Baseball Hall of Fame Needs Help

When did the Baseball Hall of Fame become a CD Music Club?On Monday, I received Inning #1 of the Ken Burns baseball documentary along with a postage paid return envelope. Basically, I can:- Keep the DVD and pay the Hall of Fame to get more, or- I can u…

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Its Jerry Koosman Day at Shea Stadium! Sept. 9, 1989.In this photo (from my flea market collection) has Frank Cashen is at the microphone announcing to the Shea crowd that Jerry Koosman was entering the NY Mets Hall of Fame. Jerry Koosman spent part of…

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It was all smiles in December when the contracts were signed, but what will the back of the NY Post look like this May?The Yanks have opened up the checkbooks and bought Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia, and AJ Burnett for close to a half a billion dollars. …

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Who is next in line for a Federal Government bailout? How about Bill Buckner?An Idaho car dealership, Bill Buckner Dodge Chrysler Jeep, has closed according to Buckner’s attorney.From the Idaho Statesman: The dealership sold Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep …

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Billy Cowan isn’t the most well-known baseball player and didn’t have a stellar professional career, but he left his legacy with his 1972 Angels “Halo” card.Cowan and the photographer had some good fun with the giant Angels halo that marked the stadium…

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Congratulations to Wax Heaven’s Mario for earning a new gig with the Miami Examiner. Mario will be covering the Florida Marlins.It’s great to see hard work pay off for people in the blogosphere.Yes, I’m still hoping to achieve the Wax Heavenly Seven st…

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What’s the scoop? In October I shared my Billy Mays autographs (baseball and photo) and received some great responses.Since then, Billy Mays has been producing ESPN 360 commercials and was seen at the Champs Sports Bowl on the Florida State sidelines. …

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Fred Dryer rocks! You can’t deny watching those Hunter TV shows in the ’80s.Did you know that Fred Dryer was recruited by San Diego State’s defensive coordinator, John Madden? I didn’t either until I read Helmet Hut’s story on recreating the Fred Dryer…

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Billy Mays Here!Billy Mays is now selling ESPN 360. OK, I’ve mentioned my passion for Billy Mays commercials, but these are the BEST EVER!

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I always had two items on my Christmas list: box of baseball cards and more Star Wars Storm Troopers.I never got either of them. The excuses I’d hear were “we don’t know which box to get” and “you already have that guy.” What? Don’t you get it? There’s…

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Come on guys. We get it, you don’t like each other, now lets move on.Beckett - Remove the “hobby rocks” image immediately. This is not how you answer critics. If you want to respond to critics, then do so by sending them email, setting up a call, or po…

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Today’s Phungo Readers Salute goes out to a couple of Mets fans that are good enough to stop by here. I don’t know what it is but despite the fact that we are sending out largely Phillies content, we have a couple Mets fans that visit pretty consi…

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Willie Mays in a Mets uniform! For Mets fans, this was a dream come true. Willie’s best days were behind him when he made his way back to New York, but he finished his career where it began - in New York.This is one of my favorites because it has Mays …

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Who is this Major League Baseball Hall of Fame player?This photo was taken in Cooperstown, New York in the mid 1980’s.Clue: Think “Mad Dash Home.”

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Bad Wax has a great article about hobby stores closing. Why are these stores closing? Are the flushing money down the drain?Disclaimer: It’s easy for a lot of us to sit here and type reasons why the stores are closing and not staying in business since …

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Can you name this Baseball Hall of Famer?This flea market photo was taken July 21, 1991 in Cooperstown, NY.Thanks again to Phungo for the trivia idea - his Spot the Sig contests are awesome.

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I’m not a huge fan of the design, but any Gil Hodges card is a good card as far as I’m concerned. This is one of my favorites of his - 1962 Topps # 85.Gil returned to NY to be a part of the expansion NY Mets. In 1969 Hodges was the manager for a Mets t…

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Can you name this Baseball Hall of Famer?This flea market photo was taken July 22, 1991 in Cooperstown, NY.

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Deion Sanders will make the Hall of Fame some day. He was the definition of a shut-down corner back. I think Deion only has three years left until he’s eligible. Unless of course, he comes out of retirement again to play nickel back for the Baltimore R…

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Who was a better 3B - Brooks Robinson (pictured here) or Mike Schmidt?This photos is from that same collection of pictures at the flea market. The photo was taken July 22, 1991.I know Brooks has the gold gloves, no one was better there, but I’ll take M…

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I grew up in south Jersey, so my first impressions and visions of Pete Rose are different than most Pete Rose fans. I saw him first as a Philadelphia Phillies player.My first impressions were him spiking the ball on the Veterans Stadium turf and taking…

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I have a Yahoo Group with the College Football Bowls. It’s free to join and if you win I’ll give you double your entry fee.Click here to join.Group ID: 9902Group Password: sportslocker

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Can you name this baseball stadium?It’s from September 4, 1983. Nice looking cars driving by!Yes, I am borrowing this concept from Phungo’s “Spot the Sig” contest only this one is less organized and more chaotic.

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What is your favorite card or piece of memorabilia that you picked up in 2008?I was looking at my spreadsheet this week and thinking about what my favorite pick-up was for the year. It’s a tough call, but it’s fun to look back and see how the collectio…

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Davey Johnson is going to manage MLB’s USA World Baseball Classic team. Here’s the press release from MLB.I think Davey’s a great choice. He wins everywhere he goes. Dave obviously was the manager of the 1986 Mets, and he also took the Reds and Orioles…

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Seeing Mel Allen reminds me of “This Week of Baseball!” I can hear him now doing the voice-overs of great plays and bloopers with his “How about that?” signature.This photo is one of the 100s of bargain bin baseball photos that turned up at a flea mark…

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How far will the Yankees and Mets dig into the pockets of NY residents?In a time when large corporations are walking to congress with their hands extended, ESPN and the AP are reporting that the Mets and Yankees are asking for more than the $1.5 Billio…

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1963 Pete Rose Rookie Card - Topps #537.All of the Hall of Fame talk brought me to dig out my Pete Rose rookie. My personal favorite is his 1964 card because it only has Pete on it, but this one is pretty close.It’s tough to find a good ‘63 rookie. The…

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This is my Bullet Bob Hayes rookie card - 1966 Philadelphia #58.I made a quest a few years ago to collect the rookie cards of Ring of Honor Cowboys - one of my favorites is the original #22 for the Dallas Cowboys.Bullet Bob won two Gold Medals in the 1…

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I really like sports memorabilia, but I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t rob and kidnap to take a signed jersey, football, and suit that no longer fits.But I’m not OJ and today he’ll learn his sentencing following the guilty verdicts he received in October for…

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Doesn’t everyone remember their first? The first card they purchased on eBay!I was going through some of my cards Thursday night for several reasons. Most importantly because Mario @ Wax Heaven said I needed to have more card posts if I wanted a snowba…

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I read this article on the PSA site and originally thought it would be about the great autographs the Brooklyn Bat Boy was able to collect.Instead, I read an article about that applauds great forgeries and the technique used by the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Ba…

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Edit 12/3 @ 1:14pm ET.Sports Card Info had great post on Tuesday about a National Sports Card Hall of Fame & Museum. I think something like this would be great! Sports cards are a reflection on our history - a museum to showcase this would be outst…

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OK, maybe on a Page 6 rampage, but this story about Sean Avery is really funny.Avery was suspended on Tuesday for saying, “I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don’t…

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Art Shamsky was signing autographs last month at MAB’s Amazing Mets Fest. He was great with the fans and pushing his book, “The Magnificent Seasons.”Today Art Shamsky is in the middle of Page 6 in the NY Post and being sued by his ex-wife for $11 Milli…

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