on March 6th, 2010 by Rod
This week I went through my stuff and found 25 different Bips to start my player collection with, I have multiples of the iconic 1987 Topps. I am trying to see how many different Bips I can acquire I got a checklist off of Beckett. However …
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on March 5th, 2010 by Rod
Cedric Scott Hunter played in Portland in 2007 and I didn’t get to see him play the three games he was here for. For some reason he went back to high A and AA the next two years. Maybe he will be in Portland for more than three games this y…
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on March 5th, 2010 by Rod
Chad Daniel Huffman was drafted by the Padres in the 2nd round of the 2006 draft. He has worked his way up to AAA and played all of last season here in Portland. I got his signature through the mail last year because it is a pain to get sig…
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on March 4th, 2010 by Rod
Ten days ago I sent out nine cards to various persons to be signed, some of them were licensed Topps cards, some were unlicensed Upper Deck cards and two of them were unlicensed Padrograph cards. Since the cards were unlicensed I did not use the …
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on March 3rd, 2010 by Rod
Spring has sprung, baseball is being played in the southeast and southwest. The kids are playing in the backyard in Hood River. The Padres have the same record as whoever won the World Series last year and Tim Flannery is back at third base…
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on March 3rd, 2010 by Rod
The signature is of Master Sergeant Donald Malarkey of Easy Company. He is one of the soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers”, he was played by Scott Grimes, who also played Dr. Archie Morris on ER. The signature i…
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on February 28th, 2010 by Rod
The contestant that correctly guesses this weeks auto will be rewarded with a Double! These are the ground rules that I have stolen from Spot the Sig over at PhungoRespond in the comments to THIS post.Please put team you want to represent in yo…
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on February 24th, 2010 by Rod
Jack Robert Howell is currently the hitting coach for the Diamondbacks, but back in 1991 he played in 58 games for the Padres. He played 11 seasons in the majors, 1 with San Diego, 1 with Houston and 9 with California. He also played for 4 …
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on February 23rd, 2010 by Rod
One Day at Fenway, A Day in the Life of Baseball in America by Steve Kettman; 2004; 306 pages; Atria Books, New York; 0-7434-8365-0; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Central; 2/18-2/22 One of the greatest rivalry’s in all of baseball …
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on February 22nd, 2010 by Rod
The signature was of Larry Colton, pitcher, author and founder of Wordstock h . Larry Colton was a pitcher for the Phillies in 1968, he pitched two innings in a game at Candlestick Park, he ended up with a 4.50 ERA. After the game he went o…
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on February 22nd, 2010 by Rod
The contestant that correctly guesses this weeks auto will be rewarded with a Double! There will a clue every hour after 3 PM on Monday until someone identifies the signature. Clue No. 1-AuthorClue No. 2-Hedy Lamarr These are the g…
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on February 22nd, 2010 by Rod
The contestant that correctly guesses this weeks auto will be rewarded with a Double! There will a clue every hour after 3 PM on Monday until someone identifies the signature. Clue No. 1-AuthorThese are the ground rules that I have stole…
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on February 22nd, 2010 by Rod
Benjamin Richard Howard was drafted in 1997 and made his major league debut in 2002. He pitched in ‘02 & ‘03 for the Padres and in ‘04 for the Marlins. He continued to play in the minors through 2008. I got this signed through the…
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on February 21st, 2010 by Rod
The contestant that correctly guesses this weeks auto will be rewarded with a Double! These are the ground rules that I have stolen from Spot the Sig over at PhungoRespond in the comments to THIS post.Please put team you want to represent…
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on February 20th, 2010 by Rod
Glenn Edward Hoffman made his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox in 1980, when his brother Trevor William Hoffman was 13 years old. Glenn is 9 years older than Trevor and played 9 seasons, 7 years with the Red Sox and a year each with the Dodge…
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on February 20th, 2010 by Rod
William Michael Hogan was drafted by the Padres in the fifth round of the 2003 draft. He played with 4 teams in two years in the Padres organization, never rising higher than A ball. 2005 & 2006 there is no record of him playing, althou…
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on February 19th, 2010 by Rod
Sterling Alex Hitchcock was the 1998 National League Championship Series. After that though it was all downhill for the Padres as the Yankees swept them in 4 games in the World Series. He won a World Series ring three years later with the Yankees…
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on February 18th, 2010 by zman40
#271 Matt Halloran and Gil MecheI posted this card back in December without Gil’s signature on it. Luckily at Fanfest, I was able to get him to complete this card. I had thought about leaving Fanfest early, but when I heard that Gil was signing in on…
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on February 18th, 2010 by Rod
Kevin Wayne Higgins played in the Padres organiztion from 1989 to 1994, playing in the majors in 1993. He only played in 71 games and played every position, except pitcher and SS in those 71 games. I got the card signed through the mail.Joh…
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on February 16th, 2010 by Rod
The autograph this was the Godfather of Shock Rock, Alice Cooper. We got several of his signatures at an event that Neil Lomax sponsored here in Portland called the Quarterback Shootout to raise money for FCA and Young Life. There were alwa…
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on February 15th, 2010 by Rod
Carlos Alberto Almeida Hernandez runs a restaurant called Caribbean Flavor which features Venzuelan cuisine in San Diego. He played 10 years in the majors the majority of the time with the Dodgers, 7 years. He then finished with 2 years in …
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on February 14th, 2010 by Rod
The contestant that correctly guesses this weeks auto will be rewarded with a Double! These are the ground rules that I have stolen from Spot the Sig over at PhungoRespond in the comments to THIS post.Please put team you want to represent in yo…
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on February 12th, 2010 by Rod
Friends, Bloggers, Dodger Fans even, from San Diego to Boston, Vancouver to Miami, (even the UK)send me your Bips, your Leons. Looking through my cards I find that I have some Bips, but not enough, there are cards of Bip on teams other …
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on February 11th, 2010 by Rod
Ball Cap Nation, A Journey Through the World of America’s National Hat by James Lillifores; 2009; 218 pages; Clerisy Press, Cincinnati, OH; 978-1-57860-340-4; 2/9-2/10; checked out from Multnomah County Library,Central If clothes say who we are, the …
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on February 11th, 2010 by Rod
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on February 7th, 2010 by Rod
The contestant that correctly guesses this weeks auto will be rewarded with a Double! These are the ground rules that I have stolen from Spot the Sig over at PhungoRespond in the comments to THIS post.Please put team you want to represent…
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on February 5th, 2010 by Rod
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on February 3rd, 2010 by Rod
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on February 1st, 2010 by Rod
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