90 wins and missing the playoffs in the Wild Card era

Since baseball adopted the Wild Card format and sent 8 teams instead of 4 to the post season each year, 90 wins has been a pretty safe goal to play in October.Gone are the days where the 1993 Giants could win 103 ballgames and be playing golf in Octobe…

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Jacques Plante, one of the greatest goalies to ever strap on the pads, played 18 years and 837 games in the NHL. The last 8 of those games with the Boston Bruins at the end of the ’72/73 season.Neither OPC nor Topps decided to make a card of Jacques in…

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By Nick Cepero aka AutoCentral

Image that in one day your life changes and you get the card you can only dream of or wish for. That is a collector’s dream and it was mine. It really doesn’t matter how much the card cost or how rare it is, it is about the meaning of the [...]

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By Matt Contreras aka KingAlbert1

I got into collecting when I saw my dad’s amazing collection of baseball cards. He collected Yankees, and his favorite player Juan Gonzalez. He has at least 10,000 cards, most of them being 1990 sets. He has told me when he was 18 or so, he got to go to Yankee [...]

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By Andrew Hoyler aka metsfan4life

It was a hot summer day on September 16th, 2006, and I had just arrived at Target. I was 10 years old at the time, and quickly went over to the sports card section. I had $10 to spend, and I debated all of my options. Did I want two packs [...]

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Card fact: This is the first of two cards in the set of players named Dave Roberts.What I thought about this card then: I didn’t see it. I did have a card of the other Dave Roberts in the set. It was one of the first cards that I pulled. Therefore, thi…

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On July 21, the Phillies lost to the Cardinals and were in the midst of a 4 game losing streak… and were just 2 games over .500.

They looked dead and I wondered if there was an Invasion of the Body Snatchers scenario happening in Philly….

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I just want you to know that even as I write this, my grandmother’s favorite quote — “fools’ names and fools’ faces often appear in public places” — is ringing in my head.Yes, that is a picture of me. On an Allen & Ginter card.More on that later….

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Who is this? Pawtucket Red Sox pitching coach Rich SauveurWhat is this? An autographed card from the 1991 ProCards Tidewater Tides team setWhere’d I get it? I wrote to Sauveur and asked him to sign it last Monday. I got it back today, 10 days later.How…

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While uber prospect Mike Trout in the Angels’ farm system getting much of the Midwest League accolades [despite already being promoted] in 2010 – Segura has had a pretty good year himself down in Cedar Rapids and is likely slated to play in advanced Cl…

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I’m currently talking shop with a fellow Seneca Wallace Supercollector, formerly of the FCB forums. He has multiple Seneca 1/1 Printing Plates but isn’t too crazy about them. I’m hoping to deal for some of those with rareiish Seneca’s he needs (not 1…

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So what do you think? Did Carl Warwick catch this imaginary ball? I hope it was imaginary, anyway. If not, he could be distracted by the click of the photographer’s shutter, and then he might get bonked in the head. Nobody wants that.Fun facts about Ca…

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Can you believe it’s September already? For this baseball season, there’s ‘one month only, one month only’ until dreams can come true or be shattered. This man, Jimmie Reese, saw his fair share of September fairy tale endings and tumbles into despair….

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The Mets actually wore this style during 1976, though I have no idea what the stripes had to do with the bicentennial. I’d love to own one — purely for the novelty — but I don’t think I’d ever find … Continue reading →

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It was a typical Dice-K performance. Really terrific except for one grotesque inning… but it was good enough for win #9.It wasn’t a pretty game, right down to the heart in your throat 9th with Papelbon.But it was a win.A series win. And yes, the Red …

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Got this year’s edition of BBM’s annual All Star set in the mail today. It’s a 67 card box set featuring 58 cards of the players on the All Star teams (29 for each league), six cards for the managers and coaches, 2 cards featuring the MVPs of the two …

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As if you needed any more proof that the polyester-and-elastic era of the 1970s and 1980s was not the high water mark of baseball aesthetics, I give you the sight of Floyd Rayford’s gut spilling over his waistband. You and I could fill out a uniform at…

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Variations are such a quirky aspect of The Hobby and a true challenge for any completist. Take for instance this other wise mundane card of George Brett from the 1979 Kellogg’s series that I currently have listed on ebay. Imagine my surprise when I rec…

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It’s a cruel place, Coors Field.Old friend Manny Delcarmen, whom I paid tribute to the other day, let up a game tying homer to Jayson Werth in his first appearance as a Colorado Rockie.The thin air stinks sometimes.Bear down Manny… you still have a f…

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For the past few years, my wife and I have tried to get to at least one minor league game on our vacations. Actually, she hasn’t really tried, it’s been me.It didn’t work out in our 2008 vacation, which took us through Mississippi, Arkansas, Memphis, B…

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2010 Topps Refractor Stephen Strasburg

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Player of the Day: Tony Solaita went 2 for 4 with a 2-run homer to help the Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0.Pitcher of the Day: Nolan Ryan 2-hit the Boston Red Sox and had ten strikeouts. Ryan is now 15-11 with a 2.73 ERACalifornia 3, Boston 0Oaklan…

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In 1981, Drake’s teamed up with Topps to create a 33-card set of “Big Hitters” that featured players from the previous season.  I would love to see Topps team up with brands today to offer oddball itmes like this again.The 33-card checklist can be…

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It feels like forever since I’ve done one of these posts.  It’s mainly due to the fact that I haven’t had the time to send many requests out lately, which obviously decreases the number I can get back.  So here we go…Ted Gray pitched in the…

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2010 Phungo #17 Mike MoustakasYou may not know who Mike Moustakas is right now, but I think you may a year from now.Moustakas is a Third Base prospect in the Royals system. Earlier this week he had an impressive game for Kansas City’s Omaha Franchise…

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Wayne Twitchell pitched in the majors from 1970-1979. Wayne was the first round pick (third overall) of the Houston Astros in 1966. Twitchell worked his way up the Houston organization but didn’t rise above AAA in four seasons. After the 1969 season Wa…

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I’m sucker for the old school cards and modern cards that reflect and old design and showcase players from a previous era.Unfortunately, Topps Tribute 2010 didn’t do it for me. I received some cards from Cardboard Connection for their “Three I’d Like t…

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Apparently the Red Sox haven’t given up. It would have been very easy to. I know I almost did a couple times myself. The Sox though? They hung in there when it got a little dicey like great teams do.Imagine. In the top of the very first inning, you g…

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Throwing A Few Baseballs In The Mail.  Hoping For Some Autographs… I’m in the mood to add some more quality autographs to my signed baseball collection. So, I have composed a few letters, written a few checks, and sealed a … Continue reading →

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Perhaps more than any other product on Panini’s pigskin roster, it is Threads that has struggled the most to gain a definitive identity with collectors, tossed about in the company’s sea of venerable brands that includes Prestige, Elite, Classics, Contenders and Certified.

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Join Beckett Media’s Dan Hitt and Tracy Hackler rip into a box of 2010 Topps Attax football cards in this episode of Box Busters.

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Robert Redford is an Oscar award winning actor and director whose films include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Jeremiah Johnson, The Sting, The Great Gatsby, and The Natural. The Natural is one of my all-time favorite baseball movies. Redford was …

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FREE STUFF FRIDAY (9-3) Contest — A Ken Griffey Jr. 2009 Sweet Spot Signatures autograph card

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I was very excited to review this set. I own a beautiful Piedmont card from the original set and I was hoping to get a few memorable cards out of this new release that’s an homage to the original set. But the more I examined the cards the more issue…

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