on December 29th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
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on December 29th, 2009 by oldschoolbreaks
Hey guys. Sorry this took so long for me to post! This is the second-to-last box in our break. The Fleer Rookies and Greats box is on its way here, but may not get here until Saturday (in which case I’ll have to bust it and recap it that night after work before hopping on [...]
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on December 29th, 2009 by Tom
Drafted on June 2, 1987 by the Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft, Bell spent several years in the minors before making his MLB debut in ’91. During his time with the Jays he was voted the 1991 Baseball America Minor League Player of …
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on December 29th, 2009 by Jeremy
I finally broke down and bought a few packs of Topps 206 the other day. I was just looking for some cool cards. I didn’t really pull any players that I actively collect, but I did pull some cool cards.I pulled a couple of old dudes.and a couple of chec…
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on December 29th, 2009 by GrandSlam
Johnny Vander Meer enjoyed a 13 year career in the major leagues, winning 119 games, but he is best known for a feat most likely to never be repeated.Born the son of a Dutch-born stone mason in 1914 in New Jersey, Vander Meer signed with the Dodgers in…
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on December 29th, 2009 by madding
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on December 29th, 2009 by Al Leiter's Bullpen Catcher
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on December 29th, 2009 by tigre
My stock investment was WAY up today (JBII.ob), and I was up probably $12k, so I went to the local hobby shop and bought a couple boxes of cards in celebration. Here’s a few of my pulls…A triple relic/auto of Ryan Braun, Paul Molitor, Robin Yount #/…
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on December 29th, 2009 by chrisolds
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on December 29th, 2009 by rosschrisman2003
Sports artist Monty Sheldon has wrapped up his final eight sketch cards that will conclude his 2009 sketch card set. Within the last year, Sheldon has drawn 250 sketch cards which have all been distributed through eBay. These last eight cards include Chris Osgood, Kevin Garnett, Tom Brady, Adrian Peterson, Larry Fitzgerald, Eli Manning, Peyton [...]
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on December 29th, 2009 by zman40
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on December 29th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
1990 Upper Deck Darryl Strawberry
Upper Deck was the innovator in the early 1990’s. Their cutting-edge photography, high-gloss paper, and unique design captivated the hobby. Collectors of vintage and modern cards were all impressed with the Upper Deck brand and were very excited to see their product.
Have I built this up enough???
I am so disappointed with [...]
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on December 29th, 2009 by Dinged Corners
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on December 29th, 2009 by JT
The drummer for Avenged Sevenfold, Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan, is dead. According to every report I’ve seen so far, he died of natural causes. Really? At 28 years old? Something doesn’t seem quite right to me.
Here’s “Almost Easy” from A7X’s concert in northern Kentucky a few months ago, which I was fortunate enough to attend [...]
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on December 29th, 2009 by Laurens
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on December 29th, 2009 by T.S.
Will somebody please splain to me why boxing seems to want to be more
like wrestling than it does try to be a serious sport worthy of its once-exalted status
in both its amateur and professional incarnations.
I had more or less abandoned the sport for a couple of decades or so
as it reveled in all of the inane self-inflicted confusion and idiocy that has been
rampant over that span. And then I kind of accidentally watched Manny Pacquiao defeat
Miguel Cotto for the Welterweight Championship last fall and I was hooked once again.
I saw the fight on HBO a week or so after it took place, but it was the
best boxing match I had seen since Muhammad Ali’s tangles with Joe Frazier. With my
longstanding affection for all things Filipino, I promptly declared myself a Pacquiao
fan and decided I would eagerly await the Super Fight with Floyd Mayweather.
And then the B.S. started.
I know, I know, with the hundreds of millions of dollars at stake the
epic battle is probably still going to take place sooner or later, but now the two
camps are wrangling over blood and urine. And my question is essentially: Why in the
hell does boxing allow the parameters of how its matches are contested to be something
that is part of the negotiations between the two fighters?
Gee, I am so naive that I thought the sport’s governing body(ies) would
determine important considerations like testing for drugs, etc. I suppose it’s also
likely that this silly wrangling over whether Pacquiao can withstand the rigors of
a blood test within two weeks of his match is nothing more than a publicity ploy,
but I grouse about it because it makes the sport and its practitioners – boxers, officials,
media, etc. – look stupid in the process.
Golly, how much blood do they actually extract for these things? Perhaps
we have spent too much time watching that other HBO extravaganza “True Blood.”
Nearly 30 years ago when I worked for the Empire State Games in New York,
our offices in Albany were about 30 feet away from the chairman of the New York State
Athletic Commission, which at the time was former Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson.
I would catch him napping with his feet up on his desk from time to time
and with his office door opened a tiny crack, which was no big deal lest anyone think
that’s some kind of criticism.
But what I found most interesting about the NYS Athletic Commission was
the fact that at the time it had professional wrestling under its domain as well as
boxing. One seemed like a legitimate sport – including a considerable presence at
the amateur level in our Empire State Games – and the other seemed more like, uh,
entertainment.
I understand that the borrowing back and forth between the two would
be inevitable, but sadly it seems like over the last 30 years boxing has become more
like wrestling than the other way around.
Maybe that wouldn’t have been so bad, except that over the same span
wrestling was becoming more like the Jerry Springer Show than it was moving toward
boxing.
But assuming they get this silliness behind them, I am going to be watching
that fight in some fashion or other. And I’ll be rooting for the Filipino.
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on December 29th, 2009 by Tuff Stuff
Here’s a warning to all Green Bay Packer fans and sports fans in
general: Last night’s overtime loss in Chicago means a Minnesota-Green
Bay Wild Card Threequel has become a very realistic possibility. While
a third meeting between the bitter rivals seemed like a long shot a
couple days ago, the Vikings third loss in their last four games has
opened up the 
possibility
of another Brett Favre-Green Bay showdown and virtually every fan here in Wisconsin
would like nothing more than one more shot at redemption against Favre and the Vikes.
For Round 3 to come to fruition, the Vikings would need to drop their season finale
against the Giants, the Eagles would need to beat the Cowboys and the Cardinals (who,
along with Philadelphia are still vying for the No. 2 seed and home-field advantage)
would need to beat the Packers.All three are realistic possibilities.
While I would love the drama and build-up leading up to a rematch with the Vikings
as much as any cheesehead, I don’t necessarily think a third meeting would net a different
result than the first two despite Minnesota’s recent struggles.
If a team hits the skids, drops two games in a row to teams it should’ve beaten
easily with more of its weaknesses being exposed in each outing, a team its handled
twice already might be the only thing to stop the bleeding. Familiarity might breed
contempt like it eventually did when Favre wore out his welcome in Tundra land, but
familiarity coupled with confidence would likely be a cure-all for the suddenly struggling
Vikings.
Sure, it’s tough to beat a team three times in one season but be careful what you
wish for Packer fans. I say go Cowboys.
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on December 29th, 2009 by tigre
This card was acquired long ago (back in grade school in the 80′s), by trading with another kid. I’m pretty sure I probably ended up trading some Eric Davis or Darryl Strawberry rookie cards or something to get this, which actually ended up being a pr…
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on December 29th, 2009 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Norm Cash had the biggest drop in batting average from one season to the next. In 1961, his average was .361; the next year it dropped to .243.
**factoid courtesy of ‘Armchair Reader – Grand Slam Baseball.’
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on December 29th, 2009 by bloggerDK
Our string of mediocrity continues. Here we have Fred Toliver, who doesn’t look happy. Maybe his undershirt is itchy. I’m not sure why, but he sorta looks exactly how a guy named Fred should look. Good for him. Or his parents.Toliver is another guy wit…
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on December 29th, 2009 by bloggerDK
Hey, it’s Bernie Williams without his glasses! Oh wait, it’s Bobby Meacham. Nothing too notable about this photo, other than the armband Meacham is wearing on his left sleeve. I had to look it up, but Yankees players wore that band in 1986 in memory of…
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