on December 6th, 2009 by packaddict
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on December 6th, 2009 by JT
Due to personal issues, Mario of Wax Heaven is retiring. Will this be a Michael Jordan-type retirement? Time will tell. But for the time being, Wax Heaven is no more.
Bloggers have been lamenting the silencing of a giant in the baseball card blogging world, and someone even wrote a poem/song parody about this sad day. [...]
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on December 6th, 2009 by JT
Last month, I posted a 2009 Topps Lion-O card that I created. I didn’t plan on making any more, and I didn’t…but my son Joshua did! Without further ado…Thunder…Thunder…THUNDERCATS…HO!!!!
(click on thumbnails for larger image)
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on December 6th, 2009 by ManOfSteal
I’ve been to a couple of the large Tri-Star shows in San Francisco over the past couple of years, but I can’t remember the last time I went to a smaller local card show. It was probably around 2002 or so, when the local mall used to hold a show every year. I’ve seen a couple of ads for the shows at the local Holiday Inn (I believe they occur twice a year), but I’ve never managed to make it out
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on December 6th, 2009 by Charley
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Bert Blyleven,
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Don Mattingly,
Fred McGriff,
Harold Baines,
jack morris,
lee smith,
mark mcgwire,
OBP,
roberto alomar,
Tim Raines
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on December 6th, 2009 by JT
The star of the game today was Jonathan Fanene, whose first career interception put the Bengals on the board when he returned it 45 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. The Cincinnati offense scored another TD in the second (Palmer to Ochocinco) and kicker Shayne Graham added 3 field goals to the total [...]
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on December 6th, 2009 by Newspaperman
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on December 6th, 2009 by deal
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on December 6th, 2009 by shanediaz82
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on December 6th, 2009 by madding
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on December 6th, 2009 by JRJ
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on December 6th, 2009 by JRJ
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on December 6th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
Its time for another contest sponsored by Press Pass, Inc. Last week I busted a box of 2009 Fusion and now its your chance to own some of the hits. Simply leave a comment in this post informing me what you like and/or don’t like about this product. You can enter once per day, but [...]
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on December 6th, 2009 by thehamiltonian
As I said yesterday, this product hasn’t really caught my attention, but I wanted to try some new baseball form the card show today, and this was the only product I hadn’t already tried.
In 5 packs, I ended up with 5 minis, and 5 copper coloured cards, that I think they are calling gold now. [...]
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on December 6th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Maybe it’s because the announcement of his 3rd MVP award was the last significant baseball headline I read…
Maybe it’s because he was the final award winner of the 2009 baseball season…
Maybe it’s because he is just that damn good!!!
We are watching one of the most amazing offensive baseball talents in the game’s history. And he [...]
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on December 6th, 2009 by zman40
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on December 6th, 2009 by chemgod
Updated Blog!
Welcome to the all new look for Badwax.net. I have been meaning to do this for a long time, but finally got up off my butt and did it. I think this format looks good and gives the site a little more pizazz. Something I have felt it needed for a long time. Among [...]
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on December 6th, 2009 by csd
Yesterday I was in Allendale, Michigan to see the Grand Valley State Lakers advance once again to the Division II Championship game by beating Carson-Newman 41-27. There were many storylines yesterday. I will try and hit on a few of them here. The first storyline had to be the snow. As you can see above the st
adium looked like a Christmas globe the entire game. They had a crew of workers using blowers to clean off the yard lines during every break in the action. This was my first game in the snow, and it was worth the cold to be part of this. As we were waiting for the game to start I wondered how the snow and cold would affect Grand Valley. They are more of a passing team, while Carson-Newman is a running team. You would think that the advantage would go to the Eagles of Carson-Newman with the weather. The fact that there were only 14 completions in the game might tell you how badly the weather affected the game. There were some ugly passes yesterday on both sides of the ball. The game started with a quick drive by Carson-Newman that saw a terrible pass about 15 yards out of bounds on third down. When the ball left his hands you knew that it was way out. Grand Valley got the ball on a punt and P.T. Gates took the first play from scrimmage 59 yards for the Lakers. The weather forced Grand Valley to kick a field goal to go up 3-0. The Lakers ran the same play to Ryan Bass in the corner of the end zone three times, and Bass was open all three times. The only problem though was the fact that the ball never was close to him. The weather really set the tone for this game.
The star of the game by far had to be P.T. Gates. He had 326 all purpose yards including 183 on the ground for Grand Valley. This performance was in place of the Lakers all time leading rusher Jimmy
Berezik who was suspended for the rest of the season along with four other players prior to the game. Berezik was also suspended last season in the playoffs when Grand Valley lost to eventual champion Minnesota-Deluth. Gates made me wonder why he has not been playing all year though. He really took a potentially bad situation and made the most of it. As the picture shows he had some room to run as well. The lines on both sides of the ball really took control. Another hero of the game had to be Danny Richard. For some reason they don’t post defensive stats, but Danny seemed to be on the ball the entire game. The entire defense really helped slow the running attack for Carson-Newman, but he always seemed to be in on the play. Justin Victor and Jacob McGuckin also played key roles for the defense. As for the Eagles Buck Wakefield really kept his team in the game. After Grand Valley had taken a 10-0 lead he returned a kick 89 yards to bring his team to within three. He ended the game with 222 all purpose yards, and four touchdowns. He was explosive when he had his hands on the ball.
As the clock woud down we moved down to the track to storm the field with the rest of the fans. At Grand Valley most of the crowd takes the field, not just the students. This small
college atmosphere is great. The players are thanking you for coming to the game as they are celebrating. We left the tearing down of the goalposts to the students, and went to celebrate with the team. Somehow we ended up in the middle of the team, and we really were involved in the postgame celebration. The snow just added to the celebration. It seemed as if confetti was falling from the sky. As they were given the banner for their win with ESPN watching we were front row center. This is something again that you do not get at a Division I school. We talked to a few players as things wound down, and then wisely decided to finally warm up. Later in the week I will post some more pics from the game and the post game celebration.
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on December 6th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
1990 Score Darryl Strawberry
The 1990 Score design is a classic one. Nice, neat, and with the team logo being prominent. And while the bold Kelly-Green border may not work for most baseball card sets, it is just fine for this issue!
1990 was Darryl’s last season with the New York Mets. During his 8-year tenure in [...]
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on December 6th, 2009 by JT
On December 6, 1989, Randy Myers became a member of the Cincinnati Reds when he was traded for John Franco. Completing the Nasty Boys trio with Rob Dibble and Norm Charlton, Myers and the Boys dominated from the Reds bullpen and helped the team go wire-to-wire and win the World Series over the hated Oakland [...]
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on December 6th, 2009 by White Sox Cards
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on December 6th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
After talking to one of my local shop owners, I didn’t know what to expect while attending The Philly Show this weekend in Valley Forge, PA. I arrived at the Valley Forge Convention Center at about 9:15 in the morning and the parking lot didn’t seem too full. Browsing around the show floor you could [...]
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on December 6th, 2009 by deal
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on December 6th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Gaylord Perry became the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues, with the Cleveland Indians(American League) in 1972 and the San Diego Padres(National League) in 1978.
**factoid courtesy of ‘Armchair Reader – Grand Slam Baseball’
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on December 6th, 2009 by Mario A.
Truth be told, I never expected this day to come. For the record, I shut down the site about two years ago due to frustration but it only lasted a couple of days.
Today, I am shutting down Wax Heaven and it has absolutely nothing to do with trading cards. Simply put, I spent way more [...]
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