tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16862454247394592952024-02-02T02:53:33.374-08:00Cardboard Diamond HeroesA look at some of the heroes of our national pastime in cardboard.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686245424739459295.post-87147910550140611892011-08-28T12:16:00.000-07:002011-08-28T12:32:41.242-07:00Trade with rooster1 (from the Bench)<span style="font-size:85%;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Added these Mickey Mantle cards in a trade with rooster1 sending him some Ken Griffey, Jr. cards for his collection. </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Included 1996 Bowman #M20, 2006 Topps Chrome Black Refractor #7 and 2002 UD Piece of History #38.</span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr63YioJEqPVdx_aQ2fSWsmzIb0JxZCa4fi5XFIhJZ3U7gfy-JKuFZpV9uTUvzXVy6FFCSPpgNtdD4reS5-Z_OjBv_1IBJdf5jK2xJVB9OPn6AkcPxLNCAdjBLL0AEZ71uo8_jqIZGcxkG/s1600/IMG.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 309px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 381px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645989962416755170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr63YioJEqPVdx_aQ2fSWsmzIb0JxZCa4fi5XFIhJZ3U7gfy-JKuFZpV9uTUvzXVy6FFCSPpgNtdD4reS5-Z_OjBv_1IBJdf5jK2xJVB9OPn6AkcPxLNCAdjBLL0AEZ71uo8_jqIZGcxkG/s400/IMG.jpg" /></span></a></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686245424739459295.post-8013237776049244642011-08-23T20:09:00.000-07:002011-08-23T20:35:29.660-07:00Trade with Steve1972 (from the Bench)<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I added a much sought after 1999 Pacific Prism Derek Jeter to my collection with a trade with Steve from the Bench. I sent him some 1994 Leaf cards for his set. The 1999 Prism set included 150 cards. Key cards besides Jeter include Cal Ripken, Alex Rodriguez, Mark McGwire, Ken Griffey, Jr., Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Mike Piazza. </span>
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<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Most teams </span><span style="font-family:Arial;">include 5-6 players I have 2 of the 6 Yankees: Jeter and Tino Martinez. I'm missing David Cone, Orlando Hernandez, Hideki Irabu, and Bernie WIlliams. I have the following for trade: Jeff Bagwell, Wade Boggs, Bobby Bonilla, Kevin Brown, Tony Clark, Roger Clemens, Chuck Finley, Cliff Floyd, Luis Gonzalez, Vladimir Guerrrero, Brian Hunter, Randy Johnson, Andruw Jones, Eric Karros, Barry Larkin, Javy Lopez, Pedro Martinez, Quinton McCraken, John Olerud, Rey Ordonez, Sammy Sosa, Mo Vaughn.</span>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686245424739459295.post-12904246857146256192011-08-20T09:28:00.000-07:002011-08-21T12:38:06.106-07:00Trade with “é rayhahn, rayhahn”<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Only beef in these Jimmy Dean sausages! Shown here is from a trade (2nd) with Rhubarb_Runner of </span><a href="http://mmmrhubarb.wordpress.com/baseball-cards/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">http://mmmrhubarb.wordpress.com/baseball-cards/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">
<br />I sent him some Twins from Pacific sets that he needed. He is a terrific Twins fan and collector so contact him if you want to trade.
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<br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Upper left to lower right: 1972 Kelloggs Buddy Harrelson, 2001 Post Babe Ruth, 1993 Post Don Mattingly,1992 Jimmy Dean Bobby Bonilla and Andy Stankewicz, 1993 Jimmy Dean Eddie Murray, 2011 Topps Kimball Johan Santana, 1988 Topps Major League Leaders Mini Darryl Strawberry, 1989 Baseball Card Magazine Don Mattingly/Kirby Puckett</span>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686245424739459295.post-29999416833565024652011-03-08T18:41:00.000-08:002011-03-08T19:54:31.884-08:00Sir Rodney<div>My tribute to HOFer-1991, Rod Carew<br /><br />10 Interesting Rod Carew Facts:<br />1. Carew collected his 3,000th career hit (a single off Frank Viola) on August 4, 1984 - the same day that Tom Seaver won his 300th career game.<br />2. Alan Bannister called Carew "the only player who can go 4-for-3".<br />3. He was the best bunter of his generation, and he stole home 17 times.<br />4. Toiling for the poor Twins teams and the hard-luck Angels, Carew collected more hits than any player who never played in a World Series.<br />5. Rodney Cline Carew was named after Dr. Rodney Cline, who delivered baby Carew while on a train in the Panama Canal Zone, on October 1, 1945.<br />6. Born in the Panama Canal Zone, he learned to hit tennis balls and wads of paper taped into balls.<br />7. When he was 16 his mother took the family to New York City to live with Rod's godmother.<br />8. Carew grew up not far from the old Polo Grounds, and near Yankee Stadium.<br />9. In 1976 his string of four straight batting titles was halted when he lost the crown on the final day of the season to George Brett.<br />10. In 1977, faced with the overwhelming evidence that his six-time batting champ was the best hitter in baseball, notorious cheapskate Twin's owner Calvin Griffith voluntarily gave Carew a $100,000 bonus!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8rckkDts7GG_x41XrN5zU58u5v3CByV_ASUJ0HC-AqIUy32XHmywApRnWlDt17sWnwq5OzpM6e3qAto2-rUf6NjemO8T3tHB4mOZAf08SY0fghX6IHC0dbTctuB-TGMfstYcaBvciLjO/s1600/Carew-Twins.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 309px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581922787538470162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8rckkDts7GG_x41XrN5zU58u5v3CByV_ASUJ0HC-AqIUy32XHmywApRnWlDt17sWnwq5OzpM6e3qAto2-rUf6NjemO8T3tHB4mOZAf08SY0fghX6IHC0dbTctuB-TGMfstYcaBvciLjO/s400/Carew-Twins.jpg" /></a>Upper left to lower right: 1987 Kmart, 2005 Topps Rookie Cup, 2001 Topps Through The Years, 1982 Kmart 20th Anniversary, 1991 Bowman, 2005 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites, 2003 Topps All-Time Fan Favorites, 1991 Bowman, 1987 Nestle Dream Team<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpucLjL6DO6VZq-95SV_iOVon8FForUgD6iKbappz7Rkg1IkGMzPWyh01DB5JgFKdXmJYgi7lzoo83tznGbYaCX_sq6CjjqxPzbQVr5JTbXlfFKeEMavEznxnieS5WnxuUveGn2024E_sU/s1600/Carew-Angels+.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 309px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581923338608679298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpucLjL6DO6VZq-95SV_iOVon8FForUgD6iKbappz7Rkg1IkGMzPWyh01DB5JgFKdXmJYgi7lzoo83tznGbYaCX_sq6CjjqxPzbQVr5JTbXlfFKeEMavEznxnieS5WnxuUveGn2024E_sU/s400/Carew-Angels+.jpg" /></a>Upper left to lower right: 1995 Jimmy Dean All-Time Greats, 1981 Kellogg's, 1984 Fleer Sticker, 1981 Fleer Stamp, 1986 Fleer Future Hall of Famer, 1983 Topps Glossy Send-Ins, 1982 Topps Sticker, 1981 Fleer Sticker, 1984 Fun Foods Pin<br /><br />These are some of the Rod Carew items I own. If you have any for trade please contact me.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686245424739459295.post-90447660883484702302010-11-04T06:49:00.000-07:002010-11-04T09:45:47.178-07:00Hot Stove - 2011 Top Free Agents<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWLKXwGDvNukoco5hS3QkQR1IHga6piU4uaPXz2fzYPomjXHyYx94egXfbOUSwCwAkk1ae9MnKDpKfryu9fuU_hv_SNOFcIspefS4M1v-ZOi7xWvfyO577QLfN2Yig_DHD-TWgt8vKokb/s1600/joe+mauer+01.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 143px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535693624659980082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWLKXwGDvNukoco5hS3QkQR1IHga6piU4uaPXz2fzYPomjXHyYx94egXfbOUSwCwAkk1ae9MnKDpKfryu9fuU_hv_SNOFcIspefS4M1v-ZOi7xWvfyO577QLfN2Yig_DHD-TWgt8vKokb/s200/joe+mauer+01.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdPyJNLPnCAcnEipt2sjxKY8waYspQLTqAu82htU-IOoYD3jTwMitnkVboaJ2rdvNiE4u47xwnmEseZ-zRX8qVETUHok1lR4Wqc-5NErVEgdWxijp8kpZE81vcNILoH0Mfs7F4baEz8jl/s1600/cliff+lee+02.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 140px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535733125119603522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYh13DhuL_NZ_EEwqghXqk0grx1LnZtVVkzSJeJ_OYqxdmQ1JZFb-J7hBR9cJ8UM2aR0ZaFuIIO6xGOX9gd9XwRZVbx15DY7JyrkRbOoJUIeSTanXxHQFZoyNv6xzhMdz0L2JRYPKU61c/s200/adam+dunn+10.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;"></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Time for hot stove </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-uxvcOUPv-B0rYptnUo0CmVB-S8cXttwlW48eLXwJn-cAbqik0uMw27movSKO2lMOg_ERaOHOHaWXfqvQn1ybjIpX4KuJ4iAVPODMbYBQu5qDYXzzkGz1X3Fig8MOdoYRlZtrfaqtOq6/s1600/adam+dunn+10.jpg"></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">to start as players renegotiate their contracts. Here are the top 2011 potential free agents if their teams don't resign them in the next few days. Expect most to test the free market. They are:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">1. Joe Mauer</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">2. Cliff Lee</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">3. Brandon Webb</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">4. Derek Jeter</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">5. Carl Crawford</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">6. Jason Werth</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">7. Victor Martinez</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">8. Josh Beckett</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">9.Carlos Pena </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">10. Adam Dunn </span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></div></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686245424739459295.post-2895988078125661902010-11-03T07:18:00.000-07:002010-11-03T08:34:40.769-07:00Congratulations - 2010 World Series Champions!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOn4VX_x-uYXn4hNv_mtOaYX7nSJO-EsOq37CKcPE31_q_U9dnKwMgfN4-BkNAIBb61CwiDXEFCrAvnh10yaoClv-xqqOQPSY_wzBQ5CRuUr5rzgf2lvFqzwstKq5jZR0ph1KIsp7mw0jM/s1600/SFGiants.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 154px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535334932354275410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOn4VX_x-uYXn4hNv_mtOaYX7nSJO-EsOq37CKcPE31_q_U9dnKwMgfN4-BkNAIBb61CwiDXEFCrAvnh10yaoClv-xqqOQPSY_wzBQ5CRuUr5rzgf2lvFqzwstKq5jZR0ph1KIsp7mw0jM/s200/SFGiants.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">This is a tribute to some of the great Giant players that came close, but never got to realize a world championship since the Giants moved to San Francisco (c<em>heck out Sully Baseball for a blog listing additional great Giants from past years).</em> My dad was a dedicated Giants fan and followed them after their move to the coast until he passed away in the early 70's. Even to this day, I still have painful memories of the 1962 World Series. From my San Francisco Giants collection, clockwise from the upper left, 2002 Topps Pristine #141 Willie 'Say Hey' Mays, 1965 Topps #176 Willie 'Stretch' McCovey, 1970 Topps #425 Bobby Bonds, 1966 Topps #132 Orlando 'Baby Bull' Cepeda, 2001 Topps Noteworthy #TN7 Barry Bonds, 1967 Topps #320 Gaylord Perry, 1987 Topps #420 Will 'The Thrill' Clark, 1970 Kelloggs #13 Juan Marichal, the logo in the center is a 1974 or 1975 Fleer cloth logo sticker (according to The Fleer Sticker Project).</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Congratulations to Edgar Renteria, Tim Lincecum and the rest of the 2010 San Francisco Giants!!! </span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686245424739459295.post-75776112330693738842010-11-02T09:44:00.000-07:002010-11-02T11:09:57.278-07:002008 Stadium Club<a 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style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Recent trades help me add these Stadium Club cards from the 2008 set. I was never really interested in the entire set, but I find the photography of the retired players subset very interesting. I recently received the Roberto Clemente card from a fellow collector, K.C._Royals on The Bench to add to the Mantle card. The entire subset includes: 91 Jackie Robinson, 92 Mickey Mantle, 93 Ty Cobb, 94 Joe DiMaggio (cut-out *), 95 Honus Wagner, 96 Babe Ruth, 978 Nolan Ryan, 98 Roberto Clemente, 99 Ted Williams, 100 Tom Seaver * the DiMaggio picture was removed when a contract was signed with Upper Deck. If anyone has any cards from the subset please contact me.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLWS1fNkiudqXQ4dpuyHHgW-TIK_BsdPVjZs5WDVAP9aAMuPpY6FKPh63OBiLtONRWK55l6FOLO4yE8LGf5kV85hOhfkHkcCSfHngEKhuTu1Gzmp64dywPANLM_GnEfDunYm2-A2bRgqI/s1600/2008+stadium+club-clemente.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686245424739459295.post-13693949521369235032009-06-11T17:44:00.000-07:002010-10-27T04:55:31.987-07:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUMVzrWCHtY/SjOigtr-ViI/AAAAAAAAAI0/MF9XNHm8U0A/s1600-h/gibson+09+topps+sp.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 142px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346795865522460194" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUMVzrWCHtY/SjOigtr-ViI/AAAAAAAAAI0/MF9XNHm8U0A/s200/gibson+09+topps+sp.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;">#45 Bob 'Hoot' Gibson is the first player I've chosen to represent the period in baseball that I enjoyed watching and playing as a young boy.<br />This card is a 2009 Topps short printed card #415. It is a great card that shows him delivering a pitch off the mound at Shea Stadium. His career statistics on the back of the card indicate that he had <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>6</strong></span> league leading and <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">4</span></strong> tied pitching records. His best year was in 1968 when he obtained <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">4</span></strong> of the league leading pitching records including a <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>1.12</strong></span> ERA during the 'live ball' era. That same year he won the NL MVP and Cy Young Awards. Another interesting fact is that his most career strikeouts of <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">41</span></strong> was against Willie Stargell.<br /></span><div><div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;">Seasons G GS CG W L PCT ERA SHO IP H ER HR BB SO<br />17 (1959-1975) 528 482 255 251 174 .591 2.91 56 3,884.1 3,279 1,258 257 1,336 3,117 </span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2