on February 25th, 2010 by lonestarr
Yep, and I think I’ve about got a return package ready for this one finally. It comes to me from Baseball Card Stuff, and it is awesome as can be, so let’s get right into it and check out the majority of what was sent!
Why does Opening Day get so much crap for being the [...]
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on February 25th, 2010 by chrisolds
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on February 25th, 2010 by toppcat
I was working on what I thought would be a pretty quick update to my 1952 high numbers post, which has now turned into a seven course meal that will be taking its sweet time to write itself and so was suddenly in need of something to blog about to end …
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on February 25th, 2010 by chrisolds
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on February 25th, 2010 by admin
2009-10 Upper Deck Be A Player BAP Signature Hockey is scheduled to release on 11 May and will cost about $90 per hobby box. Each box will contain eight packs with five cards per pack. Collectors can expect eight autographs and one rookie or rookie redemption card per box. Get the best prices on 2009-10 [...]
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on February 25th, 2010 by Scott Mortimer
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on February 25th, 2010 by Jeffrey Wolfe
Made a trade with Chris from Nachos Grande and got a bunch of Heritage high numbers I needed. Thanks Chris! You can view my half of the trade here.Here’s my want list for 2009 Topps Heritage High Number Series:505,507,513,515,516,518,525,528,531,537,…
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on February 25th, 2010 by admin
2010 Ace Authentic Hidden Treasures Series 2 Tennis releases on 5 Mar and will cost about $40 per box. Collectors will get one autographed ball per box.
HIDDEN SIGNATURES II
- 15 Tennis Autographs and 1 Celebrity Autograph per Case*
- Only 100 Cases Available (400 Balls Fewer than Last Year’s Sold Out Version)
- Look for Roger Federer [...]
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on February 25th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Ron Santo And His Glorious 1961 Topps Rookie Card!!!
I’ve drooled over this card way before I declared myself as a Ron Santo player collector.
I have always enjoyed the 1961 set and its basic design. The Santo card offers us a nice, large photo with Wrigley Field and the visiting team’s dugout in the background.
And then [...]
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on February 25th, 2010 by chrisolds
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UFC’s President Dana White just announced via Twitter that Topps has randomly inserted 10 special cards in its most recent release that will win one lucky fight fan the opportunity to sit side-by-side with the UFC Boss!
The first collector to pull this special triple autographed card featuring Dana White, Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz [...]
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on February 25th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Ron Santo – From The Field To The Booth
After an incredible 15-year baseball career, Ron Santo retired from the sport he loved as a kid and played professionally as an adult.
After retiring, he kept busy with other business ventures in and around the Chicago-land area.
And in 1990, the Cubs came calling. This time they wanted him [...]
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on February 25th, 2010 by SpastikMooss
Lately I had actually grown a little bit grumpy with my mailbox. I make myself a little excel list of cards I’m expecting, whether they’re coming from trades, purchases, random emails, or wherever. But with taxes and school and everything being busy,…
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on February 25th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Ron Santo And That Damn Black Cat…
I don’t believe in hexes or hoaxes or jinxes. But if you ask any of the players on the 1969 Cubs or Ron Santo about the night that a black cat crossed his path as he stood in the on-deck circle and you may get a different reaction.
What resulted next was one of [...]
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on February 25th, 2010 by Newspaperman
For a company whose reputation was initially built on the success of its bubblegum, Topps really has failed to build on its empire in recent years, especially as it pertains to its candy inserted in Topps Heritage products.
I’ve already written my review of the Topps Heritage baseball card set (LINK), but I did not mention [...]
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on February 25th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Ron Santo’s Jersey Waves High Above Wrigley Field
On September 28, 2003, the Chicago Cubs retired Ron Santo’s #10. He was the third player in Cubs’ history to receive that honor – behind Ernie Banks and Billy Williams. Since then, Ryne Sandberg, Fergie Jenkins, and Greg Maddux have all had their jerseys retired by the Cubs [...]
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on February 25th, 2010 by Newspaperman
Damnit.
Damnit. Damnit. Damnit.
Every February I say these very words to myself because Topps really knows what they are doing. Just when baseball fans are craving the sport the most, the New York company releases its second product of the year, Topps Heritage, and sends the market into a frenzy. The set is always enticing to [...]
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on February 25th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Ron Santo Has A Beautiful Signature!!
Penmanship counts. In elementary school we were graded on our ability to write clearly. And while we all would/could do well if we took our time, being rushed and sloppy is not going to help your cause.
It really looks like Ron Santo takes time with each signature he provides. Personally, [...]
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on February 25th, 2010 by GrandSlam
Willie Kamm was born in San Francisco in 1900, the son of German immigrants. He grew up playing the game in the streets, a game that his parents never truly understood, even as Kamm became a major league player. A skinny kid with a good glove, Kamm sig…
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on February 25th, 2010 by T.S.
With all the talk about forgiveness that hovers around the sports world
and its real-world counterpart of politics, it seemed like a good time to revisit
the one guy that been most visibly left out of that circle for nearly 100 years: Joe
Jackson.
Imagine that. More than a half century after his death, we still can’t
bring ourselves around to cutting Shoeless Joe a bit of slack for whatever his misdeed
entailed a full 91 years ago.
So while we ponder what do make of a dozen or more All-Star ballplayers
from the steroid era – and 100 or so others whose names on a certain list have somehow
miraculously avoided the light of day – we seemingly ignore a guy whose guilty role
in the taint surrounding the 1919 World Series has never been all that clear cut.
Eventually the Hall of Fame is going to have to come to terms with the
distorted statistics from a decade-plus of pharmacologically enhanced batting skills,
so here’s hoping that whenever that happens, there might be an attendant push to revisit
Jackson’s alleged malfeasance.
This all comes up because I am working on a feature story about Shoeless
Joe for this week’s issue (March 19) of Sports Collectors Digest, plus he’s
also in the news a bit these days thanks to Upper Deck. The Carlsbad, Calif.-based
company will make cards of the baseball great, starting with its 2010 regular-issue
product that also includes pasteboards of Pete Rose and Sarah Palin. Don’t ask.
Personally, I think the continued condemnation of Jackson’s hotly debated
role in the 1919 World Series is nothing short of silly. I would call it malicious,
except that Jackson’s been gone for so long that seems like a stretch. Still, I have
no doubt there are descendants of the great ballplayer who would like see his rightful
place in baseball history reconfigured a bit to account for the ambiguity surrounding
the admittedly sordid maneuvering in 1919.
The only remotely rational explanation I can see for continuing Jackson’s
“Permanently Ineligible” MLB status is for deterrence, and I think that would be a
bit of overkill. A lifetime ban plus 50 years would likely be sufficiently scary to
any ballplayers coming up today to keep them from being seduced by gambling interests.
And just to keep it all in perspective, who exactly is the preeminent
gambling proponent in 21st century America? Why, that would be 39 or so of our beloved
states, all promoting the various games of chance as a means of shoring up sagging
state revenues.
We ought to re-examine Joe’s situation for no other reason than to avoid
having our collective brains explode from the mind-numbing hypocrisy of having such
finely honed moral outrage about activities so ardently embraced by our elected officials.
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on February 25th, 2010 by JRJ
Is an autographed photo of Rudy Giuliani, standing by the smoldering ashes of the World Trade Center a bit too much?I like Rudy and admired his leadership during the 9/11 tragedy, but autographing pictures of himself standing near the rubble while resc…
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on February 25th, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard
Ron Santo Was A 9-Time All-Star
While Ron Santo played in the shadow of both Ernie Banks and Billy Williams during phases of his career, he still earned the respect around the league of being the game’s premier third baseman. An incredible defender with a powerful bat, Santo’s skill set was not matched by many.
9 All-star appearances in 15 years is a [...]
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