Casting Agent: "Breaking In"

It’s Sunday, which must mean it’s time for another round of Casting Agent, everybody’s favorite baseball-card game. The rules: You choose, based on the photograph on the front of their baseball card, the perfect candidate for each role in a film or tel…

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #63 Bobby Darwin

In June 1976, the Red Sox traded its pinch-hit hero of the 1975 World Series, Bernie Carbo, to the Milwaukee Brewers. In exchange, Milwaukee sent Boston outfielder Bobby Darwin and pitcher Tom…

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1976 Topps Traded: The Missing Cards – #140 Vida Blue

As part of the Great Finley Fire Sale of 1976, the Oakland A’s sold Vida Blue to the New York Yankees on June 15th. Three days later, the league voided the sale, returning Blue to Oakland. This …

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1976 Topps Traded Ray Fosse (real card)

I was reading somewhere online today about the 1976 Topps Traded set, and how lots of guys who were traded that year didn’t make it into the set. Granted, this is easily explained away that guys who were trade…

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Pete Falcone goes for 4 days in a row, but today’s competition is stiff: that merry prankster Bert Blyleven is here toting a beach ball. All hell’s gonna break loose! Cast your vote and help choose the card of the week!

1982 Fleer Pete Falcone

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1964 Topps “Bill’s Got It”

The combo card just ain’t what it used to be. Used to be, a group of players would stand around on the sidelines either before a game (most often the All-Star Game or during spring training) or during practice, and awkw…

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The Pete Falcone Experience cannot be stopped! Or can it? Today’s challenger is tough…

Pete Falcone, 1982 Fleer

Bob Veale, 1969 Topps

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With 49 Strikeouts In The Phillies/Diamondbacks Series, The Contest Winner Is… NATHAN!!! Congratulations Nathan, you correctly guessed 49!!! And now, these cards are yours: Thanks to everyone that played. And please stay tuned – I am working on a special … Continue reading →

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Felix Jose, 1989 Fleer

“Felix Jose” has always sounded to me like a fake name, a
name I would make up under the pressure of trying to prove to government
officials that I was indeed Spanish, and had every right to be searching a
filing cabin…

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The Pete Falcone Meta Fleer Experience survived yesterday’s inaugural Card versus Card matchup with John “Donald Sutherland” Lowenstein. But how will it perform up against Frank Duffy and a Faceplant?

1982 Fleer Pete Falcone

1973 Topps Frank Duff…

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1967 Topps Twin Terrors

From 1961 to 1969, the two guys in the Minnesota Twins’s logo represented the Twin Cities—Minneapolis and St. Paul—though they could have just as easily represented Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew.

I found the logo at …

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This is a new, daily series on The Baseball Card Blog. Your votes will decide which card makes it to the next day’s poll. Friday’s winner will move on to a champion’s round (or something like that, eventually).

So, what are we asking of you? Simply wh…

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Did you know? Randy is a 5-star Pirate: The 1st star is for his hit “Short People” during the ’77 campaign … 2nd star is for his macaroni-and-cheese sandwiches … 3rd star is for his team-record 34 consecutive rides on Space Mountain before a…

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The Players & Their Picks – Track The Strikeouts Contest!!!! Thanks to all that participated.  I truly believe that this will be a fun one too! The Phillies and the Diamondbacks square off in the first of three games tonight, … Continue reading →

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One of my favorite games is called Casting Agent. You choose, based on the photograph on the front of their baseball card, the perfect candidate for each role. This morning the show I’m casting is an ensemble dramedy I’ve titled “Man Cave.

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Cardboard Fenway – #100. 2007 UD First Edition David Ortiz

Well, this rounds out The Baseball Card Blog’s “Cardboard Fenway” celebratory, 100-posts-in-24-hours blog-a-thon. I hope you’ve enjoyed scrolling through it as much as I did putting it toget…

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Cardboard Fenway – #99. 2003 Bowman Heritage Pedro Martinez

An awesome card for the most awesome pitcher of his generation. Also, I think it’s fair to say that had it been produced, 1956 Bowman would’ve been a great-looking set.

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Cardboard Fenway – #98. 1960 Topps Pumpsie Green (RC)

Remember this: The Boston Red Sox were one of the last teams to integrate. Who do we have to thank for this? Lots of guys, most notably Pinky Higgins.

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Cardboard Fenway – #97. 2006 Topps Heritage Keith Foulke

The photos in this set are bad across the board; way too fuzzy for high-quality photography. Here’s Keith in his home whites. Not sure if it’s at Fenway or in Fort Myers, Florida.

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Cardboard Fenway – #96. 1935 Goudey 4-in-1 Red Sox (Cronin/Bishop/Reynolds/Cissell)

I happen to be a very large fan of this set, and this card is a great, early example of team name and uniforms not matching. Max Bishop is shown here on the Philly A…

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Cardboard Fenway – #95. 1938 Goudey Heads Up Bobby Doerr (Dover reprint)

Aren’t Dover reprints just the best?

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Cardboard Fenway – #93. 2007 UD Goudey Curt Schilling

Back in 1988, the Red Sox traded Curt Schilling and Brady Anderson to the Orioles for Mike Boddicker. I thought it was a good trade at the time, and I still sort of stick by that sentiment. As fo…

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Cardboard Fenway – #94. 2003 Topps Heritage Nomar Garciaparra (logo variation)

Man, Nomar was awesome. Remember when the debate was who was the better shortstop, Jeter, A-Rod, or Nomar? ‘Tis a shame that his career with the Sox ended like it did.

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Cardboard Fenway – #92. 1984 Topps Gary Allenson

For every Dwight Evans, Jim Rice, Wade Boggs, and Pedro Martinez, the Red Sox rosters were chock-a-block with guys like Gary Allenson, Al Nipper, Al Zarilla, Milt Bolling, and Joe Lahoud.

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Cardboard Fenway – #91. 1960 Topps Carl Yastrzemski (RC) 1999 Fenway All-Star Game Edition

I got free tickets to Fan Fest back in the summer of 1999, so I went, collected my wrappers, and traded in for this super-cool foil-stamped mega-retro hyphen-…

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Cardboard Fenway – #90. 2011 Topps Mike Lowell

It looks like Mike Lowell holds his breath until he makes contact with the ball. Interesting…

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Cardboard Fenway – #89. 1974 Topps Luis Tiant

The 9 Coolest Red Sox Players Ever
1. Luis Tiant
2. Carl Yastrzemski
3. Babe Ruth
4. Ted Williams
5. Carlton Fisk
6. Jim Rice
7. Pedro Martinez
8. David Ortiz
9. Dwight Evans

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Cardboard Fenway – #88. 1959 Topps Marty Keough

Here’s Marty stealing a glance out to the field, like having his picture taken for his baseball card is some kind of torture. Notice the people milling around Fenway behind him.

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Cardboard Fenway – #87. 1984 Fleer Rich Gedman

Look at that bored Fenway crowd! The Sox must’ve been losing, which is not hard to imagine for the 1983 Red Sox.

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Cardboard Fenway – #72. 1981 Fleer “400 Home Run Club” Carl Yastrzemski

Great shot of the visitor’s dugout behind Yaz here.

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Cardboard Fenway – #71. 2007 Topps Red Sox Team Card

I love it when players don’t show up for the team photo, because it means floating deity heads for the team card. Here’s the Olde Towne Team posed in front of the scoreboard on the Green Monster.

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Cardboard Fenway – #84. 1991 Topps Archives “1953: The Ultimate Series” Jimmy Piersall

This is one of the “Cards That Never Were” from the end of the Archives 1953 set. I wish there was a film of Piersall running backwards around the bases.

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Cardboard Fenway – #85. 1955 Bowman Frank Sullivan

Can anyone identify this ballpark? The insanely high wall—that’s not at Fenway—leaves me baffled. And yes, this is the second card where the player is in his away uniform.

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