Imagine your favorite MLB team finishing in second place. Not too bad. You might even get a wild card chance. Now imagine if your team finishes in second place the next year. Kinda frustrating that you get so close, but no first place. Now imagine your team finishing in second place year after year. That’s …
Baseball teams that finished in second place in the most consecutive seasons Read More »
Going to a White Sox night game with one week left in the season, and the Sox 1.5 games from first place is an interesting experience. The fans were attentive to the game, but quiet. When they introduced a US Army solider in the 4th inning, he got more applause and people standing than when …
Simplicity. Something covers of magazines today often lack. Multiple headlines cry for your attention alongside a primary photo. Editors hope one of the headlines will grab your attention while standing in line. You don’t have to pick up the magazine to see its contents. We’ve all gotten used to the shouting matches on magazine covers. …
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Well-worn baseball cards are a beauty to behold. Just like old furniture, you want the worn-look to be kept. The agedness is a value. There’s a certain art to getting a baseball card to be aged nicely. Why aren’t worn baseball cards valued more? Old baseball cards in mint condition are more rare making the …
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Maybe part of America’s economic problems is related to the rising salaries of professional sports players. Their salaries are completely wacked. Thus high-level execs of companies feel like they should be making lots of money too. Thus the average worker gets screwed because executives take on higher salaries. It’s not the complete cause, it’s just …
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I want to make a baseball card collection of every season’s Least Valuable Player. This list comes from High Heat Stats Lowest Non-Pitcher WAR (Baseball-Reference Version) By Season: 2011 Adam Dunn -3.0 2010 Nate McLouth -2.8 2009 Yuniesky Betancourt -2.4 2008 Jeff Franceour, Mike Jacobs, Jacques Jones and Jeff Keppinger -1.9 2007 Jermaine Dye -1.9 …
I’d like to see a blog where every post features the ten best baseball cards of a single player. Or maybe nine, so the blog can show them as a grid of 3×3. Baseball card pages also show nine cards at a time. Names for the blog could be: — This Players Best Nine — …
Imagine displaying your entire physical baseball card collection online. But how? Manually searching and typing each baseball card? Too much work. Scanning in each baseball card? That’s even more work! Googling each card to find an image? There needs to be a solution to showing your baseball cards online. Enter QR codes. It would be …
1,637 players have appeared in the MLB All-Star Game. 680 players were picked for just one game. Here’s some highlights: Kiki Cuyler: 1934 Randy Hundley: 1969 Lou Piniella: 1972 Manny Mota: 1973 Gary Matthews: 1979 Don Baylor: 1979 Steve Stone: 1980 Bill Buckner: 1981 Ron Kittle: 1983 Dave Dravecky: 1983 Vance Law: 1988 Mitch Williams: …
Players picked for just one All-Star Game in his career Read More »
For a few months i’ve had an RSS feed for ebay auctions of rifleman autograph and rifleman signature, and i’ve had no results come from it. (the 1990 score rifleman cards)
My predictions for the 2012 Homerun Derby: FIRST ROUND (8 players) 5 Carlos Gonzalez 5 Carlos Beltran 5 Prince Fielder 4 Robinson Cano 3 Joey Bautista 3 Mark Trumbo 3 Matt Kemp 2 Andrew McCutchen SECOND ROUND (4 players) 12 Carlos Beltran 9 Carlos Gonzalez 8 Robinson Cano 8 Prince Fielder FINAL (2 players) 3 …
