2010 Tournament of Gimmicks Round 1 – Berger Region

Here they are, the long awaited Round 1 matchups from the Berger Regional.
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2)  2010 Topps Milton Bradley (Scoreboard Abe)
What’s the difference between Abraham Lincoln and the Cubs?  Lincoln’s won something since 1908.  And it’s ironic that the Cubs best chance of winning something in 2010 involves Milton Bradley, [...]

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Yup… Sully Baseball will endorse Kansas State to win big.Now let me make it perfectly clear, I can’t name a single player on the Kansas State team.I have no financial stake in them making the Final Four because I didn’t fill out a bracket this year.U…

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Card fact: In contrast to the green-light green color combo, the blue-orange combo has been one of the least-used combos so far. I believe only the tan-light blue combination has appeared fewer times.What I thought about this card then: Nothing.Wh…

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I’ll kick off the Olbermann bracket with some mid level matchups.GAME #1 2005-08 Topps Barry Bonds Home Run HistoryFresh on the heels of the Mickey Mantle Mirror Monstrosity that no one wanted, Topps decides it would be a brilliant idea to make an e…

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Remember, you are picking the WORST gimmick in each game.Ok it’s 3AM. What am I doing?! I’ll have witty write-ups and pics for this round tomorrow.Game #52) 2007 Topps Updates & Highlights #SQ1 Poley Walnutsvs15) eToppsGame #67) 2010 Upper Deck Doubl…

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Remember, you are picking the WORST gimmick in each game.Game #18) 1996 Finest (Fractured Base Sets)As if high end wasn’t expensive or difficult enough.vs9) 1998 Pacific Aurora CubesOne of many reasons why Pacific no longer makes cards.Game #21) 2008 T…

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First, for those of you that took part in my 2010 Topps Giveaway, your packageswill be sent out this week probably Monday or Tuesday. And so to complete the giveaway let’s have a contest to win my remaining 2010 Topps [pictured above…there are about …

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But two sure look great!!!

Just thinking another one of these in Florida would be lovely…….

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The National League has reached the All Star Break and there are a couple of surprises. The New York Mets faltered a bit in the first week of July but they are now in first place in the NL East by 4.5 games over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets are …

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Yesterday was the first day of spring. Too bad it was snowing. That’s how bad it’s been weather wise in Chicago.As it is, we should start doing some spring cleaning around the big Sports Card Blogroll. You know how this works: I list the sites that hav…

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The Minnesota Twins went against what team history suggests they do and came up with a eight year 184 million dollar extension for superstar catcher Joe Mauer.
The contract worth around 23 million a year is along the same lines as the 10 year 189 million dollar contract that Derek Jeter will be completing in the [...]

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I am by no means anywhere near the talent that PunkRockPaint is when it comes to original artwork.  And, to that end, the player pictured above is actually HIS design. All I did was put a tux on the guy.  For those that suffered through the T…

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Last week I finished reading another baseball book.The sad thing (well, maybe it isn’t sad) is that I started this book last year. Not in December, but last May.I’ve read a slew of other books during these past 10 or so months.The Baseball Uncyclopedi…

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It’s time for the Group Break to begin!  Here are the teams that were claimed as a final reminder (all other cards go to me since there were lots of teams that weren’t claimed):Arizona Diamondbacks – BA BennyAtlanta Braves – FlywheelsBaltimor…

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IU just had their Spring Break, meaning that I had a week off from grad classes. It started off crappy because I had to work 6 days straight, including a surprise 15.5 hour shift on Saint Patrick’s Day. But they say all’s well that ends well, and in …

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Along with Percy Harvin, I also commissioned someone to get me Jared Allen, who was also signing at the show. Eric did a great job with helping me out, and I now have a second piece to add to my collection that I absolutely love. Although the price tur…

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I am not going to claim to be an NCAA Men’s Basketball expert. I can’t name the starting 5 of a single team in the tournament.But I find the 64 team bracket to be fascinating, much like I find the US Open in Flushing and the Masters to be compelling ev…

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Enjoy Chris Padget, a “Future Star” for whom the future never arrived. The stat line on the back shows a .257 average with seven homers and 29 RBI at Rochester (in 49 games). As it turned out, that was the first of four straight trips to Rochester for …

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Hey again everyone,I’m still recruiting bloggers for my Yahoo League, which is sitting at 6 members. I have about 6 invites out and a friend is recruiting 2 people so we should have 14 members, but if you want a spot feel free to make it your own! Se…

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Grabbed Target’s last 8-pack blaster of 2010 UD Series 1 on Saturday and shot a box break. This video’s the edited version, so jumps from pack-to-pack quickly. It’s about 6 minutes long and I added some notes along the way.This blaster produced a few h…

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I think most collectors have a guilty pleasure. That set that most people find ugly as sin, but you just can’t help but love. For me, that set is 1990 Topps baseball. Generally regarded as one of Topps’ worst designs, this 792 card monster has plenty o…

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Up to bat in the 11th inning of a 2-2 game, Ron Washington did on April 20, 1980 what he did only once the year before, hit a home run. This one would be a game winner for the AAA Toledo Mud Hens.It was enough for The Toledo Blade to feature the 27-yea…

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By coincidence, I picked up a 1952 Wheaties card the day before Sports Card Info did a small article about the counterfeiting of said cards. As I mentioned to him, probably the easiest way to self-authenticate these types of cards is to give it the sniff test. Old cardboard smells old.

At any rate, I found [...]

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When building a collection, without a doubt the most important thing is preservation. In the 90′s, the “screw case” was the king of cardboard preservation. In the year 2010, the Magnet Case has laid claim to the throne. At first the magnet case is a scary proposition, but  it’s offers the best presentation and preservation [...]

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This is the second of three boxes that I treated myself to for a recent birthday last week (I’ll try and post the results from the third box later this week). Just a warning: since I turned 23, a number made famous by Michael Jordan, I have no choice b…

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Our phriends at Phungo brought some cheer to an otherwise grind of a week! I received some great cards in the mail this week:- Emmitt Smith: UD Icons- Keith Hernandez:UD PastTime- Phungo Original Cards (Big Apple, John Maine, Johan Santana, Carlos Delg…

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One of our former trading partners, John, sent us an email saying he had some cards for us from our 2010 Topps list. He also said he had a nice Mavs card and wanted to know if I was interested. Yes, of course, I said. All we had to do was sent some 201…

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I decided it was time to set a new goal for my collections. As most of you may know, I am a player collector first, and a team collector second, so I have decided to set a goal for one of my more under-appreciated player collections, that being my Roger Maris PC. Being as popular [...]

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According to this post from Yakyu Baka, there will be baseball cards distributed with cans of Georgia Coffee this season. From what the post says, two cards will be handed to you when you buy the cans at convenience stores. There are 60 cards in the …

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When word got out that the Tournament of Gimmicks was about to unfold, I contacted the White House to see if the President would be interested in filling out a bracket much like he does with the March Madness tourney every year.
I was amazed when they said yes.
Fresh off the disappointment of a Kansas loss, [...]

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