Minor League Monday – Timmie Morrow, 1990 Best.

Getting back to Minor League Monday today with Timmie Morrow. Timmie appears here on his 1990 Best card, number 284 in the set.Morrow was a second round draft pick for Texas in the 1988 draft. He played for the Gulf Coast League Rangers in 1988 and the…

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Baseball Card Show Purchase #10 – Fergie Jenkins 2011 Topps Lineage ’75 Mini Game-Used Jersey Card Many will probably say that the Ted Williams card that I bought was my best purchase of the day, and they could be right. … Continue reading →

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Steve Hamilton is shown here on card number 171 of the 1963 Topps set. In 1963 he played for the Senators slightly more than Bud Zipfel did.Very slightly, two innings worth in three games to be exact. In those two innings of relief he faced 13 batters….

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Fergie Jenkins 2005 Donruss Hall Of Fame Heroes – RED Two weeks ago, I showed off the base card of this 2005 Donruss Hall of Fame Heroes set, and now it is time to show off another. Here it is, … Continue reading →

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Well, Josh Hamilton had a news conference today to address rumors from the past couple of days that he had been seen drinking in a Dallas bar. What he said is that he did it, lied about it to Ian Kinsler, and regrets having failed to stay sober.I’ve ta…

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Props to fellow card blogger Night Owl for an early look at 2012 Topps. His post captures their quantitative leap in player photos, a few of which I borrowed for commentary.I don’t blame collectors who specialize in “cool catcher gear” cards. The so-ca…

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Number 14 on T.R. Sullivan’s list of the top 50 Bizarre Moments in Rangers history involved one of the best teams Texas has ever fielded. The 1977 Rangers were quick, had some power, and had a little pitching. They put it all together to notch 94 wins …

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Number 17 on T.R. Sullivan’s list of 50 Top Decisions in franchise history is the signing of Will Clark. Clark, shown here on card 350 of the 1994 Upper Deck set, was signed by Texas on November 22, 1993. He would stay with the team until being granted…

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Coming off a stellar year in 1974 the Rangers were hoping that Fergie Jenkins would continue his lights-out performances. That wasn’t to be. Jenkins, shown here on card 60 of the 1975 Topps set, probably didn’t have a bad year for a pitcher who hadn’t …

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The Rangers have been focusing on locking up key players recently. Talks with Josh Hamilton and Mike Napoli seem to have been all the news. Today the team re-signed what I see as an equally important player, Ron Washington.Wash, shown here on card 606 …

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1968 Topps Game – Steve Hargan Steve Hargan played in the big leagues for 12 seasons.  A pitcher, used in both starting and relief roles during that time, Hargan compiled an 87-107 record.  His lifetime ERA is 3.92 and he amassed 891 … Continue reading →

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Fergie Jenkins 2005 Upper Deck Legendary Reflections I see this photo of Fergie used quite often.  It has graced countless baseball cards, and I even see 8×10 versions of it on Ebay all of the time. The photo works well … Continue reading →

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A lot of people have written about how twice the Rangers were one pitch away from winning the 2011 World Series. But my friend Gar Ryness (better known as The Batting Stance Guy) pointed out an interesting fact.They were an out from winning the World S…

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ESPN New York (and to a lesser extent, the other New York media outlets) have been pushing their Wilpon finances stories for the past couple of days. Andrew Marchand was particularly obnoxious: “That is why my teammate Adam Rubin‘s excellent piece on how the Wilpons will either end up keeping or losing the team will certainly be [...]

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“Scoop” Oliver played for Texas for four years. His 1980 performance was memorable enough to land him number 15 on T.R. Sullivan’s list of the 50 best seasons in Rangers history.Oliver, shown here on card number 387 of the 1981 Donruss set, played most…

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We’ve all been told to use our heads. It’s something parents often admonish their offspring to do. How about using someone else’ head? That can happen as well.May 26, 1993. Cleveland, Ohio. In the bottom of the fourth the Rangers were leading the India…

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Fergie Jenkins 2005 Upper Deck Legendary Cuts – ‘Lasting Legends’ The ‘Lasting Legends’ set issued by Upper Deck in 2005 is one of my favorite issues of the modern-era.  And the Game-Used relic cards from the set are magnificent. I … Continue reading →

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‘The Diamond King’ Sends Over Three Sweet Card Of Two Of My Favorites!!! Man, the good fortune keeps rolling my way – another great mail day was had at the ’30-YOC’ residence last night.  This time, it came courtesy of … Continue reading →

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Reader Rich Offers Up A Very Unique Fergie Jenkins Baseball Card!!! Man, I love the loyal ’30-YOC’ readers – between the stories shared about the players we cherish, I am always excited to find new people who value the same … Continue reading →

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Well, there’s good news and bad news on the Prince Fielder front for Rangers fans. The bad news is that he didn’t stay in the National League. The good news is that he signed with Detroit and so isn’t in the Rangers’ division.I know a lot of Rangers fa…

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So MLB.com is reporting that the Seattle Mariners have signed former Ranger Kevin Millwood, shown here on card number 839 of the 2006 Upper Deck set.Kevin’s had a hard go of it since Texas traded him to Baltimore at the end of 2009. In 2010 he headline…

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Fergie Jenkins 2005 Donruss Hall Of Fame Heroes – Base As I look to build my Fergie Jenkins collection to 300 unique cards by the end of the year, tackling the 2005 Donruss Hall of Fame heroes set is a … Continue reading →

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Ok, I’m still two cards short on my 1962 Topps Senators set. Moving on to 1963 however since I’m having a hard time tracking down those two ’62 cards at a reasonable price. If I manage to come up with them I’ll make a detour back to 1962 at a future da…

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Ok, so I lost a day. Earlier today I posted tomorrow’s Senators Saturday post. I have no idea why I thought it was Saturday rather than Friday. Guess that’s what I get for taking a nap prior to posting. I’ve rescheduled the Senators post for tomorrow w…

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Not much going on today in Ranger-land. Apparently everyone is catching their breath after the Yu Darvish signing.It’s still free agent time though and aside from Fausto Carmona being arrested for identity fraud the big news is still the off-season sig…

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So the Rangers signed Yu Darvish today. Six years at about $60 million. Hopefully this doesn’t blow up in their faces. I’m always concerned about this type of deal. Unproven players just shouldn’t be able to command such numbers. Texas has scouted Darv…

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Fergie Jenkins 2004 Donruss Classics – ‘Legendary Jerseys’ Well, I already had the ‘Legendary Lumberjacks’ card from this issue, so it was a no-brainer to go ahead and add his sister to my Fergie Jenkins collection. So, here it is … Continue reading →

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Ok, so the Rangers haven’t yet signed the next coming of Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson – Yu Darvish. They’re still hopeful they might get it done before the doomsday deadline of tomorrow afternoon. Still not sure what to think of all that.Texas did sign …

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Not exactly sure what to do with today’s card. It’s not exactly a minor league card and it’s not really a 1991 card. Well, it is a 1991 card in that it was put out in 1991 but the last year of collegiate stats listed is from 1988. For that reason I hav…

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It’s the middle of January, and most of the free agents left on the market at this point are aging stars who might be contemplating retirement and reserves. But there’s still one star slugger available, if you can meet his asking price. Prince Fielder is going to play for someone in 2012, though I have [...]

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Harry Bright is listed on card number 551 of the 1962 Topps set as playing first and third base. That’s probably a bit misleading. Harry did play one game at third and a few innings at catcher but most of his time during the 1962 season was spent at fi…

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Fergie Jenkins 2010 Panini Century Collection – ‘Ballpark’ – Game Used Jersey Card – YUCK!!! OK, this is the last one.   I have tried a few times, but I just don’t find these card appealing.  I have made a few … Continue reading →

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Been a busy last couple of days. I am headed into a weekend off though so hopefully I can get all caught up on everything and be able to spend some more time posting.Until then I leave you with this 2005 Skybox Autographics Jerseygraphics card of forme…

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Toby Harrah, shown here on card number 131 of the 1975 Topps set, had enjoyed a power breakout in 1974. He would continue to deliver in 1975.All told Toby would appear in 151 games in 1975. 118 of those games were at shortstop for a total of 986.2 inni…

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Moving on to the next card in the minor league binder we come to Ed Ohman’s 1989 Star card, number 9 in the set. As you can see from the scan, this card has a creased upper left corner. That bums me out but it’s the only copy of the card I’ve been able…

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