Last Home Run Hero Standing Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi (and of course, Barry Bonds)...all tied to performance-enhancing drugs. Vladimir Guerrero has been hampered wit...
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YANKEES BULK UP THEIR ROTATION With the Yankees failing to make the World Series since '03, and not even making the post season in '08, they've decided to start bulking up their rotation this ...
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RAYS GOING TO THEIR FIRST WORLD SERIES Thanks to those readers who wrote in while I was M.I.A. What an exciting weekend this was, watching the cinderella Rays finally take down the defending cha...
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Sorry everybody, I've been out of the country for the past few weeks, and haven't been able to keep up with what's been going on, and as a result, haven't written any new posts. I hope to have so...
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PLAYERS WHO'S VALUES WERE HOT IN '07, AND NOT IN '08 Last season, several players had cards that were hot hobby commodities. One of them was DAN HAREN. In his final year with Oakland, he achieve...
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ONE TO BUY: EDINSON VOLQUEZ The Reds' EDINSON VOLQUEZ has been one of the biggest pitcher success stories of the season. His 15-5 record is amazing, considering his team is 57-72, and his ERA of...
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NO POSTS - WATCHING THE OLYMPICS I don't normally get too into watching the Olympics, but I've been strangely finding myself watching it every night since the opening ceremonies. From beach voll...
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MANNY FINALLY LEAVES BOSTON, HEADS TO L.A. After all of his complaining, MANNY RAMIREZ finally packed it up and moved to L.A. this past week. After his first two games with the Dodgers, he's hit...
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HARDEN MOVES TO TOP TEAM IN NL, CAN'T GET A W RICH HARDEN has been one of the best strikeout starting pitchers in the game in recent years...well, he has been during those rare times not spent ...
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HIGH-PRICED PACKS I just received my new multi-sport Beckett today (I didn't request to be changed back to the old format because I figure that I don't look at the pricing anyway, so at least th...
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ANKIEL HEATING UP; BRIEF ON KINSLER The Cardinals' RICK ANKIEL, the pitcher-turned-outfielder, has been having a hot July, batting .349 with 5 HR (20 overall) & 12 RBI (50 overall). For the year...
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COLLECTORS FINALLY TAKING NOTICE OF NOLASCO Florida starter RICKY NOLASCO is finally starting to receive some hobby attention. He made his MLB debut back in '06, and showed some signs of his pot...
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BILLINGSLEY - ONLY BRIGHT SPOT FOR DODGERS' ROTATION With the Dodgers' veteran starters in a slump, CHAD BILLINGSLEY has been the only bright spot in their rotation. BRAD PENNY, who's been on th...
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JOBA GETS FIRST WIN AS STARTER After 4 no decisions in his first 4 MLB starts, JOBA CHAMBERLAIN finally earned his first win as a starter on Wednesday against the Pirates, 10-0. In an impressive...
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MAJOR FALL FROM GRACE: JUSTIN UPTON 20-year-old phenom, JUSTIN UPTON, looked ready to have a breakout season at the beginning of the year, batting .327 with 5 HR & 15 RBI in April, for the MLB-l...
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BEST LEAD-OFF HITTERS: 25 & UNDER As a general rule, I typically like to buy into "new" players who are 25 years of age or younger (which would potentially give them a good number of years to re...
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MLB MARKET MOVEMENTS RYAN HOWARD was in a slump and was overshadowed by teammate CHASE UTLEY through April. His .168 BA, 5 HR, 12 RBI and 37 SO's for the month drove down his key rookie ca rd v...
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PLAYER FOCUS: ADRIAN GONZALEZ Padres' first baseman ADRIAN GONZALEZ was on the cusp of becoming a hobby star last season, as he hit a career-high 30 HR & 100 RBI. What held him back? The two mai...
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PLAYER FOCUS: CHASE UTLEY CHASE UTLEY has been the hottest hitter in the majors thus far in ’08, batting .312 with an MLB-leading 20 HR & 50 RBI. For his career, he’s averaging 30 HR & 112 R...
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AROUND THE MLB The hobby had high expectations in '08 for last year's NL ROY, RYAN BRAUN, driving up the TAC of his benchmark 05 BOWMAN CHROME DRAFT AUTO RC every month leading up the start of t...
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ANDREW BYNUM NOT RETURNING, WILL HAVE SURGERY Throughout most of the time that the Lakers' up-and-coming star center ANDREW BYNUM was out injured, his key rookie cards continued to rise in value...
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KOBE WINS MVP I keep hearing about how everyone doesn't like KOBE, and that he probably won't win the MVP award AGAIN, but guess what? He IS going to finally win it, and he definitely does deser...
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MLB STARS HAVING A HORRIBLE '08 Some of the stars who have really shined in the past are off to horrible starts in '08. This list would include guys like C.C. SABATHIA (1-5 & 7.51 ERA in '08 - 3...
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Triple Play, Thanks for your comments. Regarding JOBA CHAMBERLAIN, I think that his cards have still retained a good amount of their potential value throughout his time spent in the bullpen. In ...
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NBA PLAYOFFS: FIRST ROUND Some of the stars that have stood out during this first round of the playoffs (and have hobby presence) are KOBE BRYANT, CHRIS PAUL and DWIGHT HOWARD. Kobe led his L...
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