on July 29th, 2009 by Tracy Hackler
During the 30th National Sports Collectors Convention that begins in earnest Thursday in Cleveland, Upper Deck will conduct a wrapper redemption program that will deliver a special 24-card set over the course of the four-day show.
Collectors who open five packs of 2009 Upper Deck product (pack SRP of $1.99 or more) at the UD booth can redeem those packs [...]
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on July 29th, 2009 by deal
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on July 29th, 2009 by Mario A.
It’s been over 15 years since the debut of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. Since then, cast members from the original 1993 show have been killed, involved in murder, and most recently had legal troubles to deal with.
Earlier this week, Walter Jones, who played the Black Ranger, was arrested in Alabama for driving under the influence. [...]
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on July 29th, 2009 by packaddict
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on July 29th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
With thoughts of Cooperstown fresh on my brain, I thought it would be worth examining who is up for potential election into the Hall of Fame in 2010. Per the HOF website, here is that list.
2010:Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin, Robin Ventura, Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, Kevin Appier, Ellis Burks, Ray Lankford, Pat Hentgen, Todd Zeile, [...]
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on July 29th, 2009 by skoormit
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on July 29th, 2009 by freeandylaroche
We need a major-league second baseman now!
We need a proven major-league closer now!
We need a major-league top-of-the-rotation ace pitcher now!
We need a major-league centerfielder now!
No really, we need a major-league centerfielder now!
From the top:
- RHP Pedro Martinez traded for 2B Delino DeShields. Pedro went on to win three Cy Young awards.
- RHP Edwin Jackson and [...]
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Andruw Jones,
baseball,
Chad Billingsley,
Cole Hamels,
Danys Baez,
Delino DeShields,
Dodgers,
Edwin Jackson,
jason schmidt,
Juan Pierre,
Manny Ramirez,
Pedro Martinez
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on July 29th, 2009 by Rod
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on July 29th, 2009 by deal
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on July 29th, 2009 by Dinged Corners
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on July 29th, 2009 by Tuff Stuff
The Blogger allowed plenty of contestants in the mix with a sub-par 5 of 10
effort but when the smoke cleared, it was Steve Emerick, Tim Beckham and John W.
rose above all others. Both entries picked 8 of 10 picks including their
doublers to take the top spot this week, Congrats to both of them and good luck to
the rest of you this week. This week’s picks are posted below.
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 fo
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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 (Blogger’s picks in parenthesis)
Saturday Aug. 1
MLB
Detroit at Cleveland (Detroit)
Washington at Pittsburgh (Washington)
Colorado at Cincinnati (Colorado)
Arizona at NY Mets (Arizona)
Houston at St. Louis (St. Louis, Doubler)
Sunday Aug. 2
Boston at Baltimore (Boston)
Kansas City at Tampa Bay (Tampa Bay
NY Yankees at Chicago WS (NY Yankees)
Toronto at Oakland (Toronto)
Milwaukee at San Diego (Milwaukee)
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on July 29th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
1974 Topps Fergie Jenkins
I am relieved to scratch this Fergie Jenkins card off of my ‘Need’ list. This little beauty(is not that beautiful) is easily the worst looking card of my Fergie Jenkins player collection.
I have no idea how or why Topps would choose to run this image as part of their 1974 issue. This zoomed-in shot of [...]
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on July 29th, 2009 by skoormit
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on July 29th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Here is video of Olympic Gold Medalist Misty May-Treanor as she throws out the ceremonial first pitch at a Los Angeles Angels baseball game.
A pretty cool 3-minute video… No word if Misty’s husband Matt Treanor, former Florida Marlins and current Detroit Tigers catcher, coached her for this performance.
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on July 29th, 2009 by Mario A.
The last few days for me have been quite bittersweet as I watched former Marlins outfielder, Josh Willingham, make baseball history. How rare is it to hit two Grand Slams in one game? Josh is just the third player to do it in the National League and 13th in the Majors. Perfect games are more [...]
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on July 29th, 2009 by chemgod
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on July 29th, 2009 by Captain Canuck
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