Is this cheating?

The Colorado Rockies allege that Phillies bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer used binoculars to steal signs from catcher Miguel Olivo during Monday night’s game, which proved to be a 9-5 win for Philadelphia. Now, everyone knows that sign…

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Probable future Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s batting stance at the University of Chicago:

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…and Alex Rodriguez doesn’t.Dallas Braden of the Oakland Athletics followed up his perfect game Sunday by delivering the Top Ten List on Tuesday’s “Late Show With David Letterman.” Braden’s 4-0 no-no-no over the Tampa Bay Rays …

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Icebox Chamberlain1888-89 Goodwin & CompanyChappie Charles1909 American Tobacco Co. Pop Corkhill1887-1890 Old Judge/Goodwin & Co. Handsome Henry Boyle1887 Buchner Gold Coin Steamer Flanagan1909 American Tobacco Co.Moose Grimshaw1909 American To…

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…to all moms and, in fact, to all the loved beneficiaries of moms. Here is Nick Bertke’s (Pogo’s) tribute to his mom and her garden. Enjoy the mellow.>

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In 1950, baseball cards hadn’t yet found their full mojo. Topps was two years away from its first classic design. But is there a more innocent, unhindered, aesthetically appealing set of baseball cards than 1950 Bowman? This set needs help from th…

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There’s no excuse for me, really. I’m busy, yeah. I’ve been taking extra courses and getting certifications and yada yada. I’m assistant-coaching volleyball, we’re preparing for Lucy’s birthday party (this Saturday, she’ll be ten!); making lots of…

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As you may know, we like the Mets. But we also like (and collect) Micah Owingsand Jamie Moyer: When these guys beat the Mets, how do we resolve our conflicted feelings? In the case of Mr. Moyer, despite rooting for the old guy our rivalry with the…

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“By the time I got this 1976 Steve Garvey card, my identity outside of baseball was as an outsider and a weirdo in my own town.”Recently I was contacted by Seven Footer Press to see if I might like a review copy of a new baseball ca…

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Whew, I really dunno about this.

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As the mother of two wonderful daughters, Dinged Corners has long been interested in the place that women hold in baseball history. But there’s so much to know. For instance, last month, the kindhearted and reliable gentleman Steve, who runs the White …

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Jacobmrley, who can’t stop himself from being generous for no good reason, sent along a great batch of cards including some 1972 Topps we needed: Look how this selection almost bowled over Tom Seaver! In Action and posed: classic Wi…

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Just kidding. But good move there, Mr. Ryan Madson, breaking your toe in a fit of pique. Perhaps there ought to be a baseball card insert set called “Temper Tantrum Torts.” Ozzie Guillen, Dallas Braden, Denard Span and many others would be featured.

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Our kids always like the fun spirit of Free Comic Book Day, which is tomorrow, May 1. Maybe your kids do too? Or maybe, since we baseball card collectors are a little bit kidful our own selves, we might enjoy stopping by the local comic shop tomor…

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Besides moving you beyond Beckett, that is. Kindle? iPad? Internet-only? Dead trees? What are you reading right now and how are you reading it?And if all technology shut down tomorrow, how would you find out about, seek, and trade baseball cards?

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The Mets just finished one of their best homestands with another victory. The Mets beat the Dodgers, 7-3, to complete a three-game sweep and conclude their 10-game stand at Citi Field with a 9-1 record. That matched the Mets’ best record fo…

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 The C is curious. The glare: curious. Curious are the faded legs. Giant beige diamond lurking behind–curioso. Op art background = curiousity-inducing. Nolan’s chin makes us quite curious about the art. Pujols battin…

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Tonight, Zoolander outpitched Adam Wainwright to win a pitchers’ duel. BZ resembled his Cy Young self back when he was with Oakland. He allowed three hits, three walks and struck out 10 over eight innings/114 pitches against the Cardinals. Pi…

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…but you don’t know …what it is…do you, Mr. Jones?We were putting away some random cards and came upon these all in a row and apparently as a result, this Bob Dylan song came into my bantam brain. It’s a great song.

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And we refer not to the Bombers but Fordham U. Now this is a midair moment that is a true display of athleticism. Despite the fact that the announcer is apparently Sean Hannity, his enthusiastic “a circus slide! a clean leap! a Tilt-a-Whirl!”…

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Hey guys! We picked up a little tiny Box o’ Topps cards. One question that arose as we scanned a batch of cardboard is, whither Mets? Not a one! Lots of Florida cards, though!This is the high desert Southwest. So Topps. Pssst. Don’t send Flor…

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Former MLB player Doug Glanville lists his favorite recent baseball books here at The Daily Beast. It’s interesting to get an insider’s opinion on which narratives are worth a look. Glanville’s own book, The Game From Where I Stand, is due ou…

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There’s a small element of crotchety in what 76-year old Hank Aaron recently told the Associated Press, but there is also core truth in his concerns about baseball in 2010. He expresses impatience about the following: Hitters are obsessed with the…

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There oughta be a baseball card insert set of misspellings in the big leagues (remember the Washington Natinals?).

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The narrative begins with an uncomfortable juxtaposition, especially to anyone interested in Civil War history:Although an estimated five thousand Union soldiers would eventually die of starvation and disease inside its wooden stockades, the Confederat…

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Don’t worry, Standing Cat! Our review of Dave Jamieson’s Mint Condition is almost finished, and will be posted later tonight!

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We got this base set from A Cardboard Problem a while back and it’s a good thing, because these proved to be yet more cards we couldn’t live without. Upper Deck Masterpieces provided a little dash of difference to the same old same old cardiness of bas…

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Were these counted in our race to the moon? Disabled American Veterans produce cards for minor league teams and major league players as well. These may be mainly for completists. Most of the team sets we have still have the wrapper on th…

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You all lent great wisdom to the question, are there too many baseball cards in the world? The answer you provided was, in the interest of brevity: Yes. For more detail, see below; or, just scroll down to the next question in the next to last paragraph…

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We know there’s too much overall STUFF in the world, as classically noted by George Carlin,but what about baseball cards? Aren’t there WAY too many baseball cards? Did you know that if you stacked all the baseball cards that exist in the worl…

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We don’t like when there are non-baseball players in baseball boxes. And yet if this happens with minis, we wish on card companies no poxes.The Wisconsin dome collapses, the Empire State doesn’t even sway.Love this Kaz, and look how Jason Bay peer…

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ENOS GOUDEYLEWIS GINTERJEFFERSON BURDICKJefferson Burdick, left, with his fatherFRANK FLEERANDREW PECKWILLIAM WRIGLEYPAUL THOMPSONChief Bender by Paul Thompson, 1911CHARLES CONLONChristy Mathewson by Charles M. ConlonSY BERGERJ. WARREN BOWMANThanks, ev…

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We’re almost ready to post a review of the new book Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession, but in the meantime, reading so much baseball card history has inspired a game.Can you  match the first and correct last name…

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And here’s the back:#5) It’s one in a series of All Topps Backs that completely ignore what the player on the front looks like in the cartoon on the back. Yet the cartoon on the back kind of rocks.#4) The text on the back capitalizes the word…

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