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2008 UD Ballpark Collection, pack 4 of 4
The Priceless Pursuit | 1 day ago by Joe Swaykos
The grand finale! About a month has gone by and I’m on the final pack of my box of 2008 UD Ballpark, by far the highest end product of which I’ve purchased an entire box. I’ll post the hits from pack 4 and leave you with my thread more
Read: Mack’s 10 Mets Minor League Pitchers
Mets | 6 days ago by MridulSharma
Mack from Mack’s Mets does a terrific job ranking the team’s 10 best minor-league pitchers, from Dillon Gee to Brad Holt down to Ryan Coultas. Gee, with his ‘Tom Glavine-like control,’ could be a fifth starter for the Mets in 2012; Kyle read more
Mets getting closer with John Smoltz
Mets-Citi-Blog | 12 days ago by Brian
Ken Davidoff at Newsday is reporting that the Mets and John Smoltz may be getting close to finding a match.  Apparently both sides continue to talk and express interest.  At this point, the Mets have yet to extend an offer, but it looks read more
Mets Should Avoid John Smoltz Like the Plague
Mets Lifer | 18 days ago
If we don't pay attention to history, we're bound to repeat it. That's what some smart person said a while ago and has been repeated to us hundreds of times in our lives. But now is the first time that I finally realize what it means. According to read more
bdj610's 1998 End of Year All-Star Teams Simulated Games Results
bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog | 22 days ago by James B. Anama
I have finally finished simulating the All-Star Games using my 1998 End of Year All-Star Teams. And once again, streaks were snapped this time around as the 1998 American League All-Stars took the seven game series 4-3 over their National League counread more
Tom Glavine May Take a Job With Braves, but He Won’t Be Pitchin…
Sports Fan Goods | 25 days ago by Eddy Robert
Tom Glavine still doesn’t know what he’s going to be doing for work in 2010, though he seems to have a pretty good idea what he won’t be doing, and that’s donning a major league uniform and heading out to the mounread more
Retro Mark McGwire Commercial: Chicks Dig The Long Ball
YepYep - Your Daily Waste of Time | 26 days ago by gibbs12
If only Smoltz and Glavine knew the secret to success back then…via NQTCread more
Moose's Competition In 2014
Elect Mike Mussina | 1/06/10 by J-Boogie
Here is an updated list of the players who will be 1st time nominees on the 2014 HOF ballot:Moises Alou, Armando Benitez, Sean Casey, Jose Cruz Jr., Ray Durham, Damion Easley, Jim Edmonds, Keith Foulke, Eric Gagne, Tom Glavine, Luis Gonzalez, Mark Grread more
Five Questions For An Average Mets Fan (Fan #77)
The Mets Police | 1/01/10
Our first average Mets fan of 2010 is Glenn.. When did you first become a Mets fan? 1. July 30, 1973. My birthday. My father took me to a twinight doubleheader. Loge reserved, Section 25 Row D. $3.00. Two losses to tread more
Atlanta Braves Wish List
MLB | 12/19/09 by Dan Brown
Javier Vazquez The Atlanta Braves went back to what made them successful throughout the 1990s and early 2000s: pitching. The pitching staff (especially the rotation) carried the Braves to playoff contention in 2009, despite some lackluster offense. Tread more
bdj610's 1994 End of Year All-Star Teams Simulated Games Results
bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog | 12/14/09 by James B. Anama
I have finally finished simulating the All-Star Games using my 1994 End of Year All-Star Teams. And if you follow me on Twitter, or came onto this blog only to find nothing new in terms of posts, you may have noticed that I put the seven series resulread more
Peter Gammons Leaving ESPN- Thanks For the Memories
Off The Kufs | 12/13/09 by Jason Kufs
Some of my favorite father-son memories of my childhood were our weekly drives to the old Durston's newsstand. Sometimes it was dad and mom, sometimes dad and his good friend Paulie, often just me and dad though. He would buy cigars, I would buy a read more
bdj610's 1993 End of Year All-Star Teams Simulated Games Results
bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog | 12/07/09 by James B. Anama
I have finally finished simulating the All-Star Games using my 1993 End of Year All-Star Teams. Of the seven years worth of seasons that I have been doing this, if there ever were a pair of teams so evenly matched, the two teams that comprise my 1993read more
bdj610's 1992 End of Year All-Star Teams Simulated Games Results
bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog | 12/01/09 by James B. Anama
I have finally finished simulating the All-Star Games using my 1992 End of Year All-Star Teams. And this will mark the first time that a team loses the seven-game simulation series and wins the one-game All-Star Game. And even though I spent most of read more
bdj610's 1991 End of Year All-Star Teams Simulated Games Results
bdj610's Topps Baseball Card Blog | 11/23/09 by James B. Anama
I have finally finished simulating the All-Star Games using my 1991 End of Year All-Star Teams. And if ever there was a time that the American League showed its dominance over the National League, 1991 was definitely the year. It was a total bloodbatread more
Pack Break: 2008 UD Documentary Part 1
In The Ballpark | 11/21/09
I recently opened a pack of 2008 UD Documentary that I received as part of a larger eBay lot. This was the first pack of this product I have ever opened. I must admit that I was disappointed. Each card features a game during the 2008 season rather thread more
With Second Cy, is Timmy destined for the Hall?
The Dodger Hater: A San Francisco Giants Blog | 11/19/09 by Dan
Wooohooooo!It's not exactly a deep, unthinkable playoff run, but this sort of thing gives us all the fist-pumping warm and fuzzies inside, doesn't it?Timmy's our boy, and now, perhaps the world is truly put on notice. This guy is on track for not onlread more
Yankees at Phillies-World Series Game 5
Yanks and More | 11/02/09 by Gary
The Yankees will play tonight at 7:57 on Fox, they are one win away from their 27th title. The Yankees have held a 3-1 lead in the World Series eight previous times and they’ve won the title each time (six times in Game 5, two times in Game 6). I tread more
Hamels used to look up to Pettitte as a kid
Beragam Info Update | 10/31/09 by Denny Farhan
PHILADELPHIA – Cole Hamels grew up watching Andy Pettitte pitch important playoff games and still tries to imitate his icy glare on the mound. When the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees play Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday night, read more
Stats and Picture of the Day
No, You're a Towel | 10/26/09 by Andrew
How about that picture over on the right? Derek Jeter has a history of dousing George Steinbrenner after winning championships and the picture from the Daily News (H/T Buster Olney) shows Hal Steinbrenner hiding from Jeter behind his sister. Stats oread more
Stage is Set for 09 World Series…
No Place Like Home... | 10/25/09 by Dylan
The Phillies have a chance to win back to back titles while the Yankees have a chance to win their 27th. The Yankees just beat the Angels in 6 games while the Phillies are coming off a 4 – 1 series against the Dodgers. Andy Pettitteread more
2010 Free Agents: Starting Pitchers
Advanced Fantasy Baseball | 10/25/09
Josh Beckett will definitely have his option picked up by the Boston Red Sox. But this list is a lot stronger than we've been led to believe by the bigger media guys. If I ran a team like the Washington Nationals I'd be all over Ben Sheets, Brandon Wread more
Kickin’ It Westside-Eastside-Westside-Eastside-Westside
Bugs & Cranks | 10/13/09
I learned a few things from the Halos’ complete and utter discombobulating of the Red Sox this past week. First, I’m apparently pretty darned smart for picking up the Angels because they remind me of the Braves’ juggernauts of old &read more
2008 Upper Deck Timeline: John Smoltz
In The Ballpark | 9/23/09
My latest eBay purchase is a 2008 UD Timeline card of John Smoltz. I paid all of 1 cent for it including free shipping. That's right one penny! It's hard to do any better than that. The top loader and penny sleeve alone are worth more than a penny. read more
MLB Athlete Number 47 - Tom Glavine
Best Athletes by the Numbers | 9/15/09
You know Glavine was a great MLB pitcher. But did you know that he was drafted by the Kings of the NHL in 1984? Yeah, he was. He's probably a really good golfer too. But that's not why he's listed here. He's listed here because he was the best Mread more
