on January 2nd, 2009 by tastelikedirt
A few weeks back there was a lot of talk on the XM radio about weather or not Mike Mussina was going to make it into the Hall of Fame. This all came about be because Mussina had just announced his retirement. Well, later that day I went down to the pos…
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on December 31st, 2008 by tastelikedirt
When Joba (then Justin) was a little boy, his two-year-old cousin was unable to pronounce her brother (Joba’s other cousin) Joshua’s name correctly, pronouncing it as Joba instead. Harlan Chamberlain heard this and liked the nickname, so he began refer…
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on December 29th, 2008 by tastelikedirt
Back when Tony used to manage the A’s he wore a windbreaker jacket thing. Back then just like now the teams/players get all kinds of new merch to wear every year and then people can buy that stuff and look just like thier favorite player. Well, every y…
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on December 27th, 2008 by tastelikedirt
Like most of the outgoing players from Oakland the last few years, Harden was a big fan favorite. It was kinda weird though ‘cuz he was hurt so much over the years, but he was so awesome when he wasn’t hurt. He was kinda like the west coast Kerry Wood….
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on December 25th, 2008 by tastelikedirt
The fine folks at Dinged Corners put out the call that they wanted to see the view from peoples house on Christmas. This is from our front door looking south. This was around 2:00PM today. I guess it was about 50 degrees.We Just moved to Sonora this pa…
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on December 19th, 2008 by tastelikedirt
Somehow Dayf at Cardboard Junkie won this Eric Chavez fancy card from Scott at Hand Collated. Dayf already has a few Chavez fancy cards so he asked anybody that was interested to get a hold of him. The dude from the Man of Steal the Rickey Henderson …
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on December 14th, 2008 by tastelikedirt
Andrew Bailey was a 6th round selection of the 2006 draft. He’s played at various levels in the A’s minor league system. This year he pitched in the Arizona Fall League. Andrew had a blog during that time. Athletics in the AFL I asked him a couple ques…
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on December 11th, 2008 by tastelikedirt
Swisher was one of my favorite A’s of the last few years. For quite a while I debated whos’ jersey I would get if I were to get a players name and number, but everyone on the A’s comes and goes so fast that I never wanted to bother, but after Swishe…
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on December 9th, 2008 by tastelikedirt
Buck started off like a bat out of hell in 2007. He unexpectedly made the opening day line up beacuase someone got hurt if I remember correctly. He was hittin’ doubles and triples and was one of the most exciting players on the team. Then in 2008 he st…
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on December 7th, 2008 by tastelikedirt
I sent this card to spring training around march of this year and it came back to me in November. Sweet. Danny has been up and down between the A’s and thier AAA team a few times. This year with the River Cats he batted .276 with 15 home runs and 5…
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on December 6th, 2008 by tastelikedirt
I sent this card to Mark Ellis at the end of march to spring training. Since then I’ve moved and was worried about mail not getting forwarded, but this one made it through! This card came back to me in november. Ellis is an awesome defensive 2nd …
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on December 6th, 2008 by tastelikedirt
Sometime that must have been around the trade deadline this past season, I sent this card to Chad. He was on the Orioles and just a few days after I sent this card he was traded. I remember thinking, “darn it, I wonder if he got that card I sent?” …
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on November 30th, 2008 by tastelikedirt
Local papers were reporting Billy Beane had lunch with Furcal the other day. Adding Matt Holliday and Furcal this off season would be pretty sweet. I read the Giants, Braves and a couple other teams were after Furcal. The LA Times earlier this week rep…
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on November 26th, 2008 by tastelikedirt
One of the easiest ways to find Oakland Coliseum cards for your “players not on the A’s but where the Oakland coliseum is featured on thier card” collection is the yellow roof on the dugouts in Oakland.
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