tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69202712822192943772024-03-13T12:53:28.492-06:00Cincy Reds CardsWhere a Cincinnati Reds baseball Card Collector can be a Kid!Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.comBlogger290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-2418522886079971992014-12-12T19:27:00.001-07:002014-12-13T09:47:14.606-07:00A full Reds Team Set<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These D3 cards are much thicker than a standard baseball card. Not as thick as a patch relic card but close. And the colors are a bit more subdued but varied than regular Kellog's cards. This allows for a full action shot to be seen. Not the standard portrait or small photo in a small area in previous lenticular cards of the past. Not a very collectable set. The only reason I have them, besides being a Reds collector, is they appeared in various Reds lots I have bought over the past few years. So here is the three card set:</span></span></div>
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The Bay Rathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921965285981882389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-39646717685421429402014-12-07T09:49:00.004-07:002014-12-07T09:49:46.628-07:00Is This Thing On?<h2>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">For a year or</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">two after the release of Leaf Certified Materials, parallel, autograph and game used cards were going for top dollar. I remember dropping out on the bidding for this exact card when it reached fifteen dollars. Now you can find all but the top stars for under three dollars. This one I won in an auction for 99¢ with free shipping. Granted, Ryan did not pan out as a top tier starter. So that helps with the low prices. But an almost ten year old auto at this price is a steal. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">To me 2005 Leaf Certified Materials is one of the best designs of 2005 sets. The background is a bit of art deco meets techno. The different mirror versions available made a very cool rainbow for player collectors four years before Topps got into the 15 parallels per card game. And Topps are not nearly as good design wise to me. Granted, the seven parallels plus game used bat plus autos plus parallels of the game used and then parallels of the autos led to up to 24 different versions of a single card was pretty much what killed off Donruss. It is still fun to look for that one card you need.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Finding affordable cards today is much easier than it was in 2005-7. Team collectors are starting to thin out card sets they did not complete. Card shops are putting these online at a better rate after sitting for years in boxes. And that is both good and bad. To me, most collectors I meet do not care about value in the long term. But when it has gotten to a point where only the hottest rookies and MLB stars can get more than five dollars per card is a little sad. A little return on investment is good. But I am also thankful that I can be three cards away from having every 2005 Ryan Wagner produced (outside of the scourge of all that is holy in baseball - the Press Plate).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The quest for completing each Red card numbered above / 5 from 2005 continues. One card down. Just over 600 to go.</span></div>
The Bay Rathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921965285981882389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-74279645613866700272010-01-05T09:35:00.003-07:002010-01-05T10:12:35.456-07:002009 Gummie Awards<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you have not </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://2009gummies.blogspot.com/">head on over and vote</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> on what you think are the best and worst of the year.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I just have one bone to pick with the votes so far that I see. The voting for the Jefferson Burdick Award for Contributions to the Hobby in particular. You have the choice between Keith Olberman, Mario Alejandro, Stephen Judd and Sy Berger. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For those of you who are not sure who Jefferson Burdick is, he is the father of card collecting. His research in the fields of cards, postcards, valentines and basically everything paper related he could find led to a system for cataloging of cards that we still use today. Jefferson's collection is stored and displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York City. His cataloging helped out the early pioneers of our hobby learn what was out there. If cards were even made. How rare something was in the 1940's. Today we take all this for granted but that was a tough task in the 30's. 40's and 50's.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I my opinion there should be no contest. Sy Berger should have 95% of the votes. In the history of baseball cards he is the Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Nolan Ryan and Johnny Bench all rolled into one. He is the man who made the modern baseball card. He was the designer, back of card writer, idea man, strong armed contract guy signing up everyone he could and finally the champion of selling cards that kids WANTED in the 50's and 60's. Without Sy there would be no 1952 Mantle. Without Sy there would be no 1973 Topps. Without Sy there would be irregular, low budget sets throughout the years since he was the man who convinced the higher ups at Topps Co. best way to sell more gum for the was to add it to baseball card packs.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In the days before ESPN, inter webz and when kids still watched This Week In Baseball and read box scores and even listend to the Reds on transistor radios, Sy was the man who gave those kids the face to go with the stat line in the box score. He showed kids in Louisiana what the uniforms looked like for the Los Angeles Angels. Sy inspired the cool facts on the back of the baseball cards like Mark listens to records on his hi-fi system in the off season. Bob was a pitcher on the California Little League World Championship team in 1972. Dayf believes in getting high on cards and not drugs. I am sure you have a goofy or cool one you have memorized.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Has Olberman done anything as groundbreaking as this? Not even close. He has written some pretty good articles for SCD that helped me fill in some gaps on vintage isues. But he is best known to me for snapping up as many short prints and rarities as he can as fast as he can. Not inspiring kids to collect or learn.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mario definitely had a big influence in 2009. But outside of constantly telling me how great cards in the 1990's were compared to today, I really can't think of the year's from now we will still use work he did. Sure he pissed off Beckett. But that was easy once he got large enough to matter to them. If my blog wrote the same things, they wouldn't give a flip. Box breaks are a dime a dozen on video and he was not the first to do those. Nor the best. In Wax Heaven's short life it gave people a place to speak out. But it did not change collecting. If you are going by inspirational value fo the vote, Ben Henry did more to show bloggers and collectors how it's done with style and good writting to those of us who started in the early days of blogging.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">As for Stephen Judd I can't comment because I don't know who he is. I will remedy that today.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In the words of </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://bdj610bbcblog.blogspot.com/">James B. Anama</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">These are just the words of this humble blog writer.</span><br /></span><table style="border: 0px none ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 697px; height: 1px; font-weight: bold;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="answerText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></td><td style="margin-top: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="answerText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></td><td style="margin-top: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="answerText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></td><td style="margin-top: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="answerText"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></td><td style="margin-top: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-39381456072234059972010-01-04T18:58:00.002-07:002010-01-04T19:09:53.342-07:00If this is Fake<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >I couldn't care less<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJDSDNHvZvYZQEqjD-jGgzVlDjBxMGrb-iHNpWVApkMpVIRCKGZYG2KpcrRvyxpyBI_DgOTGLB5H-k4xhNC7Gx1FduHyBiqU7uwAE700pgZVpzZh_UBCyc5TnV8e0Hh91NFbwUl1OGOn0/s1600-h/APPAKAustinKearnsFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJDSDNHvZvYZQEqjD-jGgzVlDjBxMGrb-iHNpWVApkMpVIRCKGZYG2KpcrRvyxpyBI_DgOTGLB5H-k4xhNC7Gx1FduHyBiqU7uwAE700pgZVpzZh_UBCyc5TnV8e0Hh91NFbwUl1OGOn0/s320/APPAKAustinKearnsFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423069587646712402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >2004 SP Game Used Patch</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Seriously! </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Prime patch! Autographed! Decent serial number!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><b>AND THE REDS RUNNING MAN!</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >How gnarley is that bad boy!!!!!!<br />Who cares if it is 3 or 4 colors?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >IT'S THE REDS RUNNING MAN!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >LAUGHING AT <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN200404070.shtml">GREG MADDUX</a>!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">These kinds of cards make a great display to show friends who have no clue about modern cards. Awesome colors. Great design. And when is the last time you saw a truly bad ass patch piece on a card? So enjoy the greatness that is The Reds Running Man and wish the other so called teams in baseball had a patch a quarter as gnarley you could see.</span><br /></div></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><br /></span>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-32976932783510374012010-01-04T18:34:00.004-07:002010-01-04T18:57:24.616-07:00As I gazed out the window<span style="font-weight: bold;">On a rainy day in Weed, CA. I saw something. A full rainbow. Not one of those half azz, Cub's late season collapse rainbows. But a Big Red Machine Rainbow.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kFgXv3cNlkmfkQCiUrV26-AIh9784dA2YQH9jGgtBlcRBCoDQEUQD37k1vtpX3Xn70NNKsBaTIwdl5giSu9AsdLS6zWYv0wtELGdWK0JMIpnaP1EobOceoSLhmlCzFsrHubuy4ho92rd/s1600-h/11135_212895109238_788214238_2890847_473834_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kFgXv3cNlkmfkQCiUrV26-AIh9784dA2YQH9jGgtBlcRBCoDQEUQD37k1vtpX3Xn70NNKsBaTIwdl5giSu9AsdLS6zWYv0wtELGdWK0JMIpnaP1EobOceoSLhmlCzFsrHubuy4ho92rd/s320/11135_212895109238_788214238_2890847_473834_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423064642129746914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It was nice and reminded me of something I had not shown you guys yet.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDHoMP7QHb40L77PKRnd23JgyopG2L0UWBgWWjA0NaQK4wo0IDafBS2dl8KKt9lK8D-VzznTpuxjwbx5qWrNtEyVRXiVMf-tJmHuf4P6EsEAEHueX5mmxtZMy0qWV4dLbeoD2gykny6zw/s1600-h/77FelipeLopezFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDHoMP7QHb40L77PKRnd23JgyopG2L0UWBgWWjA0NaQK4wo0IDafBS2dl8KKt9lK8D-VzznTpuxjwbx5qWrNtEyVRXiVMf-tJmHuf4P6EsEAEHueX5mmxtZMy0qWV4dLbeoD2gykny6zw/s320/77FelipeLopezFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423065612525888194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2006 Bowman</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">No. 77 Felipe Lopez Base Card</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gP0FGmXncj73XMFNsHBmWq6x3Yuky-sryXSc3e_bZcuDHAJcQEQMmE6mq7MYuPLrVpKuX4XXXEIvSG4AMjrwETtYmxRkHe61vItArlTT1gAwjDwtkajKURCjYnAGaCB3WY2pb-xEPIpb/s1600-h/77FelipeLopezFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gP0FGmXncj73XMFNsHBmWq6x3Yuky-sryXSc3e_bZcuDHAJcQEQMmE6mq7MYuPLrVpKuX4XXXEIvSG4AMjrwETtYmxRkHe61vItArlTT1gAwjDwtkajKURCjYnAGaCB3WY2pb-xEPIpb/s320/77FelipeLopezFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423065628328825682" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2006 Bowman</span><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">No. 77 Felipe Lopez Gold Border<br /><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iRUeyBPns4DUTH9diux-_TU3B5XGBQfFgKbYYy_QNQ_6HkR63-mCezbjxH9N6OcpNBoOVNTVKYGo_paMdJEdN_wU2B8I6j3jWMTgxTXuQI5BNbGIM5fl0F2LPDAOUCcWL8UmeYiEpp-g/s1600-h/77FelipeLopezFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iRUeyBPns4DUTH9diux-_TU3B5XGBQfFgKbYYy_QNQ_6HkR63-mCezbjxH9N6OcpNBoOVNTVKYGo_paMdJEdN_wU2B8I6j3jWMTgxTXuQI5BNbGIM5fl0F2LPDAOUCcWL8UmeYiEpp-g/s320/77FelipeLopezFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423065639808670594" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" >2006 Bowman</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:130%;" >No. 77 Felipe Lopez White Border</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoB9Z2jeqdOud34mc5kZ_SX-MYTjvqwCNlmaEQ6FIOzQ8RBv0CoqGedxHIuGczzaK2K-WACodldtFe5fo2MKtMCJRfVKiPgrZQdNK8TFDteJlkjXBA7zkViii_-TMHRNlyZ0x6KQW_OAOP/s1600-h/77FelipeLopezFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoB9Z2jeqdOud34mc5kZ_SX-MYTjvqwCNlmaEQ6FIOzQ8RBv0CoqGedxHIuGczzaK2K-WACodldtFe5fo2MKtMCJRfVKiPgrZQdNK8TFDteJlkjXBA7zkViii_-TMHRNlyZ0x6KQW_OAOP/s320/77FelipeLopezFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423065624424940770" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:130%;">2006 Bowman<br />No. 77 Felipe Lopez Blue Border<br /></span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mcFflqq8GlSYXMSrNtMiHXGyumL_O7FBFAFSONYosevFuzXHg8Vdqii_4io5-mtJUpp_3Eq-BifZKM4uH906wTfowFRF8wqgSLftC3UyXphztorKw6nnQzIed1Pm4Ag6d7_rgkqaoWeT/s1600-h/77FelipeLopezFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mcFflqq8GlSYXMSrNtMiHXGyumL_O7FBFAFSONYosevFuzXHg8Vdqii_4io5-mtJUpp_3Eq-BifZKM4uH906wTfowFRF8wqgSLftC3UyXphztorKw6nnQzIed1Pm4Ag6d7_rgkqaoWeT/s320/77FelipeLopezFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423065636127150914" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size:130%;">2006 Bowman<br />No. 77 Felipe Lopez Red Border<br />1 / 1<br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">How often do you see a full player rainbow? This was one of those type in Reds in the ebay search engine and I found and won. Thank to you guys out there who give up on players just because they were traded. Makes life good for true collectors.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It truly is fun to have at least one player rainbow for your team. It's as rare as an </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL200107230.shtml">eighth inning triple</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> from Ken Griffey, Jr. But it's <span style="font-size:130%;">A-W-E-S-O-M-E!</span></span>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-15941813815273587962009-12-09T15:44:00.004-07:002009-12-09T16:00:25.572-07:00Who are you Anonymous?<span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>First, I would like to thank you for faithfully following my Reds Card blog that rarely updates. It takes a dedicated inividual to read and reread and rereread various posts.</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Second, I would like to give you a new mission in life. Instead of coming here and asking my opinion on video games I don't play. Game systems I don't own. And VG Tournies I will never seek out to enter, I would ask that you concentrate on this guy:</strong></span><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413373564965373282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgari4D_teYKJdzhF19zw8V75Uc_5FqhECBc1jAhJTQoga-uf0oZD-pBu0dtiOPI6e3ONrfQPUMlXubV5uutdSrYg3lj26-8H-MYpOPTUS7wG2aKX5DyaQ8vgh68SfA4RceubyBC-NJ-wU1/s320/SS14BarryLarkinFront.jpg" /> <div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Barry Larkin</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">See Anonymous, Barry is in his first year of elegebility for the Baseball Hall of Fame. He has a tough road ahead of him to get in on his first ballot. Hawk, Bert, Robby all have legit shots at enshrinement this year. So a measly .300 career batting avg, 2,000+ hits, an MVP, World Series ring, multiple Gold Gloves, Silver Sluggers and being a hometown icon may not matter to voters as much.</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Granted I would like to see Davey get in this year with Barry this year but let's get that comment campaign going for our man Larkin! Cause I need more great cards of Barry to add to my collection like the above 2005 Donruss Signature Stars Bat / Autograph numbered to ONLY 25! As you can see Mr. Larkin is daring some schlub named Chipuh to try his luck with a hit baseball in Barry's direction. Add that to the bat used in hiting the game winning RBI and a great sig and we have a classic card. </span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;">If you need help Anonymous let me know. Just send me a great comment I can cut and paste and we can get on this!</span></strong></div>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-74688325338426439892009-08-31T23:16:00.002-06:002009-08-31T23:20:40.440-06:00Barry For The Hall<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Go here:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><a href="http://collectivetroll.blogspot.com/2009/08/bloggers-vote-for-hall-of-fame-contest.html#comment-form">http://collectivetroll.blogspot.com/2009/08/bloggers-vote-for-hall-of-fame-contest.html#comment-form</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Collective Troll has a Hall Of Fame vote contest going. VOTE BARRY!<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlJuAKAe98xFfapLmxMkkZgPDlF5Rlk4C0reQBU263G8A81Ski87HpucPhKjWurWnHuJPcG1u4J_SvKTO_-SywhZ5PgIzK0E0FgaLmSfNr4J84TkWA2nW4DWNnPFyWQ6xwF1HAISYklqK/s1600-h/151BarryLarkinFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlJuAKAe98xFfapLmxMkkZgPDlF5Rlk4C0reQBU263G8A81Ski87HpucPhKjWurWnHuJPcG1u4J_SvKTO_-SywhZ5PgIzK0E0FgaLmSfNr4J84TkWA2nW4DWNnPFyWQ6xwF1HAISYklqK/s320/151BarryLarkinFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376364496020581858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >VOTE NOW!</span><br /><br /></div>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-55835426648447467072009-07-23T01:24:00.002-06:002009-07-23T01:31:59.687-06:00Brads Random Red #63<div><div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">2005 Upper Deck Etchings</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">Etched in Time Silver Autograph</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">Ken Griffey Sr. (258 of 375)</span> </div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361554945621852962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 296px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRYj1DwDScI/SmgR0PmHgyI/AAAAAAAAADw/VJdCpcrD3p8/s400/Ken+Griffey+Sr.+Auto+UD+Etchings+258+of+375.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong>I love this Ken Griffey Sr. auto. His big sh*t eaters grin is hilarious. Whoever smelt it dealt it Ken! LOL</strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong>Until Next Time...</strong> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><strong>Mahalo and Aloha, Brad </div></strong></div></div>Brads55sRedsCardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15643867173000661457noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-89896562029098532612009-07-23T01:22:00.001-06:002009-07-23T01:29:57.611-06:00Brads Random Red #62<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">2002 Fleer Patchworks</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">Licensed Apparel Patch</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">Austin Kearns (92 of 150)</span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361554269817601682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IRYj1DwDScI/SmgRM6B0_pI/AAAAAAAAADg/whaLlulP5NA/s400/Kearns+Patch+(92+of+150).jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong>Here's a beauty of a number patch. Perfect chunk from the corner! Awesome!</strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong>And the final card tonight...</strong> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><strong>Mahalo and Aloha, Brad </div></strong>Brads55sRedsCardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15643867173000661457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-35465506689743883442009-07-23T01:18:00.003-06:002009-07-23T01:23:57.532-06:00Brads Random Red #61<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">2008 TriStar Refractor</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">Rookie Autograph</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">Jay Bruce (30 of 50)</span><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361552243738456946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRYj1DwDScI/SmgPW-S6s3I/AAAAAAAAADY/4rwllq762EY/s400/Jay+Bruce+RC+Auto+08+Tristar+Refractor+30+of+50.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong>Okay, I know. This is a minor league card but its still an awesome rookie card of an awesome Reds rookie!</strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong>Almost Done For The Night...</strong> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><strong>Mahalo and Aloha, Brad </div></strong>Brads55sRedsCardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15643867173000661457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-39663277923765862112009-07-23T01:04:00.002-06:002009-07-23T01:17:55.435-06:00Brads Random Red #60<div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">1963 Topps (RC) & 1964 Topps</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">In Person Autographs</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">Jim Campbell</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361551118024921698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRYj1DwDScI/SmgOVcr5UmI/AAAAAAAAADQ/pr6sP_XkE50/s400/Dual+Jim+Campbell+Autos+63+%26+64+Topps+IP.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong>Crazy but brief.... I am the drafter/architect/estimator for my jobsite here in Hawaii. Well the place that I order my light fixtures at so happens to be the son of Jim Campbell. I've known his son through my company for the past few years and a xmas or two ago I gave him all the cards of his father that were released (about 12). Well I get a package a week later with signed cards and 8x10s. A month later I meet this hot blonde and we start dating. Turns out her Godfather is Jim Campbell's son. Small world/smaller island. Well a couple months later the relationship dies out and things haven't been quite the same at work with the business relationship with the son. Doh! Still got these sweet cards though!</strong><br /></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong>4th Up...</strong><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><strong>Mahalo and Aloha, Brad </div></strong></div>Brads55sRedsCardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15643867173000661457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-8391236461461468072009-07-23T00:57:00.002-06:002009-07-23T01:03:22.565-06:00Brads Random Red #59<div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">2008 Finest Moments</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">Red Refractor Autograph</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">Brandon Phillips</span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;"> (9/25)</span><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361547496950090034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IRYj1DwDScI/SmgLCrIYSTI/AAAAAAAAADI/qSOqP5SoMks/s400/Brandon+Phillips+Auto+08+Finest+Moments+Red+Refractor+9+of+25.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong>Here is a sweet Brandon Phillips auto. This card is so Bradass that it has no book value due to scarcity! Nothing like having a Reds card sporting a Red Refractor finish. The only thing lacking on this card would have been a red autograph.</strong><br /></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong>Next up...</strong></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><strong>Mahalo and Aloha, Brad </div></strong></div>Brads55sRedsCardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15643867173000661457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-6060208080922012522009-07-23T00:45:00.004-06:002009-07-23T00:56:49.005-06:00Brads Random Red #58<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">2005 Prime Patches M.L. Materials</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">Game Used Number Patch</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;">Aaron Boone</span><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;"> (44/53)</span><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361545625420635522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IRYj1DwDScI/SmgJVvI_HYI/AAAAAAAAADA/2aHx1wEZlx0/s400/Boone+A.+Patch+(44+of+53).jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br /><strong>Well after a long hiatus I've found myself with a little free time so I'm back to posting our good ole' favorite Random Red cards. I've received quite a few new nice Reds cards so here's 6 to get things going. First off we have this real nice Aaron Boone Number Patch. A trifecta of sorts. Its a jersey card, with a stripe, and a patch. I love this one!</strong><br /></p><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span></strong><br /></div><div align="center"><strong>On to the second card...</strong></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#cc0000;">*</span> </div><div align="center"><strong>Mahalo and Aloha, Brad </div></strong>Brads55sRedsCardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15643867173000661457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-16290816164623403582009-07-18T07:42:00.002-06:002009-07-18T07:43:27.148-06:00Reds Make Fail Blog!Congrats to the Reds ground crew for making sure they get some much needed love.<br /><br /><a href="http://failblog.org/2009/07/13/grounds-crew-fail/">http://failblog.org/2009/07/13/grounds-crew-fail/</a>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-4788534218599232672009-04-18T19:02:00.002-06:002009-04-18T19:05:15.661-06:00Jumpin Jay Zus on a Nuclear Powered Pogo StickAm I glad I am not a paying to see the Yankees play. Either this team truly sucks this year or that stadium plays SMALL.<br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td height="7"><br /></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="yspwhitebg" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="yspsctbg"> <td colspan="10" class="ysptblhdr" height="18"> Cleveland</td> </tr> <tr class="ysptblthbody2" align="right"> <td height="18" width="22%"> </td> <td class="yspdetailttl" width="8%">AB</td> <td class="yspdetailttl" width="8%">R</td> <td class="yspdetailttl" width="8%">H</td> <td class="yspdetailttl" width="8%">RBI</td> <td class="yspdetailttl" width="8%">BB</td> <td class="yspdetailttl" width="8%">K</td> <td class="yspdetailttl" width="8%">LOB</td> <td colspan="2" class="yspdetailttl" width="16%">Season Avg </td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow1" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7256">G. Sizemore</a> cf</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>.275</td> <td width="9"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow2" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7918">T. Crowe</a> cf</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>.238</td> <td width="9"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow1" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6094">M. DeRosa</a> 3b</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>.255</td> <td width="9"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow2" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6853">V. Martinez</a> c</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>.388</td> <td width="9"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow1" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7493">K. Shoppach</a> c</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>.286</td> <td width="9"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow2" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6980">T. Hafner</a> dh</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>.289</td> <td width="9"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow1" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7156">J. Peralta</a> ss</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>.333</td> <td width="9"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow2" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7498">S. Choo</a> rf</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>.275</td> <td width="9"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow1" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7503">R. Garko</a> 1b</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>.286</td> <td width="9"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow2" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7948">B. Francisco</a> lf</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>.211</td> <td width="9"><br /></td> </tr> <tr class="ysprow1" align="right"> <td align="left"> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/7947">A. Cabrera</a> 2b</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>.351</td> <td width="9"><br /></td> </tr> <tr align="right"> <td align="left"> <b>Totals</b></td> <td>52</td> <td>22</td> <td>25</td> <td>22</td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>24</td> <td colspan="2"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Congrats to Cleveland in this game.<br />That is one of the gaudiest boxes I have ever seen.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Indians 22 Yankees 4</span>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-38184850250862038182009-04-18T18:47:00.003-06:002009-04-18T18:52:37.802-06:00Frank makes me happy<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ColQR5OpIacE8wG0h_T7o7KSPZZPUuaXYiMNMKqK75JUoZ2ZenGy0ZJrtJW3nUmULG9fleTU5XKTSx6p-kXhPcrVaFf4nVomAsyUvjpRUY__ghUbH7E6oF8wVX5Er18mkZ1NpkeMXgxj/s1600-h/484FrankRobinsonFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ColQR5OpIacE8wG0h_T7o7KSPZZPUuaXYiMNMKqK75JUoZ2ZenGy0ZJrtJW3nUmULG9fleTU5XKTSx6p-kXhPcrVaFf4nVomAsyUvjpRUY__ghUbH7E6oF8wVX5Er18mkZ1NpkeMXgxj/s320/484FrankRobinsonFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326197933998443346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:180%;" >1958 Topps</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:180%;" >No. 488 Frank Robinson</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Just thought I would post a card of an all-time great. It's not often you see Frank Robinson smiling these days.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">1958 is my second favorite set of the Fifties behind the 53 set. Bright backgrounds. Good portraits. And plenty of Reds!</span></span>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-33324813621306767252009-04-06T09:44:00.002-06:002009-04-06T09:56:03.209-06:00Dear Topps<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SCREW YOU.</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I have purchased my last new product from a card manufacturer.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Over the past two weeks I have purchased</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">eleven boxes of your Target Series One parallel cards.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I AM STILL 69 CARDS SHORT OF A 330 CARD SET.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">OUT OF 880 CARDS PURCHASED I CANNOT FIND</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">330 SINGLE CARDS TO MAKE A SET.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I have 7 Dusty Baker cards.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yet I am still 69 cards short of a set.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">THIS IS BULLSHIT.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">There is no excuse in this day and age</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">for coalition as bad as late eighties products.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Two of the boxes had the exact same cards pack for pack. Even the Topps Town cards.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Three other boxes only had a packs worth of difference between them.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In the Targets I have found boxes they had no more than 3 in stock. Total. I checked. If you are going to do something like this MAKE SURE there is enough product to be sold. If you are going to only make a small amount. LET PEOPLE KNOW. The only reason I have been able to complete a Reds team set of cards is the fact that someone in another state had them and offered them. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">As much as I enjoy opening packs I will no longer do so on any new product.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">I have spent over $230 on boxes of this product</span> <span style="font-size:180%;">AND DO NOT HAVE A 330 CARD SET. SCREW YOU TOPPS.</span></span>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-77289140153464197062009-03-24T17:32:00.005-06:002009-03-24T18:46:30.088-06:00Blog Bat Around Five<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">After missing the past four Blog Bat Arounds due to the job I decided to join in on fifth one.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Simple:</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1exZjVqWV-txHLAwGdFH2uuLWwNkVfyaSn-UU0yoIqi1nGPQ2Xxd_Ns0Q5aD_g7U_BcWEEbSdvp1CUjHOMQR8jOt7uqg2rojlNXcFQxuBZ0tZoD8H9WhODt-ajA1Px_Mc73HRgzYNwWqS/s1600-h/BenchStickerFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1exZjVqWV-txHLAwGdFH2uuLWwNkVfyaSn-UU0yoIqi1nGPQ2Xxd_Ns0Q5aD_g7U_BcWEEbSdvp1CUjHOMQR8jOt7uqg2rojlNXcFQxuBZ0tZoD8H9WhODt-ajA1Px_Mc73HRgzYNwWqS/s320/BenchStickerFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316918002906877394" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span>5 is Johnny Bench's Uniform Number.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >What is the best experience you have<br />had acquiring cards or memorabilia?</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">That is a simple answer for me.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Do I bore you with the story of having my photo taken with said Johnny and The Chicken as a seven year old kid? Nah.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Do you smile in awe about my meeting Cal and Eddie at a 1983 preseason game in New Orleans with Eddie messing up my hair right before Cal signed a ball "To The Squrt - Cal Ripken Jr."?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blah, blah, blah.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Who wants to hear about the one hour limo ride talking shop with Dale Murphy?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Not Dayf.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My first post told you guys about how I started in collecting.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">So hear you go:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The best experience I have ever had in collecting is the day I got the card above. A simple Fleer sticker of Johnny Bench's Uni and a Reds pennant.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last April 20th I lost all my material things except for the clothes in my weekend pack and my keys. For the second time in just under three years I had lost it all. Another collection down the drain so to speak. What I had managed to gather in the form of Reds and sets after Hurricane Katrina were gone. Again.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It was a sick feeling.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A few fellow bloggers asked why the absence from Cincinnati Reds Cards. I sent emails letting them know. Thanks to you guys who read us and Brad's friends on The Bench, Reds cards started arriving en mass. Four cards here, twenty there. A new bat card from George Foster. A 1992 Billy Hatcher. Dave Concepcion's auto on a Fleer. Plenty of goodies that make Reds collectors all giggly as schoolgirls.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Those cards were a beacon of light as I checked the mail every few days. Seeing that this community has no problem giving (especially cards of teams they do not like) to other colllectors out of the goodness of their hearts still makes me happy. I somehow doubt you guys have a special place in your hearts for a 1979 Topps Dave Collins.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">And all of the people who sent some Reds cards should smile and hold your heads high and chest puffed out knowing the cards you sent are now in a loving, happy, Cubs free environment known to me as the Salt Lake Reds Palace.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">That is my greatest collecting exerience.</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8SS687KBt5XtKMR9YLnGmsQ7ehtaUFaCezs-PE-zyM6WxD-X48uNtcwF_BnZObyKuykB5vysg_B8F8p4CcJM_7LMgVKEZrQUY-dyUefz0OUW4q4wSnt-_4AIu_z2gXOkbz8BEQmLx6ZV/s1600-h/CollinsFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8SS687KBt5XtKMR9YLnGmsQ7ehtaUFaCezs-PE-zyM6WxD-X48uNtcwF_BnZObyKuykB5vysg_B8F8p4CcJM_7LMgVKEZrQUY-dyUefz0OUW4q4wSnt-_4AIu_z2gXOkbz8BEQmLx6ZV/s320/CollinsFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316918340437729762" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">1979 Topps</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dave Collins</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;">Now residing in the Salt Lake Reds Palace<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UDOfQ0AiTWfnofhiPMsIyzDC2JrwviQ0lso5f5d2pXXAFcysMvmLMzcLskVUFQ2RN0qz0Puakup1dYlhQLM3vOr5VXDXsgzHD0wPtJOFMRI5zOlNL8S2MCkmTEJ8DGNIEhikD-6GH-pm/s1600-h/SaboFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UDOfQ0AiTWfnofhiPMsIyzDC2JrwviQ0lso5f5d2pXXAFcysMvmLMzcLskVUFQ2RN0qz0Puakup1dYlhQLM3vOr5VXDXsgzHD0wPtJOFMRI5zOlNL8S2MCkmTEJ8DGNIEhikD-6GH-pm/s320/SaboFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316918340842135794" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">1990 Topps</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;">Chris Sabo</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" > <span style="font-weight: bold;">with a well loved corner<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfV4ixCoqPP4TDzKUIR4-_Ern0dAOHVFJFNSzr1yqYAVB8c2mNnhF-7o0vFHFh7sVJJryYr5ZE7-0DmvPqL2D7-_VYcgcOq7-gDA2Za8yNgxlDwrIPuYcJDWJB7X3eRQnDvG7H3_EmMah/s1600-h/BenchBestFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfV4ixCoqPP4TDzKUIR4-_Ern0dAOHVFJFNSzr1yqYAVB8c2mNnhF-7o0vFHFh7sVJJryYr5ZE7-0DmvPqL2D7-_VYcgcOq7-gDA2Za8yNgxlDwrIPuYcJDWJB7X3eRQnDvG7H3_EmMah/s320/BenchBestFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316918337545369890" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2000 Bowman's Best</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Franchise Favorite's</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Johnny Bench</span></span><br /></div>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-65077761889126897272009-03-12T12:47:00.005-06:002009-03-12T20:36:41.204-06:00Quiz Time Update<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Came across this today:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.sporcle.com/games/3000hits.php/">http://www.sporcle.com/games/3000hits.php/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It is one heck of a quiz.<br />Can you name all 27 members of the 3000 hit club? I knew 25.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The hard part is getting the number of hits right.<br />I had 8 right. It's a lot harder than most would think.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Answers can be found <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/H_career.shtml">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Good luck.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Hint</span> *</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">A Reds player is the first one</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">* <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Hint<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Looks like the quiz is no longer working. So here it is. You have 8 minutes to name all of the hitters. The date is the day they hit their 3,000th. Some are easy. Some you will have no idea. The main thing is getting the names right.<br /><br />3000 9/30/1972<br />3007 9/24/1974<br />3010 8/7/1999<br />3020 7/15/2005<br />3023 8/13/1979<br />3053 8/4/1985<br />3055 10/7/2001<br />3060 6/28/2007<br />3110 9/16/1993<br />3141 8/6/1999<br />3142 9/9/1992<br />3152 6/19/1942<br />3154 9/30/1992<br />3184 4/15/2000<br />3242 9/27/1914<br />3255 6/30/1995<br />3283 7/18/1970<br />3315 6/6/1925<br />3319 9/16/1996<br />3415 6/9/1914<br />3418 7/18/1897<br />3419 9/12/1979<br />3514 5/17/1925<br />3630 5/13/1958<br />3771 5/17/1970<br />4191 8/19/1921<br />4256 5/5/1978</span></span>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-40735440067783825202009-03-11T15:51:00.002-06:002009-03-11T16:04:49.744-06:00Happy Johnny - Mad Pudge<span style="font-weight: bold;">We haven't had a good Johnny Bench card lately so here it is:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ErnUatp2N-yrr4HCcEv97aQ3XxnQ-vs6t29ieVOkEvbiKkQ0gVDgFFqIx3KHHsoI7N4_rKVyeCtQ0DluLPqggA5GwuT-q23MJis7wLE0ud66ghtiXGdzRBrLqgdBWsiQjbGpg2YAvUPo/s1600-h/TC5ToolsofSuccessFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ErnUatp2N-yrr4HCcEv97aQ3XxnQ-vs6t29ieVOkEvbiKkQ0gVDgFFqIx3KHHsoI7N4_rKVyeCtQ0DluLPqggA5GwuT-q23MJis7wLE0ud66ghtiXGdzRBrLqgdBWsiQjbGpg2YAvUPo/s320/TC5ToolsofSuccessFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312051473336139810" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" >2001 Topps</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" >Topps Combos </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" >TC5 Ivan Rodriguez / Johnny Bench</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Every generation has two great catchers fans immediately think of. That is why this card makes sense showing Bench and I Rod together. The 1970's / 80's had Johnny Bench and Carlton Fisk. Thurmon might have had it if not for the plane crash. Both guys are icons of the game for the catcher's position. Bench for being the greatest defensive catcher ever and a master field general with strong bat. Fisk for his </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >historic home run</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> , a gritty, long career and a decent bat. The debate between Yogi and Johnny will always play on but Johnny Bench will always be the best in my books.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Now for Ivan. From the early 1990's until about 2005 it was clearly between he and Mike Piazza for the generations best catcher. Ivan has the edge in game calling with Piazza the edge in batting. Too even for me to call.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">So tie breaker goes to Johnny Bench.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gretest catcher of the last fourty years.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Period.</span><br /></div>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-23732356733761494412009-03-08T19:33:00.007-06:002009-03-08T20:21:37.088-06:00A Full Reds Team Set of<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:180%;">2008 Topps Reds Fest</span><br /></div><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbPe_-naRjnQnGZ8UvqMyJq-gspeS7JILOsttJ68xRElQWvDa5X3lEnZ6k8folGpNJ0aSiWHrJkUzCUkpdrrotS91XF_zO0HrjootQ6bktpgqO5nxw_Qm9FWVPJLNiWQit2rjvfVQa5Vl/s1600-h/4BrandonPhillipsFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifbPe_-naRjnQnGZ8UvqMyJq-gspeS7JILOsttJ68xRElQWvDa5X3lEnZ6k8folGpNJ0aSiWHrJkUzCUkpdrrotS91XF_zO0HrjootQ6bktpgqO5nxw_Qm9FWVPJLNiWQit2rjvfVQa5Vl/s320/4BrandonPhillipsFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996528926816626" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNurVP6nzET5lpOE_9f8g-v5y9cbyrsU44DxCqrfPiAB9EdBVlrPlvMRdtR1rQtJHN0OtqtX4MNQF-l3-eOFV8EazCxBf1VMYjDgv95s9QRu1zL3NzlDmYCKPRl2DKQIIZX7ArIyLWPcw/s1600-h/4BrandonPhillipsBack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNurVP6nzET5lpOE_9f8g-v5y9cbyrsU44DxCqrfPiAB9EdBVlrPlvMRdtR1rQtJHN0OtqtX4MNQF-l3-eOFV8EazCxBf1VMYjDgv95s9QRu1zL3NzlDmYCKPRl2DKQIIZX7ArIyLWPcw/s320/4BrandonPhillipsBack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996528527824834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">4 Brandon Phillips</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This guys is a great guy.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Not only does he like The Fresh Prince of Bel Aire</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">he models his dives after Jazz getting </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvJeATp31dw">thrown out of the mansion</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">That's AWESOME!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxove-mf_5E6CbgP7m2zO3L4JfX36TzktnjfmOoriSDrZ5EP3wc_GB81M9ST7hg9tWW-vLBRn6ncz-SZ-_nhs9uGv-NL_OZT5O_bBPNr4fSQbb0n7f6iPD184tyDrpL-dD0whPGibNaJA/s1600-h/6RyanFreelFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxove-mf_5E6CbgP7m2zO3L4JfX36TzktnjfmOoriSDrZ5EP3wc_GB81M9ST7hg9tWW-vLBRn6ncz-SZ-_nhs9uGv-NL_OZT5O_bBPNr4fSQbb0n7f6iPD184tyDrpL-dD0whPGibNaJA/s320/6RyanFreelFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996521073230690" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0g0o1QSdltFEOTFFUACvEIY3GLfMX-jsG7MjdFYEeFjdO0GSE18gQ24PO8-rSk8pdlrWymVuOJsACw2y_E37nVXPsZw8w_pkZO0KEq0wPIp5Rv7ukymu0J-YkZp3tSykyXoxvOuvaVoVy/s1600-h/6RyanFreelBack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0g0o1QSdltFEOTFFUACvEIY3GLfMX-jsG7MjdFYEeFjdO0GSE18gQ24PO8-rSk8pdlrWymVuOJsACw2y_E37nVXPsZw8w_pkZO0KEq0wPIp5Rv7ukymu0J-YkZp3tSykyXoxvOuvaVoVy/s320/6RyanFreelBack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996514912014178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">6 Ryan Freel</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A great bench guy.<br />He is like Pete Rose in that he plays almost<br />every position on the field well.<br />And he is a fan of <a href="http://crazyabouttv.com/webster.html">Webster</a>? SRSLY?</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRFSai6ShhLj9ZvcoZ1bul6_yJ9lkjgYaF9lpL7bK7aM2BfgvMTKnL7UBtUBVw-y539CGD53ZycuHEE03fzBKB3Zehod5kLabGMCoLWoxGeo4p1n2XPAqDF5MJRXQKTidjrRUK9NnA8ao/s1600-h/19JoeyVottoFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIRFSai6ShhLj9ZvcoZ1bul6_yJ9lkjgYaF9lpL7bK7aM2BfgvMTKnL7UBtUBVw-y539CGD53ZycuHEE03fzBKB3Zehod5kLabGMCoLWoxGeo4p1n2XPAqDF5MJRXQKTidjrRUK9NnA8ao/s320/19JoeyVottoFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996376082287762" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJq0KQy2vWMiHXCZt3Y9aDzGdj61TdayqYQ0szY8_Uetqh7yZVeRBZpgPnPNw-znvSog_sp0XwU4WLnRmRuzjr5Y-dk2RZIOrNaCbtelvK-dId5LQePb-UcpmT6rFor_pocJQkwZUWLTfz/s1600-h/19JoeyVottoBack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJq0KQy2vWMiHXCZt3Y9aDzGdj61TdayqYQ0szY8_Uetqh7yZVeRBZpgPnPNw-znvSog_sp0XwU4WLnRmRuzjr5Y-dk2RZIOrNaCbtelvK-dId5LQePb-UcpmT6rFor_pocJQkwZUWLTfz/s320/19JoeyVottoBack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996370017368850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">19 Joey Votto</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Joey led NL rookies in Batting Avg., Hits,<br />Home Runs, Total Bases, On-Base Percentage and Slugging Percentage.<br />Plus he's got the looks of a </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nJ358fWY2Y">movie star</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.<br />Yeah. Those crappy movies.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwAf2XkyM_bWS6dmptxnT1JE_l-ylli2INSTLLoTnC_Arya-Rd1qJStoncSkODzt_bylwRHAN0bTf7By3asCZFxe2YSH40GRpn5ZPaiI6uNzCgmMeFom35mu7D72KATl1X0lrupl8Afql/s1600-h/21ChrisDickersonFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwAf2XkyM_bWS6dmptxnT1JE_l-ylli2INSTLLoTnC_Arya-Rd1qJStoncSkODzt_bylwRHAN0bTf7By3asCZFxe2YSH40GRpn5ZPaiI6uNzCgmMeFom35mu7D72KATl1X0lrupl8Afql/s320/21ChrisDickersonFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996367319838338" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wHQyRuxHciudM3g_ZGUAbgcn-qanf41YQ1LOnmIa3C1mZbyvFAL9Dwaac-zljQBzzATQyVggkiAoz8LFJ_naVnGo2sE3iDBKsV2bJaj3juGKxaNwMuIsdwI-Bxts80E3_eaXk5lBm5GY/s1600-h/21ChrisDickersonBack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wHQyRuxHciudM3g_ZGUAbgcn-qanf41YQ1LOnmIa3C1mZbyvFAL9Dwaac-zljQBzzATQyVggkiAoz8LFJ_naVnGo2sE3iDBKsV2bJaj3juGKxaNwMuIsdwI-Bxts80E3_eaXk5lBm5GY/s320/21ChrisDickersonBack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996359463763778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">21 Chris Dickerson</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dog catcher? That's funny!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">He should be able chase down some lazy pop ups</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">from that Chicago team in the National League.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">That's as close to dogs as he should get this season.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugy4bzhKf5DwbxrFGzVA4lSHB49DV-jQQfR5XXH0iWRrlKBpvKE8UEhzAnDZi2gXGl49c-N2S2avFhHtewLpuJsdmaHL57n2I4SG55kszElzYM10qvV77C0-j6skEcGLY9Lu3cX-1iu7L/s1600-h/27JeffKeppingerFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugy4bzhKf5DwbxrFGzVA4lSHB49DV-jQQfR5XXH0iWRrlKBpvKE8UEhzAnDZi2gXGl49c-N2S2avFhHtewLpuJsdmaHL57n2I4SG55kszElzYM10qvV77C0-j6skEcGLY9Lu3cX-1iu7L/s320/27JeffKeppingerFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996187338964434" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HDcQdlU-JGzwz5RnRFXZ6Skd1Gt1aWq9rvwNaaE680Ii5j-YNlVUBEHhqb7HJcSrbjaZ2-uagbilt64IdJdXUOiQQpsRu7-qt4griTpAYxUCeaV6AIh2rtcRTijwZFH2QvJR6NWd8HGz/s1600-h/27JeffKeppingerBack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HDcQdlU-JGzwz5RnRFXZ6Skd1Gt1aWq9rvwNaaE680Ii5j-YNlVUBEHhqb7HJcSrbjaZ2-uagbilt64IdJdXUOiQQpsRu7-qt4griTpAYxUCeaV6AIh2rtcRTijwZFH2QvJR6NWd8HGz/s320/27JeffKeppingerBack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996178751541890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">27 Jeff Keppinger</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hopefully we will all be singing</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"We're off to see the World Series Trophy"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> after sweeping the Los Angeles American League representatives.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I'd even settle for "</span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFxigJayXpg">Ease on Down the Basepath</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAHtAmFrzBRhsXNhfue3l4FkXVlUtD8kzwFWJjWcTQBEh9KRJgArgcsYjyDb4GjkI73O5k5Ik9tp_VEHnkEeD2e08y1uvN5AfE20MuCNILNuYCmC0owhOWeoWplgHhsmYg1Dec4zkLfSh/s1600-h/32JayBruceFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAHtAmFrzBRhsXNhfue3l4FkXVlUtD8kzwFWJjWcTQBEh9KRJgArgcsYjyDb4GjkI73O5k5Ik9tp_VEHnkEeD2e08y1uvN5AfE20MuCNILNuYCmC0owhOWeoWplgHhsmYg1Dec4zkLfSh/s320/32JayBruceFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996167292108194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKO1DvSshNVGV-RDhpkXu1qi2E59hTUWmutHPOXcvrHE4e4DuNgLIXRxID65ABmrlILUpPCGx3msjI_3fd35pvJBfdMe2O3PD9cPKl3nQZxEnQ2LqDLr10WJ-08qT7PB7M9wWBhHbtNMI1/s1600-h/32JayBruceBack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKO1DvSshNVGV-RDhpkXu1qi2E59hTUWmutHPOXcvrHE4e4DuNgLIXRxID65ABmrlILUpPCGx3msjI_3fd35pvJBfdMe2O3PD9cPKl3nQZxEnQ2LqDLr10WJ-08qT7PB7M9wWBhHbtNMI1/s320/32JayBruceBack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996161157237618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">32 Jay Bruce</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yeah. You read that right.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Braves killer.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Braves.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKU4mgt0eg4Zp8904KF20smcaL8iwWsVgI0QghyphenhyphenA4shF_AG_Uz1dUd4XA-vbTWjpRk2OjoYu1pRensjYEbpzce0AbizwMd2geWjpmFwbSxPNRayCDwrSPhOXKIkU8q1UBTOFsUE2ckjr8/s1600-h/39ArronHarangFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCKU4mgt0eg4Zp8904KF20smcaL8iwWsVgI0QghyphenhyphenA4shF_AG_Uz1dUd4XA-vbTWjpRk2OjoYu1pRensjYEbpzce0AbizwMd2geWjpmFwbSxPNRayCDwrSPhOXKIkU8q1UBTOFsUE2ckjr8/s320/39ArronHarangFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310996000997321122" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYIOYMvzKvPnVWsg0wEqC71_89mzqLOUrEFPaZeaNHSkdZVQ2AxBy6ryebofVTznsp6KwKf_kmLl_Qo_DxAThJQuJbXUNiNg0cqcLF9jTw2qJdiAyuRm64hQWFD_TnKATmf6ZoEdHIsIE/s1600-h/39ArronHarangBack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYIOYMvzKvPnVWsg0wEqC71_89mzqLOUrEFPaZeaNHSkdZVQ2AxBy6ryebofVTznsp6KwKf_kmLl_Qo_DxAThJQuJbXUNiNg0cqcLF9jTw2qJdiAyuRm64hQWFD_TnKATmf6ZoEdHIsIE/s320/39ArronHarangBack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310995998811151138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">39 Aaron Harang</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I bet he has one of those Hot Rod Magazine Visa's</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">with the flame job background.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">He's still having some control problems this Spring.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanks Dusty.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F-9KY97_AxjZTTpYT_aicysvHhUVnw-gP1zzzulirJSohmNrpByhVZukST8hMapY8si_85-p-HcmckOJGkkAuOnvA6UXZeY5c3yt1kD1lg0A2pQ3zI8XrehUIoeypFLgNnZhVdU8KPjm/s1600-h/61BronsonArroyoFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F-9KY97_AxjZTTpYT_aicysvHhUVnw-gP1zzzulirJSohmNrpByhVZukST8hMapY8si_85-p-HcmckOJGkkAuOnvA6UXZeY5c3yt1kD1lg0A2pQ3zI8XrehUIoeypFLgNnZhVdU8KPjm/s320/61BronsonArroyoFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310995993273482850" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigeuNo0iI6DgjaRG2PJmftV_oB7wHq7Kr8crLV1opoo-7DsyFfhqsmLAI244ZNLNCEcTPjicmSZXSWvtr3Ge_nBUoAMZzScvE0OecskCs5OUxorLJjX-CEsGbrtaOVx8-EQz73oYqkrE2x/s1600-h/61BronsonArroyoBack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigeuNo0iI6DgjaRG2PJmftV_oB7wHq7Kr8crLV1opoo-7DsyFfhqsmLAI244ZNLNCEcTPjicmSZXSWvtr3Ge_nBUoAMZzScvE0OecskCs5OUxorLJjX-CEsGbrtaOVx8-EQz73oYqkrE2x/s320/61BronsonArroyoBack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310995983636003810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">61 Bronson Arroyo</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I want to like this guy. But he makes it hard.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">On top of being a Gator fan he like the Pats.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Then he has Scarface as his favorite movie.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Add those onto the interview he gave in Boston</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">this off season where he stated<br />the Red Sox were a better team</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and I just can't.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Unless he beats the Mets and Chicago NL team.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">Great set of cards as you can see. They came in a little folder with some player info and Redsfest XI info. It just shows that the Reds are the best team in baseball to their fans.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">FOR RILLS!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">A big thanks goes out to the guys at omgReds.com. Without them I might have never known about this set. But did they send me these nope. They sent them to a Cu... C... Cub...</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">It hurts to type it.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">Cubs fan. I like </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;" href="http://bdj610bbcblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-first-cards-of-2009.html">JayBee</a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">, but to send some to a Cubs fan?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">That's like a Yankee fan rooting for the Red Sox.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">Openly.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">While wearing a Jeter jersey.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">In Times Square.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">Next to Stienbrener.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;">The shame guys. The shame.</span>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-32409284574817100562009-03-03T13:07:00.003-07:002009-03-03T13:13:26.924-07:00Quote of the day<span style="font-size:130%;">"</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Ha. He loves the Nationals like I love foot cramps. He loves baseball like I love one of those itches you get way up in your butt that you can’t relieve without getting out a pencil… Too personal? Sorry. It just seemed appropriate to connect Jim Bowden with anal irritation. The Nationals are, I’m sure, quite glad Bowden won’t be a pain in their backside anymore</span><span style="font-size:130%;">"<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">One of the few thing Crazy Leatherpants did not mess up while in the 'Nati was the career of Barry Larkin.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaNmLUo2K3j__PtY6H5WMOPGYoo67o__uYiukzarSWuN19iNbT78RKYCB7OuKIhnDft2BO_RvKedCHkggzlV4UDs1LZbd-hW__7UJQe1wrc9Eaxd6febGktln3ZGlY-2MMVXnm8jq3SuY/s1600-h/704BarryLarkinFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaNmLUo2K3j__PtY6H5WMOPGYoo67o__uYiukzarSWuN19iNbT78RKYCB7OuKIhnDft2BO_RvKedCHkggzlV4UDs1LZbd-hW__7UJQe1wrc9Eaxd6febGktln3ZGlY-2MMVXnm8jq3SuY/s320/704BarryLarkinFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309055998908810482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here we have an ultra rare and<br />probably never seen by your eyes before<br />1992 Fleer Barry Larkin with guest star Kirby Puckett subset card.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Two future Hall of Famers on one card?<br />You betcha!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barry wanting to sign autos and pet puppies<br />while Kirby is scoping the ladies? Check!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What a classy guy you are Barry! What a guy!</span><br /><br /></span>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-3047376088275502922009-03-02T19:55:00.003-07:002009-03-02T20:11:45.218-07:00The Hutch<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">All I gotta say is what a guy.</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPiS1GCCCZnRuJo1SuPQYxsQjHnN6IFZeL9LOoRnASPT7fvqCGQJhKZcGeNKPyPyiyIze6JNXFGrdGqhO0opbuQs_RlY6WIIGZAZNz9aIX6FCNF59xA1_FgBNZO8HSCUvei-ZPvpNgzh2/s1600-h/135FredHutchinsonFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuPiS1GCCCZnRuJo1SuPQYxsQjHnN6IFZeL9LOoRnASPT7fvqCGQJhKZcGeNKPyPyiyIze6JNXFGrdGqhO0opbuQs_RlY6WIIGZAZNz9aIX6FCNF59xA1_FgBNZO8HSCUvei-ZPvpNgzh2/s320/135FredHutchinsonFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308789844237325618" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Fisynt34ya7uPiE8rLlKG8ItvZUYcHv3RFGp9bBhYut88d4NPT0sdg_Yl4O874_B2hkVZ8M7R-juj0ijEQMxL1wC9zZg429wzmqb0oIuHNEd4pQo2J6VbU8Ea_m1awbLJwwgjz4WboPo/s1600-h/135FredHutchinsonBack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Fisynt34ya7uPiE8rLlKG8ItvZUYcHv3RFGp9bBhYut88d4NPT0sdg_Yl4O874_B2hkVZ8M7R-juj0ijEQMxL1wC9zZg429wzmqb0oIuHNEd4pQo2J6VbU8Ea_m1awbLJwwgjz4WboPo/s320/135FredHutchinsonBack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308789845066120098" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">The 1961 Topps card of</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fred Hutchinson</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Manager of the 1961 National League champion Cincinnati Reds.</span><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This guy had quite a history. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">24 games over .500 as a major league pitcher.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Managed the Reds.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3.72 career E.R.A</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Managed the Reds.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stole Pete Rose's date at the ballpark when Pete was a rookie.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Learned how to get fired from the Cardinals and lead the Reds to the World Series.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Unfortunately, Fred had his baseball life cut short by cancer. He was an architect of rebuilding the Reds farm system in the early sixties that led to the days of the Big Red Machine of the 1970's.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">As for the Rose story:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In "</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">My Life Behind Bars</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">" Pete recalls how he managed to show off the crew cut as a rookie during Spring Training to a "more experienced" woman. He brought her to the ball park the next day. Seems Fred had seen her around during the past few Spring Trainings and warned Pete about how he was young and could ruin his reputation and career with a woman like that. Young Rose agreed and promptly sent the lass away. Next afternoon Pete looks up to see a smiling Hutch with balloons on one arm and the lovely young lady on the next. Fred sees Pete staring in disbelief and yells "You're welcome. Don't miss curfew!"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">That guy should be in the Hall of Fame for that alone. The only pitcher to make Pete Rose freeze in disbelief.</span>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-57054812095464239172009-02-24T13:25:00.005-07:002009-03-01T16:25:42.919-07:00A Full Reds Team Set of<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2008 Topps Chrome</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">National Convention Edition</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSZ-yQITpVKtMHTp86t0S9vvBoG4UE1WhFNibytYRl_lXKURzbvZniyRBxMGFNEWLllZ-CGaV88z4fmVhYme4Kmy3b9xLQVWApNae3wa9uZpQ_PLD5JaRrBm8rRbn2Nj5GNTzfpCQ4GhN/s1600-h/72BrandonPhillipsFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSZ-yQITpVKtMHTp86t0S9vvBoG4UE1WhFNibytYRl_lXKURzbvZniyRBxMGFNEWLllZ-CGaV88z4fmVhYme4Kmy3b9xLQVWApNae3wa9uZpQ_PLD5JaRrBm8rRbn2Nj5GNTzfpCQ4GhN/s320/72BrandonPhillipsFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306465164000925970" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">72 Brandon Phillips</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Have you seen the </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://omgreds.com/2009/02/need-more-leather.php">hair</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> on this man's chin yet? I have a feeling it's his super power source. Able to turn triple plays on the Marlins in a single game!</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmAF-UOZ5487ZD_6JH16EqQo_u0hqSi_d9e6-OJJ1rZ7x4oNktloKaKO30xACCEXHH4xeC4kxRbau45TuZ2XOLMQlp2xsOf3fKzJuak1VHjP4IzlOeAYBPDzY9a8Wb7mY3sFynbgD-hxX/s1600-h/92AdamDunnFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmAF-UOZ5487ZD_6JH16EqQo_u0hqSi_d9e6-OJJ1rZ7x4oNktloKaKO30xACCEXHH4xeC4kxRbau45TuZ2XOLMQlp2xsOf3fKzJuak1VHjP4IzlOeAYBPDzY9a8Wb7mY3sFynbgD-hxX/s320/92AdamDunnFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306465161414920466" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">92 Adam Dunn</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">How bad is this photo on chrome? It looks like Adam is in a silver polyester blend uni on a sunny day.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Or is it a failed attempt to recreate </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTmXHvGZiSY">this guys</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> duds?</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXf9iVuEDhk6WRFcaqTYqYQYEKBlhCB-_RNeRSYlYP0UqLz4lvPCxQtaunUZUeXxmdGlfZ-d7VABI4WDNHuZ5zGwjALB7tVWc06LjBkfRYAEbg0x1yDdLUcmthCgbTEbxyOetkP6Sh2gEq/s1600-h/110AaronHaranagFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXf9iVuEDhk6WRFcaqTYqYQYEKBlhCB-_RNeRSYlYP0UqLz4lvPCxQtaunUZUeXxmdGlfZ-d7VABI4WDNHuZ5zGwjALB7tVWc06LjBkfRYAEbg0x1yDdLUcmthCgbTEbxyOetkP6Sh2gEq/s320/110AaronHaranagFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306464851023956946" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">110 Aron Harang</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Look at Aaron as he prepairs a serving of stinky cheese for the </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIL/MIL200804100.shtml">happless cheeseheads</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> of Brewerland.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8FuYC70-qYGJC0WoQrmCBk4Hoy0fSxa3t8ks-Gmgosv2BLNqhab05CWdkA0TQmGZk3mlRw97Z4AcCSxIUbrQ22ZMS0bg3S8IpErTR24cgQhs1lbHyoANxDGfhSKIuwAzB6iMuEYIjIrcv/s1600-h/150HomerBaileyFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8FuYC70-qYGJC0WoQrmCBk4Hoy0fSxa3t8ks-Gmgosv2BLNqhab05CWdkA0TQmGZk3mlRw97Z4AcCSxIUbrQ22ZMS0bg3S8IpErTR24cgQhs1lbHyoANxDGfhSKIuwAzB6iMuEYIjIrcv/s320/150HomerBaileyFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306464844795186994" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">150 Homer Bailey</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alright Homer. Lets see that AAA throwing up in the majors this year. Please don't be a AAAA pitcher.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdSaXa9I1s068PjU3lo6UiSRmH1qa7uOmcL0m8MG7Cq675-lCPMn7qYwYoTH0-GGeTqs2mBD3wHG4L6V_O7r0g7VVQFwB4alnng0a0bY7XmUlPz0G0Dm_oOz56XupqAJqk7iOI3enfzZ7/s1600-h/152KenGriffeyJrFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdSaXa9I1s068PjU3lo6UiSRmH1qa7uOmcL0m8MG7Cq675-lCPMn7qYwYoTH0-GGeTqs2mBD3wHG4L6V_O7r0g7VVQFwB4alnng0a0bY7XmUlPz0G0Dm_oOz56XupqAJqk7iOI3enfzZ7/s320/152KenGriffeyJrFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306464845412553394" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">152 Ken Griffey Jr.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nice power stroke from </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200804170.shtml">Griffey off of Lieber</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">. Of the team that has sucked for 101 years now.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2s1DLHcfRKMz-xpxjJnLGBPNobud_q3b-ykwYJ7-fAlInpG3BmAFTtEufGpuVh6Vrc8_fEzMsbVDBLmeMmDNdQFr0-4XUK7Hfx9e13Da_ASt2ByxBrLJIhw6yYNNjSQl8HqUU1epGb2E/s1600-h/191EdinsonVolquezFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2s1DLHcfRKMz-xpxjJnLGBPNobud_q3b-ykwYJ7-fAlInpG3BmAFTtEufGpuVh6Vrc8_fEzMsbVDBLmeMmDNdQFr0-4XUK7Hfx9e13Da_ASt2ByxBrLJIhw6yYNNjSQl8HqUU1epGb2E/s320/191EdinsonVolquezFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306464845026570306" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">191 Edinson Volquez</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Holy Volquoly! As much as I would like to see a lineup of Bruce, Phillips, Hamilton and Votto I am glad the Rangers know nothing about keeping good young talent in their system.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98g3N4iMVzmm1Tc228Jjj5g8L8Ng9TZrIYXx3Lr4tgke-4zhnTn7AhuGXvh-BSmyThwj2flHgoP70NLkZ0gNdOObytHltZ5Chke4JY-XuPUNeOimAnNRs_uGSFuCM1XUHNjuf8KQvsozm/s1600-h/196JoeyVottoFront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98g3N4iMVzmm1Tc228Jjj5g8L8Ng9TZrIYXx3Lr4tgke-4zhnTn7AhuGXvh-BSmyThwj2flHgoP70NLkZ0gNdOObytHltZ5Chke4JY-XuPUNeOimAnNRs_uGSFuCM1XUHNjuf8KQvsozm/s320/196JoeyVottoFront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306464840552689698" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">196 Joey Votto</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">This guy is gonna be on fire this season. For other Votto cards </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://omgreds.com/vottotron/">click here</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">These cards are typical Topps Chrome cards. Only difference is that there were 300 sheets of the 08 Chrome set made for the National last year. Sheets were handed out to dealers and VIPs in attendance. All cards have a dark gold rough foil print on them to mark the event. These are not your typical National stamped cards in that this foil ain't comin off anytime soon.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">These cards were cut from a sheet by a professional press operator and have better corners and edges than any Chrome product I have purchased. I am glad I have a subscription to SCD as that is where I found the dealer, Kevin Savage Cards, with the team sets for sale.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hope you enjoyed the set.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Has anyone else been having trouble leaving comments with blogger's new word verification? I have wanted to leave comments on a few blogs but have been unable to because the letters never load up. Let me know if there is a way around it I am not aware of.</span>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6920271282219294377.post-17367016466037067772009-02-22T17:31:00.003-07:002009-02-22T17:39:11.442-07:00This person<span style="font-weight: bold;">Should be:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A. Shot</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B. Gutted</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">C. Smighted</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">D. Forced to watch Yankee games between Fran Dresher and Carrot Top for eternity</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">E. All of the above</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I present to the jury:</span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350166480369">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350166480369</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">It's one thing to get the team wrong. But to insult any person with an I.Q. over Vince Young's Wonderlick score is just infuriating.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">This is a clear case of ebay fraud and the seller should be banished. For being a typical Cubs fan,</span>Bay Rat North Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635008291445053273noreply@blogger.com3