This Year’s 2012 Football Hall of Fame Finalists List Looks Amazing

Normally only about 8 at most make it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but this year’s list looks like a who’s who of who should get into the Hall.  Here is the list of this year’s finalists: Jack Butler  (veterens committee) Dic…

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I saw this over the news wire: Oden Undergoes Knee Procedure I can’t even imagine what is going through not only his mind, but his agent’s and the GM of the Trailblazers.  This is going to be his fourth knee operation in as many years for …

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I was driving into work this morning and heard about Sidney Crosby’s soft tissue damage in his neck that may have caused concussion like syndromes.  Immediately my thought went to Peyton Manning who is going through something very similar.  Fro…

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I was sorting through players that I want to target for fantasy baseball this year.  When I look for pitching I look at several things, in order: strikeouts, ERA, opposing batting average, and WHIP. Finally I trim the list down to players 29 and under…

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Yeah, I know you looked at that title and was like huh? Will Carroll wrote an interesting article on SI.com that chronicles the Kings of Baseball since 1900.  The usual players you would expect to be on the list were there, plus Sal Bando . . . for on…

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I was reading about next year’s crop of potential free agents and one name stood out above all else Ichiro Suzuki.  I thought about it and I’m trying to figure out how this is going to end.  I mean, I don’t see the Mariners making a…

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I don’t often veer off the subject of cards on this blog, but I just finished watching the series finale of Chuck and I have to say that it could have been the best finale I have ever seen.  There are so many ways that they could have ended the …

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The spring of 1986 is when I got back into card collecting after a 3 year hiatus while my hormones demanded that I pay more attention to girls.  Once I had a nice girl my friend Frank convinced me to start buying cards again.  So this started in 1986…

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Well, I spent the last hour writing this post and now it’s blank.  Thank you WordPress for your shitty interface!  I guess I’ll have to write it up again tomorrow morning.  Sorry guys! Filed under: Bad Wax Review

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I was trying on coming up with a new custom cut design.  I had always wanted to do one using a tobacco brand so I created my own brand, Killer Bee Tobacco.  Then I had to come up with a bold but simple design for the card, here is what I came up with…

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Wendel Clark Clark is considered one of the toughest guys in hockey in the 1980s and 1990s.  He left his mark on the game as a Toronto Maple Leaf and although he isn’t one of the top PIM guys, there was no avoiding him on the ice.  He had a ver…

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Terry Ruskowski I have to admit after seeing this autograph, I had to scratch my head.  Terry played a little before my time so I never really knew him as a player.  He played the prime of his career for the WHA with Houston and Winnepeg.  In the WH…

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NOTE: Tomorrow is the street date for In the Game’s Enforcers release. As of today I believe Blowoutcards is selling it for $65. Marty McSorley One of the best looking autographs in hockey history We go from the first Wayne Gretzky body guard to …

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Dave Brown As many of you know I grew up in NJ in a little town called Middletown.  It’s located on the shore about 15 minutes north of Asbury Park.  When it comes to hockey, you could root for three teams the Devils, Rangers and Flyers.  I wa…

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Joey Kocur Joey Kocur was one half of the “Bruise Brothers” with Bob Probert.  Between the two of them no one messed with Steve Yzerman.  Kocur was known for one of the most devastating rights in hockey history.  In an interview Donald…

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So I got a nice surprise this weekend, In the Game was nice enough to send out a preview box of Enforcers to review.  Instead of blowing it all out in one post, I am going to review it card by card because for this set, every card tells a cool story.

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As a Yankees fan, I was wondering what the Yankees were going to be doing with the glut of catching prospects they have.  Turns out they decided on trading their best one, Jesus Montero.  Normally I would be pissed at this kind of deal, but not when …

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Originally I was going to call this a list of one hit wonders, but then I thought about it and I think I’m going to call this the list of next year’s players that are going to let you down.  I’ll break it down by position: QB Josh Fr…

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This month’s one good card a month card was bought on eBay for $59.99 with free shipping: It is my first relic card of a Hall of Famer from the class of 1936.Deal or No Deal? Filed under: Bad Wax Review

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There are a lot of Yankee fans out there that think that Jorge may have been the best catcher in Yankees history.  Of course, I am not one of those people.  A lot of people like to live in the here and now and tend to forget the better players of yes…

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One of our fellow readers alerted me to this chraigslist ad: Sports cards (Springs) I have a small collectors book of all Michael Jordan cards. Basketball and baseball cards. I would say there are 30 or so cards valued at over $13000 due to one of them…

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This isn’t a post about cards, but its a question I pose to my readers, you were the Colts and were going to draft a QB would you pick: Andrew Luck or Robert Griffin III Apparently it’s a hot button issue right now.  If it were me, there i…

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This year’s Hall of Fame ballot is very interesting.  Here are the players allowed on the 2012 ballot: Jeff Bagwell, 1B Jeromy Burnitz, OF * Vinny Castilla, 3B * Juan Gonzalez, OF Brian Jordan, OF * Barry Larkin, SS Javy Lopez, C * Edgar Martine…

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With the Baseball Hall of Fame vote coming up I’d like to touch on Jeff Bagwell’s chances of enshrinement.  Last year he took in just over 40% of the vote and this year he will likely garner more support, much like Barry Larkin has over th…

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Prince Fielder still doesn’t have a place to call home.  Pujols does, Beurhle does, Wilson does, and so does Reyes, but not Fielder.  Fielder is the best free agent on the market, better than Pujols and Reyes.  Yup I said it and now I am goi…

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There were some really nice comments left and some not so nice, either way here are the winners: Note: I am going to try and get these out sometime next month, but I assure you that they will get to you.   Bobby Hull Bracelet: Jay (how can I not pick …

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Unless you have been under a rock, you should have heard about Adrian Peterson blowing out his knee.  With a torn ACL and MCL he pretty much destroyed his knee.  It’s something that happened before in college and obviously he came back very str…

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I could apologize for the lack of posts, but that’s so cliche.  Instead, the items from Relic Wear arrived this week and I thought what a great way to celebrate the holidays, but to give away the samples I got from them.  So here is what they s…

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In 2006 the sports world was stunned when Reggie Bush was chosen 2nd overall in the NFL draft.  The Texans were  panned for their selection, but now more than five years later it seems like the right move.  Until this weekend, when Reggie Bush ran f…

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Mat Latos is a very good pitcher, last season he went 9-14 with an ERA of 3.47 and a WHIP of 1.19.  He was a strong pitcher on a bad team.  The Reds needed pitching and really bad, they decided that Latos would be a superstar on their team.  So they…

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So Larry the Sewing Guy had the unfortunate luck of pulling my name for the Secret Santa.  Poor guy knew his package would end up on the blog.  I have to say this is going to go very nice with my recent card of the month that I posted a few days ago …

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I went to Walmart last night and picked a pack out of the gravity feeder.  Usually I try not to pack search but this pack actually bulged out of the pack and I had to get it even if it just turned out to be a blocker card.  Both my wife and I thought…

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So my collecting habits have changed yet again.  I am only allowing myself one really good card a month. I figured I would share with you my October purchase: I’ve always wanted a Ripken Jr. autograph so this is it for me.  I found it for

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Today I should hit one million visitors.  It took just short of 4 years to do this and I have no one but you to thank. So from the Bad Wax home office to every reader out there. Thanks for putting up with my ramblings! -Mike aka chemgod Filed under: B…

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So I was trying to find a nice relic to purchase for my personal collection and I found something on eBay that intrigued me. I’m not really a jewelry kind of person but after seeing this, I might be inclined to become one. Here was the eBay auc…

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