You Say Weiner, I Say Weiner

Now this is a cool vintage card. I’ve noticed some of the 1952 Bowman cards are landscape instead of portrait – not all, but a handful are designed this way.This is another one for my Dallas Texans team set. This is card #114, Art Weiner from the 1952 …

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The hockey nets that cascade around the hockey rink from arena ceilings didn’t alway exist. A stray puck from ex-Columbus Blue Jacket Epsen Knutsen changed the safety guidelines in all arenas. Nearly nine years ago, a puck hit by Knutsen hit and k…

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For the most part, the 1952 Bowman football series (large and small) looks outstanding. I’ve been working on a ’52 Texans set for both.There are some great action shots like Zollie Toth and Art Weiner.And then the series has the John Wozniak card here.

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It didn’t take Brett Favre long to capitalize on his 297 consecutive games streak.Favre is selling footballs with a 297 game inscription on his official website. If he can’t put his socks on, I’m not sure how he can sign a football?Interesting note fro…

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“Wow, you guys just officially ended our season, can you sign this glove for me?” Was that the conversation Tashard Choice had with Michael Vick following Sunday night’s game in Dallas? The Eagles just officially eliminated the Cowboys from the playoff…

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The back of this card describes Chris Burford as “Sneaky Fast!” In 1961, Burford averaged 16.7 yards per reception and 51 catches for 850 yards and 5 touchdowns.This 1962 Fleer is the latest Dallas Texans card I’ve picked up on eBay. I only have five m…

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The 1962 Fleer set I’m collecting is entertaining if nothing else.I’m focusing on the Dallas Texans and some of these cards are pretty hilarious. This is E.J. Holub, a linebacker from Texas Tech.As David commented on my previous blog post about the 196…

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This just in . . . there haven’t been too many October and November blog posts from me.About a year or so ago, I decided to start living more. What does that mean? To me, it meant doing instead of watching.I tackled my fear of heights by skydiving last…

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This is another 1962 Fleer Dallas Texans card I picked up. Once again, the posed action shot of Sherrill Headrick is classic.The stats on the back indicate that Headrick is from TCU. So far, 3 of the 4 ’62 Texans that I’ve put on the blog came from Tex…

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The faux action shots of this 1962 Fleer set are pretty cool. This is full-back Jack Spikes demonstrating the proper technique to have two hands on the football.If only I had this picture to show the football team I coached this fall!

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Will someone please bring Emmitt Smith back to Earth? Once again the Dancing with the Stars winner has pricing out of this world.Full size helmet autograph: $350HOF inscription: $175http://gtsportsmarketing.com/nj2011/

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My latest 1962 Fleer Dallas Texan is Mel Branch. It’s another card from this fun set that looks Mel is dancing instead of playing football.Branch was a defensive end for the Texans.The Texans logo in the bottom right corner is pretty awesome too.

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I started a new team set this week. In addition to the ’52 Dallas Texans, I’m now collecting the 1962 Fleer Dallas Texans. This is the Texans team that ended up moving to Kansas City.I think the Fleer cards pretty hilarious. They have coloration issues…

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I’ve really enjoyed collecting this Bowman Large 1952 Dallas Texans set. It’s been a great way to learn about the history of the league and get some great vintage cards for excellent prices. This is my latest eBay deal – George Taliaferro, #89. The sca…

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I always find out about these things a day late!For $25, fans could enter the Spectrum and take whatever they wanted. It sounds like an awesome deal to get stadium used items like folding chairs, signs, bar stools. My first basketball and hockey games …

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Some musicians have songs that can span generations. Peter Yarrow may be unmatched in this category.We caught up with Peter at a book store signing last month. Peter signed copies of his “Puff the Magic Dragon” book and a few others. Then treated the 1…

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Athletes spend their entire careers chasing them. Ron Artest will spend Christmas auctioning his ring away. . . for charity.On December 25, Ron Artest will raffle his LA Lakers championship ring to benefit his charity, Xcel University.To purchase raffl…

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As a kid, I loved going to a card store. I went to several and never really had a favorite, but I had a choice depending on where the parents were driving around that day.   You’d beg to stop at one so you could get a pack of cards, look for …

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You’ve seen this in magazines, Best Buy advertisements, and even in the windows of some businesses.It’s a QR Code. If you scan it with your smart phone camera via a QR Scanner app, it opens a video or URL.It sounds complicated, but it’s not. For e…

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At the time I wasn’t a big fan of them, but looking back, I really like the blue road uniforms some teams had.This Paul Molitor, ’84 Topps card has Paul in his blues. I like the Brewers blue, the Blue Jays blue and the Phillies blue . . . the grays tha…

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I think nearly everything in life can be related to a Seinfeld or Brady Bunch episode.All we heard about during the NFL off-season was Brett Favre and his Mississippi tractor riding. Now, all we hear about his Brett Favre and his texting issues. I’m wa…

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One of my Topps Million Card give-away is this 1962 Joe Amalfitano card of the Houston Colt .45s. After looking at the wiki page and some of their cool logos the story of the .45s seems really interesting to me.In today’s politically correct world, we …

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There are several key signs to alert a player that his baseball career is trending in the right direction. A player’s bat speed could slow down, velocity on his pitches may drop or getting injured more frequently are all signs that the career is in the…

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CSA Shows has another unique and collector friendly show this month.The October 15-17 show has more ’72 Dolphin reunion guests and is heavy on the basketball guests. Some of the basketball autograph guests include:- Magic Johnson- Jerry West- George Ge…

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Willie Mays is so concerned about lack of attendance at Citi Field that he wants to have an autograph session (for him) on the field.According to the NY Daily News, Mays said, “I’d like to come back and do a show there, ‘like an autograph session, help…

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Ken Burns unveils the Tenth Inning on PBS Tuesday, 9/28. This is a two-part follow-up to his baseball documentary.I really enjoyed the original baseball documentary he did 20 years ago and I’m looking forward to seeing how he documents events following…

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The backs of vintage cards bring more than the stats.I picked up this 1952 Bowman Large card of Dallas Texan Brad “Whitie” Ecklund. The best part of his card was the listing of his four years in the Marines seeing action at Okinawa.I really thought it …

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Former Met and friend of firecrackers, Vince Coleman, is signing autographs.Vince is signing at the Mounted Memories November 21 show in Chicago, IL.What are the chances Vince signs a firecracker for me?If you don’t remember Vince’s little problem . . .

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Twitchange is a celebrity twitter auction that is raising money for aHomeinHaiti.org.You can bid to have Eva Longoria, Dana White, Jim Rome, Pierre Garcon, and others follow you on twitter for at least 90 days and retweet one of your tweets.The auction…

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The Hall of Fame announced it’s preliminary list for the 2011 Class. Some of the first time notables include:- Deion Sanders- Jerome Bettis- Marshall Faulk- Curtis Martin- Jimmy Smith, - Willie Roaf- Dick Vermeil Out of that group, I see Dei…

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The Reds could take a page from the Toronto Blue Jays marketing department.Last week I blogged about #twittertuesdays at a Blue Jays game. It was a great experience for my family. We were able to meet people, get involved in the game and I could have c…

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I attended the Pete Rose 4192 celebration on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Everyone who went through the Reds Hall of Fame received a free print.The picture has Pete’s swing from Sept. 11, 1985. I have the picture of Pete on first base with Steve Garvey, b…

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Twitter, baseball, and watching a game with your kids – it doesn’t get much better than that for me. My family and I recently experienced a Toronto Blue Jays game and their promotion for using the hashtag #twittertuesdays on a Tuesday home game. By fol…

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The Reds are celebrating Pete Rose’s 25th anniversary of hit #4192. Before the game on Sept. 11, Pete will be allowed on the field for the celebration and I’m taking the family to the game.According to the Reds website, there will be a video tribute an…

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I’m not going with the Jets, Mark Sanchez’s playoff numbers were good, his regular seasion numbers were good for a rookie. I’m not going with Dallas. I’m a big Cowboys fan, but I’m not sold on Tony Romo being able to win a tough one in the playoff…

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