Readers' memories of Yankee Stadium Press of Atlantic City, NJ - 3 hours ago I'm 8 years old, collecting baseball cards, playing pick-up baseball. My dad takes me to Yankee Stadium to see a Yankees-Indians Sunday doubleheader (those …

Lou lowers expectations (Chicago Tribune)
Lou Piniella launched a preemptive strike today, aiming his sights on those who insist that the 2008 Cubs won’t be considered a success without a World Series title. “We’re the only team in baseball that’s built to win the World Series? I don’t think so.” Current score: Cards 4, Cubs 5, 8th inning

Cubs beat Cards to clinch NL Central - MLB.com

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Cubs beat Cards to clinch NL Central MLB.com - 3 hours ago I'm trying to alleviate that so these kids can relax and go out and play baseball. That's what they get paid to do, and they're doing a darn good job of it. … MLB Baseball Picks: Cardinals at Cubs Series Bodog Beat Glaus' shot not enough for Cardinals StlCardinals.com Ted Lilly earns 16th win as Cubs clinch 2nd straight NL Central … In-Forum MLB.com all 446 news articles

Kennedy and Cards double up Cubs - Sports Network

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Kennedy and Cards double up Cubs Sports Network - Sep 19, 2008 Zambrano walked off the mound, in violation of baseball etiquette, before Piniella reached for him. Piniella then pointed to the mound and Zambrano … Cards' Kennedy doesn't expect to return in 2009 Belleville News Democrat Cards knock out Zambrano, delay Cubs celebration International Herald Tribune all 377 news articles

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Hate The Wild Card? Let's Play Two Forbes, NY - 15 hours ago When Bud Selig unveiled the wild card–along with baseball's three-division structure–in 1994, it broke a longstanding tradition in the game: To play in …

1909 Honus Wagner Card Breaks Record, Going To $1.62 Million - Antiques and Arts Weekly

1909 Honus Wagner Card Breaks Record, Going To $1.62 Million Antiques and Arts Weekly, CT - 13 hours ago :This 1909 T206 Honus Wagner baseball card set an auction record when it sold for $1.62 million. Mastro Auctions' second live sports auction conducted at …

BAseball Card of the Week: John Tudor in 1986 - Riverfront Times

Riverfront Times

BAseball Card of the Week: John Tudor in 1986 Riverfront Times, MO - Sep 5, 2008 Friday is upon us yet again, and that means, as always, a Baseball Card of the Week. I actually have a bit of a double whammy for everybody this week, …

Former Fremont baseball-card biz sets up shop on Hill - Queen Anne News

Former Fremont baseball-card biz sets up shop on Hill Queen Anne News, WA - Sep 4, 2008 Pete Brown started collecting baseball cards in the early 1950s when he was only 10. What was once a hobby has become a business. …

INSIDE BASEBALL - SI.com

INSIDE BASEBALL SI.com - Sep 8, 2008 One of the biggest knocks on baseball's wild card is how it sometimes rips the stuffing right out of a pennant race. Instead of a winner-take-all division …

Spartanburg's Joyce joins Pro Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame - Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription)

Spartanburg's Joyce joins Pro Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription), SC - 9 hours ago Topps also commemorated the inductees in its first series of professional scouts baseball cards. Joyce is responsible for evaluating and signing amateur …

Blackhawk Network Announces Exclusive Gift Card Partnership with Major League Baseball Advanced Media.
Fans Can Purchase Major League Baseball Gift Cards via Blackhawk Network’s Gift Card Mall PLEASANTON, Calif. — Blackhawk Network, a market leader in card-based financial solutions and the largest provider of third-party gift cards in the United States and Canada, announced today an exclusive

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A Colorful Past; Baseball’s History Is in the Cards
Baseball cards weren’t always glossy, full-color photos of favorite players, with statistics and holograms on the back. When cards were first introduced about 115 years ago, they were tiny cardboard tags showing a professional player posing in front of a painting of a baseball field, with a ball

Publication: The Washington Post

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Publication: The Washington Post

Football Cards Shove Baseball To Background // Strike Fallout Devastates Dealers
ST. LOUIS The buzzards were circling this weekend. Baseball cards were dying and the smell of it was thick in the air at the 16th National Sports Collectors Convention. Promoters gave away 50,000 autographs. They set up space-age interactive exhibits. They were very, very nice to collectors. But

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

College Point Little League polishes diamond dreams - New York Daily News

New York Daily News

College Point Little League polishes diamond dreams New York Daily News, NY - 9 hours ago The father said his kid was collecting baseball cards, two of his summer book reports were on the Mets and Johan Santana, and all he wanted for his ninth …

Hometown boy makes it to the Major League - Ahwatukee Foothills News

Hometown boy makes it to the Major League Ahwatukee Foothills News, AZ - 17 hours ago "It's why I think guys want to play Major League Baseball." Whether he comes back with the Cards next season or not, Mather has definitely enjoyed his time …

Baseball Card of the Week: Dennis Martinez in 1988 - Riverfront Times

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Baseball Card of the Week: Dennis Martinez in 1988 Riverfront Times, MO - Aug 29, 2008 He was a truly classy individual on the mound, with a fantastic, funky delivery, and one of the greatest mustaches you'll ever see in the game of baseball. …

Rookie Cardinals roll to two titles - St. Thomas Times-Journal

Rookie Cardinals roll to two titles St. Thomas Times-Journal, Canada - 25 minutes ago St. Thomas completed a 5-0 record at the Ontario Baseball Association rookie tournament by defeating Port Hope 15-5 in a six-inning mercy in the final at …

Outdated electronics can be converted to gift cards - Tampabay.com

Outdated electronics can be converted to gift cards Tampabay.com, FL - 13 hours ago It also sells team mascots sold only in Build-a-Bear stores inside eight big-league baseball stadiums, at a mobile workshop that travels to events or …

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Throw in the cards. (baseball card collecting)
Baseball cards are a good hobby but a bad investment COLLECTING baseball cards is a piece of Americana that seems to cast grown men back to comforting childhoods in small-town America and a golden age of the national pastime. But in recent years investors and speculators have shouldered the

Publication: The Economist (US)

Game has changed for baseball cards Plummeting sales, greed, overproduction threaten once-popular hobby
Baseball cards — once the province of kids with shoe-box collections — have lost their gloss and appeal more today to future investment bankers than future big leaguers. That’s the word from many industry analysts and Southern California dealers who say overproduction, an investment mentality and

Publication: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Location, Location, Location: The Transmission of Racist Ideology in Baseball Cards
ABSTRACT. While on the surface baseball cards may appear to be a mundane object of child’s play, they are precious tools for examining U.S. society. Baseball cards not only hold a wealth of information regarding the players they feature, they also reveal much about the state of society at the time

Publication: Negro Educational Review

Outdated electronics can be converted to gift cards - Tampabay.com

Outdated electronics can be converted to gift cards Tampabay.com, FL - 12 hours ago It also sells team mascots sold only in Build-a-Bear stores inside eight big-league baseball stadiums, at a mobile workshop that travels to events or …

Cubs vs Cardinals Free Baseball Prediction - Point-Spreads.com

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Cubs vs Cardinals Free Baseball Prediction Point-Spreads.com, FL - 17 minutes ago Lohse has been one of the Cardinals best pitchers this season and one of the surprises around the league but the Cards have lost his last six starts. …

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Barbershop talk centers on baseball cards, race card OnMilwaukee.com, Milwaukee - Aug 28, 2008 and Henry Aaron is the most revered baseball player in Milwaukee history, so there is love from that perspective. The Brewers even gave a black manager a …

Cards face tough September flight - MLB.com

Cards face tough September flight MLB.com - Sep 2, 2008 It would be unfortunate if five inspired months of baseball were erased or forgotten by a September slide. "[We need to] maintain our self respect and …

Cards face tough September flight (MLB.com)
Cards face tough September flight

Arkansas Collector Buys Honus Wagner Card For $1.62M - AHN

Arkansas Collector Buys Honus Wagner Card For $1.62M AHN - Aug 5, 2008 On Friday night, ESPN held the auction for the holy grail of baseball cards, and Rogers put in the highest bid. Wagner's card led off a series of cards … Burr Ridge auctioneers subpoenaed in sports memorabilia fraud … Chicago Tribune all 351 news articles

Location, Location, Location: The Transmission of Racist Ideology in Baseball Cards
ABSTRACT. While on the surface baseball cards may appear to be a mundane object of child’s play, they are precious tools for examining U.S. society. Baseball cards not only hold a wealth of information regarding the players they feature, they also reveal much about the state of society at the time

Publication: Negro Educational Review

The Curious Case of the 23rd Card in a Series of 22 - Gothamist

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The Curious Case of the 23rd Card in a Series of 22 Gothamist, NY - Aug 31, 2008 Well, unless you collected baseball cards. In 1977, Burger King restaurants in the Tri-State area issued a set of twenty-two New York Yankees baseball cards …

Cards again tee off on D-Backs - Arizona Republic

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Cards again tee off on D-Backs Arizona Republic, AZ - 19 hours ago 2, 2008 11:50 PM As the ebb and flow of the baseball season have at various points engulfed the Diamondbacks' hitters and relievers, the starting rotation … Wainwright, Cards faceoff with Yusmeiro, D-Backs BetUs.com Petit peppered by Cards' long balls AZDiamondbacks.com all 152 news articles

Baseball Card of the Week: Dennis Martinez in 1988 - Riverfront Times

Riverfront Times

Baseball Card of the Week: Dennis Martinez in 1988 Riverfront Times, MO - Aug 29, 2008 He was a truly classy individual on the mound, with a fantastic, funky delivery, and one of the greatest mustaches you'll ever see in the game of baseball. …

Headaches sideline Upton vs. Cards (MLB.com)
Headaches sideline Upton vs. Cards

A League Of His Own - Forbes

A League Of His Own Forbes, NY - Aug 25, 2008 This month a Wagner card sold for $1.62 million in Chicago, a record price for any baseball card at a public sale. No one was surprised. …

Cards’ transition year rates as a success (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
As they fade from contention, Jeff Gordon offers 10 encouraging developments in the Cards’ organization.

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Mario goes Baseball for Nintendo Wii (TG Daily)
Nintendo is bringing its popular franchise character Mario and company to baseball for the Wii with the launch of the new interactive title Mario Super Sluggers. It will cost you around $50 when it hits retail shortly.

Fresno State baseball has a date with President Bush - Modesto Bee

Fresno State baseball has a date with President Bush Modesto Bee, CA - 8 hours ago By MICHAEL DOYLE The national-champion Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team will be welcomed to the White House at a Nov. 12 ceremony for winning college …

Cards Win Fifth Straight (OurSports Central)
The Springfield Cardinals cashed in on an eighth-inning error, defeating the Arkansas Travelers by a score of 6-5 on Monday night at Hammons Field. The win is Springfield’s fifth straight, giving them a three-game sweep of the Travs and keeping them in a first-place tie with Northwest Arkansas.

Sandy Robins has more than 200000 baseball cards dating back to 1948 - Villages Daily Sun

Sandy Robins has more than 200000 baseball cards dating back to 1948 Villages Daily Sun, FL - Aug 24, 2008 By MICHAEL FORTUNA, DAILY SUN Back in the 1940s and ’50s, when you were a kid, you had a bunch of baseball cards. You memorized the statistics on the back. …

Three Cards Named to Post-Season All-Star Team (OurSports Central)
The Texas League has named the 2008 Texas League Post-Season All-Star Team and End of Year Awards, with three Springfield Cardinals being named to the team. Third baseman Allen Craig and pitchers Fernando Salas and Jess Todd made this year’s squad.

Play Ball - Collecting Baseball Cards - Corsavoo.com

Play Ball - Collecting Baseball Cards Corsavoo.com, France - Aug 19, 2008 These hobbies will include collecting different baseball card sets. These sets will be from different teams and varying years. You will sometimes find among …

A Colorful Past; Baseball’s History Is in the Cards
Baseball cards weren’t always glossy, full-color photos of favorite players, with statistics and holograms on the back. When cards were first introduced about 115 years ago, they were tiny cardboard tags showing a professional player posing in front of a painting of a baseball field, with a ball

Publication: The Washington Post

Mario Super Sluggers Slides Into Stores - Nintendo World Report

Mario Super Sluggers Slides Into Stores Nintendo World Report, CA - 21 hours ago Nintendo is also introducing a series of online baseball cards featuring the game's characters. These cards can unlock various game videos and screensavers. Mario Super Sluggers bats to Nintendo Wii Punch Jump all 2 news articles

America Loses It's All-American Girl - SportingNews.com

America Loses It's All-American Girl SportingNews.com - 1 hour ago Spencer recalled that all they had were, "…some baseball cards (from the AAGPBL) and a few items from Amanda Clement, who was a 19th century umpire. …

Location, Location, Location: The Transmission of Racist Ideology in Baseball Cards
ABSTRACT. While on the surface baseball cards may appear to be a mundane object of child’s play, they are precious tools for examining U.S. society. Baseball cards not only hold a wealth of information regarding the players they feature, they also reveal much about the state of society at the time

Publication: Negro Educational Review

Cards need wins to boost wild card hopes (The Gleaner)
Mark your calendars, Cardinal fans, and thank the baseball gods for the wild card.

Tags: phillies, card, major league baseball

Do price guides guide eBay prices: the market for individual baseball cards.
Introduction The market for individual baseball cards has some unique features. In a sense, the market for individual baseball cards is completely a secondary market because the card manufacturers do not sell individual cards. Baseball cards are sold in packs (often 24 packs in a box and 12 boxes

Publication: American Economist

Turning Cardboard Into Cash;These Are Boom Days For Baseball Cards
Through a potent combination of capitalism, commercialism and fanaticism, what was once considered a big hobby for little kids-collecting baseball cards of the day’s best and most popular players-has been transformed into an industry complete with price wars, intricate marketing strategy and

Publication: The Washington Post

BASEBALL: Former Cards adjusting to life with Padres - Ball State Daily News

BASEBALL: Former Cards adjusting to life with Padres Ball State Daily News, IN - 2 hours ago Coach Greg Beals said he believes Heyne has been a great strength for the Ball State baseball team during his career. "The numbers that Kyle Heyne put up as …

It’s not the money; it’s the baseball cards.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Mom threw out all my old baseball cards, of course. You can always count on moms to do that. They will call to remind you about daylight-saving time, they will offer you more food no matter how much you’ve eaten, and they will absolutely throw out your baseball cards when you’re looking the other

Publication: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

State baseball: Park Baptist foiled in first state tournament (The Des Moines Register)
North Sentral Kossuth routed Grandview Park Baptist 12-2 in six innings at the Class 1-A state baseball tournament.

Rally not in the cards for Phillies in NY (Philadelphia Phillies)
Rally not in the cards for Phillies in NY

FirstCuts: Reviewing Broderick's Baseball Card Flick, Diminished … - SportingNews.com

FirstCuts: Reviewing Broderick's Baseball Card Flick, Diminished … SportingNews.com - Jul 7, 2008 … by Broderick) and his demented Uncle Rollie (Alan Alda), and the rural Missouri to Chicago adventure involving a baseball card of inestimable value. …

BASEBALL: Former Cards adjusting to life with Padres (Ball State Daily News)
With his palms sweating and heart pumping, Dean Anna stepped into the batter’s box for his first professional at-bat and stared at a pro pitcher prepared to blow three fastballs by him.

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Publication: Negro Educational Review

MovinCool ‘Double Play’ $100 Gift Card and Fall Baseball Classic Travel Promotion (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LONG BEACH, Calif.—-MovinCool today announced a “Double Play” summer product promotion. Participants who purchase a MovinCool spot-cooling unit and a genuine MovinCool accessory now through August 31, 2008, will receive a $100 gift card, redeemable wherever major credit cards are accepted.

Cards recall Boggs, option Garcia (MLB.com)
Cards recall Boggs, option Garcia

Arnold Bailey Collectors’ Corner: Cards feature Red Sox prospects - Providence Journal

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Arnold Bailey Collectors’ Corner: Cards feature Red Sox prospects Providence Journal, RI - Jul 19, 2008 AP / David Zalubowski Collectors and fans of the Boston Reds Sox can see into the team’s future through a new set of minor-league baseball cards. … Baseball overcomes recessions pretty well Providence Journal all 434 news articles

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As a boy, he swapped baseball cards; now owner Mark Attanasio … - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

As a boy, he swapped baseball cards; now owner Mark Attanasio … Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - Jul 16, 2008 Entrusted with the safety of his fellow students as a crossing guard on Neill Ave., Attanasio had been caught “flipping” baseball cards while on duty. …

These entrepreneurs found creative ways to invest in themselves … - Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

These entrepreneurs found creative ways to invest in themselves … Entrepreneur - 19 hours ago It also meant parting with something that seemed priceless to him as a child–complete sets of '40s- and '50s-era baseball cards and memorabilia–but that …

State baseball: Park Baptist foiled in first state tournament (The Des Moines Register)
North Sentral Kossuth routed Grandview Park Baptist 12-2 in six innings at the Class 1-A state baseball tournament.

Vipers mind their details (The Huntsville Times)
Vipers head coach Dean Cokinos broke up Monday evening’s team meeting at the Von Braun Center and players began gleefully swapping restaurant meal coupons like kids on a playground bartering for baseball cards.

Our national pastime and the relics of America - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Our national pastime and the relics of America St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States - 2 hours ago By Travis Scholl To think of baseball cards as religious relics fascinates me on several fronts. As writer Spencer Dew’s reference to John Calvin notes, …

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Entrepreneur

These entrepreneurs found creative ways to invest in themselves … Entrepreneur - 9 hours ago It also meant parting with something that seemed priceless to him as a child–complete sets of '40s- and '50s-era baseball cards and memorabilia–but that …

Can Topps Still Play Ball? - NBC 11.com

Can Topps Still Play Ball? NBC 11.com, CA - Jul 19, 2008 Customers in their 60s, 70s, and 80s line up out the door, eager to get their hands on boxes of newly released Topps baseball cards. …

Cards rally late, but fall in extras (St. Louis Cardinals)
Cards rally late, but fall in extras

Alex Rodriguez Joins William Morris to Boost Image (Update1) - Bloomberg

Alex Rodriguez Joins William Morris to Boost Image (Update1) Bloomberg - 2 hours ago … a closely held software maker for mobile phones, Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. and the Topps Company Inc., which makes baseball cards, …

Tuesday’s streaking starting pitchers (Covers.com)
Streaking   Kyle Lohse , St. Louis Cardinals (12-2, 3.35 ERA)   Ever since the Cards suffered a three-game losing streak in a stretch of Lohse’s starts back in early May, he’s been one of the biggest money trains in baseb…

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