A Thanksgiving feast

Ah, Purkey with a side of Throneberries and Minty Beans. What could be better?
Happy Thanksgiving
      

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Pack 19
UH206 Russel Branyan
UH320 Heath Bell
UH80 Erik Bedard
UH185 Joey Votto Highlight (Joey hit 3 HRs in a game)

If Geovanny Soto hadn’t a) played for the Cubs and b) wasn’t a catcher, I think that guy there is Rookie of [...]

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Rumor is the Chicago White Sox have approached the Reds and the teams are now talking about a Homer Bailey+ for Jermaine Dye deal.
It all depends on the extra player the Reds would throw in, but I wouldn’t be opposed to this deal. Bailey may turn into a flameout, and rumor is he’s unwilling to [...]

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Alright, we’re halfway through and so far a pretty normal box. Is there anything left in packs 19-36 to keep it spicy?
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Pack 19
UH26 Chris Iannetta
UH266 Rob Mackowiak
UH40 Jon Rauch
UH292 Ryan Dempster All Star
UH161 Asdrubal Cabrera Highlight (unassisted [...]

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I was reading through some archives to see where I’ve been and gauge better where I should go when I came across my post about the specially designed Woodrow Wilson glasses card that was released in Topps Triple Threads this year. Anyone ever read about the card being pulled, or is it still out there [...]

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Pack 17
UH223 Jeff Ridgway (I thought this was Jeff Treadway at first and wondered what he was doing back in baseball)
UH289 Chris Gomez
UH157 Mark Hendrickson
UH81 J.C. Romero
UH225 Ryan Tucker
UH261 Matt Macri

Just something about this card I like. Plus, [...]

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It’s a generic presell, but it’s out there already:
Utilizing the classic 1960 Topps card design, 2009 Topps Heritage Baseball offers a retro style look at today’s veterans, Rookies, Prospects and team cards, printed on a card stock with a vintage look and feel, highlighted with multiple levels of numbered Chrome Parallels and insert cards, as [...]

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Pack 15
UH295 Aaron Miles
UH301 Tony Pena
UH115 Mike Lamb
UH267 Gregorio Petit

UH69 Chad Moeller
UH231 Chris Davis
UH97 Sean Gallagher
UH66 Robinson Cancel
UH234 Carl Pavano
RH-DJ David Justice Ring of Honor

If I hadn’t already promised this away, I know a Junkie who’d be pretty happy [...]

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