collect someone who didn’t have the most distinguished career or none at all. Unfortunately, that’s kind of the [...]
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on July 21st, 2009 by thehamiltonian
Gosh, I hope I’m not supposed to pay anyone to use that logo. Anyways, my box finally got here. And it has been busted. In the interests of full disclosure, these packs are in a somewhat random order. I opened half the box sitting in my car, waiting for a ball game to start, and [...]
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on July 21st, 2009 by Jeremy Roe
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on July 21st, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Jeez, and I thought Allen Iverson traveled with a large entourage. He’s got nothing on Darth Vader!!! When asked to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a minor league game, Vader made sure to bring his posse which includes several of his closest storm trooper buddies… There is no way that these guys would have [...]
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on July 21st, 2009 by zman40
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on July 21st, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
I just participated in a recent ‘Phungo 5′ with Paul from the blog, ‘Phungo’. What Paul does is seek out other baseball card bloggers that cheer for the team his Phillies are playing at that time. From there he offers up five clever questions about the teams, cities, and baseball cards linking those two teams [...]
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on July 21st, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
While hitting his record 61 homers for the New York Yankees during the 1961 season, Roger Maris never received an intentional-walk: Mickey Mantle was batting behind him.
**factoid courtesy of ‘Armchair Reader – Grand Slam Baseball’
My take – this is truly amazing, not 1!!!
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on July 21st, 2009 by Jeremy
Pedro Alvarez is red hot right now.
The former #2 overall pick of last year’s draft was decent in his stint with High-A Lynchburg and got off to a molasses-like start after his promotion to Altoona, but the last 10 games has seen Alvarez post a .368 BA with 3 HR 6 RBI and 9 runs [...]
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on July 21st, 2009 by Mario A.
I’ve said a couple of times that Upper Deck Icons, while not the best baseball release of the year, might be getting more attention had they not released it during the prime of Allen & Ginter Mania. While I may not get an opportunity to review the product, Mr. Scott busted two Hobby boxes and [...]
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on July 21st, 2009 by Jeremy
Minnesota Twins OF prospect David Winfree is a name that makes our run down of daily performances quite often, but he is oft overlooked amidst the prospecting ranks. Yesterday the former 2003 draftee launched his 13th HR of the season as part of a three hit day and drove in two runs. The Twins are [...]
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