Chad Gaudin

Chad Gaudin was cut by the Yankees four days ago now he’s back on the A’s. I was a little surprised when the A’s let him go a couple years back. Now he’s an Athletic again.Michael Wuertz has to have a MRI tomorrow. Some other A’s pitchers are having ac…

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SPOILER ALERT!!!|||Well that was unexpected. I can’t help but be a little mad at Darryl for throwing himself under the bus like that in the spirit of being a team player. BS. Darryl just didn’t want to be there anymore and he found a way out. Darryl is…

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This episode is a challenge to you.We are sick and tired of offering FREE* baseball cards, and having only some of them requested. We DARE you to request them all. There are only 12 cards in a pack of Topps 2010, that means we need 24 cards requested…

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Card fact: It has been a whopping 74 cards since the last “light blue-green” color combo card was featured. By the way, I’ve got to start referring to these color combinations by their given names. I will refer to this as the “day baseball” combination…

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Three days after being released by the NY Yankees Chad Gaudin has agreed to undisclosed terms with the Oakland Athletics. Gaudin had hoped to win the 5th starter role with the Bombers after filling in effectively in that during the second half of 2009 .
This spring he was 0-3 with an ERA of 8.68. Gaudin [...]

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“What? Yeah, sure, I’m Matt Williams. Just take the picture!”

Such was the scene shortly before the REAL Matthew Derrick Williams came storming onto the field to dive, catch the impostor bare-handed by the neck and fire him clear across the infield into the visitors dugout.

Perhaps a somewhat ignominious starting point for my Matt Williams collection, but the only one which demands that I

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All scores are final, winners are in bold.  Thanks to all of you who came and voted.

1) 2008/09 Upper Deck Yankee Stadium Legacy – 32
8 ) 2008 Bowman Chrome #155 Kosuke Fukudome No AU – 7
Another blowout for the Yankee Stadium Legacy gimmick.   It’s almost been unfair to the competition.

4) 2007-08 Topps Moments and Milestones [...]

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74 people voted. Thank you all! That is one vote shy of me giving away cards to 6 different winners, but I am feeling generous, so there will be 6 winners when I draw the names on Tuesday. 89 different people voted for the greatest right fielder of all…

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Due to lack of evidence on my behalf I decided to remove my previous post entitled Ultimate Hyperinflation. I don’t think it is in the best interest of this blog, or It’s readers to single out Upper Deck , and make accusations without first properly investigating the situation. So therefore I’m going to do the [...]

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Three out of four left in this region are from 2008. That was the Golden Age of Gimmickry.Game #11) 2008 Topps #661 Johan Santana “No-Hitter”I hereby give each and every one of you permission to print out this image, glue it to the back of a 2008 Upda…

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In 1974, Topps celebrated the newly crowned Home Run Champion by starting off its baseball card set with 6 “Hank Aaron Special” cards. Card #1 commemorated his record-breaking feat and included Hank’s career stats on the back. Cards #2 through #6 featu…

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Today’s Nitty Gritty Card of the Day comes from the 1966 Topps set, it is card #74 of left-handed pitcher Don Mossi. I love players with nicknames and Mossi had 2, actually he had a few more, but some are less nice than others… Mossi was known as the…

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Sorry folks, but unfortuneitly I will not be able to post anything this whole week. Me and some of my friends will be heading out to Arizona to watch the Cubs’ last week of spring training and I don’t think that i’ll be able to have enough time to write much, if any.
I will do [...]

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Results courtesy Jeffrey Wolfe who is actually paying attention unlike my slack azz. 1) 2008 Topps #661 Johan Santana “No-Hitter” 34 votes (52%)8) 2005-08 Topps Barry Bonds Home Run History 31 votes (47%)2) 2008 Upper Deck Documentary 36 votes (56%)…

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And also to vote in the poll… It is a tight race between Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Roberto Clemente right now… When the poll is closed, the contest will be as well. I will randomize the entrants on Tuesday night. Stay tuned. Go Rays! troll out.

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A rookie trying to make the big club in 1990, Ray Lankford found himself just trying to show he fit in, he told The Orlando Sentinel earlier this month.”When you’re a young man, your main objective was to come in and prove that you belong here, make th…

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Now that the 2009 Football Card Season has officially come to a close, it’s officially time to give out the award to the card of the year. Although the Saints won the Super Bowl, by far the most captivating story of the 2009 NFL season belonged to Brett Favre.
Due to Favre’s late signing with Vikings, [...]

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#22 Mike LockwoodHere is another Royal Rookies from the binder of Paul, of Paul’s Random Stuff. This one features former A’s and Red Sox farmhand, Mike Lockwood.Mike was drafted by the A’s out of Ohio State in the 23rd round of the 1999 draft. Looking …

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The back of Bill Lee’s 1976 card looks cool with three years in a row of 17 wins. That was pretty much the peak of Lee’s career. He had a couple more good years, but not in a run like 1973-1975.Bill Lee was drafted out of the University of Southern Cal…

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I know that in a previous post, I trashed the Commemorative Patches as pieces of contrived crap. But that was because the one I pulled was a Yankee. Does this make me a hypocrite?Or perhaps, just well grounded…I received this card from Chris over a…

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I don’t have anything in particular to say for this post. Yet, something compels me to write anyway.In situations such as these, I often go to my folder of scans and pull out those neglected cards that were either part of a half-written post …

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Once again, please check here for info on the group break. For those bloggers who have signed up, if you’d drop a mention on your blog that’s be awesome! Props to JC, who’s been awesome supporting SMG and me in all of this!

First, I’m running a bit be…

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Hey guys, Drew back here. Yesterday I had my friend stay over so I was kinda busy, so I have a little catching up to do. I have stacks of cards waiting to be posted, and one awesome TTM success. We’ll start with the biggest stack, from Justin of Is Thi…

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2009-10 Upper Deck #201 John Tavares Young Guns RC (BV=$100)
Raw: $48.89, $41.98, $51.15, $40, $47, $60, $42, $41.99, $49.91, $40, $45, $46, $48.01, $45, $50, $49, $58.01, $56, $46.06
Graded: $77.50 (BGS 9.5), $98.77 (BGS 9.5), $44.57 (BGS 9), $119.08 (BGS 9.5), $127.50 (PSA 10), $99 (BGS 9.5), $90 (PSA 10), $66 (BGS 9.5)2009-10 SPx #180 [...]

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Milestones To Look Forward To During The 2010 Major League Baseball Season
With the start of the 2010 major league baseball season just 1 week away, I thought it would be fun to look ahead and see what possible baseball milestones we may witness over the course of the season.
And while 2010 won’t produce any new [...]

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I’ve just discovered that Hulu has some great vintage films. Below is a 1974 television drama about Roy Campanella adjusting to life with a wheelchair after his 1959 car accident.

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There really isn’t anything special about the videos below, except for the fact that the Dodgers are mixed in. Video Link:Doubling down on the bet.Video Link:Losing the series.Video Link:

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The Date: October 25, 1987The Place: The MetrodomeThe Showdown: Game 7 of the World Series, Steve Lake, Cardinals catcher, versus the Twins Don BaylorDon Baylor comes to the plate in the bottom of the second inning with the Cardinals leading 2-0. Joe M…

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Here is fun press photo found on eBay of Ron Fairly and Al Ferrara. “Ron Fairly, the hitting hero of the Dodger victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, 9/26, is given a Mexican-Style bear hug by teammate Al Ferrara in the dressing room after the game. …

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To begin the season the Rays will probably go with the following line-up 1-5. Bartlett will lead off, Crawford will hit 2nd, Ben Zobrist will bat 3rd, Evan Longoria will hit clean-up and Carlos Pena will bat 5th. That seemed like a good segue to introd…

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Found Here. Still good teams available. Its not my break, but these guys are A-Ok in my book.

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I’ve been meaning to post these for months now…in December I got to go to the Chiefs/Bills game and took a couple of videos highlighting the experience. First we have this video of the Chiefs trying to score a touchdown on 4th down at about the four …

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A helpful hint for companies who may be producing oddball baseball cards: yes, MLB licensing is all well and good. But if you wish to be taken seriously, it would be lovely if you proofread the cards a couple extra times. You know, just to make sure th…

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Who is this player?Bill Robinson, utility player, Pittsburgh PiratesBy the time that this card was making the rounds during the summer of 1980, the 37-year old Bill Robinson had slipped into a part-time role with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Splitting time …

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