An eBay seller is trying to sell some “Chicago Cub Half Dollars from 1907 and 1908.” Only thing is that they are not Chicago Cub Half Dollars. They are merely normal half dollars from 1907 and 1908–the years the Cubs won the World Series. I sent a question to the seller, chicagosportsandmoresanto: ================= The image …
Chicago Cubs Championship coins from 1907 and 1908 Read More »
Not only can you win $1,000,000 if you pick a player for 56 consecutive days that gets a hit, but you also get virtual trophies. MLB.com has a trophy room for your accomplishments in Beat the Streak. I won trophies for getting over 100 hits this season, for getting a 10+ streak, and for hitting …
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The first year card for a baseball player tends to be his most valuable. But you have barely any stats on that card. What’s the fun in that? Oh yay. One season of stats. That says barely anything. But the last year card of a player. Now THAT has the entire career stats of a …
IDEA: Topps master baseball card set for every single player ever Read More »
. I encourage everyone to write MLB.com customer service: There’s a graphic on the homepage of mlb.com for the All-Star Game Final Vote. It features buttons of 10 final players on the voting card. The graphics on these buttons are fantastic. You should sell these buttons. I bet people would love to collect them as …
Ask MLB.com to sell buttons for the “Final Vote” All-Star Game Read More »
Even as a big Cubs fan, I’m glad only one Cub made it to the All-Star team. I’d even be happy having no Cubs on the team this year. If your team sucks, you don’t deserve to have an All-Star. Ted Lilly is the Cubs All-Star this year. He’s not even really an All-Star. He’s …
MLB.com has a game called Beat the Streak where you try to put together a hitting streak to beat baseball’s legendary record of 56 games. Choose one player every day who you think will get at least one base hit. If your player gets a hit, your streak is extended. If he fails to get …
Play “Beat the Streak” on mlb.com and you could win $20 in 2009 Read More »
How do you quickly sell tickets on Craigslist? Offer a discount for something the buyer must do during the event. Put the discount in the title. I had four cubs tickets I needed to unload for a game this week. There are so many Cubs tickets on Craigslist, I was afraid of not having my …
Brilliant idea on how to sell Cubs tickets on Craigslist Read More »
Baseball fantasy leagues can be too much work. My brother and I have our own league every year–just the two of us. We get all the best players. It’s fun. But this year we are mixing it up. No players. Just one team. Instead of picking players, we each pick a team. One team. We …
October 2008. A week after the Chicago Cubs disgraced themselves in the playoffs. Less than one month before the Obama election. I’m hungry. For lunch. I leave work and walk through the the Tribune Tower lobby. Occasionally in the lobby there are celebrity sightings. That day in October was a most unusual‚ yet most appropriate …
My run-in with Ronnie Woo Woo at the Tribune Tower Read More »
The architect’s rendering of the rink at Wrigley Field for the Winter Classic. (Handout photo/NHL) With the Wrigley Field being iced over from the Blackhawks game on January 1, they are going to let regular people ice skate on it January 4. Sounds really cool, right? Ice skate on Wrigley Field. Want some tickets? Uh. …
