My Indispensable Card

Blog Bat A Round Part 2Here it is on Wednesday, 2 minutes after midnight in Ohio, and I still haven’t contributed to the 2nd Bat A Round. I don’t now if I’ve already missed Gellman’s deadline. I’m hoping he meant midnight in California. Th…

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It looks like The Tribe may have found their closer. After years of Wickman and Borowski it feels like Dennis Eckersley is coming back to Cleveland. Don’t believe what you’ve heard. The weather’s beautiful. And, the river looks great when it’s all l…

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I’m a 34 year old married father of 1 who has a bachelors degree in molecular biology (not as impressive as it sounds) and a doctorate. I write this hoping that in contrast it will illustrate how completely ridiculous it is that my mother still insis…

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I stand before you today with a problem of epic proportions that threatens to cast my recently organized life into complete and total disarray. My self imposed moratorium on opening new packs of baseball cards was recently lifted after the successful …

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This has been a brutal year for the Browns. It started with such high hopes. Didn’t take long to crash and burn. It’s a familiar feeling.Yesterday our QB, Derek Anderson, went down with an injury with about a minute to go in the game. At this point …

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I had recently put a self imposed moratorium on opening any new baseball cards until I got my current collection organized and cataloged. I still was buying stuff to open, I just wasn’t opening any of it. Well, I’m glad to say that I now have eve…

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Let me be perfectly clear, it’s blogger that hates The Nennth Inning, not me. I like it quite a lot. That’s the reason I’ve been trying to add it to my blog list for the last month. I’m usually at work when I try. It never works. And then I forget abou…

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These cards are part of a thank you package from Connor at Treasure Never Buried for his birthday gift. I sent him a smorgasbord (don’t you just love that word?) of packs of cards and he sent me these awesome cards in return. It looked like he had …

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Here is the third and final installment of my review of the cards that David at Indians Baseball Cards sent me. Many thanks again. 22. Andy Marte – 2007 ToppsCleveland somehow convinced itself that Marte was going to be the answer at 3rd base. Marte …

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“What makes a collector, Mr. Lebowski? Is it being willing to get the right cards, no matter what the cost?”“Yeah, that and a big shoebox” Gellman, over at SCU (If you have found this blog, I’m sure you know that blog) is asking for fellow c…

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Here it is, the much anticipated 2nd part to the critically acclaimed review of the free cards David and Indians Baseball Cards sent me. 8. Julio Franco – 1997 ToppsI just love this card. Look at that swing. Julio definitely did not get cheated on th…

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A while back David over at Tribecards sent me a package. It was for the scratch off contest and a trivia question I answered correctly. What I didn’t expect was around 100 baseball cards of various Indians players. Well I’m finally getting aro…

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About 2 weeks ago Grady got his first card. If you are reading this you probably read a lot of baseball card blogs and will not be surprised at all by who the card came from. It was sent by Patricia and Lucy from Dinged Corners, two of the all time g…

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In accordance with what my son’s opinions very well may be, I’ve decided to start a collection of some of his very favorite cards. You might be saying to yourself: “He’s only -6 weeks old. How in the world can you know what he likes? Heck, h…

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About a month ago Dayf, over at Cardboard Junkie, sent me a package. He did this for no other reason than I commented that I was a fan of Dan Gable. Because Dayf (which I have recently learned is nihilist for “Dave”) is good dude, he sent me a fe…

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So I invent the Council On The Double Ear Flap, and I’m pretty pleased with myself that I’ve found something so exceedingly rare. I make a cute little post about Grandmaster Shoo and I head off to work. After work I stop by the hospital to see Gr…

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Who here has played some sort of organized baseball? Everybody, right? OK, who had two ear flaps on their helmet?So why in the world do major leaguers wear helmets with only one ear flap? In a league where teams most likely (Marge Schott’s Reds b…

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There was nothing about what the Buckeyes had accomplished this season that led me to believe that they would be able to beat Michigan State. Yesterday they made a believer out of me again. There’s no real need for me to recap what happened as anyon…

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Bravo, Joba, Bravo. Those pinstripeas are supposed to be vertical, not horizontal.I guess a cab is a little too much to ask on your salary.I don’t understand how these things happen. I don’t think getting a DUI makes you a bad guy. I know a lot of …

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“Eventually, I will burn you down and I will bag your ashes and I will bury your ashes in a yard where my big dog craps big crap”- Detective Ray Carling (Michael Imperioli) - Life on MarsOK, so it isn’t a movie quote. I just wanted to be able to make …

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You may be wondering how the name Grady was picked. If you’re reading this blog you are probably a baseball fan and are likely aware that I am an Indians fan. This would lead you to consider that maybe he was named after Grady Sizemore, the incred…

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We got ourselves a family. There are a few ways I could do this post. The first way is to make short frequent posts about my kid and what’s happened the last 3 weeks that no one would be interested in because this blog is supposed to be about basebal…

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I don’t care if it rains or freezes long as I got my plastic Jesussittin’ on the dashboard of my car.Comes in colors pink and pleasant. Glows in the dark ’cause it’s iridescent.Take it with you when you travel far.Get yourself a sweet Madonna dressed …

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I know that posts have been sparse recently and I just wanted to let everyone who may be a little depressed, a little down in the dumps because they haven’t gotten their fix of ACB that there is a reason for the lack of high quality entertainment spewi…

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It’s been a long season for the Tribe. Starting with great promise and high expectations, this season went from a ton of injuries, to difficult trades, to a surprising late surge and featured crap in the bed throughout. The last few days have feature…

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HAS THE WHOLE WORLD GONE CRAZY!? AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE RULES!?While trolling around ebay looking for game used and autos of Indians players I ran across one of Gellman’s favorite kinds of sellers. It’s the first time that an a…

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…looks kick ass in her sunglasses. Just thought I’d let you know.

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I’ve been writing this post for the last hour. I just keep erasing it. Nothing comes out right. I give up. I’ll just try to sum it up:Keep your chins up Buckeyes. We love you guys. I know how you feel Jim.

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As in Great Scott Lewis debut last night. Former Buckeye and current Tribesman Scott Lewis saw his first major league action last night. He looked awesome. 8 innings of 3 hit ball. No runs given up. Masa K. did his best to try to give up a 7 run …

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