on January 11th, 2010 by Rod
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on January 11th, 2010 by White Sox Cards
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on January 11th, 2010 by Chris Harris
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on January 11th, 2010 by Tracy Hackler
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on January 11th, 2010 by Newspaperman
I am so close, I can taste it. When 2008 Allen & Ginter’s baseball hit the market nearly two years ago, there was one insert set I absolutely geeked over — the Baseball Icons inserts. These mini inserts exemplify all that is good about the hobby. No foilboard, serial numbering or flashy design. Just an [...]
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on January 11th, 2010 by Tuff Stuff
While many struggled with the mix of NCAA and NBA games coupled with some upsets in the NFL Playoff matchups eliminated many of the field but the various matchups didn’t overwhelm one contestant. DeMarie posted
a contest-best score of 9 to win the week and easily Beat the Blogger’s total of five.
Thanks to all that played and thanks for recruiting some newcomers as well. Let’s
try and do the same this week and get a record turnout and with this week’s winner
being a first-timer, it just shows how easy it is to Beat the Blogger and win.
With the number of weekly participants slipping a bit the last few weeks I’m making
a call to action to all of our regulars to do some recruiting. While more people
means more work for the Blogger and more people for the Blogger to go up against,
I welcome the challenge and offer this challenge to you: If each player can recruit
10 new players and we can boost the total to 200 or more, I’ll triple the weekly prize.
So spread the word about the contest to all your co-workers, family and friends
and meet that goal and boost the prize.
Copy and paste our link and send it to your friends so they can be a part of the action, http://blog.tuffstuff.com/7thinning/
This week’s winners are posted below and this week’s matchups will be posted
later today so make sure you check back and get your picks posted before the start
of the first game to be eligible to win this week’s prize. As always, good luck.
While I enjoy giving prizes to several people vs. having just one weekly winner, from
this point forward contestants will be asked to provide a tie-breaker on the week’s
last game so we narrow our winner down to one. Contestants will now b
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asked to predict the total score from the last game on the list and the closest to
the actual score will be deemed the winner). I’ll also require contestants
to post their e-mail address with their picks so I can track down the winners
easier.
For those unfamiliar with the Beat the Blogger contest, the idea is simple.
The Blogger posts 10 matchups each week and then selects his choices for the winners
of those matchups. Contestants enter the Beat the Blogger contest by clicking on
the “Comment” section below the post with the matchups and then select their
own 10 winners. You can also designate one of your picks as a “Doubler” and
you will receive an extra point if you’re correct so don’t forget to designate your
“Doubler” pick and increase your chances of winning. If you Beat The Blogger’s
total and post the high score for the week, you win. The regular weekly
prize is an authentic signed 8-by-10 color photo of stars such as LaDainian
Tomlinson, Drew Brees, Marshall Faulk, Santonio Holmes, Gale Sayers, Catfish
Hunter and many more. From time to time, the Blogger will sweeten the pot for
the weekly contest so look for special prize packages.
This week’s matchups (with winning picks in parenthesis)
Saturday Jan. 9/Sunday, Jan. 10
NCAA Mens Basketball
Purdue at Wisconsin (Wisconsin)
Duke at Georgia Tech (Georgia Tech)
UConn at Georgetown (Georgetown)
Kansas at Tennessee (Tennessee)
NBA Basketball
Atlanta at Orlando (Orlando)
Indiana at Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City)
NFL Playoffs
NY Jets at Cincinnati (NY Jets)
Philadelphia at Dallas (Dallas)
Baltimore at New England (Baltimore)
Green Bay at Arizona (Arizona)
Tiebreaker: Total points in Green Bay/Arizona game (96)
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on January 11th, 2010 by danhitt
Every Monday morning throughout the NFL season, we selected our rookie, veteran and breakout players of the week with a run down on why collectors should take notice. For the postseason we’ll just select three standout players. Here are our picks for the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs.
Ray Rice, RB, Ravens
(159 yards rushing, [...]
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on January 11th, 2010 by White Sox Cards
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on January 11th, 2010 by White Sox Cards
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on January 11th, 2010 by chrisolds
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on January 11th, 2010 by admin
As the NFL Playoffs begin, eTopps is proud to celebrate our storied football history with a special series of cards which celebrates the company’s first NFL release in 1956. These cards will feature NFL icons from the past, as well as superior gridiron performers of the present, on our classic 1956 Topps Football design.
We will [...]
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on January 11th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Richie Ashburn hit the same fan twice with foul balls in the same at-bat on August 17, 1957.
**factoid courtesy of ‘Armchair Reader – Grand Slam Baseball’
My take – As I write this, I am not sure if that fan has incredibly good luck or incredibly bad luck. I guess it depends on how hard he/she was [...]
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on January 11th, 2010 by Dinged Corners
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on January 11th, 2010 by Scott
In baseball terminology, do you know what a “Gopher Ball” is? How about a “pea”? A “yakker”? These are all terms defined on the MLB.com site in their official baseball lingo.
There are some easily recognizable baseball terms on that page, like “whiff” or “sweet spot”, but there are few more obscure ones like those mentioned [...]
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on January 11th, 2010 by zman40
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on January 11th, 2010 by JT
It’s only January and I’ve already guzzled several pitchers (no pun intended…I swear!) of Reds Kool-Aid. And I didn’t even start drinking until yesterday when I heard the news…Aroldis Chapman, the left-handed 100-mph fireballer from Cuba, has signed with the Cincinnati Reds. I haven’t been this excited about a Reds player since Griffey came to [...]
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on January 11th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
I was able to pick up this subset for a very low price. It’s a 6-card set and it highlights some amazing accomplishments that occurred during the 1979 baseball season.
1980 Topps – ‘1979 Highlights’ – Card #4
Headline – “Pete Rose Gets Record 10th Season Of Career With 200 Or More Hits”
Text on the back – [...]
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on January 11th, 2010 by Spiff
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on January 11th, 2010 by Dan
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