Minor League Mondays: 2008 Southern Maryland Blue Crabs

In 2008, the independent Atlantic League introduced a new team in Southern Maryland, which at the time was the southern-most franchise in the league. Playing their home games at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, the Blue Crabs finished their inaugural season with a 74-66 record under manager Butch Hobson. Former New York Mets and New [...]

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New Players Added To The ’30-YOC’ Player Collection Roster!!! It is that time again.  As a few of my current player collections come to an end, and with a few more close to becoming complete, it is time to add … Continue reading →

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Baseball Card Show Purchase #10 – Fergie Jenkins 2011 Topps Lineage ’75 Mini Game-Used Jersey Card Many will probably say that the Ted Williams card that I bought was my best purchase of the day, and they could be right. … Continue reading →

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Baseball Card Show Purchase #9 – Ted Williams 1976 Topps All-Time All-Stars!! Amazingly, I found this card in the $1 bin. And more amazing than that, this card is MINT!!! I can proudly say that I have finally added a … Continue reading →

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Baseball Card Show Purchase #8 – Lot Of 2 Reggie Jackson & Rickey Henderson 1981 Kellogg’s 3-D Super Stars I paid $1 for each of these baseball cards, and they are instant ‘hits’ in my collections of both Rickey Henderson … Continue reading →

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I’m sure I a little late to this party but I suppose that my opinion counts as much as anybody else’s here in cyberspace.First off, I like the design. I’m not in love with it but I like it. I think the surfboard thingy is a bit too large but it’s OK. I…

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Baseball Card Show Purchase #7 – Jim Palmer 2003 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites This baseball card of Jim Palmer is the only one of Palmer that I encountered at the show. Thankfully, it is one that I did not have … Continue reading →

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Baseball Card Show Purchase #6 – 1968 Topps Game Cards Of Chance, Alley, And Osteen Yessir, three new cards for my 1968 Topps Game set!! The same vintage dealer that always has the greatest selection of goodies, and resonably priced … Continue reading →

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Baseball Card Show Purchase #5 – Lot Of Two Joe Morgan Topps Archives Cards!!! Prior to these two new additions, I only owned one card of Jo Morgan from the Topps Archives series.  And that one was the base card … Continue reading →

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Remember how crazy people went over Mark McGwire‘s card when he was chasing Roger Maris‘ record? I wonder how a Barry Larkin card from the same subset would fare now that he is headed to Cooperstown. Other than Larkin, the other big names from the Olympic squad that were left out of the 1985 Topps [...]

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Baseball Card Show Purchase #3 – Brooks Robinson 2003 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites Man, I had never seen this card before - and I was not going to let it escape my grasp!! One of the sellers had a nice assortment of … Continue reading →

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Baseball Card Show Purchase #1 – Greg Maddux 1987 Topps Traded Rookie Card Sure, I already own this baseball card – it is part of my collection that pays tribute to the early days of Maddux’s career with the Chicago … Continue reading →

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Baseball Card Show Review My friends, I am so happy that I decided to fit the baseball card show on Saturday into my schedule.  Between the new facility, new dealers, and cards that I purchased – I am here to … Continue reading →

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So, We Know Who Won The Super Bowl, But Who Won The Contest??? OK, more important than the winner of Super Bowl 46 is the winner of the ’1st Annual 30-YOC Super Bowl Contest’. With the winning team being the Giants and … Continue reading →

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While The World Watches The Super Bowl…. I am not really a big football fan.  As a matter of fact, I have probably not watched more than a quarter of football this entire season. Still, I enjoy the spectacle of … Continue reading →

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I Desperately Want A Hank Aaron Signed Baseball For My Collection.  But… Look, I know that I have very little chances of meeting Hank Aaron in person.  And if I did, I have read enough to know that he is … Continue reading →

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Hank Aaron And The Hall Of Fame Class Of 1982 Henry Aaron was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.  His election came on his first ballot, in which he collected votes on 406 of 415 ballots … Continue reading →

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Hank Aaron & #755 On July 20, 1976, Hank Aaron hit his 755th and final home run at Milwaukee County Stadium off Dick Drago of the California Angels. Currently, Aaron sits in second place on the All-time Home Run leader-board.  … Continue reading →

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Hank Aaron, MLB’s RBI Leader!!! Simply put, no player in the history of the game has provided more run production than Hank Aaron. Perched at the top of the leader-board as the All-Time leader in RBI, Hank Aaron has no … Continue reading →

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Hank Aaron & The ’3000 Hits Club’ It has been well documented that Hank’s main personal goal in baseball was to collect 3,000 hits, just like his boyhood idol – Stan Musial. Aaron’s 3,000th hit (a single) came in the … Continue reading →

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Hank Aaron’s Lone World Series Championship – 1957 The Atlanta Braves rode the wave of their very talented and powerful outfielder during the course of the 1957 baseball season. Hank took the team into the playoffs for the first time … Continue reading →

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Hank Aaron, The 1957 National League Most Valuable Player!!! Hank had a monster season by all accounts in 1957. Not only did he help lead his team to the World Series championship, but he took his game to another level - … Continue reading →

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Hank Aaron, Batting Champion. Most baseball fans don’t confuse the term ‘slugger’ and ‘hitter’.  Hank Aaron was a hitter, he just happened to hit the ball hard and long. In fact, he was so good at the plate, that he won two batting … Continue reading →

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Hank Aaron Was Named An All-Star Twenty-One Times!!! No player has been selected as an All-Star more than Hank Aaron. Not Ruth. Not Mays. Not Mantle. Not Gehrig. Not Ripken. Hank Aaron stands alone and on top of the leader … Continue reading →

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Hank Aaron Is A 3-Time Gold Glove Winner Often overshadowed due to his lack of flare and desire to be in the spotlight, Hank Aaron was a very solid outfielder over the course of his career. And from 1958-1960, he … Continue reading →

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Hank Aaron’s Spectacular 1954 Topps Rookie Baseball Card Very few players have baseball cards that continue to maintain or increase in value after retirement, after Hall of Fame enshrinement, and after their lofty records fall. Very few players can measure … Continue reading →

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Good eye by Lifetime Topps catching a big Topps boo-boo. Kind of reminds me of 1981 Donruss.

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Henry, ‘The Hammer’ Hank Aaron earned the nickname, ‘The Hammer’ for his ability to hit the baseball in a hard manner.  It has been said that hearing the ball coming off of a bat swung by Aaron sounded different from … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Henry Louis Aaron!!!! That’s right, today is ‘Hammerin’ Hank Aaron’s 78th birthday. And I plan on celebrating Hank’s birthday in grand style!!  The day will be full of posts celebrating the major league career of one of the … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Roberto Alomar!! Roberto Alomar celebrates his 44th birthday today! Roberto Alomar has a lot to be thankful for as he celebrates his birthday today… He had a fantastic career that was peppered with tons of individual and team … Continue reading →

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‘SUPER BOWL CONTEST’ – The Players And Their Picks!!! Ok everyone, the big game is tonight and it should be an entertaining one. And at ’30-YOC’ we have a great contest running in conjunction with the game. So, thanks to … Continue reading →

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Andre Dawson 8-Card Postcard Set – NICE!!!! I’ve got Andre Dawson on the brain tonight – most nights when I am blogging, actually….  But tonight, I am doing back-to-back Dawson posts. I picked up this custom postcard set featuring Hall of Famer, … Continue reading →

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Well, 2012 Topps baseball cards are old news to most of the card blogging world at this point. But I’m going to show you a few of the cards out of my first (and maybe only) pack of the year anyway. My first 2012 baseball card… is a Yankee (though at least he was still a [...]

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Card #148912010 Topps Heritage #30 Jayson NixHe was the Rockies #1 draft pick in 2001. He’s with his 4th team in 4 years with a lusty batting average of .207.Card #180332002 Bowman Chrome Red #40 Ivan RodriguezI-Rod played 12 years for the Rangers befo…

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Andre Dawson 2008 Playoff Prime Cuts Game-Used Jersey Card I have had my eyes on fixed on this very baseball card for quite some time.  And now, I can call it mine. Check it out: From the 2008 Playoff Prime … Continue reading →

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