on December 10th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
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on December 10th, 2009 by oldschoolbreaks
Here’s a quick recap, with scans, of the box of 2001 Fleer Genuine I recently busted. For a full review of this product, click here (broken 1.5 years ago).
Base set: This box yielded 99 out of 100 short set base cards (99%) with 14 duplicates. The only missing base card was #14 Sammy Sosa.
Pennant Aggression [...]
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on December 10th, 2009 by csd
Boilers cruise to an easy 86-62 win
On perhaps the coldest night of the year so far the Boilers came out of 
the gate hot last night. On a night that Robbie Hummel would be the talk of the arena, JuJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore lit it up. Both players ended the game with 19 points, but could have scored more in a close game. Moore had 17 of his points by the half, and really did not play much in the second half. He was 5-6 from beyond the arc including hitting his first five three’s. He really does deserve the nickname 3-Twaun. When he is on there are few that are better than him. JJ decided to start the game from outside as well. He scored the first four points of the game all from just inside the arc. Of the 47 points Purdue had scored at the half, Johnson and Moore had 30 of them. Hummel also had a great half, but was just overshadowed by his teammates. Once the second half began it was just a chance to see what some of the bench players could do. Valpo only really made a run to close the gap when we put a less than stellar group out on the floor. The Boilers had this game from the get go. The next game for these boys will be a tough road test in Alabama. They are 8-0, and poised to have a great season. Saturday’s game will be another indicator of how great it will be.
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on December 10th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 10th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 10th, 2009 by ManOfSteal
Ever since I posted the checklist of Rickey cards included in 2009 Topps Update & Highlights, I’ve been religiously checking Target for the release of the “cereal” boxes. Rickey was to have a base Legends Chrome card in both the Target and Wal-Mart sets, as well a a Refractor and a Gold Refractor.Since it’s been about two months since the set was released, and not a single card from those sets
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on December 10th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
I was just browsing through the list of players that have autographs in the new Pro Football Hall of Fame trading card set, and Nick Buoniconti’s name popped up. Buoniconti is one of the members of the Miami Dolphin’s Perfect Season team and doesn’t have any relics and/or autographs found in packs. I know companies [...]
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on December 10th, 2009 by Dan
What would you do if you received a card that you bought on the Bay, and it was shipped in a bubble mailer via first class mail, but instead of being packaged with something sturdy around the top-loader, there was only the top-loader, bent, with a card…
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on December 10th, 2009 by Chris Harris
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on December 10th, 2009 by T.S.
I saw the other day where Upper Deck has added Shoeless Joe Jackson to
the lineup for 2010 baseball issues, a development that immediately makes me wonder
if Jackson’s kindred spirit, Pete Rose, might be waiting in the wings.
Way, way back in that other millennium, I interviewed Rose at a card
show – I think one of the Tuff Stuff shows in Richmond, Va. – and asked him
if he thought that the increased interest in Jackson and boisterous demand for his
cards and memorabilia might have a positive spillover concerning his own case.
Remember, this was about 10 years ago, and Pete had suggested to me that
he might consider suing Major League Baseball if they didn’t get off the dime and
at least give his reinstatement request a good look.
He pretty forcefully insisted at the time that he wasn’t comfortable
with virtually any linkage to Shoeless Joe, the implication being that Jackson had
been accused of throwing the 1919 World Series and he, Pete, had merely got ensnared
because of his interest in betting on ponies and the like. Since the story line then
was that he hadn’t bet on baseball, he wanted to keep his distance from Joe.
To his credit, Pete has done a pretty good job of keeping himself out
of the limelight over the last couple of years, a feat certainly more impressive by
the fact that this year marked the 20th anniversary of Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti’s
“Permanent Ineligibility” ban on Rose.
Being on that list reportedly kept both players from appearing in baseball
card issues that carried the Major League Baseball imprimatur. I don’t suppose that
Pete would care for the linkage much better today than he did a decade ago, but if
Shoeless Joe can get a “modern” card (his first appearance is slated for Upper Deck’s
2010 Goudey release in March), why not Pete?
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on December 10th, 2009 by chrisolds
For our 10th Free Stuff Friday, we’re packing plenty.
In fact we’re packing 10 contests into this Friday — one each hour — and we’ll start things off at 10 a.m. (Well, after our always-popular Early Bird contest that will launch tonight…) 
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on December 10th, 2009 by Tracy Hackler
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on December 10th, 2009 by Al Leiter's Bullpen Catcher
Today was the day of the Rule 5 draft. This is a rule that has been intact for many years and was implemented as a way to prevent teams from stock-piling too many free agents. Here is a blurb about the draft (from wikipedia) for those of you who are n…
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on December 10th, 2009 by GrandSlam
Known as the “Mississippi Mudcat,” Guy Bush came from Aberdeen, Mississippi and signed with the Cubs in 1919, and finally made his debut with the club in 1923. He wound up pitching for the Cubs for 12 years, winning 152 games with a .601 winning percen…
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on December 10th, 2009 by JRJ
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on December 10th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 10th, 2009 by Newspaperman
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on December 10th, 2009 by The Golden Age of Baseball Cards
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on December 10th, 2009 by admin
2009 Topps Triple Threads Football releases on 16 Dec and will cost around $160 per box. Each display box will contain two mini boxes. Each mini box will contain one pack with each pack holding six cards. Each pack (mini-box) will contain three numbered base cards, two numbered parallels and one Triple Relic card. An [...]
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on December 10th, 2009 by Tracy Hackler
Upper Deck is giving away this autographed helmet from the 2009 NHL Rookie Photo Shoot to one lucky collector. The company plans to release the pertinent details of how on Monday via its Facebook page. Until then, here’s a status report on some of the NHL’s top young superstars.
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on December 10th, 2009 by Newspaperman
This is the part 15 of an ongoing series. To see other parts in this series, click here.
I’ve written about this Clemente card before (link), but the purpose of this particular post is to discuss condition. As you can see, this Clemente card is graded a 1 (Poor) by Beckett Grading. Upon learning the grade, [...]
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