Josh Hamilton sidelined again

Josh Hamilton is quickly getting the reputation of being fragile. After missing significant time last season he has already missed  time because of a bruised shoulder and a his left hand was bruised after being hit by a pitch on Monday( x-rays were negative)
Now it seems that Hamilton has gone to see an endodontist after [...]

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Pittsburgh had the day off in today’s spring training matchups, so Andrew McCutchen could deal with his heart-breaking one vote loss off the field and not be distracted for tomorrow.
Round 2 will see the cards seeded based on votes, and we have a bonus entry that I scanned and forgot to include. He’ll [...]

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Life’s been CRAZY for the past little bit and it’s going to continue for the next few days. My apologies to those waiting to hear from me regarding trades and such. I won’t be around the cards until probably Saturday morning. I might get a chance to po…

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2009 Donruss Elite Extra Edition [$4.99 x 5] – looking for something different than retail and randomly picked up five packs of this draft pick product.There are ‘traditional collectors’ who only touch MLB/MLBPA licensed cards and turn their noses at d…

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Just to get this out of the way, don’t forget about the contest. Deadline is Thursday morning prior to the tipoff of the first game.I’ve been saving these up for awhile, but here’s an example of another set that has grabbed me and basically forced me …

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Card fact: This is Cliff Johnson’s rookie card.What I thought about this card then: Never saw it.What I think about this card now: Hoo-boy. Not a lot. The photo is pretty much identical to Johnson’s 1976 Topps card, which was one of the very first doub…

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Topps fairly takes a lot of abuse for their redemption card process.  They take far too long and give way too little information about the cards both as you wait and when they are shipped.  Topps’ customer service department on the other ha…

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Did some shopping at the old card shop today, yup sat there and went threw allot of 300 and 500 hundren count boxes and found all these gem you see in the pictures…… Let me know if you like!!

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With Torii Hunter’s comments igniting a firestorm with baseball fans, it maybe good timing to watch a baseball movie like Sugar – it sheds some insight to the systematic development of potential talent from the Dominican Republic and humanizes those br…

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For those of you that recall, a few weeks ago I wrote a post saying that I needed to makes trades fast in order to clear cards out to make room for storage as we are re-doing our man-cave. Well, the time has come to post another one of these trade bait things. Please go [...]

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First off all let me say sorry for those of you who have waited for packages from me……I’ve fallen behine and its noone fault but my own. But i haven’t forgotten anyone i owe packages too….. Tomorrow i have packages going out to the following people……Mike Pelfrey Collectibles,Cardboard Junkie,Waxaholic,ALL TRIBE BASEBALL,30-year old Cardboard,The Collective Troll and [...]

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The Rangers have named their all-decade team for the 2000-09 decade. A panel made up of media, club officials and former players made the selections.Not surprisingly, Johnny Oates was named as the manager. Oates, shown here on card 343 of the 2001 Topp…

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Today’s entry about my collection of 1967 Topps Autographed Baseball cards is a player probably more known for an off the field incident than his playing days. It is Phil Linz, infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies. Card number 14 in the 1967 Topps B…

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As a child, life’s greatest concepts are a mystery. They must be unraveled bit by bit until the full realization hits you like a line drive to the chest.That’s the way it was for me with George Scott and the concept of the Home Run.I knew who George Sc…

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Mike from Montana and I have an interesting trading system worked out. He sends me a box of random stuff and a pile of wantlists, I pick out what I want/need and I send him back the rest along with stuff from his lists. I’m already way behind on postin…

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Sometimes, I poke around eBay long enough that I come across something I had never seen and will probably never see again.  This is the case with this 1958 Zorro pack!  The wrapper is actually PAPER and not even wax covered.  And, it SME…

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Here’s the first of hopefully several long overdue trade posts! This one finished up about 2 weeks ago. Chris over at Budget Baseball Cardboarding offered up some cards on my needs lists and some Ichiros for a couple of Longorias he spotted on my blog….

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Along with the cheese & bling I posted about yesterday, I picked up several other basketball and football favorites. First up is this 09 Prestige Old School Mark Aguirre. Besides Dirk, Mark is my other all-time favorite Mav, but he doesn’t have a l…

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A quick trade with Scott at Hand Collated in a trade that really lives up to the name.Everyone was so quick to help out Thorzul in his quest to complete the Topps base set without the benefit of buying one card, (how exactly did that work???!!!) I was …

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Looks like Konami has a rival in the collectible baseball card game business – Bandai is releasing a set called Owners League. I think it’s a 240 card set (which probably means 20 cards per team). I can’t find anything “official” from Bandai, just wh…

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Chone Figgins and Ichiro look to gel during spring training and form a top of the lineup duo, to ignite the Seattle Mariners – on paper, the Seattle Mariners look to be at the top of the American League West. However, I don’t think they are a finished …

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Veteran Cardboard Rankings (VCR): March Part 1
The goal of the VCR (Veteran Cardboard Rankings) is to the Bi-Weekly (twice a month)counterpart to our RCR (Rookie Cardboard Rankings). We feel that creating a list for rookies and one for veterans offers a far greater degree of accuracy than a combined list. The VCR is composed of [...]

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There are a lot of things that I would do if I were independently wealthy and had all of the free time in the world. For one, I would play a lot more Strat-O-Matic baseball.If you’re reading this blog, there’s a fair chance that you know what I’m…

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I get that Photoshopping is kind of difficult. I’m not particularly good at it. BUT when you’re job is to photoshop things, you probably should get a couple of things right AND be a baseball fans especially if you’re photoshopping baseball cards. Just …

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Don Vesling would eventually become a Detroit Tigers farmhand, pitching for six seasons, trying to put the ball where he wanted it, past batters. But on Sept. 20, 1986, Vesling was putting another ball where he wanted it – through the uprights.Then a j…

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You may have noticed a rather lengthy poll on the sidebar… Here is the explanation for it. I have officially narrowed down my list of potential candidates for my next all-inclusive player collection. I just haven’t narrowed it down very much and I …

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OK, BBM posted information to their website yesterday regarding the three sets that I had seen listed on Target’s Japanese website.- The Tokyo Big Six Spring Version set has indeed dropped in size from 60 cards to 36 (plus an insert) this season. So f…

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Could there be a “National Night at Camden Yards?”Last fall I blogged wrote about a National Meet-up on the National Facebook group page. Recently, the discussion thread has picked-up speed and now there is talk of a “National Night” at Camden Yards on…

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Let’s continue the time warp to 1993. Remember how exciting it was to get cards of expansion team players in packs at that time? I used to have dedicated pages in my binder to Rockies and Marlins cards. It was a novelty that I just couldn’t get enough …

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#196 Mark SweeneyHere is my last Leaf Signature Series card for the time being. I was able to pick this one up for a mere seventy-five cents. I was more than willing to fork over three quarters for an autograph of the second best pinch hitter ever.Ma…

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As we await the upcoming baseball season, here are a couple sites to help pass the time. Offy is presenting 4 contests for your entering pleasure!Tristar ContestContest #1Contest # 2Contest # 3Contest # 4Also, Nachos Grande is doing a 3-box group break…

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With the release of football draft pick cards less than a month away and actual NFL cards following just a few weeks later, it’s definitely not too early to start thinking about what rookies will be atop collectors’ wish lists when they start busting packs in 2010. Truthfully, some people (Rams fans?) have probably already been looking [...]

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Over 1,200 cards are about to be ripped, sorted, and mailed out to Group Break participants.  You can be part of the experience for a mere $8.00 (or $6.00 if you have some cards off my want list).  For full details, check out this post.There …

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Where did all the fun baseball sets go?I don’t know, but looking back 2008 was a pretty good year for small fun sets, especially at Upper Deck. While I am not a “fan” of Upper Deck’s base sets, I really enjoyed three of the sets that were released in …

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