This is turning into a weekly journey. Ever since I found the place, I want to go every chance I get. Today I went with one player in mind: Dave Concepcion.
To call Concepcion a “Star” is an understatement.
Even to call him an “All-Star Étoile” misses the mark, since those only play one game a year.
I [...]
This one is a doozy. Andy posted this little snippet:
And we have to figure out which card it is from that? Wow.
I recognized the baseball right away and knew it was 1987 Donruss. Then I asked if it was a part of the regular 660-card set, as opposed to Rookies, Highlights, Opening Day, etc. The [...]
Wow, the Astros sent exactly what I asked for: a pocket schedule, a sticker, and some baseball cards. This is the first team to actually score in all three categories so far, and even though they did not include any other goods, it was still a pretty cool package. The schedule features Lance Berkman, while [...]
Last year, I was jealous of a blogger who received a ton of stuff from the BoSox. That blog has disappeared, but the memory of him receiving Fenway dirt while I only got a stinking schedule still stings. Or at least it did until today. Yes, the Red Sox made up for their oversight last [...]
Two years in a row, the Giants fail big-time. Again, their “fan pack” was electronic…which means I would have to print it out to color the picture, or do the word-find, or fold the schedule up and put it in my pocket. Since it was not received via the USPS, the Giants receive ZERO points [...]
If you follow Confessions of a Sports Junkie, you know that last week he attended the Civil Rights Game in Cincinnati. If you don’t read that blog, you should.
I wanted to go to the game. I live ten minutes (at most) from Great American Ballpark. I know a good parking lot that usually only charges [...]
I kept saying it over and over last night. I can’t believe Michael Jackson is dead. I have not slept since the news came, so I’m sort of interested in seeing what my dreams will be like tonight this morning. Michael had such a major cultural impact in the 1980s. It’s difficult to explain it [...]
The first major league respondent to the Fan Pack Challenge 2009, the Indians make things interesting from the get-go. They included a pocket schedule (which was excluded from the package last year), but the other stuff in the package was not super exciting. A nice oversized baseball card of catcher Victor Martinez (pictured below), and [...]
Tied for the first respondent in the 2009 experiment, the Dayton Dragons shipped me three pocket schedules. That’s it. But hey, for a minor league team, I’m not going to fuss. That’s three more than some major league teams will send!
Scoring will be a little bit different this time around. Instead of receiving a point [...]
Last night, a friend at work brought in some baseball memorabilia and cards for me to look at. His uncle used to work for the Reds at their Spring Training complex in Florida, and passed down some old programs to him. Among the awesomeness was a 1940 World Series program, Reds Spring Training programs from [...]
Or, if you had a month to spend with Cy Seymour, what would you do?
Would you show him off to your friends?
Would you take him to work/school with you?
Would you maybe take him to a baseball game?
You can win a month with Cy Seymour…er, a cardboard representation of Cy Seymour from the T206 set…yes, the [...]
