on December 17th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on December 10th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on December 5th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on December 5th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on December 1st, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on November 30th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on November 28th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on November 27th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on November 23rd, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on November 20th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
“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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on November 19th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on November 16th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on October 26th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on October 22nd, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on October 19th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on October 19th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on October 18th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
“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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on October 17th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on October 16th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on September 30th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on September 24th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on September 20th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on September 17th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on September 14th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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on September 11th, 2008 by Motherscratcher
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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