From the category archives:

Baseball Cards

* If I knew then what I know now…

September 18, 2008

As a kid I collected baseball cards. As a kid in the 60s and 70s, I never thought of them as investments so I subjected them to all sorts of indignities: writing on them, taping over the team names when the player was traded, pasting them to oaktag for school projects (I could have retired […]

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* Review: The Card

July 25, 2008

Per a blog about baseball cards.

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* And how much did they pay you to do this, Roger?

June 28, 2008

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* Who doesn't like baseball cards? Part 3

June 18, 2008

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* Who doesn't like baseball cards? Part 2

June 17, 2008

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* Who doesn't like baseball cards? Part 1

June 17, 2008

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Happy Birthday, Honus Wagner

February 24, 2008

The Flying Dutchman was born this date in 1874. Wagner was in the inaugural group elected to the Hall of Fame in 1936 based on his 20-year career in the dead ball era in which he collected 3,415 hits, 722 stolen bases (not bad for a 200-pounder) and a .327 batting average. His baseball card […]

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Political waffling once again

February 7, 2008

Politicians will say anything for your support. Look at Hillary Clinton, claiming to be a lifelong fan of several franchises, including the Cubs and the Yankees. Topps commemorates former presidential hopeful — and devout Yankee fan — Rudy Giuliani with a “faux card,” according to this item posted Feb. 5 by Sports Illustrated. On the […]

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