Baseball busts and disappointments – Part III

Here is my retrospective on 10 busts and disappointments over the last 10 years – it really isn’t my point to make fun of these players’ accomplishments, but as a baseball fan who at times likes to speculate on the future stars, sometimes I wonder what…

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I stopped sending cards TTM to non A’s players, but…”Ethier was originally drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 37th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Opting to attend ASU instead, he was drafted in the second round of the 2003 amateur draft, again…

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Following the abysmal 1968 season, the Phillies embarked on a major housecleaning. Lost to expansion were pitcher Larry Jackson, all 3 shortstops (Bobby Wine, Roberto Pena, and Gary Sutherland), and centerfielder Tony Gonzalez. Also gone were pitcher …

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Wouldn’t it be cool if they made relic cards containing pieces of USFL jerseys?  Even better they could get a few buyback autographs from the USFL sets.
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First Figgy heads off to our rivals in the greater Northwest. You kinda knew he was going, but it still stings a little. Seeing him play against us will be painful, especially since we probably won’t have the same luck in throwing him out while stealin…

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Oh Captain My Captain is having a contest or something. The rules are pretty vague and hard to follow. It’s something to do with football, picking the winner to the playoffs or something. Since he pretty much called me out I had to oblige and answer…

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And with the arrival of 2009 Bowman Draft Picks & Prospects baseball cards at retail, the curiosity bug got me again while in the card aisle at my nearby Target store … were the odds dramatically higher in the Blasters once again?

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Today has been the laziest day I’ve had in quite some time. After watching Gran Turino earlier (which was an excellent movie), it’s been nothing but sports in my household. Unfortunately I wasted a couple of hours watching the Bruins lose to the New Y…

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1992 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Ted Williams Subset – Card #8
I picked up this 8-card subset in December at a baseball card show for $1.00.  For the low price of just 12.5 cents per card, I would gladly stock up on anything that had to do with one of the greatest offensive players this sport has [...]

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Remember when the Reds tried to trade Barry Larkin? He couldn’t work out a contract extension with the Mets, so the trade was never completed, but what if it had been? There’s an entertaining article on the “Faith and Fear in Flushing” blog about what could have been for the Mets if that trade had [...]

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1992 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Ted Williams Subset – Card #7
I picked up this 8-card subset in December at a baseball card show for $1.00.  For the low price of just 12.5 cents per card, I would gladly stock up on anything that had to do with one of the greatest offensive players this sport has [...]

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Wow, has my luck been red-hot lately. Today is Trade Days, and I go early so that I can get some trading done. Unfortunately, nobody showed up for another hour, so I spent time, and money, in the store. Fortunately, I’ve become pretty good at picking t…

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I am from North Carolina and because of Michael Jordan and the “Superstation,” I grew up surrounded by Tarheels and Braves fans. Being an NC State and Mets fan, it kinda stinks sometimes. UNC fans are everywhere. Braves fans are usually found in the so…

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1992 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Ted Williams Subset – Card #6
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Three cards that were part of the 2010 Topps National Chicle preview have drawn the ire of a few collectors here and there as being a bit unusual.

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Looks like Topps will be applying it’s successful National Chicle football brand to it’s (now MLB exclusive) baseball card brand.  On the Beckett Blog, Chris Olds wrote about the 2010 National Chicle baseball card set which Topps will release later this year.  
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1992 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Ted Williams Subset – Card #5
I picked up this 8-card subset in December at a baseball card show for $1.00.  For the low price of just 12.5 cents per card, I would gladly stock up on anything that had to do with one of the greatest offensive players this sport has [...]

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I just got my winnings in the mail today from Beardy, who hosted the coolHo Ho Holiday Contest last month. My entry was good for Honorable Mention, which is about where I hoped to finish. Their were a lot of great entries, and I’m glad to at least have…

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Contest ends on Monday night at 9pm.  To enter, just leave a comment.  The giveaway is a glossy custom made Taylor Hall A&G signature card.  The front and back can be seen below:

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