The demand
for baseball cards can be categorized into two groups of people: the Steves and the Bobs.
There were a lot of reasons
for the baseball card boom of the 1980s, but I submit to you that nothing was more responsible than the overwhelming quantity of badass rookie cards available to a kid in 1987.
During his summer stint with the Piedmont Boll Weevils, the Philadelphia Phillies» Class A team in Kannapolis, N.C., Williams allowed teammates to goad him into striking the Heisman stance while posing
for his baseball card.
If you want, you can spring
for a baseball card holder to protect the card from water (although this isn't necessary).
Not exact matches
In a recent TED talk,
for example, American health guru Ron Gutman, founder of the Wellsphere blog network and the HealthTap site, pointed to studies of old pictures — ranging from yearbook headshots to mugs on
baseball cards — that found people who smiled in youthful photos turned out to live better and longer lives than folks who didn't.
Maybe you won't get exactly what you want
for your collection of Barbie dolls or
baseball cards, but by selling it, you'll start putting some cash to work.
And as the president increasingly recognizes how much Congress controls his fate, Marc Short, the legislative affairs director, has sought to educate him by appealing to Mr. Trump's tendency to view issues in terms of personality, compiling one - page profiles of legislators
for him, the congressional equivalent of
baseball cards.
As kids, they sold
baseball cards or frequented garage sales
for deals they could resell.
Years after his death,
baseball legend Honus Wagner hit a home run
for a group of nuns, who will use proceeds from the sale of his extremely rare
baseball card to do charitable work.
From the»70s, I miss Teaberry gum, Captain Kangaroo (would love
for my son to watch him), Thanksgiving Day parades without Broadway shows incorporated, BooBerry cereal, 3D
baseball cards in my cereal box, politically incorrect James Bonds, politically incorrect anything, Miller Lite commercials (today's are so bad and so anti-men), Snik - Snak candy bars, Hostess Ho - Hos (the way they used to taste), drive - in movie theaters, the Saturday morning cartoons, Merita breads (including donuts and individual cakes), Sealtest milk and ice cream, bank - track Roller Derby, and oh, I could go on and on.
Maybe this is just the 1980s kid in me who was mesmerized by the back of the
baseball cards of Eric Davis (seven - time 20/20 member), Darryl Strawberry (five times), Kirk Gibson (five), Howard Johnson (five) and their ilk, but I'm all
for a return of the power / speed combo players.
And there's no earn in
baseball fandom, no sandwich punch
card that you redeem
for a free championship or Hall of Famer after 15 paid lousy seasons.
My satisfaction level
for a
baseball season is as follows: Winning the World Series = 10 Losing the World Series = 5 Losing an earlier playoff series = 2 Losing the wild
card game = 1.5 Being relevant in September = 1 Sucking = 0 (Last two years have been 1's.
This is the story of how a grown man — a grown man with a mortgage, two kids and no time to screw around with
baseball cards — fell in love with
baseball cards for the first time.
Presumably most of us have watched enough
baseball to know that a team's fortunes can turn on a dime and injuries are the biggest wild
card for all the teams.
A bio distributed in a press conference last Friday says he's 25, but a Cuban
baseball card from 1994, when Morales was playing
for Province of Havana, lists his birthday as Dec. 3, 1971...
Two days later, after driving from Fort Wayne to Detroit
for dinner with friends, a tireless McLain was in Ann Arbor signing autographs and posing with fans
for pictures at a
baseball -
card show.
For a few of us, it's our stashes of
baseball cards.
They're also 4.5 games behind the D - Backs
for the first wild
card, so the Rockies are still very much in this postseason race, whereas their division mates are basically comfortable in the knowledge they'll be playing meaningful October
baseball.
Their creations have ranged from the very practical - mittens,
baseball fields, «cases»
for everything from Uno
cards, box cutters, knives and Leathermans; to the fabulously ornate - like Ezra's line of hats, arm bands, and leg wraps («I'm going to make a whole bunch of clothes that don't even exist yet!»)
Get or use a library
card to take home books that help kids explore their interests and provide ideas
for more activities, whether it's
baseball, birds, or baking.
Sweatshirt, Leather
Baseball Cap, Tomboy Tee, Boyfriend Jeans (great pair
for $ 30), Play the Wild
Card Bracelet, New Balance Previous Metals shoes (on sale color here)
Phil Giordano ratchets up Connecticut's numbers big time: if X Mayor Phil were a
baseball card he could be traded
for handfuls of others.
Ultimate Forearm Training
for Baseball How to Bend Nails How to Tear
Cards Feats of Grip Strength Explained How to Build Your Own Equipment How to Lift Atlas Stones The Sh*t You've Never Seen Sled Dragging
for Athletes The Road to the Record DVD
Sweatshirt, Leather
Baseball Cap, Tomboy Tee, Boyfriend Jeans (great pair
for $ 30), Play the Wild
Card Bracelet, New Balance Previous Metals shoes (on sale color here) I am always sad when football season is over but today we get to enjoy some sales to round out the season.
Forget
baseball cards, or bobble - head dolls,
for collectors of sports memorabilia, «game - used» items are all the rage these days.
The rest of the movie has the two behaving in equally childish ways, whether it's Paul going on and on and on about his habits
for going number two or Jimmy continually whining about his
baseball card while so much else comes to light.
Surprisingly poignant
for a movie that turns America's pastime into a
card - counting experiment — and filled with crackling dialogue from Oscar winners Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zaillian — Moneyball focuses on the essential issue of
baseball and of life: How do you measure human value?
But Jimmy has one trick up his sleeve — a valuable
baseball card he has kept in pristine condition all these years should pay
for it all - if only it didn't get stolen, ultimately fenced
for drugs and in the hands of a ruthless neighborhood drug lord named Poh Boy (Diaz, The Terminal).
With Jimmy strapped
for cash right before he has to pay
for his daughter's wedding he heads out to sell his mint condition rare
baseball card.
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And
for those who managed to fish out the notice from the swamp of old homework assignments,
baseball cards, and snack wrappers in the backpack, the letters themselves weren't much more illuminating.
For example, the sport suit group took the stance of a sports fan and used chip bags for sleeves because everyone likes to eat chips while watching sports;» they made rest of the jacket with baseball cards connected with zip ties.&raq
For example, the sport suit group took the stance of a sports fan and used chip bags
for sleeves because everyone likes to eat chips while watching sports;» they made rest of the jacket with baseball cards connected with zip ties.&raq
for sleeves because everyone likes to eat chips while watching sports;» they made rest of the jacket with
baseball cards connected with zip ties.»
In addition to lesson plans
for teachers, there's also a cache of primary sources
for students to explore, including artwork,
baseball cards, political cartoons, and photographs.
For example, using the
Baseball Card, which is an ad - hoc reporting tool available in ADMS and Unify, we can look at how students performed on high - stakes tests, district benchmark assessments, and other measures including the SAT, reading comprehension, and course grades.
In Fulton, he said, the district gave schools data reports, similar to
baseball player
cards complete with a picture, of all students in the bottom quartile
for achievement to make sure they knew the students needing the most support.
Also, if you're looking
for a unique book
for the
baseball fans in your life, check out Josh Wilker's Cardboard Gods — a memoir of a boy's coming - of - age, told through his collection of
baseball cards.
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There is a cheeky wink at the infamous shirtless Todd McFarlane snap from Eclipse's 1992's Famous Comic Book Creators trading
card series, with Chip Zdarsky gamely going topless to strike a similar
baseball - bat wielding pose
for his
card.
Around the turn of the century, there were a lot of «Bobs» buying tech stocks (like they would
baseball cards),
for tech stocks» sakes.
If
baseball cards could somehow yield a regular stream of income just
for owning them, then there might be yet another group of people, call them the Daves.
These Daves I know are the kind of people that would like to own
baseball cards over the long term just
for their income - producing capability.
My qualification
for dog guessing is that I spent my childhood studying the American Kennel Club breed book the way other kids studied
baseball cards and automobile grills.
Baseball fans, swipe your credit
card for «Ice cold beer here!»
Comparing pro sports leagues» credit
cards — From Major League
Baseball to the UFC, credit
card issuers are offering something
for every sports fan.
The new Bank of America MLB Extra Bases credit
card lets cardholders earn points that can be redeemed
for baseball - related rewards — The new Bank of America MLB Extra Bases credit
card lets cardholders earn points that can be redeemed
for baseball - related rewards.
This new Bank of America reward credit
card offers the chance to earn points on purchases, which can then be redeemed
for exciting
baseball - related rewards.
One issuer, Bank of America, increased the maximum possible APR on its cash rewards
card for baseball fans by 2 percentage points.
Free hotel rooms and flights are all nice perks, but
for some, the real allure of credit
card points is the chance to cash in on once - in - a-lifetime experiences — like standing with your father on the same
baseball field where legends are made and asking a sports star to sign your daughter's
baseball.
Similar to the football
card, the
baseball version offers tickets — stadium seats to see the Philadelphia Phillies play the New York Mets
for 5,000 - 7,500 points or a suite
for 15,000.