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Baseball Cards

* The sins of childhood

October 21, 2008

I’ve written about this before, but The Wall Street Journal ran another story about kids ‘n cards from generations past. The little fools without the foresight to see how much money was to be made from keeping those baseball cards in pristine condition. Sorry, kid, you’ll have to go to a commuter college, Daddy din’t […]

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* Author profile: Joe Orlando

October 7, 2008

(But no Dawn. [cricket chirps]. Never mind). Orlando, author of the new Collecting Sports Legends: The Ultimate Hobby Guide (Zyrus Press), is profiled in The Wall Street Journal. I guess with the current economic climate, investing in baseball cards might come back into vogue. The article includes a “tab” for a challenging quiz to test […]

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* A card set of every Yankees home game? Holy Cow!

September 23, 2008

To borrow a phrase from the late Phil Rizzuto. From AmericanChronicle.com: …the Upper Deck Company has released the largest baseball trading card set ever assembled in tribute to the world-renowned sports shrine. The “Yankee Stadium Legacy” (YSL) collection is a 6,661-card compilation chronicling every single New York Yankees home game ever played at the current […]

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* 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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