Baseball Cards

Born on today's date, Johnnie LeMaster. Johnnie is the only player to hit an inside-the-park home run in his first major league at bat. If you look at this card, you can probably understand why it was an inside-the-parker and not over the fence.

On August 31, 1926, Ray Morehart of the White Sox became the first American League hitter to capture nine hits in a double-header.  He reached base in 11 of his 12 at-bats during the twin-bill.

Topps sponsors a home team starting lineup display that hangs near the main entrance to Citi Field, above the Jackie Robinson Rotunda. These over-sized baseball cards are as close as many of the team’s role players will get to being immortalized on cardboard. Thanks to the terrible player selection in Topps Series 1 and a decision to use a different photo if the original baseball card featured a photo of the player in a road uniform or a horizontal layout, most of this year’s “cards” are unique. I can confirm that Ike Davis and Jonathon Niese‘s lineup display “cards” are just super-sized versions of their regular baseball cards, and I suspect that Dillon Gee‘s is too. Here is a look at some of the unique ones: Click to view slideshow. Filed under: Baseball Cards, new york mets Tagged: Baseball Cards, Citi Field, Mets, new york mets, topps

‘MVP For A Day’  – Contest Players & Their Picks For June 19, 2013 Alright, everyone. Wednesday’s baseball action will get under way in a few hours. Below is a list of the player that have entered the contest as well as the big leaguer that they are hoping becomes the ‘MVP For A Day’. Player Pick mgrlvr Andrew McCutchen victor Garret Jones jeff b Freddie Freeman brian c Dustin Pedroia gerad Carlos Beltran jason Pedro Alvarez matt w Mike Trout matt d Manny Machado lost collector Robinson Cano unclemoe Jacoby Ellsbury rog Buster Posey shane k Edwin Encarnacion tom s Wil Myers jared David Ortiz irondequoit36 Chris Davis dj Jean Segura matt h Yasiel Puig commishbob Adam Jones sport card collectors Miguel Cabrera ag Yoenis Cespedes ron c Giancarlo Stanton jeff p Starlin Castro travis r Paul Goldschmidt ryan Carlos Gonzalez john h Prince Fielder pat Yadier Molina q Justin Upton rick Nick Markakis thorzul Nelson Cruz charley Carlos Gomez jacobmrley David Wright * And don’t forget the prize that is up for grabs!!! Enjoy the games!!! We’ll know who the winner is after today’s action is through!!

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Greetings!Hope everyone is doing well. Looking forward to Game 7 of the NBA Finals. The rest of the Heat certainly stepped up when LeBron wasn't playing too well. Here's hoping the Blackhawks can make a similar statement tomorrow...scoring on a power play is a good start. Anyway, the release date for these guys isn't until June 19th, but one of the Targets in my area had them out Monday. The one closest to me had them out yesterday, and I grabbed a couple of packs. Here's some 2013 Topps Series 2!As usual, 330 cards are in Series 2, with the returning favorites and a couple new insert sets. Let's see what I got (I apologize in advance for the scanner cutting off the borders): #626 - Gio Gonzalez#629 - Trevor Plouffe#371 - Jeremy Affeldt#437 - Dayan Viciedo#627 - David Price (Cy Young Award) #569 - Ryan LudwickThe back of Price's card breaks down his season stats. While I enjoy these celebration cards, you really should see the player's face. Here comes the inserts:#CH-86 - Roy Halladay (Chasing History)#CTC-28 - Al Kaline (Cut to the Chase)Didn't get one of the new inserts, but I'm not complaining with the Kaline card. #373 - Derek Jeter (Checklist)#503 - Clay Buchholz#497 - Brett MyersI would have rather seen the Checklist cards highlight an achievement, instead of taunting the player; why not 4,000 hits? Just a few more years, Derek!#586 - Jose Quintana#432 - Jose Iglesias#522 - Dallas KeuchelI like the new Astros logo. The new uniforms, not so much.Oh, here are some back samples, because that's how it is:Anyway, that's the pack. The Kaline saved this pack for me. Enjoy Game 4 tonight and Game 7 Thursday...thanks for reading!

A 1920s barnstorming cap worn by Babe Ruth will be among the items at the upcoming Platinum Night event held by Heritage Auctions. The cap is owned by the descendants of a young pastry chef for a noted Santa Barbara, California hotel when Ruth and his group of traveling major leaguers visited during the off-season of 1927 or ‘28.  Ruth had given the cap to the woman while on a west coast swing.  Ruth and Lou Gehrig were the stars of the tour during the series of games between the ‘Bustin Babes’ and the ‘Larrupin’ Lous’. Last offered in 2008, it will be among 100 higher end items in the auction, scheduled to take place August 1 at the Muvico Theatre during the week of the National Sports Collectors Convention. The one of a kind white cap features a black visor with “BB” on the front and Ruth’s name stitched in the leather headband.  It’s one of few surviving artifacts from Ruth’s winter barnstorming excursions. Other items in the auction include a1915 and 1921 World Series press pins, game worn jerseys from Stan Musial, Roger Maris and Jim Bunning and a jersey attributed to the tragic career of Chicago Bears’ running back Brian Piccolo.

I purposely posted the fact that only one player had not been drafted as of the last draft. I also purposely did NOT reveal which player that was. So, let's have a quick little 'instant-win' contest. The first person to respond to this post with the correct answer will win an assortment of cards. ANYONE can win this! You do not have to be a manager! So, be the first to answer correctly: Who was the only player still listed as a Free Agent as they appeared in the 6/15/2013 draft? (Note: Players opened after the draft started were not in that draft!) So, what cards does the winner get? 2013 Gypsy Queen Nolan Ryan No Hitters 2013 Topps George Brett shiny Chasing History (.400 batting avg) 1983 Fleer stickers: A's Logo, Rickey Henderson Stolen Base, Rickey Henderson regular 2013 Topps Ian Kennedy mini 70's 2013 Topps Blue Border Daniel Nava 2013 Gypsy Queen Travis Snider Glove Stories *NOTE: None of the cards above were taken from packs to be used in the season break! Now, let's open a couple packs! 1995 Phil Rizzuto National Pastime is up first. 7 cards per pack. Cincinnati American Association Stadium Scene Chadwick's Bobby Wallace - Free Agent South Side Park Chicago & All-American Scorecard Artwork Hey, we get to add a player to the mix! How cool! Some of these are also duplicates, so a couple of you will get the same card when these are handed out at the end of the season. The second pack tonight is 2013 Gypsy Queen. 6 cards per pack. Trevor Bauer - Indians (Wahoo!) - IrishTribeFan (Wahoo!!) Alex Cobb - Rays - Free Agent Alexi Ramirez Mini - Free Agent Catfish Hunter - A's - Wicked4Life (Wahoo!!) George Brett - Royals - Josh Denhartog (Wahoo!!) Michael Fiers - Brewers - Free Agent Congrats to the three managers who pulled players form the pack! The good news for the rest of us: more free agents into the pool!