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The God Of Batting

on March 23rd, 2010 by NPB Card Guy

Today is Tetsuharu Kawakami’s 90th birthday. Kawakami was a star for the Giants from 1938 until 1958, missing a couple seasons due to service in the military during World War II. He was manager of the Giants from 1961 to 1974, winning 11 Nippon Serie…

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Philly Card Show Report – 2010 03 13 – Vintage Hall of Famers

on March 23rd, 2010 by deal

For a previous post on the March 2010 Philly Show featuring Vintage Phils Cards click here.Today I am featuring HOF cards that I picked up. 1964 Topps #29 Lou Brock 1962 Topps #475 Whitey Ford All StarCool to find a Lou Brock card from before he was…

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Card Show Weekend and Twitter

on March 23rd, 2010 by JRJ

I’m packing my bags and heading the spring CSA Show this weekend.I’m looking for some more 1962 Topps and getting autographs from some classic Dallas Cowboys players/coaches.I should get there in time Friday to pick up my tickets and take a free sneak …

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An EJ from Adam E

on March 23rd, 2010 by Collective Troll

I root for Elliot Johnson to make the Rays out of spring training every year… He batted .400+ in 2008 during the spring, .300+ last year. This year he is batting .250 in 18 games which tells me he is ready for the big leagues! I don’t like posting …

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A real, live card from the Million Card Giveaway

on March 23rd, 2010 by night owl

No, I did not receive my redeemed cards in the mail. But I did put in an order to have some of them shipped. I’m waiting to see how long it takes for the carrier pigeon to show up.What the title refers to is the very card you see here. It is the f…

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Delivery Time! Huge Box ‘o Reds from Tim at GSNHoF

on March 23rd, 2010 by FanOfReds

Another day, another package of cards!  The latest is a big box chock full of Reds courtesy of Tim over at Great Sports Name Hall of Fame.  I’m pretty sure Tim sent thes box to me out of the blue – I don’t have any recent records of any trade…

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The White Sox, In Order

on March 23rd, 2010 by White Sox Cards

I’m a big believer in trading. It’s the best way to gain cards your looking for (or cards that you didn’t know that you needed). It’s also the best way to get rid of cards that you don’t want, but others need. The perfect solution!This trade comes from…

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What To Do When One Of Your Favorites Now Suits Up For ‘The Enemy’…

on March 23rd, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

What To Do When One Of Your Favorites Now Suits Up For ‘The Enemy’…
Ok, so here is the deal.  It’s not news any longer, but Roy Halladay is now the ace of the Philadelphia Phillies pitching staff.
But for me, a die-hard Florida Marlins fan, I am at a critical impasse.  You see, Roy Halladay is [...]

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Michael Wuertz

on March 23rd, 2010 by tastelikedirt

Michael Wuertz, a relief pitcher, was drafted by the Cubs in the 11th round of the ’97 draft. He made his MLB debut April 5th 2004. He was traded to the A’s in February of 2009 for Richie Robnett and Justin Sellers. He did great for the A’s in 2009. Hi…

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2010 Topps Finest Baseball: What’d they pull at The Rip Party?

on March 23rd, 2010 by chrisolds

The Rip Master and crew are back for another season of Topps baseball cards and The Rip Party action isn’t stopping. What will they find inside their boxes of 2010 Topps Finest Baseball? Watch and find out …

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I’d like to thank Minnesota now for letting the Yankees afford Joe Mauer

on March 23rd, 2010 by Sooz

Joe Mauer recently signed a contract reportedly worth $184 million through 2018. It’s the richest contact in history for a catcher.Mauer is a great catcher and I loved watching the story about him on the MLB Network after he won the AL MVP last season….

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1971 Topps Baseball Tattoos #5, Al Kaline

on March 23rd, 2010 by Matthew Glidden

Among the world’s many schoolyard antics, spit-and-stick tattoos seemed so cool as a youngster. They made you instantly 10 years older, stayed in place for upwards of an hour or so, and used backwards text that reminded me of secret ciphers a…

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Some Recent Mailbox Love

on March 23rd, 2010 by Drew

Hey guys, Drew back here. I am starting to fall a little behind but I’m in decent shape right now. By the way, I got an RTS from Phil Coke yesterday, wrong address, my bad. I’ll try him again during the season. Anyway, got 3 packages to share with you,…

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Spring Training Autographs-Pirates-Twins Edition

on March 23rd, 2010 by Ryan aka Orioles Magic

Before heading south to watch the Orioles in Sarasota, I caught a Pirates-Twins game in Bradenton. McKechnie Field is one of my favorite Spring Training sites and is a very cool little ballpark. I highly suggest you check it out if you are ever headi…

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I got the job!

on March 23rd, 2010 by gobigpelf34

Just a quick post saying that I am now a Member of the 2010 Mets promotions staff!

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Thorzul will trade

on March 23rd, 2010 by handcollated

I know you are all busy voting in both sets of Round 1 games in the Berger region of the Tournament of Gimmicks, but I don’t want you to get bored with nothing new while you do so. So keep voting, and I’ll keep the new content coming, okay? Who am I kidding, [...]

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1952 Willie Mays Topps #261

on March 23rd, 2010 by The Golden Age of Baseball Cards

Willie Mays broke onto the scene in 1951. His card from the following year is a classic.

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Another Auto From the Wicked Vault

on March 23rd, 2010 by Collective Troll

Here is 1 more card from the Wicked Vault. It is of my favorite Rays player, shortstop Jason Bartlett. JB hasn’t had too many autographed issues since joining the Rays, but when he was a future star with the Twinkies he had a ton. I think this is the…

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2010 Topps Finest is Out!

on March 23rd, 2010 by Drew

Hey guys, just discovered that 2010 Topps Finest has found it’s way on to the bay today! You can check them out here! Here are a few examples:Image not availablSee Ya!UPDATE*First Break link here courtesy of chri5784

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Upper Deck To Award Card Collector’s Online Efforts

on March 23rd, 2010 by Brett Lewis

Upper Deck Press Release:
Upper Deck Unveils New Social Media Awards Aimed at Recognizing Online Efforts
Upper Deck is looking to spotlight the best online trading card communities, most influential bloggers and favorite video box-breakers.
Carlsbad, CA (March 22, 2009) – The hobby of card-collecting has spread to the internet in almost a viral mode and Upper Deck wants [...]

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2008 Upper Deck SP Authentic Baseball Box Break

on March 23rd, 2010 by beardy

I want to start by saying that I have never really been a fan of this product, or most Upper Deck releases in general. That’s not to say that Upper Deck doesn’t put out come great sets, and beautiful looking cards, it’s just that SP Authentic, along with SPx, have never really “done it for [...]

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#261 Dave Chalk

on March 23rd, 2010 by Dean Family

Who is this player?Dave Chalk, utility, Oakland AthleticsShortly before the 1980 season was to begin, Dave Chalk signed a free agent contract to become a member of the Kansas City Royals. The righthanded hitting Chalk appeared in 69 games, primarily at…

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1976 Topps #391 – Jerry Hairston

on March 23rd, 2010 by MattR

Jerry Hairston’s family has had several major league players. As the card says, Jerry’s father was a catcher for the Chicago White Sox in 1951 and his brother Johnny was a catcher for the Cubs in 1969. Two of Jerry’s sons (Jerry  Jr. and Scott) ha…

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Score Board’s COA Is No Better Than NSA’s

on March 23rd, 2010 by rosschrisman2003

Its 2:00 in the morning.  You just got home from a long night of bad decision making.  Whats the next thing you should do?  Thats right, turn on Shop at Home and see what crap the people at The Score Board, Inc are selling.
Take a look at this piece of junk made by The Score [...]

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Masterpieces Case Break

on March 23rd, 2010 by stusigpi

Cards have been mailed. I’ll be, hopefully doing a baseball and a football masterpieces group break in May or June. I keep getting comments and emails that people are interested, guess I will find out.

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Carlos Garcia, Working on Next – 761

on March 23rd, 2010 by Steve78

Fresh off a full rookie year that saw him hit 12 home runs and hit .269, some saw great things ahead for Pirate Carlos Garcia.In spring 1994, one writer even asked whether Garcia was the next great Pirate second basemen.”Sometimes I think that I don’t …

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1997-98 Donruss Priority Hockey

on March 23rd, 2010 by dogfacedgremlin

Back in 1997, this was one set that never really jumped out at me and therefore I really didn’t have anything from it.  It still gets one of those junk wax labels but I kind of like these cards.  The white-border is appealing considering most…

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Trade with Thoughts and Sox!

on March 23rd, 2010 by Field of Cards

Adam over at Thoughts and Sox contacted me about a possible trade.  He has a highly organized need list so it made things easy on my end.In return for some Red Sox cards he sent me a 300 card box packed full of mostly Orioles.  It was a great…

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How Not To Do A Cut Auto, Volume 1,000,000

on March 23rd, 2010 by Gellman

Topps has a record of doing terrible things to cut auto cards, and in all honesty, they arent even the only one to do it industry wide. Either way, this card was brought to my attention, mainly because of how terrible the card looks. As usual, Topps di…

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The Top Five Best Things About This Particular Baseball Card.

on March 23rd, 2010 by Dinged Corners

And here’s the back:#5) It’s one in a series of All Topps Backs that completely ignore what the player on the front looks like in the cartoon on the back. Yet the cartoon on the back kind of rocks.#4) The text on the back capitalizes the word…

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Beat the Blogger Matchups

on March 23rd, 2010 by Tuff Stuff

The final week of the NCAA regular season proved to be too much for most of last week’s Beat the Blogger contestants but Brandon
Pierce
had no problem steering clear of the many upsets. Pierce posted a score
of 8 to beat the Blogger’s total of 7 and defeat the rest of the field to win the
prize.


(Blogger’s note: Due to a much-needed and long-overdue vacation, there will be no
Beat the Blogger contest next week. Enjoy the NCAA Tournament action and we’ll jump
back into the contest on March 24.)

This week’s matchups and the Blogger picks are posted below so be sure you check back
and get your picks posted before the start of the first game on Saturday.



Copy and paste our link and send it to your friends on Facebook, Twitter and
anywhere else so they can be a part of the action and we can boost our total list
of contestants, http://blog.tuffstuff.com/7thinning/

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 so check to see how you fared against
the field.

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 bcontest.jpge
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 Blogger’s picks in parenthesis
Saturday & Sunday, March 26, 27 & 28
NCAA Mens Basketball

Purdue at Duke (Duke)
Tennessee at Ohio St (Tennessee)
Northern Iowa at Michigan State (Michigan State)(Doubler)
Saint Marys at Baylor (Baylor)
NBA

Portland at New Orleans (Portland)
LA Lakers at Houston (LA)
Chicago at Detroit (Chicago)
Golden St at LA Clippers (Golden St)
San Antonio at Boston (San Antonio)
Toronto at Miami (Miami)

Tiebreaker: Total points in Miami/Toronto game (195)

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Beat the Blogger Results

on March 23rd, 2010 by Tuff Stuff

While several contestants were outstanding during the week of March 12-13 matchups, Peter posted
a perfect cards and hit the tiebreaker right on the nose to take the prize in the Beat
the Blogger
contest.

This week’s matchups and the Blogger picks are posted below so be sure you check back
and get your picks posted before the start of the first game on Friday.



Copy and paste our link and send it to your friends on Facebook, Twitter and
anywhere else so they can be a part of the action and we can boost our total list
of contestants, http://blog.tuffstuff.com/7thinning/

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 so check to see how you fared against
the field.

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 bcontest.jpge
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.


Last week’s results
with Blogger’s picks in parenthesis
Saturday & Sunday, March 12 & 13
NBA Basketball

Detroit at Atlanta (Atlanta)
Denver at Memphis (Denver)
Toronto at Golden State (Golden State)
Indiana at Milwaukee (Milwaukee)
Boston at Cleveland (Cleveland)
Utah at Oklahoma City (Oklahoma State)
NHL

Washington at Chicago (Wahington)
Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay (Pittsburgh)
St. Louis at Minnesota (Minnesota)
Calgary at Vancouver (Vancouver)


Tiebreaker: Total goals in Calgary/Vancouver game (4)

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2010 Topps Finest Baseball Rip Party

on March 23rd, 2010 by The Cardboard Connection

The official 2010 Topps Finest Baseball Rip Party yields some hot prospect autographs for the lucky participants.

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‘On The Road With psugator02′ – March 21, 2010

on March 23rd, 2010 by 30-Year Old Cardboard

10:45 a.m.-1 p.m.
Doral Golf Resort & Spa
2010 Canon Florida Classic
to benefit Nat Moore Foundation
Knew that NFL HOFer Bobby Bell and MLB HOFer Rollie Fingers would be there. And I need Bell on a few GLACs and Fingers on a book. Also had heard that George Bell, who won the 1987 MVP while playing for the Toronto Blue [...]

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2001 Fleer Triple Crown, Greg LaRocca

on March 23rd, 2010 by zman40

#289 Greg LaRoccaHere is the first Padrograph of 2001. This one features Greg LaRocca, who has 39 games of Major League experience with the Padres and Indians. In 88 big league at-bats, Greg hit .261 with no homers, 6 doubles, and 6 RBI. 2003 was his l…

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