tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52476231340678756232024-03-05T02:46:20.672-08:00My Best Friend collects Chipper JonesBaseball Cards and CollectingMy Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-12329022052283406142017-06-27T22:35:00.001-07:002017-06-28T11:07:03.677-07:00Eureka: I found it<div style="text-align: justify;">
Recently I have moved and have been sorting my baseball cards and have downsized my collection. I am sure my daughter and son-in-law probably think I still have too many cards, but that's the beauty of collecting baseball cards, I can keep the cards I want.</div>
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As I was going through my collection I was able to find a card that I knew I had but couldn't find. It seemed that I checked every box of cards I had but I just could not find this card anywhere. I was starting to doubt myself and was thinking maybe I really didn't have the card.</div>
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It was just a few days ago and was thumbing through another box of cards deciding what to keep and what to get rid when "Eureka", I uncovered my Tony Gwynn Upper Deck Shimano card. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1997 Upper Deck Shimano Tony Gwynn Card #6</span> </div>
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I knew I had the card as I had held in in my hands more than a few times and I had seen the Jay Buhner Shimano card, that was part of the same set, many times as it is in my Jay Buhner collection. But I figured the Gwynn card was loss for good. It was nice to find the card and have now tucked it away in a box somewhere in all the things I have moved. Once I unpack, I should be able to stash this card in my Gwynn collection. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1997 Upper Deck Shimano Jay Buhner Card #5</span> </div>
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I don't know if any other collectors out there have lost a card wondering what happened to it and then one day, you find the card. I was happy to find the card as I was afraid that I was losing it (not the card, but my mind).</div>
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Jay Buhner, did not have a hall of famer career like Tony Gwynn's. However, Buhner was an all-star in 1998 when he won the gold glove for his play in right field and finished the season with 44 home runs and 135 rbi. He was a fan favorite with the Mariners and beloved in Seattle. </div>
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One night I went to a Mariners game with my daughter and we had seats in the upper deck where the only way we could identify a player was by seeing the number on the back of his jersey. </div>
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One time when Buhner came up to the plate the fans in the section next to us started a cheer for him. </div>
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A simple little cheer that I'm sure Buhner himself never heard but will always be treasured by my daughter and I as we have chuckled about it many times since that summer night in Seattle.</div>
My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-87389992182366148942016-10-02T13:10:00.000-07:002016-10-02T13:10:34.209-07:00Ebay Pickup - Some 1963 Fleer<div style="text-align: justify;">
Recently I've been watching ebay auctions of 1963 Fleer cards. I have a few cards from the set but was looking to add some more of these cards to my collection. Finally, this week I was the top bid on an auction that included 47 cards. I was able to acquired these cards for less than two dollars a piece.</div>
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1963 Fleer is a 67-card set and was Fleer's attempt to break into the active-player baseball card market. Since Topps had a monopoly on the marketing of baseball cards of current players with or without a confectionery product, each pack of Fleer cards included a sugarless cherry cookie. The scarce card of set is Joe Adcock (card #46) which had been replaced by the unnumbered checklist card during the final press run. Fleer had intended to include multiple series to this set; however, Topps sued Fleer to prevent future releases. </div>
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<strong>These two guys who had great 1962 season</strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fleer 1963 Tommy Davis Card #40</span></div>
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Tommy Davis manned left field for the 1962 Dodgers. That year, Davis topped the Major Leagues with 153 RBI, the highest total recorded since 1938 when Red Sox outfielder Jimmie Fox batted in 175 runs. Davis' total was not exceeded again until the 1998 when Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa drove in 158 runs.</div>
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In 1962, Ralph Terry finished the year with 23 wins and 12 losses for the World Champion Yankees. His win total was tops in the American League and the highest total for any Yankee right-hander since <span class="bold_text xx_large_text" id="player_name" itemprop="name">George Pipgras had</span> 24 wins in 1928. Terry capped his season, pitching a shutout in game seven of the World Series, as the Yankees beat the Giants 1 - 0.</div>
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<strong>These two guys who had not so great 1962 season</strong></div>
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In 1962, Roger Craig and Al Jackson played for the Mets, the team's first year in the National League. The Mets finished the season with 40 wins and 120 losses, the most losses recorded by any team since 1899 when the Cleveland Spiders finished in 12th place in the National League with a record of 20 wins and 134 losses.</div>
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Roger Craig was the only Met pitcher to win 10 games in 1962, finishing the year with 10 wins and 24 losses. Craig's 24 losses was the highest total recorded in the Major Leagues since 1935 when Ben Cantwell loss 25 games for the Boston Braves. Since 1962, no pitcher has matched Craig's 24 loss total. Denny McLain's 22 losses for the Washington Senators is the highest total recorded since 1962.</div>
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As a member of the 1962 Mets, Al Jackson had a record of eight wins and twenty losses. Half of Jackson's victories were shutouts. His four shutouts was the second highest total in the major league during that year, and the Mets only shutouts for the 1962 season. </div>
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Craig and Jackson were the first pair of twenty game loser on the same team since the 1936 Phillies Bucky Walter (21 losses) and Joe Bowman (20 losses). </div>
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<strong>A Couple of Cardinal All-Star and Gold Glove Infielders</strong></div>
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Bill White and Ken Boyer played together with the Cardinals from 1959 through 1965. During this time, White was named to five All-Star teams and Boyer was named to six All-Star teams. Beginning in 1960, White won six consecutive Gold Glove Awards as a first baseman and during that same time, Boyer won four Gold Glove Awards at third base.</div>
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As members of the 1964 Cardinals, White and Boyer lead the team to their first National League pennant and World Championship since 1944. That year, Boyer was the League's Most Valuable Player and White finished third in the MVP voting.</div>
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Dick Howser made his Major League debut as a Kansas City Athletic on April 11, 1961. That year. as the Athletics starting shortstop, he lead the team in games played (158), runs (108), hits (171), and stolen bases (37), which was the second highest total in the Major League, behind only White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio's 53 steals. During that season, Howser made the American League All-Star team and finished second in the League's Rookie of the Year voting, to Red Sox hurler, Don Schwall. </div>
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However, in 1962, Howser broke his wrist, which limited him to only 83 games. Then in May 1963, in a deal that netted the Athletics $100,000, Howser was traded to the Indians. He finished his career in 1968 as a member of the Yankees.</div>
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In 1981, Howser returned to Kansas City, when he was named manager of the Royals. In 1985, in the I-70 Showdown, Howser lead the Royals to their first World Championship when they defeated the Cardinals four games to three. The Royals bounced back from three game to one game deficit to win the last three games of the series to secure the championship. The Royals next World Championship didn't happen again for 30 seasons, when they won last year's World Series. </div>
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As the manager of the defending American League champions, Howser managed the 1986 All-Star game. During the game it was noted that he messed up signals when he changed pitchers, and later Howser admitted he felt sick before the game. This would be the last game he would manage, as he was diagnosed with a brain tumor and underwent surgery. Howser attempted a brief comeback during spring training of 1987, but he quickly found he was physically too weak and abandoned the attempt in late February. Three months later, Howser passed away.</div>
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On July 3, 1987, Howser's number 10 became the first number retired by the Kansas City Royals. Later that year, the Dick Howser Trophy was established as college baseball's equivalent of college football's Heisman Trophy. </div>
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Jimmy Piersall, a two-time All-Star, played parts of 17 seasons in the major leagues as a member of the Red Sox (1950, 1952-1959), Indians (1959-1961), Senators (1962-1963), Mets (1963), and Angels (1963-67). On June 10, 1953, Piersall set a Red Sox team record for hits in a 9 inning game, with 6. He was selected to the American League All-Star team in 1954 and 1956. In 1956, Piersall played in 156 games, posted a league-leading 40 doubles, scored 91 runs, drove in 87 runs, and had a .293 batting average. The following year, he hit 19 home runs and scored 103 runs. In 1958 he won his first Gold Glove Award and then won a second Gold Glove Award while playing centerfield for the 1961 Indians.</div>
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On June 23, 1963, as a member of the Mets, while facing Phillies right hander Dallas Green, Piersall hit the 100th home run of his career. He ran backwards as he made his way around the bases. </div>
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In 1955, author Al Hirshberg first published a book about Piersall's career, as the story centered around Piersall's 1952 season, when he suffered a nervous breakdown and spent seven weeks in a mental institution. In 1957, the book was made into a movie, whose cast included Anthony Hopkins and Karl Madden. </div>
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My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-44176259526166663692016-09-25T12:45:00.002-07:002016-09-25T12:46:21.045-07:00P-Tom deals some Metal Universe <div style="text-align: justify;">
Recently, I was reading over P-Tom's blog, Waiting 'til Next Year, when I saw that he listed 1997 Metal Universe on his Set Needs page. I remember that nineteen years ago, I and my girlfriend at that time really like the Metal Universe cards, and had worked on completing the set. I knew that I had some duplicate stashed somewhere if I could find them.</div>
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Eureka, I found them and there were some of the cards that P-Tom needed. We worked a deal for a stack of about a dozen Metal Universe cards. P-Tom said he thought that he had some Metal Universe duplicates and that he would try to help me out in my search. He wasn't sure how many he had and he also offered me some Giant and Athletic cards to complete the deal.</div>
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P-Tom wrote this blog about the cards sent to him.</div>
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P-Tom's cards arrive just the other day. P-Tom sent me a great stack of cards.</div>
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<strong>1997 Metal Universe</strong></div>
P-Tom sent a couple of 1997 Metal Universe cards from my want list.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1997 Metal Universe Brian McRae Card #12</span></div>
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After acquiring these two cards from P-Tom, I need 19 more Metal Universe cards to complete the set.</div>
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P-Tom has also included the Metal Universe cards I need on his Metal Universe Cards want list page.</div>
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If anyone has any of these Metal Universe for trade, please let us know.</div>
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<strong>Topps 2016 Series One</strong><br />
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I received a couple of former speedy Athletics from the Topps 2016 set.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 2016 Billy Burns Card #224</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 2016 Card Coco Crisp #111</span></div>
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Billy Burns and Coco Crisp didn't make it through this season with the A's. Burns was traded to the Royals in July and Crisp was sent to the Indians in August. </div>
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Burns finished last season with 26 steals, which tied him with Royals Jarrod Dyson for third place in the American League. Burns who played in only 125 games and didn't appear in his first game until the beginning of May. </div>
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2016 was Crisp seventh season with the A's. In 2011, he tied with Yankee outfielder Brett Gardner to lead the American League in stolen bases when he swiped 49 bases. Crisp return to the Indians will give him another chance at postseason play.</div>
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<strong>1989 Bowman</strong></div>
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Dennis Eckersley and Mark McGwire were mainstays for the 1988 American League Champion A's who loss to the Dodgers in the World Series. Eckersley will be remember as the pitcher who gave up the game one two-run home run by Kirk Gibson giving the Dodgers a 5 - 4 win. McGwire's game three 9th inning home run was the game winner in the only game that the A's won during that series, a 2 - 1 victory. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1999 Stadium Club Eric Chavez Card #166</span></div>
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Eric Chavez and Barry Zito were part of A's teams that won four American League Western Division Championships from 2000 through 2006.</div>
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<strong>Some young Athletic stars</strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2000 Pacific Paramount Ben Grieve Card # 169</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Upper Deck Black Diamond Ben Grieve Card #62</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fleer Tradition Ben Grieve Card #177</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1995 Bowman Jason Giambi Card #13</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2000 Topps Stars Jason Giambi Card #54</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2002 Topps Ten Jason Giambi Card #67</span></div>
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Ben Grieve was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1998 and Jason Giambi won the 2000 American League Most Valuable Player award. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1998 Upper Deck Destination Stardom Ryan Christenson Card #DS32</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1996 Topps Mark Bellhorn Card #22</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1998 Leaf Rookie and Stars Blake Stein Card #301</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1992 Studio Heritage Series Jose Canseco Card #BC-4</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1993 Studio Heritage Mark McGwire Series Card #4</span></div>
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The Heritage Series was an insert in the Donruss Studio product in the early 90s. The card are portraits of current day players in their teams old uniforms. These are cards of a couple young Athletic stars, Jose Canseco in a 1929 Philadelphia A's uniform and Mark McGwire in a 1910 Philadelphia A's uniform.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1998 Collector's Choice Star Quest Barry Bonds Card #SQ39</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2000 Upper Deck Ovation Barry Bonds Card #25</span></div>
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P-Tom included a couple cards of beloved Giant and current Marlin hitting coach, Barry Bonds.</div>
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These two insert cards were received. Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris single season home run record in 1998 and Barry Bonds exceeded McGwire's total in 2001. </div>
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Recently, I sent a short stack of 2015 Stadium Club baseball cards to Chris of Nachos Grande. He returned some 2016 Allen & Ginter cards in trade.</div>
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He wrote this blog about the deal.</div>
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A couple of Cubs who are helping the team as their fans hope that the Cubs will win their first World Series since 1908.</div>
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Anthony Rizzo is having another great season with the Cubs. In 2016, he made third All-Star team and currently for the National League he is tied for eighth in home runs (with 29) and third in RBI (with 98).</div>
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Jason Hayward joined the Cubs this past off season as a free agent signee. He has struggled at the plate this year (his batting average is .223) but his outfield defense (while playing both rightfield and centerfield) has solidified the team's defense as he has over 250 chances for the season with only two errors.</div>
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A couple of Giants whose play has helped keep the Giants (barely) in a pennant race with the Dodgers and to be one of the two teams in the National League play-in game. </div>
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Brandon Crawford has played in 141 of the Giants 144 game, tops for the team, and his 79 RBI also leads the team. Crawford's 12 home runs, ties him for second on the Giants, with Buster Posey, behind team leader Brandon Belt's 15 home runs. </div>
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Jeff Samardzija was a free agent signee for the Giants this past off season. He has joined with Madison Bumgarner, and Johnny Cueto as the top three hurlers in the Giants starting rotation. Samardzija, with 29 starts, joins Cueto, who also has 29 starts (tying them for second in the National League) as Bumgarner is tied for the league lead with 30 starts (tied with National's Max Scherzer). </div>
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Jason Velander has returned to his old form and is having a great season helping the Tigers stay in the race as an entry in the American League play-in game. The Tigers currently trail the Blue Jays and Orioles by two games to make the play-in game.</div>
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Verlander currently has 14 wins. He has pitched 200 innings, currently ranked third in the American League as Red Sox David Price leads the league with 205 innings pitched. Verlander has struck out 216 batters, a total that is second in the league, trailing only Rays Chris Archer, who has 217 strikeouts.</div>
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Adam Jones is in his ninth season as the Orioles starting centerfielder. The Orioles are currently tied for second with the Blue Jays, in the American League Eastern Division, two games behind the Red Sox. Currently, the Orioles join the Blue Jays as the two American League play-in teams. Jones is in the news this week with USA Today's Bob Nightengale <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2016/09/12/adam-jones-orioles-colin-kaepernick-white-mans-sport/90260326/">article</a>.</div>
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For the season, Jones has hit 27 home run, ranking him fourth on the Orioles, who lead the American League with 231 home runs. Jones joins four other Orioles who have hit more than 24 home runs. </div>
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Thanks for the trade, Chris! My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-45570465972346472292016-09-11T15:23:00.000-07:002016-09-11T15:23:04.798-07:00Reds No. 14<div style="text-align: justify;">
At a card show earlier this spring I pull an All-Star Classics Box Score card from a dime box. The card was for the 1975 All-Star game. I liked the card because it pictured Cardinal great Lou Brock and I figured that I would add the it to my collection of Lou Brock cards.</div>
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I had never seen a card like this and research found that it was an insert in the 2005 UD All-Star Classics set. The front of the card has the <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/allstar/1975-allstar-game.shtml">box score</a> from the 1975 All-Star game. The game was played in Milwaukee County Stadium. (The next All-Star game in Milwaukee was the infamous 7 - 7 tie at Miller Park that lead to Commissioner Bud Selig's decision to award home field advantage to the World Series to the champion of the league that won the All-Star game). </div>
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The National League won the 1975 game 6 - 3. It was the National League's 13th win in 14 All-Star games in a time when they dominated the All-Star game as they won 19 of 20 All-Star games between 1963 and 1982. (Good thing for the American League that home field advantage for the World Series wasn't decided by the winner of those years All-Star game).</div>
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In reviewing the box score on the card the leadoff batter for the National League was noted as Reds No. 14. All the other players from the game's box score are identified but name except for one, Reds No. 14.</div>
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Reds No. 14 had two hits in four at-bats as he played the entire game except for the bottom of the ninth inning when he was replaced in left field by Expo 1975 Rookie of the Year and future Hall of Fame catcher, Gary Carter. </div>
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Why couldn't the name of Reds No. 14 be used on this card. It goes back to the claim made by Major League baseball that Reds No. 14 bet on major league baseball games. </div>
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Therefore, the Commissioner, recognizing the benefits to Baseball from a resolution of this matter, orders and directs that Peter Edward Rose be subject to the following disciplinary sanctions, and Peter Edward Rose, recognizing the sole and exclusive authority of the Commissioner and that it is in his interest to resolve this matter without further proceedings, agrees to accept the following disciplinary sanctions imposed by the Commissioner. </div>
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Peter Edward Rose is hereby declared permanently ineligible in accordance with Major League Rule 21 and placed on the Ineligible List. </div>
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<span class="_Tgc">I guess if you are on the Major League baseball's ineligible list you can't have your name listed on any baseball card when permission for the issuance of the card is granted Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. That permission is normally mentioned in the tiny print on the bottom of a baseball card and that permission was granted for the 2005 UD All-Star Classics Box Scores Card. </span></div>
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<span class="_Tgc">I remembered that Reds No. 14's son, Pete Rose Jr. had a baseball card in the 1998 Topps set.</span></div>
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My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-37022850493738118372016-08-27T21:01:00.000-07:002016-08-27T21:01:08.830-07:00Night Owl Cards Moves<div style="text-align: justify;">
Recently I sent some Topps Archive, Gypsy Queen and Stadium Clubs cards to Greg of Night Owl Cards. </div>
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Earlier this month, he wrote about those cards on his blog.</div>
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<a href="http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2016/08/overanalytical-night-owl.html">night owl cards blog</a><br />
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Night Owl blog is always an amusing read and I like to try to find time to read it and really enjoy it. So I was happy to help him out with these cards.</div>
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This week, I received a package of cards from Night Owl. I remember that last year, Greg and I completed a trade when I sent him a Topps 1972 Maury Wills In Action card that was on his Nebulous 9 list. He wrote a great blog about his dealings in acquiring this card.</div>
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<a href="http://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2015/10/be-careful-what-you-wish-for.html">night owl cards blog for Maury Wills In Action card</a><br />
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With this current package received from Greg, he had remembered that I collected A's cards and sent many different cards that are additions to my collection.</div>
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Some of the cards he sent included:</div>
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<strong>A's Hall of Fame Pitchers</strong></div>
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Night Owl sent a couple of Hall of Famers from the Upper Deck That's 70's set.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2001 Upper Deck Decade 1970's Catfish Hunter Card #5 and Rollie Fingers Card #7 </span></div>
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<strong>A Topps error card</strong></div>
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Night Owl included a 2007 Topps Update card of Chris Denorfia. Greg pointed out that this was an uncorrected error card as the name on the front of the card is Carlos Carrasco.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Front of 2007 Topps Update Chris Denorfia Card #40 (note listed as Carlos Carrasco) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Back of 2007 Topps Update Chris Denorfia</span> </div>
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<strong>Topps Heritage cards</strong></div>
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Night Owl also sent a couple 2008 Topps Heritage cards. Ryan Sweeney and Sean Gallagher were new to the A's in the 2008 season as they both came from Chicago. Sweeney was traded by the White Sox in a winter deal that sent outfielder Nick Swisher to Chicago and Gallagher was acquired in a July trade with the Cubs in a deal that the A's also received minor league catcher Josh Donaldson. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2008 Topps Heritage Ryan Sweeney Card #512 and Sean Gallagher Card #544</span></div>
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<strong>Hall of Famer, Dennis Eckersley</strong></div>
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Night Owl sent a couple cards of A's relief ace, Dennis Eckersley.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1995 Bazooka Dennis Eckersley Card #21 and 2016 Stadium Club Card #70</span> </div>
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<strong>Scratch Off Game card of Mark McGwire</strong></div>
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A 1993 Triple Play Action Mark McGwire card was included in the package. This card is an unused scratch off three inning game with Mark McGwire's pictured on the front of the card.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1993 Triple Play Action Mark McGwire Card #23</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Inside the 1993 Triple Play Action Mark McGwire</span> </div>
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<strong>First baseman, Dave Revering</strong></div>
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The pack also had a 1981 Donruss Dave Revering Card #117.<br />
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Dave Revering was a top prospect for the Reds, when in 1977, he hit 29 home runs with 110 RBI for the Reds' Triple A affiliate Indianapolis Indians. In December 1977, the Reds announced a deal in which they would acquire pitcher Vida Blue from the A's for Revering and $1.75 million. However, commissioner Bowie Kuhn voided the deal as he felt that the trade wasn’t in the best, competitive interest of baseball. The A's and Reds later work out a deal for Revering when in February 1978 he and cash was sent to Oakland for reliever Doug Bair. The original trade was mentioned on the back of this card but says that only one million dollars was to be exchanged. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1981 Donruss Dave Revering Card #117</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Back of 1981 Donruss Dave Revering Card </span></div>
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<strong>1st Draft Pick, Rick Monday</strong></div>
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I was happy to get the 2016 Topps Archives Rick Monday #1 Draft Pick card. I have some of the Archive cards from this year but was bummed that I didn't have this Monday card. Monday was the starting centerfielder for the A's during their first three seasons in Oakland (1968-70). I liked this card as it pictured him in a Kansas City A's uniform, as he played parts of the 1966 and 1967 there.</div>
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Monday was the 1st player ever selected in the baseball amateur draft. In 1965, Major League Baseball initiated an amateur player draft. The Kansas City A's had the first pick of the draft and selected Monday, who was an Arizona State Sun Devil outfielder.</div>
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It looks like the picture used on the Archive card was taken at the same time as the photo that was used on Monday's Topps 1968 card. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2016 Topps Archives #1 Draft Pick Rick Monday Card #85DP-RM</span> </div>
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My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-59320430780845169532016-08-21T00:14:00.000-07:002016-08-21T00:14:24.644-07:00Reusing photos <div style="text-align: justify;">
When determining which photograph to use on a baseball card, I would believe that the best picture available depicting the player would be selected. At times, the same photograph has been used on more than one card.</div>
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<strong>Deron Johnson</strong></div>
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Previous blogs have mentioned that Topps use of the same photograph on three different Deron Johnson rookie cards, in their 1959, 1960, and 1961 sets.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1959 Topps Deron Johnson Card #131</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1960 Topps Deron Johnson Card #134</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1961 Topps Deron Johnson Card #68</span></div>
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<span id="dscexpitem_-1212305064_2"><span>Deron Johnson played 16 seasons in the Major Leagues as an infielder, outfielder, and designated hitter for the Yankees, Kansas City & Oakland Athletics, Phillies, Red Sox, Reds, White Sox, Braves, and Brewers. He finished his career with a .244 batting average (1447 hits in 5941 at bats) and 245 home runs and 923 RBI. In 1965, as a member of the Reds, Johnson topped the National League with 130 RBI.</span></span></div>
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<span id="dscexpitem_-643364956_2"><span>Earl Wilson was a right-handed pitcher who played eleven seasons in the Major Leagues with the Red Sox, Tigers, and Padres. On June 26, 1962, Wilson no hit the Los Angeles Angels, winning the game 2-0. He helped his own cause with a home run off Angel starting pitcher, Bo Belinsky. Wilson finished his career with 121 wins and 109 losses and a 3.69 ERA with 1,452 strikeouts. In 1967, while pitching for the Tigers, Wilson lead the American League with 22 victories.</span></span></div>
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The same photography that Topps used on Stan Musial's 1962 card was used as an insert photo on his 1963 card. It also appears that Topps reused that same picture on their 1999 Hall of Fame Collection Insert card and their 2001 Topps Stars card.</div>
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<span id="dscexpitem_1677132862_12">Stan Musial, nicknamed "Stan the Man", spent 22 seasons as an outfielder and first baseman for the Cardinals. He played from 1941 to 1944 and 1946 to 1963. He was a three-time National League Most Valuable Player and was named to 24 All-Star teams. Widely considered as one of the games greatest hitters, Musial was inducted in to the Hall of Fame in 1969.</span></div>
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<span>For his career, Musial batted .331 and when he retired he set National League records for career hits (3,630), RBI (1,951), games played (3,026), at bats (10,972), run scored (1,949) and doubles (725). Most of these records where later broken by Pete Rose. At his retirement, Musial's 475 home runs ranked second in National League history behind Mel Ott's 511. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2016 Topps Finest Cole Hamels Card #23</span></div>
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Cole Hamels, a left-handed pitcher, is currently a member of the Texas Rangers. He is in his 11th Major League season and a four-time All Star. He previously pitched for the Phillies and as a member of the Phillies, they won the 2008 World Series, and Hamels was the Most Valuable Player of the series. As of August 20, for the 2016 season, Hamels has 13 wins and four losses for the first-place Rangers. </div>
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<strong>Cesar Geronimo</strong></div>
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I have found where a same photograph of Cesar Geronimo was used on his Topps 1975 card and his 1976 Hostess card. This is one time that I remember where the same picture was used by two different companies. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1976 Hostess Cesar Geronimo Card #150</span></div>
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Cesar Geronimo played 15 seasons in the Major Leagues for the Astros, Reds, and Royals. While playing with the Reds in the 1970s, he was the starting centerfielder of the "Big Red Machine". Geronimo was a four-time Gold Gloves winner (1974-1977) and was a member of two World Series Championship teams, in 1975 and 1976, while playing with the Reds. </div>
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Geronimo finished his career with a .258 batting average (977 hits in 3780 at bats) with 51 home runs and 392 RBI. In July 2008, he was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame.</div>
My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-47897547945925365412016-08-19T22:52:00.000-07:002016-08-19T22:54:14.528-07:00ebay buysRecently I was looking at baseball cards on ebay. I came across a 1985 Topps Circle K Home Run Kings card of Lee May. The bid on the card was at a penny, shipping included.<br />
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I liked the card so I figured I make a offer. I upped the bid to six cents and then ended up winning the auction. I have added the card to my Lee May collection.</div>
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<strong>1991 Sportflics 3D Kellogg's Corn Flakes Baseball Greats Ralph Kiner (</strong>Card #15, 24 cents).</div>
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I have a few of these Kellogg's Corn Flakes Baseball Greats and add this Kiner card to my collection.</div>
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<strong>2015 Topps Gold Brandon Crawford</strong> (Numbered 1250 of 2015, Card #159, 22 cents)</div>
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I liked this 2015 Topps Brandon Crawford numbered gold card. Crawford was an all-star, Gold Glove, and Silver Slugger shortstop with the Giants last year.</div>
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<strong>2016 Panini Donruss Optic Diamond Kings Billy Burns</strong> (Card #20, 21 cents)</div>
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Billy Burns had a good rookie season for the A's last year, when he finished the season with 26 stolen bases, a total which tied him for third in the American League . However, he struggled with the team early this season and was optioned to the minors in July and then was sent to the Royals in a trading deadline deal. As Panini is unable to show team insignias, this card reminded me of the Topps 1968 set, the season the A's moved from Kansas City to Oakland, as some cards in that set blacked the KC lettering on player's caps.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1968 Jack Aker Card #224 </span></div>
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<strong>1999 Upper Deck Challengers for 70 Mark in History Mark McGwire</strong> (Card #M9, 22 cents)</div>
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I added this Mark McGwire Mark In History card with eight other cards from the set that I had picked out of dime box at a card show earlier this spring.</div>
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<strong>2007 Topps 52 Chrome Joba Chamberlain </strong>(Card #TCRC95, 25 cents)</div>
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Although Chamberlain never lived up to the hype he garnered when he first came to the majors with the Yankees, I still nabbed this card for a quarter.</div>
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<strong>2005 Upper Deck Bound For Glory Albert Pujols</strong> (Card #451, 15 cents)</div>
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This card is from 2005, when Pujols won the first of his three Most Valuable Player awards while he played with the Cardinals. Pujols' next home run will be his 583, which will tie him with Mark McGwire for tenth on the all-time career home run list. </div>
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<strong>2016 Stadium Club Greg Maddux</strong> (Card #122, 23 cents)</div>
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This 2016 Stadium Club Greg Maddux joins another former Braves' Hall of Famer hurler, Phil Niekro, as part of my collection of Stadium Cards from this year. </div>
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<strong>1999 Upper Deck Decade Dominators Roberto Alomar</strong> (Card #X3, 10 cents)</div>
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<strong>2006 Bowman Chrome Howie Kendrick</strong> (Card #BDP40, 15 cents)</div>
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<strong>2009 Topps Ticket To Stardom Dustin Pedroia</strong> (Card #118, 10 cents) </div>
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These cards are of second basemen including Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar, Howie Kendrick, who is currently playing for the Dodgers, and Red Sox 2008 Most Valuable Player, Dustin Pedroia.</div>
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Sometimes I'm not really sure what Topps is thinking when they issue some cards. Check out these cards of Bob Smith and Bobby Smith from the Topps 1959 set.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1959 Bob Smith Card #83</span></div>
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Overall for his career, Smith appeared in 91 games and finished with four wins and nine loses. He pitched two complete games with three saves. His best year was in 1958 when he appeared in 35 games for the Pirates and won the two games of his career, and had two loses, with two saves.</div>
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As I continued to look through my Topps 1959 cards, I found a card of <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo04.shtml">Bobby Smith.</a> Smith was an outfielder who played seven seasons in the major leagues from 1957 to 1962 with the Cardinals, Phillies, Mets, and Cubs, and a final season, in 1965, with the Angels.</div>
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Smith finished his career with a batting average of .243 (234 hits in 962 at bats) with 13 home runs and 96 runs batted in. His best season was in 1960, while playing in 98 games with the Phillies, Smith batted .286 (62 hits in 217 at bats) with four home runs and 27 runs batted in. In October 1961, Smith was selected by the New York Mets as the 32nd pick in the 1961 expansion draft. As an original member of the 1962 Mets, Smith played eight games with them before he was traded on April 26 to the Cubs for catcher <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/taylosa02.shtml">Sammy Taylor</a>.</div>
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Bob Smith and Bobby Smith each played as rookies with the 1957 Cardinals. Bob Smith (the pitcher) pitched in six games for the Cardinals during the first month of the season. Bobby Smith (the outfielder) was in center field for all of the 9.2 innings that Bob Smith pitched. On May 14, 1957, the Pirates purchased pitcher Bob Smith from the Cardinals. During the 1957 season, Cardinal manager, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/hutchfr01.shtml">Fred Hutchinson</a>, was probably Smith challenged, as their catcher was <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithha09.shtml">Hal Smith</a>. Hal Smith, who was a 1957 All-Star, played all but four games of his career with the Cardinals, and should not to be confused with the other catcher named <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithha08.shtml">Hal Smith</a>, who homered in the 8th inning of the game seven victory for the Pirates in the 1960 World Series over the Yankees. </div>
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This cartoon is very similar to the one that is on the back of pitcher Bob Smith's card, as it says that fleet footed Bobby covers lots of outfield space. </div>
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So is it possible that Topps, in error, put the cartoon used for Bobby Smith's card also on the back of Bob Smith's card??? </div>
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On the Halloween night that just passed, my daughter and son-in-law came to my house to watch Game Four of the World Series. It was a big night of baseball, as a Met victory would have put them back into the series and a Royals win could put them on the cusp of their first World Series Championship in 30 years.</div>
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In anticipation of their visit, I got a box of the recently released 2015 Topps Update set. For many years, I have let my daughter open packs of new baseball card product. For some people, they find great joy in opening a pack of new cards. For me, I have just as much fun watching my daughter open a pack of new cards. In the past, I've bought boxes of Heritage and always waited and let her open the cards. This Saturday evening was going a first for me, to have my son-in-law open new packs of cards.</div>
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I didn't tell them ahead of time that I was getting the cards, so as they were settling in to watch the game, I pulled out the box of cards. So the two of them took turns opening the packs, they turned it into a competition, as to who would get the better card. The winner was clearly me. I got a box of new baseball cards and spent the evening watching a baseball game with my daughter and son-in-law.</div>
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My son-in-law pulled a Troy Tulowitzki All Star Work Out Jersey card. This was a first for me. I've seen jersey cards, but now a "Work Out" jersey card. Wow, what's Topps going to come up with next? </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 2015 Update All Star Work Out Jersey Troy Tulowitzki Card #STIT-TT</span></div>
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My son-in-law also pulled a Etched in History of Yankee great Mariano Rivera.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 2015 Update Etched in History Mariano Rivera Card #EIH-7</span></div>
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Topps continues its practice of including many different insert sets. Here are a few of those inserts.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 2015 Update Rookie Sensations Cal Ripken, Jr. Card #RS-17</span></div>
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Probably my favorite Topps 2015 Update insert is Pride and Perseverance set. I had heard about the Pete Gray card and I was also happy that my daughter pulled one of his card and I was glad to get a William Hoy card. Hoy, noted for being the most accomplished deaf player in Major League history, had a colorful career at the turn of the 20th century and was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2003. I always like Jim Eisenreich's story and got one of his cards. Eisenreich played in the Major Leagues for 15 years. He has Tourette syndrome and in 1990, and was the first recipient of the Tony Conigliaro Award, given annually to a Major League Baseball player who has overcome a significant obstacle in life.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 2015 Update Pride and Perseverance<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Jason Johnson Card #PP-5</span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 2015 Update Pride and Perseverance<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jim Eisenreich Card #PP-7</span></div>
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Topps continued to include original cards in the Update Series packs. Some of the cards aren't in great shape but they are still pretty cool. I don't know if young collectors would know about any of these players' careers, but they might recognize that a surgical procedure that is extending pitcher's careers is named after the Dodger left handed pitcher, Tommy John, or maybe that Nationals outfielder Jayson Worth's grandfather, Dick Schofield, was a major league infielder, or that Royal great George Brett had an older brother, Ken, who played in the major leagues and who, as a 19 year old, pitched in two games for the Red Sox during the 1967 World Series. </div>
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I've included a list of cards that I have for trade from the update set on my blog. I need a card to complete the set and would like to try to complete the Pride and Perseverance set. If you are interested in trading, just let me know. Thanks for looking.<br />
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While watching the 8th inning of game four of the World Series, my daughter invented a new verb that should be added to the English language. "Murphyed": when an infielder muffs what appears to be a routine ground ball. An example of usage of the new verb, "Oh, the second baseman murphyed that ball." Then here is a video example of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzwZsnQIsGY">"murphyed"</a>. No treats, just tricks, for Daniel Murphy on that night.</div>
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My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-46395219298938286172015-10-27T13:57:00.002-07:002015-10-27T13:57:37.222-07:00The Mad Dash<div style="text-align: justify;">
As we await the beginning of the 2015 World Series, I reflect back on the winning run that <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cainlo01.shtml">Lorenzo Cain</a> scored in game six of the American League Championship series and I am reminded of St. Cardinals <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/slaugen01.shtml">Enos Slaughter</a>'s Mad Dash in the 1946 World Series against the Red Sox.</div>
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Cain should be applauded for his play when he scored from first base on <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hosmeer01.shtml">Eric Hosmer</a>'s 8th inning single, as he scored the decisive run to end the Blue Jays post season. Earlier in the series, Royals third base coach <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=jirsch001mic">Mike Jirschele</a> had noticed when a runner on first headed to third on a single, Blue Jays' right fielder <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bautijo02.shtml">Jose Bautista</a> would throw the ball to second base. Bautista had done it before during the series, but the runner coming into third on that play was Royals designated hitter <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moralke01.shtml">Kendrys Morales</a> and Jirschele couldn’t take advantage of Bautista’s throw as Morales wasn’t fast enough.</div>
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However, Jirschele remembered that play and thought that if Bautista did that again and if the Royals had a fast runner coming into third, he would send that runner home. There could not have a more opportune time for Jirschele to send a runner home when Cain motored into third base and Bautista throw went to second base. Bautista intentions were to hold Hosmer to a single; however, when Jitschele saw Baustista's throw, he sent Cain home. Cain speed pressured the Jays defense as they make two long throws and when shortstop's <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tulowtr01.shtml">Troy Tulowitzki</a>'s throw to the plate was late, the Royals took a 4 - 3 lead. After Royals reliever <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/daviswa01.shtml">Wade Davis</a> worked a tense ninth inning and the Blue Jays failed to score, the Royals won their second consecutive American League championship and are now headed back to the World Series.</div>
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This was not the first time in the state of Missouri, that a runner, in the bottom of the 8th inning, scored from first base with the run that won a post season game and series. </div>
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The 1946 World Series matched the National League Champion Cardinals, against the American League Champion Red Sox. The series featured future Hall of Famers, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/musiast01.shtml">Stan Musial</a>, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schoere01.shtml">Red Schoendienst</a>, and Enos Slaughter from the Cardinals, and <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willite01.shtml">Ted Williams</a> and <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doerrbo01.shtml">Bobby Doerr</a> for the Red Sox. In the series, the club's star outfielders, Musial and Williams, who each won the Most Valuable Player award in their respective leagues, didn't match the batting averages they had during the season. During the series, Musial hit .222 (six hits in 27 at bats) and Williams batted just .200 (5 hits in 25 at bats). For the season, Musial had lead the National League with a .365 batting average and Williams, who had batted .342, finished second in the American League to Senator's Mickey Vernon's .353 average. Williams, who had played the Series injured, refused to use his injury as an excuse. </div>
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After six games, the series was tied at three games. The Red Sox had won games one, three, and five. The Cardinals followed each of those Red Sox victories with a win of their own, as they won games two, four, and six. Game seven was played in St. Louis on October 15.</div>
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So the 1946 World Series come down to a Game 7 and one of the most discussed plays in World Series history, "The Mad Dash". After Red Sox center fielder, Dom DiMaggio's eight inning two-run double tied the score at 3, the Cardinals came to bat in the bottom of the inning.</div>
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The Cardinals Enos Slaughter opened the inning with a single but the next two batters failed to advance him. Then with two outs, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkeha01.shtml">Harry Walker</a> stepped to the plate and hit a ball over Red Sox shortstop's <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peskyjo01.shtml">Johnny Pesky</a>'s head and Slaughter started his dash. As Pesky caught the relay throw from the outfield, he turned and saw that Slaughter had rounded third base. Although, Cardinal third base coach <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gonzami01.shtml">Mike Gonzalez</a> threw up a stop sign, Slaughter ignored it, and he headed to the plate. Pesky hesitated a split second before throwing home, and his throw was late as Slaughter slid into the plate safely. Cardinal hurler, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brechha01.shtml">Harry Brecheen</a>, who won three games during the series, pitched a scoreless 9th inning. Walker was credited with a game winning RBI double and the Cardinals won the game and the World Series.</div>
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Baseball cards have been issued memorializing Slaughter's Mad Dash.</div>
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In 1970 and 1971, Fleer issued a set of Laughin World Series cards. In each set, Slaughter's Mad Dash is depicted on the front of the cards. The cards use cartoon drawings of Slaughter. The 1970 card shows him sliding across the plate as the 1971 issue has him running through a stop sign. </div>
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1970 Fleer Laughin World Series Card #43</div>
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My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-445484990430964262015-10-18T07:58:00.002-07:002015-10-18T07:58:58.717-07:001994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice<div style="text-align: justify;">
In 1994, Upper Deck introduced a new baseball card, Collector's Choice. For five years, through 1998, Upper Deck produced the Collector's Choice card. In the early 90s, card companies began to issue premium baseball cards. Donruss was the first card company to introduced a premium card with Leaf in 1990. Fleer followed up with Ultra in 1991 and then Flair in 1993. In 1992, Topps switched its Bowman card to a premium product and introduced Finest in 1993. Upper Deck issued its first SP set in 1993. By the mid 90s, sports card collecting was forever changed and was never again the same. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Silver Signature Mike Piazza Rookie of Year Card #310 </span></div>
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The <a href="http://www.baseballcardpedia.com/index.php/1994_Collector%27s_Choice">1994 Collector's Choice</a> set has 670 cards and was issued in two series. The first series has 320 cards and the second series has 350 cards. A pack of Collector's Choice had 12 cards and cost 99 cents. Each pack had a Silver Signature card (card with a silver facsimile of the player's signature) and each box had Gold Signature card (card with a gold border and a gold facsimile of the player's signature). Sets of Collector's Choice included five Gold Signature cards.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Silver Signature Shawn Green Card #9</span></div>
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Currently, blogger <a href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/17593364314991949335">buckstorecards</a> is writing <a href="http://1994collectorschoice.blogspot.ca/">1994 Collector's Choice - Card by Card</a>. The blog is providing a written description about each player card in the set.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Silver Signature Cecil Fielder Card #100</span></div>
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Since Collector's Choice was introduced, I have found boxes of both the first and second series for sale at card shows. If I find a box of the cards for less than $20, I will usually purchase it. Today, you can find first series boxes on ebay in the $20 to $25 range. The second series box is a little harder to find and when I checked ebay today there were no second series boxes being offered.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Silver Signature Edgar Martinez Card #480</span></div>
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Back in 1994, I worked on completing a Collector's Choice set. Upon finishing the set, I began working on a Silver Signature set. I've continued to collect the Silver Signature cards and now have the set about 95% complete. Are there are any other baseball card collectors out there who are trying to complete the 1994 Collector's Choice set?<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1994 Upper Deck Collector's Choice Silver Signature Matt Williams Card #299</span></div>
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I've included a list of the Silver Signatures duplicates on my blog page. I also have many duplicates of the Collector's Choice regular issued cards. I have not included a list of these cards, but if you are working on the set please check with me and I will see if I have the cards you need. If you want any of these cards, let me know and we can make a trade. I have also listed the Silver Signature cards I need. If you have any of these cards and can help me complete my set, I would like to possibly make some kind of arrangements and get those cards from you. Please let me know. </div>
My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-69058237875020193542015-10-13T09:39:00.000-07:002015-10-13T09:39:32.409-07:00Happens to every guy sometimes this does<div style="text-align: justify;">
I recently completed a trade with JediJeff from <a href="http://www.2x3heroes.com/">2 x 3 Heroes</a>. I had written a blog seeing if there was anyone out there who was interested in trading for some 2015 Topps to help me complete my set. JediJeff contacted me and offered me some of the cards I needed. </div>
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To work the trade, I sent cards to JediJeff from his <a href="http://www.2x3heroes.com/p/sox-team-sets.html">White Sox team want list</a>. He wrote about those cards on his 2 x 3 Heroes blog entry titled "<a href="http://www.2x3heroes.com/2015/09/that-which-i-covet.html">That Which I Covet</a>" He did a great job describing the cards I sent to him. I was happy to trade these cards with JediJeff to help him get closer to completing his White Sox team sets.</div>
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JediJeff sent me a package of cards that I received this past week. JediJeff passed on some of the Topps 2015 cards I needed plus some great A's cards. <br />
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Yoda, as <span class="_Tgc">one of the most renowned and powerful Jedi Masters in galactic history says </span>"Happens to every guy sometimes this does." <br />
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Though I am no Jedi, Yodi's words have shown me, through my blog that I have happened to find sometimes, trades and have acquired new cards for my collection.<br />
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Some of the cards JediJeff sent to me include:</div>
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<strong>Topps 2015 Needs</strong></div>
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These were the cards JediJeff sent me from my Topps 2015 want list.<br />
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Giancarlo Stanton hit some long home run this pass season before his year ended on June 26 when he broke the hamate bone in his left hand on a swing and miss. One of his long home runs was hit on May 12th, when a 467-foot blast cleared the left field stands at Dodger Stadium. It was the fifth time that a ball had been hit out of Dodger Stadium. On May 15th, 2015, Stanton hit a 474-foot home run to center field in Marlins Park. Then on May 30th, 2015, Stanton hit a 466-foot home run, the longest home run in the history of the Mets' home park, Citi Field.</div>
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JediJeff included cards of four players who, in 1989, helped the A's to their last World Series Championship. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1997 Pinnacle Mark McGwire Card #188</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1995 Emotion Rickey Henderson Card #71</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1991 Fleer All Star Team Jose Canseco Card #6</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1993 Leaf Rickey Henderson Card #291</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1993 Topps Black Gold Mark McGwire Card #39</span></div>
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Jose Canceso, Rickey Henderson, Mark McGwire, and Dave Parker were members of the 1989 team that defeated the Giants during the 1989 World Series. This series was postposed for ten day due to the Loma Prieta earthquake that struck the San Francisco/Oakland area. During the series, each of these players hit a home run during the four game sweep of the Giants.</div>
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JediJeff added a couple of autograph cards of A's pitchers who have pitched in the minor leagues for the A's.</div>
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Bert Snow was the A's 10th round draft pick in the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Vanderbilt University. The right handed pitcher spent six years in the minor leagues playing for affiliates of the A's. Chris Kohler was the A's 3rd round selection in the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft. After sitting out 2014 due to an elbow injury, this season, Kohler pitched for the Vermont Lake Monsters of the New York-Pennsylvania League. The 20 year-old left handed pitcher struck out 37 batters in 38.1 innings pitched. </div>
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Reggie Jackson exploits on the baseball diamond are well documented and earned him a plaque in Cooperstown. In 21 seasons, Jackson lead the American League in home runs on four different occasions. He also was a four-time World Champion, winning the World Series twice with the A's and Yankees. Dwayne Murphy played parts of nine season with the A's. He was a Golden Glove center fielder, as he won the award six consecutive times, between 1980 through 1985.</div>
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JediJeff included a Topps 1964 card of Jim Gentile.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1964 Jim Gentile Card #196</span></div>
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Jim Gentile was acquired by the Kansas City Athletics during November 1963 from the Orioles in a trade for Norm Siebern. In the 1964 season, the A's finished in tenth place in the American League and Gentile was their regular first baseman. Gentile had 28 home runs and 71 RBI during the season, second on the club in both categories to the A's starting right fielder, Rocky Colavito, who lead the team with 34 home runs and 102 RBI. After being replaced at first base at the beginning of the 1965 season by Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson, Gentile was traded to the Astros in June. Before leaving for Houston, Gentile played in 38 games for the A's and hit 10 home runs in 118 at bats. </div>
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My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-37088492351399411552015-10-08T08:40:00.000-07:002015-10-08T08:40:04.530-07:00Golden Rainbow Cards Trade<div style="text-align: justify;">
Recently, Bryan from <a href="http://goldenrainbowcards.blogspot.com/">Golden Rainbow Cards</a> saw my blog about Topps 2015 cards for trade. There were a few cards that he needed and he had a card I needed. I asked if there might be other cards he needed and he offered up his <a href="http://goldenrainbowcards.blogspot.com/p/want-list.html">want list</a>. I sent a package of cards from cards from the 80s and the 90s with the cards he needed from the Topps 2015 set. Bryan said that he would send me some A's cards. </div>
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The cards that Bryan sent are a sweet package. He sent me cards that were additions to my collection.</div>
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This was the card from the Topps 2015 set that I needed, Topps All-Star Rookie Nick Castellanos. </div>
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Nick Castellanos was a first round draft pick (44th overall) of the Tigers in the 2010 amateur draft. For the past two years, Castellanos has been the Tigers starting 3rd baseman. In 2014, he finished the year with a .259 batting average with 11 home runs and 66 RBI. For his 2015 season, Castellanos batting average was .255 and he increased his home run output (with 15) and RBI total (to 73).</div>
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<strong>A couple of Southern California Infielders</strong></div>
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Bobby Crosby was a first round draft pick (25th overall) of the A's in the 2000 amateur draft after attending college at California State University, Long Beach. He is son of former Cardinal, Red, and Indian infielder, Ed Crosby. In 2004, Bobby Crosby won the American League Rookie of the Year while playing shortstop for the A's. He spent part of seven season playing for the A's and finished his time there with a .238 batting average (568 hits in 2391 at bats) and 61 home runs and 263 RBI. In 2010, Crosby's final year in the major leagues, he spent time playing with the Pirates and the Diamondbacks.</div>
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This is a 2009 Wal-Mart Black card of Daric Barton, who was a first round draft pick (28th overall) of the Cardinals in the 2003 amateur draft. He signed with a the Cardinals as a 17 year old after attending high school in Huntington Beach, CA. In 2004, Barton was traded to the A's in the trade that sent left handed pitcher Mark Mulder to the Cardinals. Barton played first base in parts of eight seasons with the A's. While with the A's, he batted .247 (431 hits in 1744 at bats) with 30 home runs and 184 RBI. In 2010, he was the major league leader when he was issued 110 base on balls. </div>
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Scott Brosius was a 20th round draft pick of the A's in the 1987 amateur draft after attending college at Linfield College in McMinnville OR. Brosius made his major league debut with A's in 1991 and played part of seven seasons with them. While playing with the A's, he batted .248 (494 hits in 2085 at bats) with 76 home runs and 249 RBI. In November 1997, Brosius was traded to the Yankees for left handed pitcher, Kenny (The Gambler) Rogers. Brosius played four season for the Yankees, and was an All Star in 1998 and won a Gold Glove for his play at third base during the 1999 season. Brosius was a part of three Yankees World Championship teams, (1998, 1999, & 2000), winning the World Series Most Valuable Player in 1998. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1992 Stadium Club Harold Baines Card #536</span></div>
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All five of these players were members of the 1991 A's team. Mark McGwire started at first base for the team and finished with 22 home runs (3rd highest total on the team behind Jose Canseco and Dave Henderson). Harold Baines was the club's designated hitter. Baines' 90 RBIs was second highest on the team and trailed only Jose Canceso's 122 RBI. Willie Wilson was signed as a free agent prior to the beginning of the 1991 season and he was a backup in the A's outfield as he played 41 games in leftfield, 33 in centerfield, and 19 in right field. Joe Klink and Steve Chitren were joined in the A's bullpen that year with Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley as Klink appeared in 62 games and Chitren appeared in 56 games. </div>
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Here is the Topps 2009 Legends of the Game card of Jimmie Foxx. Foxx played 20 years in the major leagues and was a member of the Philadelphia A's from 1925, when he broke in as a seventeen year old, to 1935. In 1932, Foxx was the American League Most Valuable Player when he lead the league His 302 home runs as an Athletic is second only to Mark McGwire's 363 home runs that he hit as an A's. </div>
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Here is a Topps 1st Home Run card of Mr. October, Reggie Jackson. Jackson had two different stints with the A's. He made his debut with he Kansas City A's in June 1967 when he was 21 years old. He played with the A's in Oakland from 1968 through 1975 and was a member of the A's three World Championship teams during the 1970s although he didn't play in the 1972 because he injury his leg in game five of the American League Championship Series against the Tigers. Jackson return to Oakland to play with the A's in 1987, his final season in the major leagues. In 1975, Jackson was named American League Most Valuable Player and he lead the American League in home runs four times, twice while he played with the A's His 269 home run as an Athletic is third all-time behind only Mark McGwire and Jimmie Foxx. </div>
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Rickey Henderson<strong>,</strong> played for nine Major League nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four stints with the A's. Henderson was a 4th round draft pick of the A's in the 1976 amateur draft after attending Technical High School in Oakland. In June 1979, as a twenty year old, Henderson made his major league debut. Then in 1990, while playing for the A's, Henderson was named the American League Most Valuable Player. He was 12-time American League stolen base champion, and lead the American League in runs scored five times. Henderson holds the single-season record for stolen bases (130 in 1982) and his 1,406 career steals is 50% higher than the previous record of 938 held by Cardinal outfielder, Lou Brock. His 167 home runs hit as an Athletic ranks twelfth on the team's all time home run list. </div>
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Recently I received a PWE from Jeremy, a reader of my blog and a trade partner. What I found in the envelope was Jeremy's first ever historical collection. As I look through the cards, I noted that there was a stack of about ten different cards of catchers. I didn't have a clue about the historical content of the package. </div>
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In an email received later from Jeremy, he reported that the catchers were part of his special historical collection. He had researched the catchers who Rickey Henderson stole the most bases on, and he found cards of those catchers he most frequently stole on. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 2000 Rickey Henderson 20th Century Best Card #233</span></div>
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Rickey Henderson<strong>,</strong> regarded as the baseball's greatest leadoff hitter and base stealer, played for nine Major League nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four stints with the A's. Henderson holds the major league records for career stolen bases, runs, unintentional walks, and leadoff home runs. </div>
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In 1990, while playing for the A's, Henderson was named the American League Most Valuable Player. He was the leadoff batter for two World Series champions, the 1989 A's and the 1993 Blue Jays. He was 12-time American League stolen base champion, and lead the American League in runs scored five times. Henderson was also a ten-time All-Star and was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2009, on his first ballot appearance.</div>
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Henderson holds the single-season record for stolen bases (130 in 1982) and is the only player in American League history to steal 100 bases in a season, having done that three times. His 1,406 career steals is 50% higher than the previous record of 938 held by Cardinal outfielder, Lou Brock.</div>
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In our trade, Jeremy sent me cards of those catchers who Henderson stole the most bases on. He found cards of the top ten catchers who Henderson stole on and he was able to find a card of each of them in their catchers gear.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1982 Donruss Jim Sundberg Card #268</span></div>
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2. <strong> Ernie Whitt</strong> (48 times) </div>
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3. <strong>Carlton Fisk</strong> (43 times)</div>
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Fisk ranks 4th with catchers who caught Henderson the most (11 times).<br />
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Tied for 4th. <strong>Butch Wynegar</strong> (37 times) </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1980 Butch Wynegar Card #304</span></div>
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Tied for 4th. <strong>Rick Dempsey</strong> (37 times) </div>
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Tied for 6th. <strong>Brian Harper</strong> (36 times)</div>
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Tied for 6th. <strong> Lance Parrish</strong> (36 times) </div>
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8. <strong>Rich Gedman</strong> (33 times) </div>
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9. <strong>John Wathan</strong> (32 times)</div>
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This card of Wathan is celebrating his record breaking season of the stolen base standard for catchers, when he stole 31 bases in 1982. He broke the record of 30 steals established in 1916 by White Sox's backstop Ray Schalk. Wathan record still stands today.<br />
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10. <strong>Ron Hassey</strong> (29 times)</div>
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Hassey was Henderson's teammate with the A's when they won three consecutive American League Pennants (1988 - 1990) and on the 1989 World Championship team.</div>
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For his career, Henderson attempted to steal on more than 240 different catchers.<br />
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Here is a link to an article about those catchers Henderson attempted to steal on.<br />
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<a href="http://thebaseballcube.blogspot.com/2011/08/rickey-henderson-and-catchers-who.html">Catchers Rickey Henderson attempted to steal on</a></div>
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On Saturday night, I went to San Francisco and attended the Giants and Padres game with my daughter and son-in-law. This was the second time that I've attended a game at AT&T Park. The last time I was there, was in 2003, when the ball field was called SBC Park. We arrived at the game early as we wanted to watch batting practice. We got the chance to watch the Padres batting practice. When a ball was hit into the stands, it seemed like adults were scrambling after the balls, and I believe that they would have bullied over anyone in an effort to get to a ball.</div>
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Our seats were in right field. During batting practice, as kids stood around hoping that a ball would be hit to them, no ball came close to being hit near our seats. However, one of the Padres players standing in the outfield tossed a ball to kids into the area. It was cool to see how excited these children were as the held on their treasures. The joy of these unforgettable moments were documented by photographs taken by parents. This was a reminder to me that baseball is a kids game and how important it is to share the game with them and teach them to enjoy it. The Padres player who tossed the ball into the stands was wearing a warm up jacket so I didn't know who it was. I wish that I could have thank him personally and I also wish he could have seen how happy those kids were when they held into his and her ball.</div>
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We were fortunate to attend a great game. That night Madison Bumgarner pitched a one hitter.</div>
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Bumgarner had a perfect game going into the 8th inning as he retired the first 23 Padres batters. The Padres' first hit was a single by pinch hitter Melvin Upton coming with two outs in the 8th inning. Bumgarner retired the last four Padres batters he faced after Upton's single and he finished the night with nine strikeouts while facing only 28 batters. </div>
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<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Madison-Bumgarner-near-perfect-in-Giants-win-6501453.php">Bumgarner near perfect game</a> </div>
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The night of the game there was a Lego promotion. </div>
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It was nice to go to the game with my daughter and son in law. My daughter likes Giant rookie infielder Kelby Tomlinson, as she and her husband had a chance to hear Tomlinson speak a few weeks ago. Tomlinson has been playing second base while subbing in for Joe Panik, who has been out with an injury. Saturday night, Tomlinson had two hits in four at bats, with a triple and an RBI, lifting his seasons batting average to .306. He also made a fine play in the field during the 7th inning to keep Bumgarner's perfecto intact. </div>
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Brandon Belt homered in the 7th inning. Where our seats were, in right center field, I figured that no ball would be hit near us. However, Belt "Ruthian" blast landed on a seat just behind us and was snagged by a guy who was sitting five seats from us.</div>
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Prior to the game we check out some of the statues of some all time great Giants.</div>
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We also stopped at a Baseball card shop in Rohnert Park and I acquired a few vintage cards. I paid a dollar each for a Al Lopez card and a Rocky Colavito card.</div>
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On the drive home, we stopped in Santa Rosa, and I got a picture of my daughter with a life size Charlie Brown. Santa Rosa was hometown of Peanuts creator, Charles Shultz. </div>
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Recently I sorted my singles for the Topps 2015 base set. I had bought a box of jumbo packs for both the first and second series and then a couple of weeks ago, I got some repacks of singles from the set. </div>
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After sorting the cards I created a want list of the cards I need to complete the set. I am wondering if anyone out there is interested in making a trade. I've also listed my doubles so you can review the list to see if there are any cards you would like to get in a trade.</div>
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When I was sorting these cards, I was amazed with the photography. I've be collecting since the late 60s and can track the evolution of the pictures used on cardboard. In the late 60s, when I first started to collect, there were no action cards. In the 2015 set, it seems every card is an action shot.</div>
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With cards from the 60s, what you got were posed or head shots. Sometimes I think I had a connection with the players from those sets, as I became familiar with the player's face, compared to today's cards where there is much more emphasis on the photography of action shots. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1968 Dan Schneider Card #57</span></div>
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The current Heritage product brings back the head shots. After thumbing through Heritage cards and sorting the Topps 2015 Series One and Series Two base set cards, I am really starting to appreciate the photos that are used on cards today. </div>
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But then there are some of those beautiful vintage cards that can't match the cropped action shots from today. </div>
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I know that most of these vintage cards are way out of my price range, but I always have enjoyed looking through boxes of them at my local card shop or at shows.</div>
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Here are some cards from the 2015 set that I like and an attempt to show similar actions shots from Topps 1970 sets.</div>
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Some nice pics of players sliding.</div>
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<strong>The play at the plate</strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1971 Thurman Munson Card #5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1974 Chris Speier Card #392</span></div>
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The Munson card has always been a favorite of mine, as it is sweet shot plus its got a All Star Rookie trophy. The Speier card isn't cropped as close as the 2015 cards so it shows all the empty seats behind the Phillies bullpen at Candlestick Park.</div>
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Here are some Royal outfielders making diving catches from this year's set.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 2015 Lorenzo Cain Card #516</span> </div>
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The issuance of cards of players making diving catches is a new to Topps. It has been a photo that they have been using more during this century.</div>
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Here is a card from the 70s of an outfielder attempting to make a catch. Not quite a diving catch. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1974 Tommie Agee Card #420</span></div>
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This picture from the Topps 1974 set is where Hank Aaron is about to make a catch. He is probably closer to the infield, about ready to catch a pop up, as he played first base during his last years with the Braves.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1974 Hank Aaron Card #100</span></div>
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Here are a couple sweet snow cone catches from the 2015 set.</div>
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Here is an almost snow cone catch from the 1974 set.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1974 Dave Concepcion Card #435</span></div>
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<strong>Great World Series defense</strong></div>
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A card from this year's set of Giants Joe Panik starting a double play, while laying on his stomach, during game seven of the 2014 World Series.</div>
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And a card from the Topps 1971 set of Brooks Robinson making another clutch play he made during the 1970 World Series.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1971 Game 5 from 1970 World Series Card #331</span></div>
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A short video about the 1970 World Series (The Brooks Robinson Series) that the Orioles beat the Reds four games to one. Robinson, who was the Series MVP, batted .429 (9 hits in 21 at bats) with two homers and six RBI. </div>
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Here is the 2015 Topps card of Gold Glove second baseman DJ LaMahieu turning a double play. </div>
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From the 1974 set, here is Dick Green's card turning a double play. The LaMahieu card is chopped closer so that he and Alex Gordon take up the entire card</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 2015 Tyler Clippard Card #546</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 2015 Dave Robertson Card #368</span></div>
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On this Tommy Helms air brush job from the 1977 set, you can see that the color doesn't really match the A's caps actual color. </div>
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The caps on the Clippard and Semien cards from the 2015 set is not really the kelly green used on A's caps, but Topps got closer than the green used on the Helms card. And the front of the Robertson card shows his new White Sox uniform and it kinda looks like an actual photo, as Topps attempt with this card is better than just air brushing out the team name, like they did with the Robinson card.</div>
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If anyone out there is interested in trading to help me complete my Topps 2015 set, then let's make a deal.</div>
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My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-17928655835207970752015-08-30T10:45:00.002-07:002015-08-30T10:45:26.311-07:00Grading first trade - Straight A's<div style="text-align: justify;">
Back in March, I started writing a blog about baseball cards. One of my earliest blogs was an offer to trade some Topps 1971 baseball cards. Recently, Jeremy, a reader of my blog, contact me and wanted to make a trade. He was interested in six of the cards. This was going to be my first trade. In exchange for the 1971 cards, I told him to send me cards that I may be interested in.</div>
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He did great as received a pack of A's cards. I've been a A's fan since I was eight years old. My first year of collecting baseball cards was in 1968, the year that the A's moved from Kansas City to Oakland. During their first season in Oakland, my family went to visit friends who lived in Berkeley. During that trip, I attended my first major league game. </div>
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I remember the <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK196806190.shtml">game</a>. My mom took me and my siblings, with the family friends, as we were part of a crowd of 5,811 who attended a June night game at Oakland Coliseum. We sat in the right field bleacher as <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hunteca01.shtml">"Catfish" Hunter</a> pitched a completed game 5 - 3 victory over the Orioles. I can remember it as if it was yesterday, that in the bottom of the seventh inning, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robinfl01.shtml">Floyd Robinson</a>'s pinch hit double plated two runs to break a 3 - 3 tie. Hunter shut down the Orioles in the 8th and 9th innings in the A's victory.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1968 Floyd Robinson Card #404</span></div>
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While I attended the game, I am sure that I had some of my baseball cards with me, as I wouldn't left home without them. Those Topps 1968 beauties.</div>
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The A's, later became known as the "Mustache Gang", went on to win three consecutive World Series in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Following those three championship seasons, keeping with a tradition established during the decade of 1910 by then owner/manager Connie Mack, A's owner Charlie Finley let his star players go. Players from those 1970 championship teams were either traded or become free agents. The first player to go was Hunter. In 1974, after a contract violation by Finley, for his failure to pay Hunter $50,000, Hunter won an arbitration hearing in December that voided his contract, and he was allowed to leave as a free agent. Hunter went on to sign with the Yankees for five years for a then record $3.35 million. <br />
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Soon thereafter, free agency came to baseball. Finley felt that due to low attendance, he would be unable to pay the players that had won the three World Series. So during spring training of 1976, in anticipation of losing <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacksre01.shtml">Reggie Jackson</a> and <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/holtzke01.shtml">Ken Holtzman</a> as free agents, Finley traded them to the Orioles in a deal that included young outfielder named <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baylodo01.shtml">Don Baylor</a>. After the 1976 season, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bandosa01.shtml">Sal Bando</a>, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fingero01.shtml">Rollie Fingers</a>, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/campabe01.shtml">Bert Campaneris</a>, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tenacge01.shtml">Gene Tenace</a>, and <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rudijo01.shtml">Joe Rudi</a> all played out their contracts and signed with other teams. In December 1976, manager <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/tannech01.shtml">Chuck Tanner</a> was traded to the Pirates for catcher <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanguma01.shtml">Manny Sanguillen</a>. During spring training 1977, the A's received six players from the Pirates in a traded that included All Star second baseman <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garneph01.shtml">Phil Garner</a>. Then in March of 1978, after leading the American League in losses with 19 during the 1977 season, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bluevi01.shtml">Vida Blue</a> was traded to the Giants for seven players. </div>
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During 1977, the A's the finished in 7th place in the American League Western Division. Then in 1978, they finished in 6th place, and in 1979 they again finished in 7th place.</div>
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Finley sold the A's in August of 1980, only after hiring <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/martibi02.shtml">Billy Martin</a> to manage the team. Martin, who had attended Berkeley High School, and after graduating in 1946, had played with Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League. Martin returned to the East Bay and lead the A's to a second place finish during the 1980 season. Then during the strike marred 1981 season, behind skipper Martin, the A's had the best record of all teams in the American League Western Division. Due to the strike, there was a Division Series played where the A's defeated the Royals three games to none. The A's missed out on returning to the World Series as they loss in the American League Championship series to the Yankees. </div>
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In 1982, Martin left as manager of the A's and they failed to make the playoff again until the late 80s. They returned to post season play after making trades, acquiring <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lansfca01.shtml">Carney Lansford</a>, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eckerde01.shtml">Dennis Eckersley</a>, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/welchbo01.shtml">Bob Welch</a>, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henderi01.shtml">Rickey Henderson</a>, and <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/parkeda01.shtml">Dave Parker</a>, and bringing in free agents, signing <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hendeda01.shtml">Dave Henderson</a>, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stewada01.shtml">Dave Stewart</a>, Don Baylor, and <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mooremi01.shtml">Mike Moore</a>. In addition, the A's developed players who won the American League Rookie of the Year Award in three consecutive years. Beginning in 1986, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgwima01.shtml">Mark McGwire</a> was Rookie of the Year, followed in 1987 by <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cansejo01.shtml">Jose Canseco</a>, and then in 1988, <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weisswa01.shtml">Walt Weiss</a> won the award. The A's returned to prominence and made it back to the World Series in three consecutive seasons. The A's loss to the Dodgers in the 1988 World Series, defeated the Giants in 1989, and loss to the Reds in the 1990 World Series.<br />
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That's enough A's history. Getting back to the trade of baseball cards which was why I was writing this blog. What I got in the trade were cards of A's players from the mid and late 1980s. </div>
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Some of the cards I received in the trade:</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1986 Dusty Baker Card #645, Mike Davis Card #165, Dave Kingman, Card #410, Jackie Moore Card #591, and Dwayne Murphy Card #8</span></div>
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None of the A's shown above from the Topps 1986 set were a part of the A's teams that played in the 1988, 1989, or 1990 World Series. <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davismi02.shtml">Mike Davis</a> was with the Dodgers during the 1988 series. During Game One of that series, Davis came up as a pinch hitter with two outs in the bottom of the 9th inning as the Dodgers trailed the A's 4 - 3. He faced A's relief ace Dennis Eckersley and walked. One batter later, Dodger pinch hitter <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gibsoki01.shtml">Kirk Gibson</a> homered to win the game 5 - 4. This homer essentially ended the 1988 World Series, as the Dodgers defeated the A's four games to one. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1987 Carney Lansford Card #678, Dave Stewart Card #14, Mickey Tettleton Card #649, Bruce Bochte Card #496, and Alfredo Griffin Card #111 </span></div>
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In December 1982, Carney Lansford was traded to the A's, from the Red Sox, for outfielder <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/armasto01.shtml">Tony Armas</a>. Lansford played third base for each of the A's World Series teams. He played ten seasons with the A's. His best season was in 1989 when hit batted .336. He retired as an Athletic in 1992. In May 1986, the A's pulled Dave Stewart off the scrap heap as they signed him after he was released by the Phillies. Stewart came home as he was a graduate of Oakland's St. Elizabeth High School. During the 1985 season, while pitching with the Rangers and Phillies, Stewart had a record of 0 - 6 with an ERA of 5.46 and had started the 1986 season with the Phillies and had appeared in four games with no decisions and an ERA of 6.57. Stewart completed the 1986 season with the A's and then starting in 1987, while pitching in Oakland, he won over 20 games in each of the next four season.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1989 Don Baylor Card #673, Dave Parker Card #475, Dennis Eckersley Card #370, Terry Steinbach Card #725, and Dave Henderson Card #527</span><br />
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These players were all on the A's 1989 World Series Championship team. In April 1987, the A's traded three minor league players to the Cubs for Eckersley. It was thought that Eckersley's career was near its end, but with the A's, he became a MVP relief pitcher and finished with a plaque in the Hall of Fame. </div>
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The Score card of prodigal son, Rickey Henderson, shows him possibly attempting to steal another base. Henderson graduated from Technical High School in Oakland in 1976 and was draft by the A's in June of that year and signed with the team in July 1976. During his career, Henderson played with nine teams, including four stints with the A's, as he batted leadoff for the 1989 World Series Championship team. Henderson retired as the all-time Major League leader in run scored and stolen bases. </div>
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Madison Bumgarner was named the National League Player of the Week for the week ending August 17. Bumgarner earned two victories, pitching his eighth and ninth career complete games during his two starts. He struck out 26 batters in 18 innings, allowing one earned run. On Tuesday August 11, Bumgarner struck out 12 Astros hitters and allowed one run on five hits in a 3-1 victory. Then on Sunday, August 16, the left-hander pitched a shutout, defeating the Nationals 5 - 0, tying a career high with 14 strikeouts. During the game Bumgarner also went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI on a fifth-inning double and a seventh-inning solo homer.<br />
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The home run was Bumgarner's fourth of the season, which leads all Major League pitchers. He also leads all pitchers with seven RBI. Last season, Bumgarner also hit four homer runs and had 15 RBI. As a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, a National League team, Bumgarner takes a place in the batting order and gets the opportunity to bat. American League pitchers don't normally bat, as they are replaced in the batting order by a designated hitter. </div>
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In 1973, the American League adopted the designated hitter rule. The designated hitter, is a player in the batting order who only hits and does not play defense. He hits in place of the pitcher. During interleague play, the application of the designated hitter rule is determined by the identity of the home team as the rules of the home team's league applying to both teams. If the game is played in an American League park, the designated hitter may be used and if played in a National League park, the pitcher must bat or else be replaced with a pinch-hitter. </div>
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With the adoption of the designated hitter rule for American League games, there are fewer batting opportunities for pitchers. Pitchers are usually selected for the quality of their pitching, not their hitting, and that most pitchers are weak hitters and normally bat ninth in the batting order and are pinch-hit for late in games. </div>
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Throughout the history of baseball there have been some pitchers who were very good batters. Babe Ruth, one of the games greatest home run hitter, began his career as a pitcher. <br />
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Babe Ruth made his debut, as a nineteen-year old pitcher, on July 11, 1914, with the Red Sox. It wasn't until the next season that Ruth hit his first Major League home run when on May 6, 1915, he homer in the Red Sox 4 - 3 loss to the Yankees. Ruth finished that season with a .315 batting average, hitting four home runs and 20 RBI. Then in 1916, Ruth hit three home runs as he finished the year with a pitching record of 23 - 12 and lead all American Leagues hurlers with a 1.75 ERA and nine shutouts.</div>
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The following season, Ruth hit two home runs and finished the year with a pitching record of 24 wins and 13 losses, when he started 38 games, and completed a league high 35 games. Starting in 1917, the Red Sox started to play Ruth in the field to be able to use him as a batter. During the 1917 season, Ruth pitched in 20 games, finishing the year with a 13 - 7 record, as he homer twice in those games. For the year, Ruth hit 11 home runs, which tied for the Major League lead with Philadelphia Athletics outfielder, Tillie Walker. Ruth hit his 11 home runs while playing in just 95 games.</div>
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In 1918, Ruth's final season with the Red Sox, he pitched in 17 games and finished the year with a 9 - 5 record. He homered three times in the games he pitched. Ruth finished the year playing in 130 games and with a Major League high 29 home runs, This total also set the record for most home runs during any single season. After helping the Red Sox to World Series Championships in the 1915, 1916, and 1918, Ruth was sold to the Yankees on December 26, 1918, for $100,000.</div>
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After leaving the Red Sox, Ruth pitched in only five more games and he was victorious in each game, and finished his Yankees career with a pitching record of 5 - 0. He homered in two of those games. On June 13, 1921, Ruth pitched five innings in the Yankees 13 - 8 win over the Tigers. Ruth hit two home runs during that game. Then on October 1, 1933, Ruth pitched a complete game in the Yankees 6 - 5 win over the Red Sox as he homered in the game. This was the final game of the season. Ruth also pitched a complete game in the last game of the 1930 season, when the Yankees defeated the Red Sox 9 - 3.</div>
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For his career, Ruth pitched in 163 games and hit 17 home runs in those games. Ruth retired in 1935, after 22 years in the Major Leagues. He finished his career with 714 home runs and lead the American League in home run 12 times. </div>
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Bob Lemon was a Hall of Fame pitcher who played 15 seasons, between 1941 and 1958. Lemon, only played with the Indians, and finished his career with a pitching record of 207 wins and 128 losses. He was a seven-time All-Star and won more than twenty game on six different occasions.</div>
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Lemon made his major league debut, as a twenty-year old, on September 9, 1941. Lemon entered the game as a pinch hitter in the top of the 8th inning, batting for third baseman Ken Keltner, and flied out to center field. Lemon played the last two innings of the game at third base. He accepted two chances during those two innings as Bob Feller won his 23rd game of the season. During reminder of the 1941 season, he appeared in four more games, all as a pinch hitter. For the season, Lemon collected one hit in five at bats. In the 1942 season, Lemon again played in five games, appearing in one game at third base and as a pinch hitter in four other games. During the 1942 season, Lemon failed to get a hit in five at bats. </div>
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Lemon then missed the next three season as he served in the Navy during World War II.</div>
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Upon his return for military service, Lemon was the Indians' Opening Day starting center fielder. On April 16, 1946, the Indians defeated the White Sox 1 - 0. Then on April 30, Lemon was again in centerfield, when Feller no-hit the Yankees. Feller later wrote that Lemon's "daring catch" and "throwing to and doubling a man off second base" were key in "saving my" no-hitter. For the 1946 season, Lemon played in 55 games, appearing in 12 games as an centerfielder and pitched in 32 games. On July 29, in a second game of a doubleheader against the Senators, Lemon pitched 6.1 innings in relief in a 8 - 4 loss. Leading off the bottom of the 7th inning against Early Wynn, Lemon hit his first major league homer run.</div>
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The 1948 season was Lemon first season as a full-time pitcher. He lead the Indians in victories, with twenty wins, as the Indians won the American League pennant, then faced the Braves in the World Series. The Indians won the Series four games to two games, as Lemon was the only pitcher who won two games during the series. During the 1948 season, Lemon had 129 plate appearances, and batted .286 with five home runs and 21 RBI. Lemon's hitting skills began to get attention as well. By August 1949, Lemon who was batting .295 with 11 extra-base hits and six home runs, prompted Yankees manager Casey Stengel to say, "Well, I see where the Indians have nine hitters in the lineup instead of eight." <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lemon#cite_note-31"></a></sup>Lemon had a career high home run total during that 1949 season when he hit seven, and then had his career high RBI total of 26 came during 1950.</div>
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For his career, Lemon had 37 home runs and 147 RBI in 1326 plate appearances. He finished his career with a .232 batting average (274 hits in 1183 official at bats) and a slugging percentage of .386 and an OPS of .674. </div>
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Warren Spahn played 21-year seasons, all in the National League, as he finished his career with 363 victories, more than any left-handed pitcher in baseball history. Spahn, as a twenty-year old rookie, begun his major league career in 1942 and he played 20 season with the Braves. Spahn spent all but one year of his career with the Braves, first in Boston and then in Milwaukee, and he finished his career in 1965, when he pitched with the Mets and the Giants. He appeared in 14 All-Star games, the most of any pitcher during the 20th century, and won the 1957 Cy Young award. Eight times Spahn topped National League pitchers in victories, including the five season between 1957 through 1961.</div>
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On July 15, 1949, Spahn hit his first major league home run in the Braves 6 - 1 victory over the Cubs. Spahn's second inning two-run home run, off Cubs starter Warren Hacker give the Braves a 3 - 1 lead, as he pitched a complete game seven hitter, gaining his tenth win of the year.</div>
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Spahn's best year as a hitter came during the 1958 season, as he hit two home runs with 15 RBI in 122 plate appearances. He finished the year with a .333 batting average (36 hits in 108 official at bats) and a slugging percentage of .463 and an OPS of .844. In 1958, the Braves were the defending World Series Champion, but loss the 1958 series to the Yankees, four games to three. </div>
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Spahn hit a season high four home runs in 1955 and 1961. He had a career high 18 RBI during 1951. For his career, Spahn hit 35 home runs with 189 RBI in 2056 plate appearances. He finished with a .194 batting average (363 hits in 1872 official at bats) and a slugging percentage of .287 and an OPS of .520. Spahn's career hit total (363) matched his career victory total.</div>
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Don Drysdale played 14-year seasons, all with the Dodgers, first in Brooklyn and then in Los Angeles. He finished his career with 209 victories. While pitching with the Dodgers in 1960s, he teamed with Sandy Koufax to form one of the most dominating pitching duos in history. </div>
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Drysdale was an eight-time National League All-Star and took home the Cy Young Award in 1962 when he won 25 games. In 1968, he pitched 58 straight scoreless innings, a record that would stand until 1988 when it was broken by another Dodger pitcher, Orel Hershiser. During this stretch of scoreless innings, Drysdale pitched a record six consecutive shutouts. </div>
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Prior to the beginning of the 1966 season, Koufax and Drysdale, were seeking a three-year‚ $1.05 million contract to be divided evenly and they began a joint holdout. In mid-March, they each threatened retirement as the pitchers said, that instead of playing baseball, they would signed movie contracts. However, as the beginning of the season approached, they ended their 32-day holdout on March 30. Koufax signed for $130‚000 and Drysdale received $105‚000. </div>
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Drysdale, as a nineteen-year old rookie, made his major league debut on April 17, 1956, the opening game of the season, as he pitched the 9th inning in the Brooklyn Dodgers 8 - 6 loss to the Phillies. During his debut season, Drysdale hit his first major league homer run on September 9. He was the starting pitcher in the game against the Giants and gave up a first inning home run to Giant's centerfielder Willie Mays. Dodgers' leftfielder Carl Furillo three-run homer in the bottom 4th inning gave them a 3 - 1. Drysdale lead of the bottom of the 5th inning with a home run to stretch the Dodgers lead to 4 - 1. The Dodgers won the game 6 - 1 as Drysdale pitched a complete game three- hitter to even his record to 5 wins and 5 losses. </div>
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Drysdale's best year as a hitter was during the 1965 season, when he hit seven home runs with 19 RBI in 138 plate appearances. He finished the year with a .300 batting average (39 hits in 130 official at bats) and a slugging percentage of .508 and an OPS of .839. In 1965, the Dodgers defeated the Twins in the World Series four games to three. Drysdale pitched a complete game five-hitter in game four as the Dodger defeated the Twins 7 - 2. The two runs that Drysdale gave up during the game were on solo home runs by Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva. </div>
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Drysdale also hit seven home runs in 1958 which was his career high. For his career, Drysdale hit 29 home runs with 113 RBI in 1309 plate appearances. He finished with a .186 batting average (113 hits in 1169 official at bats) and a slugging percentage of .295 and an OPS of .523. </div>
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The Silver Slugger Award is the top offensive honor in Major League baseball. Coaches and managers of Major League teams vote for the players in their league that they feel are the best offensive player at each position. The National League selects a pitcher and a designated hitter is picked in the American League. Selections are based on a combination of offensive statistics including batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage, as well as the coaches’ and managers’ impression of a player’s overall offensive value. The award was first given after the 1980 season. </div>
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Mike Hampton, a left-handed pitcher who batted right-handed, played 16 seasons in the Major Leagues, beginning his career with the Mariners, as he made his debut on April 17, 1993, when he was just 20 years old. Hampton also played with the Astros (two stints), Rockies, Braves, Mets, and ended his career in 2010, playing with the Diamondbacks. </div>
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Hampton was a five-time winner of the Silver Slugger Award. In 2003, he became the first pitcher ever to win the Silver Slugger and the Gold Glove Awards during the same season. By winning the Gold Glove during that season, he snapped his then-Atlanta teammate Greg Maddux's streak of 13 consecutive Gold Gloves. Hampton won his five Silver Slugger Award in consecutive seasons, beginning in the 1999 season through 2003. He won the award while playing for the Astros (1999), Mets (2000), Rockies (2001 and 2002), and the Braves (2003). </div>
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In December 2000, Hampton, who was coming of 22-4 (2.90) and 15-10 (3.14) seasons, became the highest paid pitcher in Major League baseball history when he signed a 8-year, $121 million contract with the Rockies. On Opening Day of the 2001 season, pitching against the Cardinals, Hampton hurled 8.1 shutout innings in his first start at Coors Field as the Rookies opened their year with a 8 - 0 win. Then on May 9, pitching again at Coors Field, Hampton pitched a complete game shutout against the Mets, a 5 - 0 victory. </div>
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By the 2001 All-Star break, Hampton was 9-5 with a 4.02 ERA. However, Hampton struggled to a 5-8 record in the second half of the season with a 7.46 ERA and finished the year with 14 wins and 13 losses and a 5.12 ERA. Then in 2002, he didn't pitch any better then his 2001 second half performance as he finished the year with a 7-15 record and 6.15 ERA. In November of 2002, he was traded twice, first on the 16th he was moved to the Marlins and then two days later he was sent to the Braves. </div>
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Hampton's best year as a hitter was during his 2000 season with the Rockies, when he hit seven home runs with 19 RBI in only 86 plate appearances. He finished the year with a .291 batting average (23 hits in 79 official at bats) and a slugging percentage of .582 and an OPS of .891. He also scored 20 runs during the season. On June 5, 2001, at Coors Field, Hampton hit two home runs, in the Rockies 9 - 4 victory over the Astros. </div>
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In 2002, Hampton had his career high batting average of .344 (22 hits in 64 at bats) with three home runs and five RBI. For his career, Hampton hit 16 home runs with 79 RBI in 845 plate appearances. He finished his career with a .246 batting average (178 hits in 725 official at bats) and a slugging percentage of .356 and an OPS of .650. </div>
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Madison Bumgarner, a 26-year old left-handed pitcher who has helped the Giants to three World Series Championships during this decade, who is now beginning to make a name with his bat. Bumgarner is probably best known for his post season pitching performances where his record is ten wins against three losses, including a World Series record of four wins and no losses. During World Series action, he has given up only 1 earned run in 36 innings pitched for a 0.25 ERA, a record for lowest career World Series ERA (minimum 20 innings of work). </div>
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Bumgarner was the Giants first round pick in the 2007 free agent draft, the tenth overall pick. Bumgarner was twenty years old when made his Major League on September 8, 2009 as the starting pitcher in the Giants 4 - 3 loss to the Padres. He pitched 5.1 innings and gave up two earned runs, and received no decision during the outing.</div>
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Bumgarner's first Major League home run came on June 12, 2012, in the Giants 6 - 3 victory over the Astros. He homered leading off the top of the third inning, off of Astros starter, Bud Norris. His homer tied the game at one. Bumgarner pitched 7.2 innings and earned his 8th victory of the season as the Giants were paced by Brandon Crawford and Melky Cabrera running scoring singles and a two-run homer by Brandon Belt.</div>
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In 2014, when Bumgarner won the National League Silver Slugger Award and tied the Major League record when as a pitcher, he two grand slams in one season. He tied Atlanta Braves hurler Tony Cloninger's record, who on July 3, 1966, become the first National Leaguer to hit two grand slams in the same game, during the Braves 17 - 3 victory over the Giants.</div>
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During the 2014 season, Bumgarner hit 4 home runs with 15 RBI in 78 plate appearances. He finished the year with a .258 batting average (17 hits in 66 official at bats) and a slugging percentage of .470 and an OPS of .755. </div>
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So far this season, Bumgarner has matched his 2014 total by hitting four homers (as of August 20). For the year, he has 14 hits in 55 at-bats with a .255 batting average. Because injuries have depleted the Giants' bench, manager Bruce Bochy has used Bumgarner as a pinch hitter during the team's last two games. Tuesday night, with two outs in the seventh inning, the Giants lead the Cardinals 1-0, and Bumgarner was sent into the game to pinch-hit for starting pitcher Ryan Vogelsong. Bumgarner singled to left field (for his first career pinch hit) and would later come around to score an insurance run, in the Giants 2 - 0 victory.</div>
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Into the seventh year of his Major League career, Bumgarner has hit 10 career home runs with 38 RBI in 404 plate appearances. He has a career .180 batting average (62 hits in 345 official at bats) with a slugging percentage of .293 and an OPS of .512. </div>
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The Mets, nicknamed those Lovable Losers, were one of the first expansion teams in the National League as they were founded in 1962 and replaced New York's departed teams, the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. The Mets were managed by former Yankee skipper Casey Stengel and finished the 1962 season with a record of 40 - 120, the worst regular season record since Major League Baseball expanded to a 162 game scheduled (they had two games that were canceled).</div>
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Dodger first baseman Gil Hodges, and pitcher Roger Craig, whose victories and
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Herrscher became a part of the Mets organization on May 21, 1962. Herrscher was the player to be named later in the November 28, 1961 deal made by Mets general manager George Weiss. Weiss arranged a trade where the Mets would receive outfielder-first baseman Frank Thomas and a player to be named later from the Milwaukee Braves for a player to be named later and cash. Also on May 21, the Mets sent Gus Bell to the Braves to complete the deal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In 1961,
Herrscher spent time playing for the Braves two AAA teams, part of the season
in Louisville, and with the Vancouver Mounties of the Pacific Coast League. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1962, prior to the trade to the Mets, Herrscher was playing with the
Colonels, and then he joined the Syracuse Chiefs
of the International League, a AAA affiliate shared by the Mets and the
Washington Senators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
August started, Herrscher was recalled from Syracuse and reported to play with
the Mets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Herrscher
remembers when he arrived to play with the Mets, “The night before I
joined to the Mets, I broke my thumb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
reported to the Mets and told Johnny Murphy (assistant General Manger) about
it, his first words were ‘Oh my God, don’t tell Casey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t tell him we brought up a guy with a
broken thumb’ "</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">On August 1, Herrscher
made his Major League debut in the Mets 11 – 9 loss to the Phillies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He entered the game in the bottom of the 4th<span style="font-size: small;">
inning as a pinch hitter for catcher Choo-Choo Coleman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He reached base on Phillies first baseman’s
Roy Sievers’ error as Sievers was unable to handle shortstop Ruben Amaro’s
throw.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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remained with the Mets for the remainder of the season. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the help of the trainer and teammates, Stengel
never found out about his broken thumb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On August 5, Herrscher
started his second game of the season, at first base, and batted sixth in the
lineup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During this game, Herrscher got
his first Major League hit. He stroked a 4<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> inning three-run home
run off Reds starting pitcher Jim O’Toole, in the Mets 5 – 2 victory. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then on
August 20, in the second game of a doubleheader against the Pirates, Herrscher
was again in the starting lineup, batting 6th<span style="font-size: small;"> and playing 3rd
base.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the bottom of the second
inning, off Pirates starting pitcher Al McBean, Herrscher’s single platted right
fielder Gene Woodling with the Mets first run but Pirates Roberto Clemete’s
throw from right field nailed Frank Thomas at the plate for the third out of the inning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the 2nd inning ended, the Pirates lead<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 - 1.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Later in the game, with one out
in the seventh inning, Herrscher single off McBean again and later scored on
Felix Mantilla’s single to cut the Pirates lead to 4 – 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then in the bottom in the ninth, facing
Pirates reliever Roy Face, Herrscher flied to left field for the final out of
the game, as the Pirates won 6 – 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
was Herrscher first two-hit game of his career.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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26, Herrscher played in his last game of the 1962 season as he started at first
base against the Braves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With two outs
in the top of the second inning, Herrscher singled to left field off Braves
starting pitcher Denny LeMaster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later in
the inning, he scored the first run of the game when he was plated on Roger
Craig’s RBI single.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the bottom of the
3<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>rd</sup> inning, Craig gave up a three-run home run to Hank Aaron, which
gave the Braves a 4 - 1 lead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then in
the top of the 4<sup>th</sup> inning, Herrscher faced LeMaster again and
doubled to center field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He and catcher
Chris Cannizzaro would later score on Elio Chacon’s single, closing the Braves
lead to 4 – 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Mets failed to score
any more runs during the game and ended up losing 6 – 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> This was the second time that Herrscher had record two base hits in a Major League game. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">For the 1962
season, Herrscher appeared in 35 games for the Mets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He batted .220 (11 hits in 50 at bats) with
one home run and six RBI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the
season he played ten games at first base, six games at third base, four games
in the outfield, and three games at shortstop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of the 35 games that Herrscher appeared in, the Mets won seven of those
games.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">After the Mets finished the 1962 season, Herrscher went to Stengel before leaving for the winter. Herrscher assumed he'd be back with the Mets in 1963, but wanted some assurance from Stengel. In the unlikely event that the Mets weren't planning on having him back, Herrscher planned to go to dental school to become an orthodontist. Stengel replied "Well Hershner (Stengel never said Herrscher's name right), go back to dental school." Stengel had also attended dental college during the off season when he first broke into professional baseball, in 1910.</span></span></div>
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Herrscher returned to the minor leagues and played for the Buffalo Bisons of
the International League, the Mets AAA affiliate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1964, during his final season as a
professional baseball player, Herrscher again played with the Bisons, and for
the Williamsport Mets, of the Eastern League, the Mets AA team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During these two seasons, Herrscher appeared
in 139 games, batted .262 (114 hits in 434 at bats) with 9 home runs and 65
RBI.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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finishing his playing days, Herrscher completed dental school and become an
orthodontist. Dr. Rick Herrscher graduated from Baylor University Dental School
in 1968 and received his MSD in Orthodontics in 1972 and became a successful orthodontist in Athens Texas.</span></span></div>
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</span>During 1950s, when Herrscher attended SMU, he had received a basketball scholarship. He grew up in St. Louis Missouri, where a SMU basketball player, who was home for Christmas break, saw Herrscher playing basketball and offered him a scholarship. Herrscher said that "Back then players could offer kids scholarships because coaches didn't have the money to travel and recruit. They let their players do it for them."</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Herrscher became one of the most decorated players in SMU basketball history. As a sophomore, he came off the bench for the SMU Mustangs 1956 NCAA Final Four team. That season, SMU went 26 - 4 and won the Southwest Conference (SWC) championship. They played in the NCAA basketball tournament and beat Texas Tech 68 - 67 in the Mideast Region before victories over Houston and Oklahoma City pushed the Mustangs into the Final Four. SMU enter the Final Four riding a 20 game winning streak. But the Mustangs lost 86 - 68, in the semifinals, to Bill Russell's San Francisco Dons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times";">Herrscher followed up the 1955-56 basketball season, earning All-SWC First Team honors during the 1956-57 and 1957-58 seasons. Herrscher was also named the SWC Player of the Year in the 1957-58 season, when he averaged 17.5 points and 7.4 rebounds a game. In 2015, Herrscher was inducted into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In Appendix of the book, <em>The Amazin’ Mets 1962 – 1969</em>, author
William Ryczek quoted Herrscher to say “All things worked out for the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe that was the way for me to get into a
profession where I’m able to help a lot of kids with their personalities and
their smiles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve enjoyed that
tremendously, but I wouldn’t give up my time playing professional
baseball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was one of the great times
of my life.”</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1991 Mets Wiz Rick Herrscher Card # 179</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've found that there are two Rick Herrscher baseball cards. He didn't did have a card issued by Topps but one of his cards is from the Fritsch One Year Winner set and is shown at the beginning of this post. His second card was a part of the 1991 Mets WIZ set.</span></div>
My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-65430153587269523272015-08-06T10:37:00.003-07:002015-08-06T10:38:32.462-07:00In Action Cards<div style="text-align: justify;">
The Topps 1972 baseball set included a set of In Action cards. Prior to the beginning of the 70s, Topps had issued very few game action pictures in their cards sets. Looking at sets issued by Topps now, the in game action photography is superior when compared with the sets from yesteryear.</div>
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In 1972, when Topps issued the In Action cards, the photographs that were used would likely not make the cut and would probably not be included in current day sets. </div>
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<strong>The 1972 Topps Set</strong></div>
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Here are a few of the In Action cards from the 1972 set.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1972 Topps Willie Mays Card #50</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1972 Topps Johnny Bench Card #434</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1972 Topps Juan Marichal Card #568</span> </div>
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These are some nice photographs, maybe like pictures you could take today with your cell phone while sitting in the stands if your seat was close to the field. Each of these pictures appear to have been taken at Candlestick Park. Note the astro turf in the shot behind Willie Mays is similar to the turf that was in Candlestick Park during the 1970s. The Johnny Bench picture has him eying a foul ball with a Giant player in the background. The Juan Marichal shot is also from Candlestick Park as the fence and seats pictured in left/centerfield are from there. </div>
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<strong>Earlier Topps Sets</strong><br />
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Photos used in the earlier Topps sets were mainly portrait head shots or posed batting, fielding, or throwing shots. The current Heritage product does bring back memories of collecting the cards from those earlier Topps sets</div>
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Some examples of head shots:</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1966 Topps Don Mossi Card #74</span></div>
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In the baseball book Ball Four, when Jim Bouton describes Mossi’s protruding ears, he says Mossi “looked like a cab going down the street with its doors open.”</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1962 Topps Roger Craig Card #183</span></div>
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Posed batting stances:</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1961 Topps Yogi Berra Card #425</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1965 Topps Frank Robinson Card #120</span></div>
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Some posed fielding shots:</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1957 Topps Roy Smalley Card #397</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1966 Topps Clete Boyer Card #9</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1968 Topps Rod Carew Card #80</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1969 Topps Nolan Ryan Card #533</span></div>
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Hey Nolan, nice toss but isn't that a ball that still in your glove.</div>
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And as San Francisco Giant announcer Mike Krukow may say, here are cards of catchers "in the squaaat". In early sets, Topps used many posed shots of catchers in the squat.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1967 Topps Jerry Grote Card #413</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1970 Topps Russ Gibson Card #237</span></div>
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<strong>The Topps 1956 set</strong></div>
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In the Topps 1956 set, some of the cards had game action shots. These action pictures were used in the background of the cards which also included portraits of the players. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1956 Jim Piersall Card #143</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1956 Elston Howard #208</span></div>
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<strong>Other game action shots in early Topps Sets</strong></div>
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After the 1956 set, Topps used limited game action shots. In the 1959 set, Topps issued a set of "Baseball Thrills" cards. These cards showed game action photos of the stars of the day including, Mickey Mantle, Duke Snider, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Al Kaline.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1959 Topps Hustler Banks Wins M.V.P. Award Card #469</span></div>
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Beginning in 1960, Topps begin issuing World Series cards commemorating the World Series games from the previous year. In the 1960 set, Topps issued cards from the 1959 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1960 Topps Luis Swipes Base Card #389</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1961 Topps Mantle Slams 2 Homers Card #307</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1964 Topps Koufax Strikes Out 15 Card #136</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1968 Topps Brock Socks 4-Hits in Opener Card #151</span></div>
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The Topps 1961 set issued a subset of cards that celebrated some of the greatest feats in baseball history. Some of these cards used game action photographs. The cards commemorated Don Larsen perfect game in the 1956 World Series, Roger Hornsby batting .424 in 1924, and the May 1, 1920 game between Brooklyn and Boston which went 26 inning and ended in a 1 - 1 tie. During that game, each team's starting pitcher, Leon Cadore, for the Brooklyn Robins, and Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves, who graduated from Ferndale (California) High School, pitched all 26 innings in what is the longest game in major-league history.</div>
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One of the cards in this subset was Babe Ruth hitting his 60th home run. Who would have thought that the 1961 season would be the year that Ruth's record would be broken, as Roger Maris hit 61 home runs during this season.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1961 Topps Babe Ruth Hits 60th Homer Card #401</span></div>
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In the Topps 1962 set, cards were issued of action shots of players from the 1961 season. The cards showed a series of photographs of these players. Cards for Whitey Ford, Warren Spahn, Harmon Killebrew, and Stan Musial were included in the set. Also there was a card showing Roger Maris hitting his 61st home run of that season.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1962 Topps Maris Blast 61st Card #313</span></div>
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With the 1971 set, Topps reintroduced use of action photos for player regular issue cards for the first time since the 1956 set. These shots would be primitive compared to standard used for cards for today. <br />
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One of the classic from the set is the Thurman Munson card. Here he is making a play at the plate in a game against the A's.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1971 Topps Thurman Munson Card #5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1971 Topps Nolan Ryan Card #513</span></div>
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It appears that many of the game action shots in the 1971 set were taken in New York, at either Yankees Stadium or Shea Stadium. The Nolan Ryan shot could have quite possibly been taken on May 30, 1970, when the Astros were visiting the Mets. The Mets won the game 4 - 3. Ryan started that game and pitched eight inning and was winning pitcher.<br />
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The Bud Harrelson card from the set shows him making a tag at second base. This play could be from the 8th inning of that May 30 game, when Astro Jimmy Wynn stole second base. Note that Nolan Ryan is in the foreground of this picture facing second base. Wynn was safe on this play.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1971 Topps Bud Harrelson Card #355</span></div>
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The Thurman Munson shot could have been from games that the Yankees played against the A's in May of 1970.</div>
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Note the Joe Rudi card from the set. Here Rudi is playing first base as a Yankee player is leading off the bag. On July 16, 1970, the A's were visiting Yankees Stadium, to play the Yankees. During the first game of a doubleheader on that day, Rudi was in the lineup playing first base. The Yankees and A's played a four game series that July. Rudi only appearance at first base during that series was in the first game of July 16 doubleheader.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1971 Topps Joe Rudi Card #407</span></div>
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The Yankees starting pitcher from that game was Fritz Peterson and the picture for his card from the 1970 set could have possibly been taken during that same game.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1971 Topps Fritz Peterson Card #460</span></div>
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As time went by, Topps started in included cards with more game action shots. By the early 1980s, when Donruss and Fleer begun issuing cards, needing to keep up with the market's new competition, Topps include many more cards with game action shots. In 1989, Upper Deck entered the baseball card market. So by the earlier 90s, all card makers started to issue more game action shots using outstanding photography. The pictures on cards almost became works of art. That still continues today, has Topps uses great photographs with their current baseball card products.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2015 Topps Cole Hamels Card #10</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2015 Stadium Club Rougned Odor Card #126</span></div>
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Topps Stadium Club has provided some of the finest work with game action shots. A couple of my favorite Stadium Club cards are from their 1999 set.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1999 Stadium Club Greg Maddux Card #100</span></div>
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These scans are not that great but check out Braves pitcher Greg Maddux sliding into second base breaking up a double play. The Jim Thome card is cool because the picture is taken as he is just getting ready to make a catch a foul ball and the shadow of the ball is next to his right knee.</div>
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Probably one of my favorite cards is Shane Mack from the Topps 1991 set. Mack appears all by himself as he is hanging on to third base, leaving a trail from his slide, as his helmet is bouncing away. </div>
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Recently I won an eBay auction and acquired some cards from the 2015 Topps Archives set. One of the cards I got was Willie Mays. The Willie Mays card from the 2014 Archives set is nice, but it is a short print so I probably won't ever add it to my collection. With this new set, I was happy to get the Mays card.</div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 2015 Archives Willie Mays Card #300.</span></strong></div>
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A big disappointment with the new Archive product, was that you can't read the players names on some of the cards. Last weekend, I was at a local flea market and it was the first time I had seen any of the new Archive cards. The first thing my friend Mark showed me about the new Archive product was that on some of the cards you couldn't read the players names.</div>
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From the eBay auction, Andrew McCutchen was one of the cards that I got. <br />
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His card was a reprint from the Topps 1983 set. Note that his name is printed in yellow and you can't read it. There were also other cards with this same problem. After noticing this, I would have believed that Topps, before issuing the set, would have seen that you couldn't read these player's names and they would have possibly used a different shade of yellow so the name could be read. <br />
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I compared the 2015 Archives cards with cards from the original Topps 1983 set. I don't remember this being a problem with the 1983 set. For Pirate cards from that set, Topps used a different shade of yellow and you can easily read the players names.</div>
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I am wondering why Topps didn't use a darker shade of yellow for the 2015 Archive product. As a consumer of baseball cards, Topps has the best product on the market. Yes, Panini is out there, and some of their product is ok, and it is getting better, but whenever I see their cards I am reminded of Topps football cards from the early 1970s. </div>
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The airbrushing job of the Rams players' helmet makes it look like they are crystal balls. If you look deep inside one of these helmets the future would show that the Rams aren't going to win a Super Bowl until they get a quarterback who worked stocking shelves at a Hy-Vee grocery store for $5.50 an hour.<br />
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My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-66866429407854836282015-07-09T18:39:00.001-07:002015-07-09T22:05:27.144-07:00Raider Great Kenny "The Snake" Stabler - RIP<div style="text-align: justify;">
Word is getting out that Oakland Raider great quarterback, Kenny Stabler passed away earlier today. Stabler, known as "the Snake", was a left handed thrower who played for the Raiders from 1970 through 1979. He earned his nickname "the Snake" from his high school coach following a long, winding touchdown run. <br />
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One of my earliest football memories was Stabler coming in to the December 1972 American Football Conference (AFC) playoff game against the Steelers in relief of Raiders starting quarterback Darryl Lamonica. The Raiders were trailing the Steelers 6 - 0. With 1:17 left in the game, Stabler scrambled out of the pocket and broke free into the Steelers' secondary and scored a touchdown on a 30 yard run that gave the Raiders a 7 - 6 lead. However, the game will always be remembered for the Steelers next drive that ended the game. I still remember sitting in disbelief as with 22 seconds left in the game, Steeler quarter Terry Bradshaw connected with running back Franco Harris on a fourth down 60-yard completion, as the Steelers won the game 13 - 7 on a play that will always be remembered as the "Immaculate Reception". The win was the first playoff victory in the Steelers four decade history. </div>
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This was the beginning of a fierce rivalry between the Steelers and Raiders. In the 1970s, the Steelers and Raiders were the among the best teams in the AFC and the National Football League (NFL). The Raiders regularly met the Steelers in the playoffs, and the winner of these games went on to win the Super Bowl in 3 straight years, from 1975–77. Stabler was the Raiders quarterback of teams that played in five consecutive AFC Championship games, between the 1973-74 and the 1977-78 seasons.<br />
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At the time, I was a Raider fan and I remember many great plays made by Stabler. </div>
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During a playoff game in December 1974, with 24 seconds left in the game, Stabler found running back Clarence Davis with the game-winning touchdown pass among "the sea of hands" of three Dolphins defenders as the Raiders won the game 28 - 26. The loss eliminated Miami from the playoffs after they had made it to the Super Bowl in each of the last 3 seasons. </div>
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There was the "Ghost to the Post" when Stabler connected on the over the shoulder catch to tight end Dave Casper that lead to a game tying field goal, in the December 1997 AFC playoff game against the Colts. The Raiders ended up winning the game 37 - 31 in the second overtime, when Stabler connected with Casper on a ten yard touchdown pass.</div>
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I also remember the September 10, 1978 game where the Raiders trailed the Chargers as the game was ending. "The Holy Roller" (also known as "the Immaculate Deception" by San Diego Chargers fans) is the nickname given to a controversial game-winning play by the Raiders. It was officially ruled as a forward fumble that was recovered by Casper in the end zone for a touchdown, ultimately giving Oakland the 21–20 win. There were differing interpretations of how this play should have been ruled, and it has remained a controversial play. The NFL amended its rules after the 1978 season in order to prevent a recurrence of a forward fumble play.<br />
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Stabler was the quarterback of great Raider teams, including the 1977 Super Bowl Champions when he guided the Raiders to their first Super Bowl victory, a 32-14 win over the Minnesota Vikings. His Raider teammates included Hall of Famers, Jim Otto, Gene Upshaw, Art Shell, Fred Bilenikioff, George Blanda, Dave Casper, Bob Brown, Ted Hendricks, and Ray Guy. Also his coach John Madden is in the Hall of Fame as is their team owner and general manager, Al Davis. He was named as a second team quarterback on the NFLs All Decade team of the 1970s. It is a shame that Stabler never made it to the Hall of Fame although he was a integral part of the great Raider teams of the 70s. </div>
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He finished his career playing two seasons with the Oilers and two seasons and a part of a third season with the Saints. While playing for the Saints in the strike interrupted season of 1982, he lead them to an upset victory over the defending Super Bowl Champion, 49ers. The game was the first game at the 49ers home field, Candlestick Park, after the strike ended. Stabler completed all five of his passes on a 99-yard touchdown drive in the rain, giving New Orleans an early lead, as the Saints survived a late San Francisco rally and beat the 49ers, 23-20. </div>
My Best Friend Collects Chipper Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07894995163272487944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5247623134067875623.post-28617330526909268442015-07-05T10:47:00.001-07:002015-07-16T18:57:34.820-07:00Good-Bye, Candlestick Park<div style="text-align: justify;">
The reports from the Bay Area this week say that work crews have completed the demolition of Candlestick Park. The former home of the Giants and 49ers has now been leveled to the ground. Planning now for the site is for the construction of an outlet mall, a hotel, and 600 homes to be built by late 2017 or early 2018.</div>
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Candlestick Park opened on April 12, 1960 as Vice-President Richard Nixon threw out the opening pitch for the baseball game between the Giants and Cardinals. The Giants won the game 3 to 1, as starting pitcher Sam Jones pitched a complete game three-hitter. The game's first runs scored came on Orlando Cepeda's 1st inning triple which plated Don Blasingame and Willie Mays.</div>
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The 1961 All-Star Game was played at Candlestick Park. A gust of wind reportedly caused relief pitcher Stu Miller, then a member of the Giants, to be blown off the mound. In the top of the 9th inning when Miller, who replaced Sandy Koufax, went into the stretch for his first pitch, a fierce gust of wind hit his shoulder. As Miller remembers, the result was more like a flinch than being blown off the mound. The play resulted in a balk. Later in the inning, the American League tied the game 3 - 3 when Al Kaline scored on Ken Boyer's error on Rocky Colavito's grounder. Miller gave up an unearned run in the top of the 10th inning as the American League took a 4 - 3 lead. However, Miller's National League teammates bailed him out in the bottom of the 10th inning and made him the winning pitcher. Against Oriole and American League reliever, Hoyt Wilhelm, Hank Aaron lead off the inning with a single and he scored on a double by Miller's Giant teammate Willie Mays to tie the score. After Wilhelm hit Frank Robinson with a pitch, Mays scored the winning run on Roberto Clemente's single.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron stand together for a picture after the 1961 All-Star Game</span> </div>
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<strong>Game Seven of the 1962 World Series</strong></div>
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The 1962 World Series matched the New York Yankees and the San Francisco Giants. With the Series tied 3 games a piece and the Yankees leading the Giants 1-0 going into the bottom of the ninth of game seven, Giants pinch-hitter Matty Alou led off with a base hit bunt. His brother Felipe struck out, as did second baseman Chuck Hiller. Willie Mays came up and hit a line drive double into the right field corner. Alou rounded third and thought about scoring but held up, not wanting to test the arm of Yankees right fielder Roger Maris.</div>
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With men on second and third and Giants slugger Willie McCovey coming to the plate, the Yankees and their ace Ralph Terry had a decision to make. Should Terry pitch to McCovey, who had a triple in the game and had hit a home run off Terry in Game 2? Or should Terry walk McCovey to load the bases and take his chances with another Giants heavy hitter, Orlando Cepeda?</div>
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On the first pitch, McCovey hit a foul ball near the right field stands. Terry then threw a fastball inside that McCovey got around on, launching a shot right at Yankees second baseman Bobby Richardson, who snagged the line drive, ending the game and winning the World Series for the Yankees. McCovey would later say it was the hardest ball he ever hit. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1963 Topps 1962 World Series Game #7 Yanks Celebrate as Terry Wins Card #148</span></div>
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<strong>The Beatles Live at Candlestick Park</strong></div>
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At Candlestick Park, on August 29, 1966, the Beatles had their last live concert. What is remembered about The Beatles' farewell concert performance is that only half the tickets were sold, leaving some 25,000 seats in the stadium empty. </div>
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<strong>The 49ers arrive for the 1971 Football Season</strong></div>
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Frank Duffy was a member of the 1971 Giants. In May of that year, he was traded to the Giants in a deal that sent outfielder George Foster to the Reds. After the season ended, in November, Duffy was traded to the Indians in a deal that sent him and pitcher Gaylord Perry to Cleveland and brought pitcher Sam McDowell to San Francisco.</div>
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This card of Fran Duffy was selected because he was photographed as a Giant in Candlestick Park sometime during the 1971 season. His cap was airbrushed to included the Cleveland "C". Also, if you look over his right shoulder you will note that the bowl that was constructed to enclose Candlestick Park was not yet completed and was still being worked on.</div>
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Some of the other cards from the Topps 1972 set that show the construction of the upper deck of Candlestick included: Doug Rader Card #536, Jerry McNertney Card #584, Jim Ray Card #603, Ivan Murrell Card #677, Don Mason Card #739, Jim Wynn Card #770.</div>
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The Cowboys lead the game at halftime 17 - 14, and as the third quarter ended the 49ers had gone ahead 21 - 17. One minute into the fourth quarter, the Cowboys kicked a 22-yard field goal that cut the 49ers lead to 1 point. The Cowboys then recovered a fumble at midfield to set up a touchdown pass by their quarterback, Danny White, giving Dallas a 27–21 advantage. Things got better for Cowboys when cornerback Everson Walls recorded his second interception of 49er quarterback Joe Montana on the 49ers next drive. Dallas managed to pick up a few more first downs, but was forced to punt, and the 49ers got the ball at their own 11 with 4:54 left in the game.</div>
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Montana subsequently led the 49ers 83 yards to the Dallas 6-yard line. Facing 3rd down and 3 on the Cowboys 6 with 58 seconds left, Montana rolled to his right to avoid the Cowboy rush and threw a high pass that wide receiver Dwight Clark reached in the air and caught for what ended up being the game-winning touchdown reception. <br />
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However, the Cowboys needed only a field goal to win, and had enough time left in the game for one last drive. White threw a completion that almost went for a touchdown, as Cowboy receiver Drew Pearson was caught at midfield by defensive back Eric Wright, with a game saving tackle. One play later, the 49ers sacked White, forcing a fumble that they recovered. The 49ers had their victory and were headed to Super Bowl XVI. Between 1982 and 1995, the 49ers appeared in and won five Super Bowls.</div>
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<strong>Game Three of the 1989 World Series</strong><br />
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The World Series was scheduled to return to Candlestick Park on October 17, 1989. The series matched the Bay Area's two teams, the National League Champion Giants against the American League Champs, Oakland A's. At 5:04, about twenty-five minutes before the beginning of Game 3, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area. After the quake, police and players wandered the field in bewilderment, unaware the quake had rocked the area's bridges and highways, and that there were fires in downtown San Francisco. At approximately 5:35 p.m., after coming to the conclusion that the power at the park couldn't be restored before sunset, Commissioner Fay Vincent postponed the game, setting no date as to when the series would continue. The earthquake killed 63 people and demolished several bridges. Candlestick Park survived with limited damage and Game 3 begun 10 days late as the A's eventually won the World Series. </div>
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<strong>Paul McCartney Closes Candlestick Park</strong></div>
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At the age of 72, Paul McCartney took the stage at Candlestick Park on Aug. 14, 2014. After 54 years, this was the final show to ever be performed at Candlestick Park. McCartney's performance was within days of being 48 years after the Beatles played their last concert at Candlestick.</div>
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My first trip to Candlestick Park was as a teenager during the first weekend of September 1977 for a Giant and Cardinal game. I had just graduated from high school and I attended the game with a classmate. The feeling that I remember was that as I walked from the concourse to my seat, and I saw the field for the first time, the green of the grass just splashed on me. I don't know how to best to describe those feelings, but I'd seen a lot of major league games on a black and white TV (that was the only TV my family had), but this was the first Giants game that I was attending. I will always remember the colors and sounds and the excitement of being in the crowd at the beginning of the game. </div>
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I was able to return to Candlestick Park for about twenty Giants games. I never had a chance to attended any 49er games. Some of my memories of those games were that even in the middle of the summer, I always worn a down jacket to night games as the stadium was normally foggy, windy, and cold. I also remember going to Sunday doubleheaders. Since I lived so far from the city, on these days, I would normally stick around until the bitter end of the second game. I just remember being so exhausted at the end of the second game, and always wondered how tired the players were. I feel sorry now that the younger fans of today don't ever get the chance to experience a doubleheader.</div>
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One game I remember was the Giants home opener for the 1979 season. The Giants were coming off a third place finish in 1978, when they had a 89 - 73 record and finished six games behind the first place Dodgers. After completing the 1978 season with their best record since they had won the National League Western Division in 1971, there was a lot of excitement for the 1979 season. The Giants lineup included third baseman Darrell Evans and 23 year-old right fielder, Jack Clark. Also, Billy North was signed away from the Dodgers as a free agent and was to start in centerfield, and Bill Madlock was going to play second base. The pitching staff was lead by All-Star left hander, Vida Blue.</div>
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Tickets were in high demand for the April 10 opener, as the Giants were hosting the Padres. A buddy of mine and I ordered our tickets in December and ended up getting box seats in the upper deck above the right field foul pole. The game was tied 2 - 2 in the bottom of the ninth as former Giant pitcher John D'Acquisto entered the game for the Padres, replacing starter, another ex-Giant hurler, Gaylord Perry. D'Acquisto retired the Giants first two batters of the inning. Giants Manager Joe Altobelli pinched hit for shortstop Roger Metzger, sending Willie McCovey to the plate. McCovey singled to keep the inning alive. Max Venable ran for McCovey and John Tarmargo was sent up to pinch hit for Vida Blue. Tamargo homered and the crowd went wild as the Giants won the game 4 - 2.</div>
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This spring I was in the Bay Area and drove north up 101 by Candlestick Park. The demolition was in progress as sections of the park had already been removed. Looking back now, maybe I should have stopped and taken a few pictures, but as I drove with traffic, I said my good-bye to the Stick.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo taken 6/30/15 as the demolition of Candlestick Park ends </span></div>
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<strong>Baseball Fathers and Sons: The McCullers</strong></div>
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With the May 2015 debut of Lance McCullers Jr., he and his father have joined the company of fathers and sons who have played in the Major leagues. On May 18, the Astros recalled pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. as they reportedly needed to fill the fifth spot in their starting rotation until Brett Oberholtzer returned from the disabled list. McCullers, Jr. is the son of Lance McCullers, who played seven seasons in the Major leagues as a relief pitcher, between 1985 and 1992, with the Padres, Yankees, Tigers, and Rangers.</div>
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<strong>Lance McCullers Jr.</strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2013 Bowman Chrome Prospects Lance McCullers Card #BCP200A</span></div>
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Lance McCullers Jr. was selected by the Astros in the 1st round (41st pick) of the 2012 amateur draft and signed with the Astros on June 18, 2012 for a bonus reported at $2.5 million. Baseball America had McCullers rated as the Astros #4 prospect at the end of the 2012 season, the Astros #5 prospect at the end of the 2013 seasons, and at the conclusion of the 2014 season, he was rated as the Astros #11 prospect. At the beginning of this season, Baseball America had McCullers rated as the Astros #9 prospect. Baseball America's Top 100 Ranking of Major league prospects, rated McCullers #50 after the 2012 season and #77 at the end of the 2013 season. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2014 Bowman Prospect Lance McCullers Card #TP36</span></div>
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In parts of four minor league seasons, McCullers has had a record of 12 wins and 16 losses with a 3.79 ERA with 304 strikeouts in 265.2 innings pitched. Prior to has call up in May, McCullers was playing with Corpus Christi Hooks of the Texas League, the Astros' AA affiliate. In 2015, he had pitched 29 innings in six games, starting four games with three wins and one loss and a 0.62 ERA with 43 strikeouts in 29 innings pitched.</div>
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On May 18, McCullers Jr. made his Major league debut as the starting pitcher in the Astros' game against the A's. He pitched 4.2 innings, gaining no decision, giving up five hits and one earned run while striking out five in the Astros 2 - 1 loss. Since this May debut, McCullers has been a member of the Astros' rotation. He has started six games with a record of three wins and one loss and a 2.00 ERA with 40 strikeouts. <br />
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McCullers got his first Major league win on May 25 in the Astros 3 - 2 victory over the Tigers. He pitched six innings, giving up six hits and two earned runs and striking out six. During this victory over the Tigers, in the bottom of the 5th inning, Tigers' catcher James McCann lead off with a double and then went to third on Tiger shortstop Jose Igesias' single. McCann scored the Tigers' second run of the game when centerfielder Anthony Gose was safe Astros' third baseman Jonathan Villar's throwing error. The next batter up was second baseman Ian Kinsler, who grounded into a 4 to 3 to 2 triple play, which ended the inning with a 2 - 1 lead for the Tigers. The Astros scored twice in the top of the 6th inning and then McCullers retired the Tigers in the bottom of the inning and left the game with a 3 - 2 lead. Four Astro reliever held the Tigers scoreless for the remainder of the game, getting McCullers his first Major league victory. </div>
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On June 3, in his fourth major league start, McCullers pitched a complete game in the Astros 3 - 1 victory over the Orioles. He was aided by Astros' first baseman Chris Carter's two solo home runs, a second inning blast and a fifth inning homer. In his complete game victory, McCullers gave one earned run and four hits while striking out 11 and improved his season record to 2 - 0.</div>
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Since his complete game victory, McCullers has remained in the Astros' rotation. This past Sunday, June 14, in his six start of the season, McCullers pitched 5 innings in the Astros 13 - 0 victory over the Mariners. McCullers did not give up any hits and struck out four to improve his season record to three wins and one loss. </div>
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<strong>Father, Lance McCullers</strong></div>
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Lance McCullers was drafted by the Phillies in the 2nd round, as the 41st pick of the 1982 amateur draft. He signed with the Phillies on June 10, 1982. He never appeared in a Major league game with them and he was traded to the Padres on September 20, 1983, as a player to be named later in a August 31 deal, from that same year, that sent Sixto Lezcano to the Phillies. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Topps 1986 Lance McCullers Card #44</span></div>
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McCullers made his Major league debut, as a 21 year old, with the Padres on August 12, 1985. McCullers pitched 2.2 innings in relief of Padres' starter Mark Thurmond in their 2 - 0 victory over the Reds. McCullers earned a save in his first Major league appearance. By his August 23rd appearance, McCullers had recorded four saves in the five games that he pitched in. He had acquired the nickname "Baby Goose" after his Padre teammate and relief pitcher Rich "Goose" Gossage.</div>
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McCullers ended the 1985 season having pitched in 21 games with a record of no wins and two losses. He had a 2.31 ERA with 27 strikeouts in 35 innings pitched, and five saves. McCullers played the next three seasons with the Padres. In the 1986 season he pitched in 70 games for the Padres. He had second most mound appearances for the team, behind only Craig Lefferts, who lead the National League in games pitched with 83. McCullers five saves that season were the second highest total for the Padres, behind only Gosse Gossage's 21 saves. </div>
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McCullers first Major league win came on April 15, 1986 in the Padres' 12 inning 2 - 1 victory over the Dodgers. Against the Dodgers, he pitched three innings, and gave up only one hit and struck out three. McCullers finished the 1986 season with ten wins and ten losses and a 2.78 ERA with 92 strikeouts in 136 innings pitched. During the season, he also started seven games for the Padres. His lone victory as a starter came on July 17 as the Padres defeated the Reds 2 - 1. McCullers pitched seven innings and gave up four hits and one run and struck out four Reds. </div>
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In the 1987 season, McCullers pitched in a career high, and Padre team high, 78 games. Prior to the beginning of the season, a February trade sent Goose Gossage to the Cubs, and McCullers inherited the Padres' closer role. In 1987, McCullers finished 9th in the National League with his 16 saves. During this season, McCullers recorded eight wins and ten losses with a 3.72 ERA, and 126 strikeouts in 123.1 innings pitched. </div>
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The 1988 season was McCullers final year with the Padres. That year, he pitched in 60 games, the second highest total on the team trailing only Padres' closer Mark Davis' 62 appearances. McCullers finished the season with three wins and six losses and a 2.49 ERA with 81 strikeouts in 97.2 innings pitched. His ten saves finished him with the second highest total for the Padres, behind only Mark Davis and his 28 saves.</div>
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At the end of the 1988 season, McCullers was included in the trade that brought slugger Jack Clark to San Diego. Then in the 1989 season, with the Yankees, he joined their bullpen that included closer Dave Righetti. During this season, McCullers appeared in 52 games with a record of four wins and three losses and a 4.57 ERA. He had three saves in 103 innings pitched with 82 strikeouts. McCullers' strikeout total was second on the team, trailing only starter Andy Hawkins' 98 strikeouts, who pitched 208.1 innings. </div>
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McCullers opened the 1990 season with the Yankees and pitched in 11 games with them prior to a trade that sent him to the Tigers. On June 4, he was included in a trade with pitcher Clay Parker that brought catcher Matt Nokes to the Yankees. He finished the year appearing in nine games with the Tigers. For the season, McCullers had two wins, one win with the Yankees and one with the Tigers, with no losses and no saves. He had a 3.02 ERA in 44.2 innings pitched with 31 strikeouts.</div>
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After the end of the 1990 season, McCullers was granted free agency. He did not play in the 1991 season, but in February 1992, McCullers signed a contract with the Rangers. He opened the season pitching with the Oklahoma City 89ers, the Rangers' AAA affiliate and a member of the Pacific Coast League.</div>
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His first appearance with the Rangers came on May 19 in the Rangers 8 - 7 win over the Indians. McCullers pitched a three up three down 8th inning as the Rangers entered the top of the 9th inning trailing the Indians 7 to 5. During that inning, Ruben Sierra hit a two-run home run that tied the score and Dean Palmer's single plated Kevin Reimer with the go ahead and winning run of the game in the Rangers' victory. Rangers' reliever Jeff Russell, who himself will become a Major league father, pitched the 9th inning and saved McCullers' lone victory as a Ranger. </div>
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McCullers pitched in four more games during the season with the Rangers. His final appearance was on June 4, 1992 when he replaced Rangers' reliever Jeff Robinson in the 5th inning, with no outs and two runners on base. McCullers walked three of the four batters he faced, retiring only Kirby Puckett on a fielder's choice. Then on June 8, 1992, the Rangers released McCullers. At age 28, had made his last major league appearance.</div>
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During his final Major league season, McCullers appeared in five games with the Rangers, winning once with no losses and a 5.40 ERA, pitching five innings with three strikeouts. After his release by the Rangers, McCullers was signed by the Dodgers. He finished the year pitching with the Albuquerque Dukes of the Pacific Coast League and the AAA affiliate of the Dodgers. McCullers last season as a professional baseball player was in 1993 as he spent the season as a member of the Calgary Cannons, in the Pacific Coast League, the AAA affiliate of the Mariners.</div>
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Lance McCullers Sr. finished his Major league career with 306 appearances and a record of 28 wins and 31 losses and an ERA of 3.25, with 39 saves and 442 strikeouts in 526.1 innings pitched. </div>
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