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A one-way ticket to bankruptcy
Wax Heaven | July 26th 2008 by Mario Alejandro
It’s hard for me to feel sorry for those who spent hundreds, even thousands of dollars looking to cash in on the latest hobby gimmick card. I have seen cards fresh out of packs sell for hundreds of dollars one day and go unwanted for 1/3 of the read more
On this date...
Baseball Mud | July 24th 2008
On July 24, 1983, George Brett went insane after his home run was disallowed in what became known as the Pine Tar Incident. I had a long post about this last month. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://w read more
* “It was twenty (-five) years ago today…”
Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf | July 24th 2008 by Ron Kaplan
That George Brett went ballistic when his “pine tar” home run was disallowed. The New York Times‘ Tyler Kepner returns to the scene of the “crime” in this piece. Jim Kaplan (no relation) wrote about the 1984 season in Pi read more
Video: 25 Year Anniversary Of George Brett’s “Pine Tar Incide…
Sportaphile | July 24th 2008 by Chuck
This video NEVER gets old. I was only two months old when this incident took place on July 24th, 1983 …. but over the years the image has engraved itself in my mind. You can’t help but burst out laughing when Brett goes absolute apeshit read more
1990 Fleer ‘Pack A Day’
Wax Heaven | June 29th 2008 by Mario Alejandro
It’s Sunday night and rather than hear nagging from the old woman I figured I might as well bust open a couple of the 1990 Fleer Jumbo packs I have left, which is about 15. Below are the honest to God pulls from my bust. If the year was 1990 I read more
The Pine Tar Incident
Baseball Mud | June 16th 2008
Chipper Jones is threatening the .400 mark. Baseball Prospectus has a good rundown on what his chances are. (No, I don't think he will do it but I hope I'm wrong.)This chase reminds me of the run at .400 by George Brett in 1980. And whenever I think read more
Twitter Updates for 2008-06-03
Because the Medium is the Message | June 3rd 2008 by Chris Abraham
@amandachapel How can someone be a shill when they have free will and are not beholden to anyone but their own impression? # @amandachapel Maybe you need to redefine your definition of shill, primarily because I really don’t think what I said i read more
Sports Quote Of The Day…
Icks Corner | May 25th 2008 by Icks Corner
Sports quote of the day is brought to us by former Kansas City Royal great George Brett… -If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out. George Brett addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ic read more
The 1979 AL MVP Award
BBWAA Watchdog | June 6th 2007 by Paul White
Let's play a little game. Let's see, just by looking at a few numbers, if you can pick the player that received the most MVP votes in the election for the 1979 American League Most Valuable Player. This should be fun.Johnny, who are our first two con read more
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