21 Defunct Stadiums that Jamie Moyer has Pitched In

The Marlins have officially moved to their new Stadium, Jamie Moyer  has added yet another ballpark to the list of places he has pitched where they no longer play Major League Baseball. He has pitched in 21 defunct stadiums.  Twenty-One….

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This challenge didn’t take long.  Our friends over at the Phillies Room knocked it out in 10 minutes. It took me a little longer.  On the card Mantle has a distinctive patch on his left shoulder that is shaped like a shield.I eventually found…

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Our last Spring Training Phungo 5 features the Play at the Plate discussing the Reigning AL Champion Texas Rangers.  1) How does one recover from seeing their favorite team be within a pitch of winning the Series twice and coming up sho…

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We have a Phungo Challenge for this rather crummy looking Saturday here in the North East.2012 Topps Bonus Chrome #MBC1 Mickey MantleFeatured this card several times this week, so I am sure you have seen it plenty – at least those of  you that are…

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Value Boxes are back for 2012.  I have limited my pickups for 2012 to a Hanger and Rack for Flagship and a Blaster and a Rack for Heritage.  With that few cards in the collection, I figured adding a Value Box would not dupe up to many cards I…

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Game 1 of the 2012 MLB season is in the books.  Yesterday we took a look at the Oakland A’s, Today we take a look at their opponent and AL West Rival Seattle Marlins who currently have the best record in all of Major League Baseball.  Ho…

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For The Collector – Value Box??? The Box claims there is a 40% Savings – Is this true.    Lets do the math. 5 x $1.99 for five Topps Pack = $9.952 x $4.00* for two Hobby Heritage =  $8.00  2 bonus cards = $3.05Ok I ch…

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In case you haven’t been paying attention to the AL West You may not know the Major League Baseball season starts on Wednesday.  The Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners will square off in a 2 game series which will be played in Japan.  To …

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This is the 2nd installment of Phun cards, essentially our variation on Cardboard Appreciation.  For a long time I ran a feature titled Hall of Fame Thursday, which featured HoF players and people from various sports at various levels.&n…

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Baseball-Reference has announced that they have added Negro League Stats to their database.  The data may be incomplete but regardless it sure is fascinating.  2010 Phungo #42 Judy JohnsonOne of the first players I looked up was Delaware…

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We are very happy to debut the 2012 edition of Phungo 5 tonight by talking with fellow Phillies fan and collector the Phillies Room.  P5 is loosely based around the Phillies scheduled opponents throughout the season, therefore there…

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2012 Topps Heritage was available at my local Target in 3 configurations.  Blaster $19.99, Rack $5.29 and single packs at $3.19 I think. Here are the Phils relate cards from the Blaster I picked up.  2012 Topps Heritage #136 Jonahtan Pap…

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I doubt there will be any discussion, sarcasm, or vitrol regarding the 2012 Topps Heritage Variations…But at least one of the variations does have precedent: 1963 Topps #29 1962 Rookie Stars1963 Topps #29 1963 Rookie StarsFor more informati…

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The always maligned Topps Opening Day release is live – 24 card Rack Packs Retail at Target for $3.19 (3.21 w/ combo of Target discount and PA sales Tax) – They are single packs and about 1/3 smaller then the Rack Packs for 2012 Topps, thus I have chos…

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Nails once again remains noteworthy for all the wrong reasons.    Lenny Dykstra’s post Baseball Career spiral continues to spiral downward - earliar this week he was sentenced to 1-3 years in prison for a grand theft auto …

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On Tuesday night the Philadelphia Flyers Retired Mark Howe’s #2 Jersey.Snapshots  Gordie, Marty and Mark Howe’s Jerseys from the Houston Aeros #2 painted on the ice at Wells Fargo CenterMark Howe Banner raised to the rafters.  I don…

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Easy JotM – ok if your a Cardinals Fan, I am sure this card is fine.  But if your a Phils Fan, the above Chris Carpenter NLDS game 5 is definitely Junk of the Month.Honorable Mention  Hate these – and check out the backs.     &…

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from the comments and other posts I have read it appears these 06 racks are making the rounds in the discount bins.  Dawgbones got this one right off the bat – 1988.  There seem to be a fair concensus that these packs were loaded w/ the …

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Who Needs the Topps Diamond Giveaway to get Vintage Cards?  Recently Team Phungo found this in the $1.59 clearance pack at our local big box.If you look to the left you will notice this 2006 Topps Rack Pack contains 3 Vintage Cards – it is sort of…

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Here in Philadephia and througout the sporrts world we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Wilt Chamberlains 100 point game.  I am not a big basketball historian but because of the heroics and oddities surrounding that game I tend to…

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2012 Topps #100 Jose Bautista As an adult I now realize Hero is a term that is more appropriate when applied to my local EMT making snap decisions under difficult circumstances then a Millionaire Ballplayer throwing and hitting a little white ball…

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Just got some news on Phungo Phavorite Anthony Lerew.Lerew is a graduate of the high school that I attended way back in the middle 80s.  Fortunately for him, his tenure there is significantly more recent then my own.  &nbs…

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It has been reported that Bengie Molina has officially retired.    None of them were ever Phillies but I have always enjoyed following the Molina clan and hope to see Bengie Stick around baseball in some capacity. 2012 Topps #31 Bengie M…

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When I collected cards as a kid I had a certain fascination with Hero Numbers and to some extent I still do.  Each year I enjoy seeing which players have been awarded hero numbers – and with heritage it is interesting to see what players get …

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The American Ultimate Disc League is the first Professional Ultimate League in the Country and Philadelphia is getting a squad.  I am far to old to make the team – regardless, I was never that good when I played – but if you’re an Ultimate pl…

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Today we look at Foil.  Unlike most folks, I don’t have a huge problem with foil as a design element.  Sometimes it looks ncie, often it is overused.  It can also be confusting - Remember 2008s Gold and Silver Fo…

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The Valley Forge Convention Center is undergoing major renovations as part of the Casino that is being added to the facility.  Unfortunately this has caused Hunt Auctions to postpone the Philly Shows March edition until June of this year.&nbs…

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I was hoping to get a little more response for this and then I sort of back burnered it, but I am finally publishing the Favorite/Best Card Blog Posts of 2011.  While I may not have gotten as many folks submitting columns as I would have like…

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Uncle John’s Band who publishes the entertaining Cards that Never Were blog was the only person to submit an entry for our Phungo Challenge on a Pat Burrell card roughly a month ago.   2001 Topps Stadium Club Pat Burrell For this card UJ…

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I am a fan of goofy stuff where athletes and other celebrities cross disciplines and attempt something a bit out of their comfort zone.  For that reason even though I have never seen Hawaii Five-O (the new one, not Jack Lord) I will be watchi…

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Muy first complaint with the 2012 Topps design is that the player position is not present.  2012 Topps #150 Roy Halladay(image stolen from The Phillies Room – or else you’d be seeing Vance Worely again) From 1953 until 1986 The Players Positi…

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Notice I say Like – I don’t LOVE it, it is a reserved like.  So what if the design is stolen from 2002 Topps Football, I still ended up liking it.  A lot of my opinons on everything seems to be based on expectationis, Movies, Music,…

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Over at 1979 Topps today’s Card is of Steve Carlton  1979 Topps #25 Steve Carlton1979 Topps will always be special to me as the set was given to me as a Christmas present when I was a kid – I still have the set in a nice box sorted by team.  …

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To celebrate the holiday today we return to 2012 Phungo Cards 2012 Phungo #8 Bobby Valentine  Not sure about this, but I believe this is the first Red Sox card for Bobby Valentine. 2012 Phungo #8 Bobby Valentine (Dodgers Variation) …

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Is 2012 Topps really just the offspring of 2002 Topps Football?  2012 Topps #197 Brendan Ryan2010 Topps Reprint of 2002 Topps Tom BradyYou Be the Judge (click to enlarge) Both of them have the same Hindenberg in the bottom left and …

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