tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69937484419344830562023-09-26T03:29:40.073-07:00myDetroitTigersbaseballcardsMy blog on my collection of Detroit Tigers baseball cards, which I have been collecting since the late 1960's, especially those of my boyhood hero, Bill Freehan.John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-88623062825177654282011-08-12T14:31:00.000-07:002011-08-12T14:31:33.408-07:00Here's a new contest<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I know I don't post here like I used to.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A lot of things have hampered me in collecting, mostly a lack of money to buy cards and I haven't been able to get to a few shows because of a lack of transportation, and a recent move, my cards are in boxes and I'm not able to get to them.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyway, through my Twitter page I found a couple of new sites, one is <a href="http://cccollecting.blogspot.com/">Cheap Card Collecting</a> where they have a contest going on to win some cool cards, so head over there, and if you win a Brennan Boesch card, send it my way.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I hope to get back to doing some more collecting soon, I really need to get into those boxes and clean out some things.</div>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-1568904620429928172011-03-06T12:36:00.000-08:002011-03-06T12:36:02.911-08:00Bill Freehan Baseball Cards Page 1 - Career Page Featuring Pictures, Cards, Autographs, Publications, Stats, Photos, History, and Memorabilia<a href="http://tigerscards.com/viewplayerscareer.php?PlayerID=5015&information=Bill+Freehan&sms_ss=blogger&at_xt=4d73f023da296315%2C0">Bill Freehan Baseball Cards Page 1 - Career Page Featuring Pictures, Cards, Autographs, Publications, Stats, Photos, History, and Memorabilia</a>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-18318030353432803462011-02-12T13:32:00.000-08:002011-02-12T13:32:59.501-08:00I'm moving, want some baseball cards?<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm moving this coming week, and this weekend I'm going through everything in my house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am going to keep my Detroit Tigers cards, and a few others...I found a 2010 A&G RC of Buster Posey, but then I'm going to separate everything else by team.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you'd like to trade for your favorite team, just leave me a comment and when I've moved I'll start to go down the list. 1st come, etc.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><b>One thing, if you have any Brennan Boech cards, or cards of my favorite player, Bill Freehan, you will have special consideration.</b></i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I have so many cards that I've just kept in storage boxes, and it's time to get them to someone else now.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Let's do some trades, what do you say.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks, John</div>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-63353930522833883622011-01-31T13:54:00.000-08:002011-01-31T13:54:24.093-08:00My first 2011 Topps packs<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today I was @ Walmart, and their they were, 2011 Topps Series 1 Baseball.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At 1st I saw the regular packs, then the blisters, I think that's what they're called, and then I saw the boxes.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TUcvd9pSvKI/AAAAAAAAAlI/NhTI6uaqASc/s1600/2011ToppsBaseballBox1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TUcvd9pSvKI/AAAAAAAAAlI/NhTI6uaqASc/s400/2011ToppsBaseballBox1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">$19.98, 10 packs, a guaranteed Patch Card, it was Manny Ramirez of the ChiSox, with the cool old school 1970's ChiSox logo, and one 2011 Diamond Giveaway redemption card.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">81 cards in all in the special box, and the cards are really nice looking.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The 2 Detroit Tigers cards I got were a Justin Verlander Topps Town(#TT-38), and a Miguel Cabrera 2010 A.L. Home Run Leaders Card(#T60-50).</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The best card of the pack so far is #CMGR-8, a Cy Young 1911 T205 reprint card. Very nice.</div>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-87807522869897933592011-01-26T21:26:00.000-08:002011-01-26T21:26:16.318-08:002011 Topps Series 1 Baseball Wrapper Redemption Program Announced<a href="http://www.cardboardconnection.com/news/2011-topps-series-1-baseball-wrapper-redemption-program-announced">2011 Topps Series 1 Baseball Wrapper Redemption Program Announced</a>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-76981747360130128292011-01-22T08:10:00.000-08:002011-01-22T08:10:36.767-08:00Tigers' Brennan Boesch has survived last season's swoon | detnews.com | The Detroit News<a href="http://detnews.com/article/20110122/SPORTS0104/101220319/Tigers--Brennan-Boesch-has-survived-last-season-s-swoon">Tigers' Brennan Boesch has survived last season's swoon | detnews.com | The Detroit News</a>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-41418989850323579722010-12-14T17:52:00.000-08:002010-12-14T17:52:46.617-08:00My Mailbox<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TQgfTiQFBQI/AAAAAAAAAig/zUItM4Aj3-4/s1600/2010ToppsBrennanBoeschRC1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TQgfTiQFBQI/AAAAAAAAAig/zUItM4Aj3-4/s320/2010ToppsBrennanBoeschRC1.JPG" width="228" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Look what I found in my mailbox today...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My redemption for the Brennan Boesch RC came today, what a great Christmas present!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There are only a few true blue Boesch fans left, but i'm not giving up on this kid from Cal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I think he learned a lot, and I believe he will be ready to help the Tigers when Spring Training</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> starts next February.</span>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-82810514733037960642010-12-10T13:39:00.000-08:002010-12-10T13:39:57.097-08:00Cool stuff<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">With the college football season winding down, I'm trying to re-focus on baseball, the Hot Stove transactions, and the new releases for the 2011 baseball cards.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TQKdTQ0WKtI/AAAAAAAAAiA/VGu4mso9X78/s1600/2011ToppsTributeBaseball1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="94" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TQKdTQ0WKtI/AAAAAAAAAiA/VGu4mso9X78/s320/2011ToppsTributeBaseball1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I saw this very cool card on my Facebook page, from Topps Tribute Baseball...this will be a very challenging collection to obtain. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's 5 cards with 2 rookies from 2010 on each card, including the Detroit Tigers Austin Jackson on the bottom of card #3.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When put together, the 5 cards will spell out <i><b>"2010 Rookies."</b></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OK, so I'll go ahead and say it. If anyone comes across the Jackson card, let's talk.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OK, I really never got over it, but I let it go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When Tigers manager Sparky Anderson took the field for the first time I was not happy, not at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now, I was glad he was the Tigers skipper, heck, it was fantastic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What I didn't like was his uniform.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was simply upset, and in fact, I might have started to cry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sparky Anderson was wearing #11...wait, what. no, it couldn't be, #11?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hey, that's Bill Freehan's number I cried out...how dare the Tigers disgrace my boyhood hero's number like that...#11 belonged to the best catcher the Tigers ever had, not a guy in his first game.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OK, I know that was a minor flaw in my character, but hey, I had been personally hurt, so I thought, by the Tigers injustice towards my hero.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sparky Anderson passed away today, and to say I was sad would be a tremendous disservice to one of the greatest baseball men ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sparky was a true baseball man, a man who loved the game more and more every single day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Tigers should honor Sparky in some way, and I think that way should be to retire #11, do it next year, Freehan turns 69 this month, and honor both those great men at Comerica Park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">#11 was a special number, and I think the Tigers have been slow in doing things like this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sparky is in the Hall of Fame, and the Tigers need to do the right thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">May Sparky rest in peace.</span>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-85639756939769223752010-11-02T10:10:00.000-07:002010-11-02T10:10:59.686-07:00Topps 60th<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I clicked on a link today to pick <a href="http://vote.topps.com/">The 60 greatest Topps Cards ever</a></div><br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wow, I though, how cool will this be, so I went to the site, and started scrolling through some of the most famous cards in Topps history.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TNBBWcz3YcI/AAAAAAAAAgw/h1QCFO61A-U/s1600/Topps60thLogo1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TNBBWcz3YcI/AAAAAAAAAgw/h1QCFO61A-U/s1600/Topps60thLogo1.png" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Topps has what they consider the <i><b>100 </b></i>greatest cards they've produced, and are asking collectors to pick the <i><b>top 60 of All-Time </b></i>to help them promote their 60th Anniversary next year. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now, it's a great idea, and I voted for my Top 10 cards, but I was not happy about all the selections to choose from.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To start,their is not one, not one, card from any Detroit Tiger player, not one. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now, I didn;t expect the '63 Bill Freehan RC, or a '91 Cecil Fielder, but...</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TNBCJ-ipe5I/AAAAAAAAAg0/sHzu95oVyKw/s1600/54KalineRCCard1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TNBCJ-ipe5I/AAAAAAAAAg0/sHzu95oVyKw/s1600/54KalineRCCard1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">...I thought for sure that the <i><b>1954 Al Kaline RC</b></i> would be there for me to select, or the <i><b>1978 RC</b></i> that has <i><b>Alan </b><b>Trammell </b></i>and <i><b>Paul </b><b>Molitor </b></i>on the same card, but no.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>There are, however...</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TNBCS63bIBI/AAAAAAAAAg4/O6LIxcrxILY/s1600/1952MickeyMantle1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TNBCS63bIBI/AAAAAAAAAg4/O6LIxcrxILY/s320/1952MickeyMantle1.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>16 different Mickey Mantle cards, and 24 different Yankee cards total.</b></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TNBCfqjIpqI/AAAAAAAAAg8/ZgCfVbWwT78/s1600/1952JackieRobinsonToppsCard1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TNBCfqjIpqI/AAAAAAAAAg8/ZgCfVbWwT78/s1600/1952JackieRobinsonToppsCard1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>13 different Brookyln Dodger cards</b></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Topps is to be congratulated on a great promotion, but the cards selection is way to slanted to the Yankees and Dodgers. <i><b> </b></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b><br />
</b></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I voted for 10 of the 100 cards featured, including the '52 Mantle, which has to be in anyone's top 1o, and for the '85 McGwire USA Card, just to name a couple.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As I mentioned before,I would have like the guys at Topps to have a much better selection of cards, there's just way to many Mantle cards.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's easily the <i><b>worst choice that Topps made...</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TNBESlyS-UI/AAAAAAAAAhA/2LcF6eC_RXc/s1600/85GoodenRecord+Breaker1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TNBESlyS-UI/AAAAAAAAAhA/2LcF6eC_RXc/s320/85GoodenRecord+Breaker1.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b> </b></i> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b> </b></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b> </b></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A 1985 Topps Doc Gooden Record Breaker, that's what they consider one of their best 100 cards of All-Time?</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's another choice from Topps 100 cards...yes, a 1990 Sammy Sosa card.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TNBEu7su3vI/AAAAAAAAAhE/1VuypmE7FEA/s1600/1990Sosa1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TNBEu7su3vI/AAAAAAAAAhE/1VuypmE7FEA/s320/1990Sosa1.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Topps will take the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">top 60 cards and insert them into packs of 2011 Baseball packs.</span></b></i></div>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-42358381618477914382010-09-24T11:17:00.000-07:002010-09-24T11:17:05.557-07:00Life Long Tiger Fan Blues<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tiger fans, check out this great video/song by life long Tiger fan Jeff Daniels.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.bobandtom.com/videos/?uri=channels/345197/1009923">Life Long Tiger Fan Blues by Jeff Daniels.</a><br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is a must listen for all Tiger fans...simply great stuff.</div>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-67044784338582545302010-09-04T11:19:00.000-07:002010-09-04T11:19:08.599-07:00Meeechigan Football is here...Go Blue!<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Michigan Football is back for it's 131st season...</b></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Wolverines, my favorite college football team since 1976 begin the season today @ 3:30 vs. the Connecticut Huskies, hoping to get back to the winning tradition of Michigan Football.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Michigan has also been a great baseball program over the years, and so I thought I'd give a shout-out to the Wolverine baseball players in the big leagues. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are four Wolverines in MLB this year, including Jake Scott of the Baltimore Orioles, Chris Getz of the KC Royals, J.J. Putz of the Chicago White Sox, and ex-Wolverine QB Clayton Richard of the San Diego Padres.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, here's to the Wolverines in pro baseball, and here's to the Meeeechigan Men running through the tunnel at 'The Big House" today...<i><b>Go Blue!</b></i></div>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-62591276350189924202010-08-21T12:14:00.000-07:002010-08-21T12:14:47.439-07:00The Bill Freehan Bobble head<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bill Freehan played catcher for the Detroit Tigers from 1963-1976. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I would love to find this Bill Freehan Bobble Head for my collection. If anyone knows where I may obtain one, I would greatly appreciate it.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thanks to Steve for helping me complete <i><b>my first trade of baseball cards </b></i>through my blog.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I received a great 1969 Bill Freehan Topps All-Star card...<i><b>beautiful</b></i>...but that wasn't the trade card...he sent me a nice Bill Freehan Upper Deck Jersey Card...and it's terrific.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I won't spoil what Steve got in return, I'll leave that for him.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I have 6 cards in my Topps MCG now, ans I've received 2 in the mail...and I traded for every one of them, now how cool is that!</div>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-31135069618927512442010-08-10T10:52:00.000-07:002010-08-10T10:52:31.379-07:00My Topps Million Card Giveaways<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As most baseball card collectors in 2010, I ventured into the Topps Million Card Giveaway redemption program, and even though I cannot afford to buy a lot of cards, I have unlocked <b>6</b> code cards, none of which were very good.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If any A's fans, or guys collecting 1978 cards need this to add to their collections, please let me know.</div>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-44400777931652754532010-08-02T10:15:00.000-07:002010-08-02T10:15:51.227-07:00Play at the Plate Contest for August<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sorry for the lack of posts the past few weeks, my health hasn't been the best, plus I really haven't been getting a lot of cards to speak of.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am waiting on my Brennan Boesch Rookie Redemption card, and two Bill Freehan cards, a 1970, and 1972, that I traded for in the <a href="http://www.toppscards.com/MyPortfolio/">Topps Million Card Giveaway</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He's giving away a blaster pack of 2010 Topps Allen & Ginter...how cool is that!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really appreciate what these guys do, how dedicated they are to baseball cards, it's just <i><b>awesome!</b></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Please let me know if anyone gets one and wants to make a deal. </div>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-26602200486618409942010-07-12T12:28:00.000-07:002010-07-12T12:28:00.715-07:00Look who's 4th in batting average in the big leagues<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TDtqvCGCHAI/AAAAAAAAAXo/pmJvCksAbhM/s1600/2007BowmanBoeschRC1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TDtqvCGCHAI/AAAAAAAAAXo/pmJvCksAbhM/s320/2007BowmanBoeschRC1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It took a while, but now it's official, Detroit Tigers rookie Brennan <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Boesch</span> is now among the elite of hitters in the big leagues, hitting <i><b>.346</b></i> at the All-Star break, good enough for 4th best. Brennan is also 4th in slugging %, at<i><b>.593</b></i></span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>These stats for Brennan are in ONLY 65 games! </b><b> </b></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can win 95 packs of un-opened cards by quessing how many cards total are in those packs, so check it out, so far there have been 38 entries. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you win, and pull any good Tigers cards from the packs, and would like to trade, let me know. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Good Luck.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-74862197020096101832010-07-06T17:06:00.000-07:002010-07-06T17:06:39.279-07:002,500 Hits...and counting<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Congratulations to the Tigers Johnny Damon, who collected hit #2,500 tonight in the 3rd inning off the Orioles Jake Arrieta</span>.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TDPEwIXMrCI/AAAAAAAAAXg/mSyufGmS-To/s1600/JohnnyDamonTigersCard.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQ9Xb3Cxdc0/TDPEwIXMrCI/AAAAAAAAAXg/mSyufGmS-To/s320/JohnnyDamonTigersCard.JPG" /></a></div>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-3219077651371677842010-07-06T15:50:00.000-07:002010-07-06T15:50:06.067-07:00How would you like to win a FREE box of 2010Allen & Ginter?<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of the most anticipated card sets of the year is the 2010 Topps Allen & Ginter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just go over to Coolio Cards and enter a contest that simply requires you to talk about your favorite ball palyer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's the link, good luck...</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://cooliocards.blogspot.com/2010/07/todays-day.html#comments">Win a free Box of Allen & Ginter </a>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-80716668923503314762010-07-05T18:52:00.000-07:002010-07-05T18:52:58.022-07:00Bad Wax...a contest...USA! USA! USA!<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Over at Bad Wax...</span><a href="http://badwax.net/2010/07/05/win-this-card-jim-craig/#comment-10436" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bad Wax contest</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> there's a chance to win a special replica Jim Craig Team USA card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To win the card, just comment on the card itself in the comment section of the post, or on your card blog itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The contest will end Wednesday @ 9PM.</span>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-36795204955333482402010-07-05T17:25:00.000-07:002010-07-05T17:25:34.184-07:00Brennan and the All-Star snub<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've come across several articles today regarding Brennan <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Boesch</span> not being selected to the American League team for the All-Star Game next Tuesday.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In today's first post I discussed my disappointment in Brennan not being at least on the <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">MLB</span> Final Vote, and that seems to be the one prevailing theme.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On today's broadcast of the Tigers 12-9 win over the Baltimore Orioles, both play by play man Mario <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Impemba</span>, and color man Rod Allen were both astonished that Brennan wasn't on the Final Vote. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here's the links I've found so far on the snub issue, starting with this one by Jason Stark, whom I consider one of the best baseball writers in the business, from <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">espn</span>.com...<a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/allstar10/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=5354376">Jason Stark on <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">MLB</span> All-Star snubs</a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Both Brennan and Tigers pitcher Justin <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Verlander</span> took not making the team like professionals in this post by Michael Rosenberg of the Detroit Free Press...<a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20100705/COL22/7050349/1050/SPORTS02/Tigers-Boesch-snubbed-by-complicated-voting-system"><span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Boesch</span>, <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Verlander</span> talk about not making the All-Star Game</a> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There's also this piece by Thomas Franz of the Bleacher report...<a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/415477-inside-the-detroit-tigers-all-star-game-selections-and-snubs">Tigers All-Stars 2010,</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I hope that Brennan, who's from the L.A. area, gets there somehow, maybe in the HR Derby. I voted 25 times for Brennan as a write-in for the event.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One more reminder to vote for Brennan as the <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">MLB</span> Clutch Performer for June, here's the link...<a href="http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=det">Vote for Brennan</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you come upon a great article on Brennan, or the Tigers, please feel free to let me know.</div>John Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12839504730875750409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993748441934483056.post-19298580239654853402010-06-25T11:21:00.000-07:002010-06-25T11:21:55.972-07:00What would you do with $1,000,000...how about buying a baseball card?<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Baseball card collecting has now reached the ultimate in absolute stupidity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One card, one simple piece of cardboard inserted into a pack of baseball cards, signed by a player, and its the only one, the only one of that card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now, there is more than one of this card, but what makes this card unique is...are you ready...it has a "red" border, and it's a signed card...that's it...there are more of that basic card around, they just don't have that 1/1 "red" border.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That card is now being bid on...on eBay...the current price...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <i><b>$999,999</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Yep, that's right...$999.999...for a baseball card...of a player who has pitched in exactly 3 big league games...Steven <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Strasburg</span>.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The person, and persons who are bidding for this card...if indeed they intend to pay that much, cannot be of sound mind...no matter what they tell you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do they think they are going to be able to sell the card for a profit...<i><b>they paid a million dollars for the card!</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> The only sane person involved here is the fortunate person who opened up that pack of cards with the <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Strasburg</span> card inside. He's going to collect a pile of money for a simple few dollars...living the American dream.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just don't get it...why...why on earth would you pay <i><b>one million dollars for a piece of cardboard...</b></i>it's not even a year old...it's just simply stupid...idiotic, and the reason that collecting baseball cards is now completely out of hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Forget that for a million dollars you could buy a 1952 Mickey Mantle, a 1954 Hank Aaron, a 1954 Al <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Kaline</span>, a 1963 Pete Rose, a 1968 Nolan Ryan...and still have $900,000 left, but if you have a million dollars just laying around, then why don't you give that money to charity, to a children"s hospital, to the Veteran's of our country who need medical cars, or to take care of their families. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Baseball cards are supposed to be made for the enjoyment of young kids, and baseball fans who enjoy putting together card sets, who enjoy collecting card of their favorite players...by trading cards with each other..."hey, what do you want for that Steven <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Strasburg</span>, I've got a Jason <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Heyward</span> RC, a Albert <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Pujols</span> RC, a Tim <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Lincecum</span> RC, and a <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Ubaldo</span> Jimenez RC, and oh, yeah, here's a Ken <span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Griffey</span>, JR RC...how about trading?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"<span class="goog-spellcheck-word">Ok</span>, sure, just add <i><b>$999,000 </b></i>and it's a done deal."</span><br />
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