In case you’re wondering how much baseball cards cost nowadays. If you buy a box of packs, here’s how much they’ll cost: 2011 Topps Baseball Cards Series 1 Blaster Box 10 packs per box, 8 cards per pack 80 cards $20/box ($0.25/card) ($2.00/pack) 2011 Topps Baseball Cards Series 1 Box 24 packs per box, 12 …
My 50 most interesting photos posted in 2010 The following set was automatically created by dopiaza’s set generator. It’s a really cool script. Every day it checks the popularity ranking of all my photos I posted in 2010 and then ranks them in this 2010 most interesting set. I copied the images for this set …
The Wrigley Field rooftops are struggling financially as the Cubs suck. “There’s a lot of money going out and only some coming in,” said Rich Zasiebida (in a Tribune interview), managing partner of the Skybox on Sheffield, 3627 N. Sheffield Ave. “People have got hefty mortgages. We’re busting our (hump) over here.” The Chicagoist also …
Ken Griffey Jr retired today. He was the biggest deal coming up in 1989 when I was in 8th grade. His ’89 Upper Deck was THE card everyone wanted. He lived up to all the hype and then-some (well, only for the first 10 years). Here’s to one of the all-time greats. — My twin …
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Other than NASCAR, baseball is most like croquet. Both baseball and croquet has the main objective of the player to go in a circle by reaching certain stations along the way. Baseball you you go in a circle and touch four bases. In croquet you go in a circle by making your ball go through …
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Baseball has more in common with NASCAR than another sport. Both baseball and NASCAR involve getting around a circle as fast as possible. That’s really the point of baseball. To run around in a complete circle. I can’t think of any other sports besides track and NASCAR that has the main point to be running …
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The celebrated homerun As the previous post mentioned, the main point of baseball is one of avoidance. You hit the ball where it escapes your oppoents to you have enough time to run around in a circle. Whereas other sports of like baskeball and football center around getting the ball into a specific place. But …
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Baseball is a game of avoidance The main idea behind baseball is that you hit the ball where the opponent isn’t, so you have time to run around in a large circle. All other sports have the goal to get the ball into a specific area to score. — Football: carry the ball into a …
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West Side Grounds where the Cubs last won the World Series in 1908 is still a park. Or at least on Google Maps it looks like a park. It’s only a couple blocks from the Polk stop on the CTA pink line. I’m gonna have to swing by there sometime. What should I do when …
Quiet Metra train The platform is completely empty at the 103rd street Metra station at 10:17pm on a Tuesday night. As the train arrives, I’m the only one to board the only open car on the train. While looking for an open seat, about 3/4 of the train is sleeping. I think to myself, “This …
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