2009 Topps Andre Ethier

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (12/18) Early bird contest — A Melky Cabrera Bowman’s Best autograph card

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The roster for our group break has been completed! I’m sorry to say that I had to deny a couple people who tried to get in just a little too late. The two spots actually filled up this morning, but thanks to work, I was unable to approve the comments until the afternoon. Here’s the [...]

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My favorite pitcher to ever pitch for the Reds, Mario Soto was a force to be reckoned with in the early 1980s. Four times he finished in the top ten for Cy Young voting, coming in second behind John Denny in 1983. Soto could have been a 20-game winner that year if he had an [...]

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What’s on tap for Free Stuff Friday this week?

Well, we’ll have a Brooklyn Dodger, a Hawk autograph, some Black ink, some eTopps, some Star Trek, a hot rookie, a young Yankee and a 500 home-run club member.

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I’ve never purchased a single pack of Donruss Elite Extra Edition Baseball because its usually filled with a ton of prospects.  Today Panini stated that for the first time they will be including current stars and legends in it’s upcoming ‘09 version of EEE.  I sure wouldn’t mind pulling this Pujols autograph.  I’m glad to [...]

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The 1984 Topps ‘1983 Highlights’ 6-Card Subset – Card #6
Headline – ‘Superstars Bench, Perry, and Yastrzemski Retire’
Text on the back – Career stats from Bench’s 17, Perry’s 22, and Yaz’s 23-year careers
25 years later – 3 Hall of Famers honored on one card – SWEET!!!

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Panini America released the checklist for its forthcoming 2009 Donruss Elite Extra Edition baseball card set on Thursday, a product-laden entry into baseball for the company.

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The 1939 Play Ball Baseball Card Set of 161 cards was the first set ever produced by Gum, Inc. of Philadelphia and was a nice improvement over earlier baseball cards.  The Goudey Gum Co. had by then lost interest in baseball cards and had not had a major issue in several years.

The 1939 Play Ball [...]

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Ted Williams baseball cards are some of the most sought after cards in the hobby.  Since Dean’s Cards is featuring the 1939 Play Ball set break that includes the Ted Williams Rookie Card this week, it is an ideal time for Ted to be our Player of the Week.
Williams was the best pure hitter in [...]

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It looks like World Cup fever is catching up with the soccer card collecting hobby. Several rather hefty prices have been realized for modern cards. Top of that list, in the American market, is still David Beckham. Oh, what a goof the Upper D…

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The 1984 Topps ‘1983 Highlights’ 6-Card Subset – Card #5
Headline – ‘Righetti, Bob Forsch, and Warren Pitch No-Hitters’
Text on the back – Bronx, New York, July 4, 1983: Yankees’ southpaw Dave Righetti today pitched a no-hitter vs. Red Sox.  He’s 1st lefty to hurl gem in Yankee Stadium.  St. Louis, Missouri, September 26, 1983: Cardinals’ right-hander Bob Forsch tonight [...]

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The 1984 Topps ‘1983 Highlights’ 6-Card Subset – Card #4
Headline – ‘Ryan, Carlton, And Perry Surpass Walter Johnson’
Text on the back – Montreal, Quebec, April 2, 1983: Astros’ Nolan Ryan fanned his 3,509th batter breaking mark of 3,508 K’s by Walter Johnson, 1907-27.  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1983: Philles’ Steve Carlton’s 3,509th strikeout has exceeded [...]

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Raymond, 48, and Jeff Burns, 22, started the collection on a whim. The father and son from Jacksonville, Fl., accumulated so many 2007 Sweet Spot Classic game-used cards, Raymond decided to finish the set.
Jeff, who grabbed about 45 cards through group breaks and trades, gave his father the set and focused on another. Raymond didn’t [...]

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It’s a piece of “The Black” — the center field area behind the pitcher in the old stadium — which allowed for hitters to be able to see the ball coming from the pitcher. In many stadiums, a tarp will often block any seats that may be in that area, but not in New York.

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