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Maybe what this lot needs is a retail-only insert to finally get sold. Probably not, but this one's a card that will really tie the whole lot together.2008 Topps Heritage Dick Perez #HDP5 Tim LincecumPull the trigger for $50, and the Timmy Boy and everything else here is yours.Lot of 46 1982 Topps CardsLot of 96 2008 Topps Updates & Highlights Cards1959 Topps #499 Johnny O'Brien1994 Upper Deck All-Time Heroes Lot of 10Three 1999 Topps Lance Berkman CardsLot of 10 Early-1980s Basketball CardsLot of 20 Random Hockey CardsLot of 56 2005 Topps Updates & Highlights Cards1977 Topps Darrell Evans, 1973 Topps John VukovichLot of 122 2009 Upper Deck A Piece of History Cards2008 Topps Triple Threads Curtis Granderson AUTO Bat x1, Jersey x2 (49/50)

When series one came out in January, Topps caught a lot of grief for not using Pete Rose's name. Cards with the Career Chase line for most hits said the player "was XXX away from the all-time record of 4,256." Each of the other Career Chase lines included the name of the record holder.Topps said that the omission was dictated by MLB and they were just doing as told.The back of Darwin Barney's Bowman card is missing two words that should be there, and I'm wondering if this was Topp's decision.Here's the back......and here is a closer look at the line in question.Do you notice two words that should be included but aren't? How about "Gold Glove"? Shouldn't it read "In 2012, he won the Gold Glove award as the best keystoner in the NL." No fan call it the "award." It's the "Gold Glove." So why did Topps not use those words?They've used them before...or at least they did a long time ago......this is from Glenn Beckert's 1969 card.My guess for the omission...Rawlings won't let them. In most writing today, its not the Gold Glove Award, it the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. My thought is that Topps avoids the words now so they don't get into trouble with Rawlings. because Rawlings has a history of being cranky with the award.Check out what happened last year. Brandon Phillips won his third Gold Glove in 2011. He uses a Wilson mitt, so Wilson made up a special glove for him, which had some gold in the webbing. Rawlings response? They sued Wilson! Rawlings claims that they have the rights to any concept that includes "gold" and "gloves". Here's a quote from the suit Rawlings filed.Mr. Phillips is one of Wilson's paid endorsers and is also a three-time recipient of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Prior to winning the 2011 Rawlings Gold Glove Award, Wilson manufactured and supplied Mr. Phillips with a Wilson branded baseball glove that did not include metallic gold indicia.Not only is Mr. Phillips using the Infringing Wilson Glove in the field during games, warm-ups, and practices, but Defendant and Mr. Phillips also have promoted the very existence of the glove (and its connection to Wilson) through various channels and media.Sounds pretty petty to me. But probably petty enough to keep Topps from mentioning Gold Glove winners.

Congrats to ramsey05 on being the lucky winner of the Charley Taylor 2009 Press Pass Legends Saturday Signatures Auto.  Once ramsey05 sends me their mailing address, I will ship this card ASAP.  Thanks! Filed under: contest

Name: Ryne Sandberg Team: Chicago Cubs Position: Second base Value of card: Getting mauled by a rhino Key 1991 stat: At least three shirts worn at all times Well, hello: There it is. Where? Just above the Bust cup, as though you couldn't see it. It's clearly the focal point of the card, and it's staring right at you. Does it fluster you? Good. You look at it and know it has a checkered past. You feel its presence and know that it's seen more action than you ever will. Even Ryne Sandberg himself is afraid to acknowledge its presence. You can't help but be in awe of its girth and mutter a four-letter word. "Cubs." Wait, what? We were talking about the Cubs logo. What were you looking at?

Born on today's date, Miguel Tejada. The "twilight of the career" thing really blows.

No player in the 20th century has won more games in his final season in the majors than Sandy Koufax.  Koufax wrapped up his big league career in 1966 while winning 27 times for the Dodgers.

Nationals 5, Phillies 2Game 48 - Friday Night, May 24th in WashingtonRecord - 23-25One Sentence Summary: The Phillies handed a win to the Nationals as shoddy defense and a lack of offense contributed to the 5-2 loss.What It Means: The Phillies had a chance to hit .500 for the first time since April 14th, but it was not to be. They'll need to win the next two games against the Nationals in order to arrive in Boston on Monday at break-even.What Went Wrong: The bottom of the fifth was a disaster for the Phillies. With a runner on first and one out, Adam LaRoche hit a deep fly to center that probably should have been caught by Ben Revere. Instead, the ball dropped in and LaRoche had an RBI-triple. A few batters later, after the Nationals had taken a 3-2 lead, Michael Young couldn't handle a ground ball which went (erroneously) for a hit and kept the inning alive. Steve Lombardozzi, the next batter, doubled to score two more Nationals runs.From the sixth through the ninth innings, the Phillies were held hitless.Featured Card: Revere had a miserable night, misplaying the ball in the bottom of the fifth and grounding into a rally killing double play in the top of the fifth. He left three men on base and his 0 for 4 dropped his season average to .250. He's starting to hear boos and his first few months in Philly have been fairly miserable - some would even say they've been Otero-ish.So let's show Revere some love with this post. Maybe if I feature his first baseball card featuring him in red Phillies pinstripes, it will help turn things around.

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Funny when you get patches that so obviously match up 2008 Masterpieces Patch /50 Ryan Grant #57

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