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Showing posts with label 2000s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2000s. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

"Well, We're Pitching Here in Allentown"

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"And it's hard to keep my fastball down..." "Out in Lehigh Valley, Rob's Kellin' time..." ...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Baseball's Top 5 Non-All-Stars (Hitting Edition)

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Some years, it doesn't take much to be an All-Star. Every team gets at least one rep, after all, even the crappy rebuilding franchises r...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Garvey Garvey Garvey Garvey Garvey Garvey Cey Russell Lopes

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I've been a Steve Garvey fan since the early 80s and made him the subject of my first player collection many years ago. Decades later, c...
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Thursday, April 18, 2013

2004 Upper Deck First Pitch Baseball #5, Miguel Cabrera

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Born today, 2012 AL Triple Crown Winner, career 151 OPS+ hitter, and occasional glove man  Miguel Cabrera . Miguel split 2003 between t...
Monday, December 31, 2012

2012 Topps Baseball #5, Desmond Jennings

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Closing out 2012 with its own #5, a leaping shot of Demond Jennings heading for home. Being an obvious game situation, it wasn't ha...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Gabe White and The Mile High Club

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Happy birthday to former Expos, Reds, Rockies, Yankees, and Cardinals pitcher Gabe White, who turns 41 today. 2001 Topps Gold #681, Gabe...
Friday, October 26, 2012

2011 Topps Diamond Anniversary Baseball #555, Madison Bumgarner

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Hats off to Madison Bumgarner and his SF teammates for a 2-0 win over Detroit last night . That the Tigers managed no runs against a pitcher...
Monday, October 22, 2012

2012 Topps Heritage Baseball #5, NL ERA League Leaders (Halladay, Kershaw, Lee, Lincecum, Vogelsong)

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Congratulations to Ryan Vogelsong in pitching San Francisco to a 6-1 victory and forcing game 7 in the 2012 NLCS. Defensive miscues behind ...
Friday, October 12, 2012

2010 Topps Baseball Factory Set Bonus Philadelphia Phillies #PHI5, Jayson Werth

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Congratulations to our latest post-season walk-off homer hero, Nationals OF Jayson Werth! As noted by Jeff Passan , Werth's blast h...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

2012 Topps Museum Collection Jumbo Lumber Baseball # to 5, Raul Ibanez

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My mom has a soft spot for Raul Ibanez after his two tours of duty in Seattle ( career stats ), a place he briefly wore uniform #5...way bac...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

2000 Upper Deck Gold Reserve Baseball #5, Troy Percival

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Born on August 9, Troy Percival, who holds the record for birthday saves with four. Troy closed this quartet of August 9 games. 1997 ...
Monday, July 23, 2012

10 Years Ago Today: Nomar Garciaparra record-setting birthday

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On July 23, 2002, Red Sox #5 Nomar Garciaparra celebrated his 29th birthday with three homers off Tampa Bay pitching, including a 4th inning...
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Monday, March 26, 2012

2000 Topps Stadium Club Baseball One of a Kind #5, Shane Reynolds

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Born on today's date in 1968, workhorse righty Shane Reynolds. Shane's the only MLB player born on March 26th to win at least 1...
Friday, February 3, 2012

Type Site: Night Owl Cards (and its first look at 2012 Topps)

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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 ...
Monday, February 15, 2010

2001 Sunoco Dream Team #5, Jim Palmer & Frank Robinson

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Lots of folks blogged up 2010 Upper Deck's weird handling of MLB logos, which they (supposedly) aren't licensed to display. They do ...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Comparison of Allen & Ginter Retail and Hobby Boxes

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Enough of the #5s for now, it's time for a adrenaline rush of brand new cards! This year's Allen & Ginter design and contents v...