on January 4th, 2009 by Dinged Corners
Zito. From Heartbreaking. It’s GOLD.This Dice-K jersey bit, a dreaded Upper Deck X, is a card we unabashedly like even as we admit that it couldn’t be more graphically busy if it were in flames. But in this case, ridiculosity works. Nachos Grande sent…
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on December 31st, 2008 by Dinged Corners
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on December 30th, 2008 by Dinged Corners
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on December 30th, 2008 by Dinged Corners
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on December 30th, 2008 by deal
Recently the fine folks at Dinged Corners posed a series of Baseball Card Collecting questions. They are always good at coming up with interesting and thoughtful questions for their readers. Today I post my answers to their Qs.1-If I didn’t collect bas…
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on December 29th, 2008 by steveisjewish
This is my response to questions posted over on the Dinged Corners to wrap up 2008. Before I got into my answers - I just wanted to write something up real quick about how much I do appreciate Patricia’s blog. Yes, she does get dibs on all the David …
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on December 29th, 2008 by Scott C.
With the holidays now all but over (I hope everyone got the chance to relax and enjoy time with their family and loved ones) it means the close of another year. The girls over at Dinged Corners have put forth a request for bloggers to answer some New Years questions and since I’ve never been able to turn down a reasonable request from the fairer sex, here are my responses – Green Monster style.
If I didn’t collect baseball cards, I’d collect comic books. I’ve always considered comic books to be an underappreciated art form. They combine two of my long-time passions (writing and drawing) into a dynamic that somehow has been assigned the stigma of being the province of kids and guys who live in the basement with their parents. I collected comic books continuously from the early 1980’s (starting with Marvel’s GI Joe) up until about two or three years ago. Even when I stopped collecting baseball cards in the 1990’s I kept collecting comics. But between the demands of work and my growing family I had a hard time finding time to read a dozen or so monthly comics (some of them not so monthly) so I decided to call it quits.
My baseball heroes include one you probably wouldn’t know from my blog or comments, and that person is Tim Wakefield. Yes, Wakefield plays for my favorite team, but that’s not the whole reason why I consider him one of my favorite players of all time. I count him among my favorites more for his team minded mentality that seems so rare in pro sports these days, and for his off field charitable contributions. While it seems like every pro athlete these days has a foundation in their name, I think most of them do it at the advice of their accountant as a tax shelter. I never get that feeling with Wakefield who shows up unannounced at children’s hospitals and who, while make millions less than many of his peers, supports numerous charities in Boston and in his hometown of Melbourne, Florida.
Every New Years I resolve to complete those pesky unfinished sets in my collection. Actually, this is the first year that I’ll be making a baseball card related resolution. One of the first things I did when I decided to get back into collecting was to blow the dust off of all of the old shoe-boxes and catalog what it was I had. I discovered that I was tantalizingly close to finishing up numerous sets from my childhood and began a quest to complete them. I succeeded in completing a few through trades, but also added a few with the new products I decided to collect. So in 2009 I’m going to strive to complete as many unfinished sets as I can.
If I could spend a day with one person from baseball history, it would be Tom Yawkey. Yawkey died only months after I was born in 1976 so I have no memories of the patriarch of the Red Sox. I’d love to spend a day with him and shoot the breeze.
What is your favorite kind of dog? I’ve never owned a dog, but if I was going to go out and get one today it would either be a Greyhound or a Siberian Husky. I grew up around both breeds of dog and have fond memories of both. If pressed I’d probably adopt a retired racing Greyhound. The photo is of my son with Oscar, a retired racer who is as sweet (and excitable) a dog as you’ll find.
Who is your favorite baseball player? Mike Greenwell.
What is your favorite team? Boston Red Sox.
What is your favorite baseball movie? There are lots of good candidates for this one, but it would come down to two for me – A League of their Own or Fever Pitch. For sentimental reasons I’d probably lean towards Fever Pitch (I’d love to paint the wall of my living room to look like the Green Monster, but my wife has other ideas. Oh, and if anyone knows where to buy Yankees toilet paper let me know!).
What is your favorite baseball book? I haven’t read a ton of baseball-themed books. Despite my love of all things history, I just find them very hard to read. I guess I’m too used to fast paced fantasy and mystery novels. One of the few I have read is Faithful, by Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan. While it’s not a great piece of literature, it is a great archive of the 2004 Red Sox season.
What is your favorite card? I featured my favorite card in my first Monster Card of the Week – 1991 Fleer Pro Visions Mike Greenwell. Ah, I can’t resist. Here it is again. After all, it is my favorite!
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on December 26th, 2008 by Dinged Corners
In every single game, and on most cards, David Wright appears concerned, if not worried.Why is this? Here’s a crazy thought: could it be because he actually cares about his team winning? His UD Timeline insert card exhibits facets of the hypothesis: th…
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on December 26th, 2008 by Dinged Corners
We’ve enjoyed excellent photos of your Baseball Card Stations, also known as homes, and here is what is now a New Year’s week view from Saints of the Cheap Seats, among the many of us who seem to be diggin’ out. There was something about being snowed i…
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on December 25th, 2008 by Dinged Corners
We love our sunsets here in New Mexico, but tastelikedirt may have us beat because his spectacular north-of-Yosemite sky seems to include a looming super hero countenance glowing gold baseball card.He was also kind enough to post a photo of his puppy, …
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on December 24th, 2008 by Ross
This is the tree at my Mom’s house, where we celebrate Christmas Eve together. My immediate family and friends join us for dinner and gifts.
Gathering around for some appetizers before dinner…..
The weather has not changed much. We got no rain, sleet or snow today and other than a drop in temperature nothing new to report outside.
View from my Mom’s back patio. Too cold for swimming but if you can tell from my blurry photo there are some xmas lights in the background at least! Merry Christmas !!
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on December 24th, 2008 by Dinged Corners
A nifty snow peek from Rod at Padrographs: Christmas Eve at Paul’s Random Stuff:”…a shot from my back window. We’re supposed to have a wet Christmas this year, but that definitely beats being burried under a ton of snow.”And from Cardboard Addictio…
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on December 24th, 2008 by Ross
Here is a shot of the inside of MY HOUSE on Christmas Eve. Our tree is not very big, we have a pretty small place. Luckily we celebrate at my Mom’s house so there is a little more room for everybody.
This is a shot of my backyard from my patio. There is a birdbath in the photo and just past that on the right is my fire pit. The weather here today is so so. The temperature is about 35 and it is currently partly cloudy. It rained yesterday which turned in to sleet last night but today it warmed up some so no ice. I will post more pictures from other stops as the holiday continues.
Merry Christmas
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on December 23rd, 2008 by Dinged Corners
Just surfacing long enough to say hello. Hello! We’ll post on Christmas Day after we open whatever presents may possibly involve baseball cards, and we hope everyone else does the same. Oh hmm, gosh we’re confident as to at least one present that Santa…
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on December 18th, 2008 by Dinged Corners
Ramon Castro removed his catcher’s mask to get a better look at the card. Tom Terrific mowed down a Red so he could see the card.Ronny Cedeno made the catch (with his pant legs adjusted perfectly over Nike athletic shoes) but what he really wanted to c…
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on December 18th, 2008 by Dinged Corners
We had some crazy weather today (wind to rain to sleet to snow back to sleet) and when it let up around 1 pm, there was a visitor:On the very same day, this fellow arrived in the mail: Coincidence?To be continued.
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on December 18th, 2008 by Dinged Corners
Do you ever feel that way when you come across a great one? For instance, this Topps card of Greg Harris is one of the best cards ever produced because it portrays the Gulliver of baseball players visiting a field in Lilliput:Donruss had wonderful card…
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