tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84712934540895284432012-01-31T23:14:31.774-08:00Baseball Card and Fantasy Baseball NonsenseBaseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.comBlogger2131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-56791065760628378342011-11-05T06:06:00.001-07:002011-11-05T06:07:59.021-07:00

The prototype for Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases is nearing completion. Here's a recent image that really shows off the American walnut. This also provides a good view of the shelving which will accommodate cards in sleeves as well as PSA graded or other graded cards.Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases

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American walnut is a strong durable wood that can last a lifetime when cared for. The choice for ornate furniture it is prized for making cabinets and boxes. Walnut typically displays notable curly and wavy grain structures. It stains and polishes easily to a high finish. Visit Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases for the latest purchasing information.

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C-15 heavy-weight hanging brackets from Brusso secure wall mounted Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases to your wall. The display case has 2 brass brackets secured to the back each by 2 screws. This keeps the display case, and your baseball cards, secure on your wall. For more visit:Brusso, Precision Hardwarewww.BaseballCardDisplayCase.com

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The design and production of the prototype for Vintage Baseball Card Display cases rolls on. One premium feature are the solid brass Brusso Quadrant HD-680 Hinges. The hinges open to a 95 degree angle so the display case door will stay open. The hinge is mortised into the side of the door and when closed the hinges will be concealed.Be sure to visit www.BaseballCardDisplayCase.com and watch

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Finally the prototype for Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases is in the works. The picture shows the frame of the case. Here are some comments from our designer: I've picked out very unique pieces for the prototype case featuring exciting grain patterns and unique features such as curling (wavy grain structure).Check back for more updates and pre-order information. You can also visit the

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This week The Fantasy Baseball Roundtable Show podcast launched a new blog on Word Press which includes a new RSS feed. The feed will be available in the near future via iTunes but in the mean time you can cut and past the following URL into you desktop iTunes application.feed://thefantasybaseballroundtableshow.wordpress.com/feed/The new blog will make it easier for the community to interact

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A few weeks ago I selected a new logo for Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases LLC. Scribe from New Zealand was our final winner. We discussed a look that would be retro-Americana circa 1950s and ultimately that's what scribe delivered.You can check our scribe's work at 99 Designs here - http://99designs.com/users/319143Be sure to check back at BaseballCardDisplayCase.com later this year for our

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After hiatus Bloop Single is back, although mostly focused on launching Vintage Baseball Card Display Cases, LLCHere are the updates;I've been doing all of my fantasy baseball writing as a staff member of the Fantasy Pros 911. This season I'll be doing Pitch or Ditch starting on 4/11.You can also hear me every Wednesday night (or Thursday morning) on the top 10 fantasy baseball podcast, The

Baseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-87569037518455210702010-03-29T17:09:00.001-07:002010-03-29T17:26:33.142-07:00

This past weekend the NFBC held its annual draft at Citi Field in New York. As a life long Met fan it was literally the greatest place on earth for a fantasy baseball draft. Here's this year's team competing in NYC League #2.1) David Wright, 3B - I believe he'll bounce back and 3B is brutally thin this year. 5 categories in the bank.2) Jose Reyes, SS - The thyroid is find so now I just have to

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The Fantasy Pros 911 recently launched a FREE Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide for the 2010 season. It's over 100 pages long and better than the ones you find at the news stands. The 911 stat projections went 42-0 last season and I've been using their 2010 projections to model some draft scenarios. Aside from that there's tons of analysis and rankings. It may be the only draft guide that you need

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In preparation for the 2010 fantasy baseball season I've found 5 interesting outfielders that bare a closer look. Here they are listed in the order of their average draft position.Matt Kemp, 7 - Kemp has been coming along for a few years and although he may have some upside left 7 overall seems a little too steep for me. He has a shot at 30/30 with a .300 BA but his R+RBI combo only projects

Baseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-36937888385653125842010-01-07T11:16:00.000-08:002010-01-07T17:08:39.961-08:00

Last year the Fantasy Pros 911 introduced The Great Fantasy Debate. I was selected along with 11 other fantasy baseball bloggers to compete in a head to head weekly blogging competition. Thanks to all of the support from friends, family and the Bloop Single following I was one of the finalist and selected to write a weekly column on the Fantasy Pros 911. - http://www.fantasypros911.com/

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In prep for the upcoming fantasy baseball season I completed my first NFBC mock draft yesterday. I'm very rusty and have spent very little time studying 2009 fantasy baseball player performance. The first 10 rounds went pretty well but this early in the year it's tough to draw many conclusions beyond the first several picks.Here are my draft results for the first 10 rounds with the 14th overall

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"On August 2, 1907, I encountered the most threatening sight I ever saw on the ball field. He was a rookie... He was a tall, shambling galoot of about twenty, with arms so long they hung far out of his sleeves, and with a sidearm delivery that looked unimpressive at first glance... The first time I faced him, I watched him take that easy windup. And then something went past me that made me flinch

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In this week's Great Fantasy Debate on the Fantasy Pros 911 I was the away team and had to explain why a second half bounce back was unlikely for former fantasy stud Alfonso Soriano. Even though it's apparent that the decline is on, I really thought this was great year to buy Soriano at a bit of a discount - add that to the list of things I got wrong heading into this year's fantasy baseball

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I became a Satchel Paige fan after watching Ken Burns Baseballthis past winter on DVD. I love watching the series to learn about the old time players and the two that stand out the most to me are Walter Johnson and Satchel Paige.Satchel played all over the country and internationally for Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Mexico. Toward the end of his career he would follow in Jackie Robinsons'

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While my record has sank to 3-3 in the Great Fantasy Debate I think I've cranked out some of my better posts recently. It's been tough to invest a ton of time in it with fantasy baseball season in full swing but I think I'm still a contender to win the contest.Here are summaries with links to my last 3 posts;Week 7We were asked to come up with our all time baseball top 10 list. Keeping in line

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This week The Great Fantasy Debate gets a little more fun with a head to head comparison of two fantasy baseball outfield studs - Nick Markakis (pictured 2008 Allen & Ginter baseball card) and Carlos Beltran. Here's the question:Home team, tell us why Carlos Beltran is the better Fantasy Baseball PlayerAway Team, tell us why Nick Markakis is the better Fantasy Baseball PlayerI have the Nick

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This week brings a bye week for me in the Great Fantasy Debate. I'm off to a 2-1 start with a shocking loss last week. Since I'm not going head to head this week I tried to be somewhat objective in my analysis of this week's question regarding the performance of fantasy baseball players in contract years (see insert of contract year poster child Adrian Beltre on a Topps Heritage baseball card).

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If his name isn't Johan Santana I'm not interested in starting pitchers in fantasy baseball. Here's the week 3 topic for The Great Fantasy Debate:Is drafting a number one starter early (first five rounds) still a good strategy to follow?I basically pointed out that hitting is much more stable and a smarter early investment in fantasy baseball drafts. Secondly, it's easy to play matchups and

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I've been pretty aggressive in my FAAB bidding in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship Main Event (New York 6) . I drafted heavy pitching with Santana and Lincecum so I've felt I've a major need for some depth for my offense and the back of my rotation - click here to see my NFBC draft results.Week #1Dallas Braden $72 with a runner up of $31, the top 3 other leagues $32, $24, $20 - I paid

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The Great Fantasy Debate rolls on to week #2 along with the fantasy baseball season. This week's question centered around lessons learned in prepping for this year's draft.Now that your drafts are over and the season has started what is the biggest lesson you learned when preparing for your draft and explain?This year I really focused on mastering the mid rounds. In the NFBC, for example, I

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This fantasy baseball league starts out with $312 less the cost of keepers. At this point of the auction draft I'm down to $30 with 14 spots to fill - let's see how far I can pinch the penny. This is the 'scrubs' part of the 'stars and scrubs' strategy.Rickie Weeks, 2B $6 - (pictured in a auto Southern League baseball card) I'm in 3 leagues and have Weeks in all 3, his upside is still huge and

Baseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-77378947369357299302009-04-07T16:37:00.001-07:002009-04-08T03:06:09.792-07:00

My auction fantasy baseball keeper league drafted this past weekend which now kicks off our 12th season. I typically employ a 'stars and scrubs' draft strategy with a heavy if not 100% weight on picking up bats. In recent years inflation has really taken off in this league - usually we'd have one player that would crack the $50 mark but last year we had more than 6 with a similar result this

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The regular season of The Great Fantasy Debate kicks off this week. As the home team I'll take pro as to why sabermetrics is a better tool for fantasy baseball than traditional scouting. The book Money Ball goes into great detail about how Billy Beane has used sabermetric techniques and analysis to consistently win 'reality' baseball on a shoe string budget. In fantasy baseball we only care

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Next week is the draft for my auction fantasy baseball league. It's a 10 team league and this is our 12th year with the same set of owners. Keeper lists were due this past Friday here's where my fantasy baseball team is starting out this year.Ryan Braun, OF $17 - this is the last year I have Braun under contract so he'll run me about $50 next year. All time favorite player Ryan Braun carried

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One of my all time favorite movies baseball or otherwise is the Bad News Bears. New Friend of the podcast Eric has a site called Just My Show and reached out to me when he found my original post about the Bad News Bears. Recently Eric posted a podcast of an interview he did with David Pollock aka Rudi Stein.It's a great listen if you're a fan of the Bad News Bears. Currently David Pollock is

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This week's question on The Great Fantasy Debate is a lot tougher. As the away team I have to take con to the following:Using previous seasons BABIP is a definitive way to find future sleepers or busts in Fantasy Baseball?Problem is, I like BABIP, or batting average on balls in play. Basically any batter or pitchers that varies much from 30% presents a good buy low or sell high opportunity.

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Fill one hole in fantasy baseball and dig another - or so goes it in the NFBC. The talent pool drains quickly and while I scrambled in the middle rounds to build an offense I now need to dig even deeper to build a rotation that will complement my Santana/Lincecum combo.21) Dave Bush, SP - sabermetrcians love him, I'll give him one more chance, he should at least be a decent spot starter22) Jesse

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Panic might be too strong of a word but to win the NFBC (or even be competitive in a fantasy baseball league like this) I know I need to execute really well over these next 10 picks. I'm either going to burry myself or build an effective offense to compliment my Santana/Lincecum tandem.My draft strategy was to reach for a couple of players but also maximize value by going off script when guys

Baseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-89832566832950957572009-03-22T13:51:00.001-07:002009-03-23T03:22:52.525-07:00

The NFBC Main Event was yesterday and this was my third year drafting out of New York. Although I've been doing fantasy baseball since the mid-90s I feel like I finally have enough experience to be competitive in a high-stakes format like the NFBC.With the third pick in New York League #6 I spent well over a week agonizing over whether to take David Wright or Jose Reyes with my first draft pick.

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Calling Hanley Ramirez the number 1 fantasy baseball pick in 2009 doesn't take a genius. Winning an online debate against the rest of the field is a little more difficult.The Great Fantasy Debate kicked off this week with a little spring trainingesque exercise - as the 'home' team in the head to head blogging competition I have pro - meaning prove Hanley deserves to be #1. My competition Robert

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The latest baseball issue from Fantasy Sports Magazine has a published a copy of an Alexi Casilla fantasy baseball sleeper article that I published last month on Bloop Single. Fantasy Sports Magazine is run by the same folks that put on the NFBC - National Fantasy Baseball Championship. About a month ago they reached out to members of the NFBC for sleeper articles to publish in the March

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Bloop Single is starting to get a little bit of national recognition among fantasy baseball publications. One such example is the quote on the back cover of the 2009 version of Graphical Player by John Burnson.I highly recommend it for veteran fantasy baseball players looking for an edge to help get their game to the next level.—Bloop SingleI'm a big fan of Graphical Player as a tool to help

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15 team fantasy baseball leagues like NFBC style have the longest end game I've ever competed in. The goal is to scrape up everyday players with some upside and grab those one or two sleepers.21) Brandon Wood, SS/3B - we needed a third base option and SS qualification is a bonus, if he put it all together he's Adam Dunn on the infield22) Kyle Lohshe, SP - really came around with St. Lois last

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The middle rounds are where NFBC style fantasy baseball leagues are won and lost. It's important to snag a few upside plays but getting steady proven production with every pick is critical.11) Rickie Weeks, 2B - there are lots of reasons why this backfires but I think this is his year, note how the Pedroia/Mauer picks make Weeks BA bearable12) Mike Jacobs, 1B - getting a little hype but still

Baseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-75929298274402810212009-03-14T05:36:00.000-07:002009-07-11T19:18:57.585-07:00

My brother in law and I drafted an NFBC Satellite team on Wednesday. It will be a nice tune up for me in preparation of the National Fantasy Baseball Championship next weekend. Although it was a blast the draft lasted until 1:00 in the morning, and I'm still pretty spent.Here's a breakdown of the first 10 rounds of the draft (check back for the rest):1) Carlos Lee, OF - El Caballo is perhaps

Baseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-4887351325678388442009-03-07T11:31:00.000-08:002009-03-07T11:35:20.856-08:00

The Great Fantasy Debate over at Fantasy Pros 911 is just about ready to get rolling for this fantasy baseball season. The contest drew over 76 applicants and I was selected 10th! They are currently highlighting 1 participant each day until all 12 fantasy baseball debaters are unveiled.The competition will consist of head to head blogging each week against one of the other debaters. Scoring is

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Mike Cameron (pictured 2007 Topps baseball card) has never been a fantasy baseball player that I've targeted. Take into consideration that he turned 36 last month and I'm running a serious risk hoping onto the bandwagon now. However, based on the mock drafts I've been doing Mike Cameron has been in a complete free fall. Even in a deep fantasy baseball league like the NFBC he's going in the

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I recently landed a Kid Elberfeld T206 with a Polar Bear back. It ran almost $50 but is in pretty good shape. The corners show significant rounding however there are no major creases, the color is good and the card is well centered. Plus there's always a slight bump for Polar Bear backs - the T206 Museum's Pricing Formula has Polar Bear's going for a 30% premium.This T206 is from when

Baseball Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084051155556761618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471293454089528443.post-26628293194710048282009-02-09T16:46:00.000-08:002009-02-09T16:58:00.488-08:00

That's right DIRT! The grand finale of my Baseball Memorabilia series is stadium dirt. Talk about owning a part of the game. The cool thing about dirt, when you really think about it, was your favorite all-time baseball player know for having the cleanest uniform on the team - never. Tough players that bust their a$$ care covered in dirt!With both Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium saying

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I recently went on a little bit of a spree on eBay to add some new T206 baseball cards to my collection. The most notable is of Hall of Famer Joe Tinker pictured with the bat off shoulder and a Piedmont back. It's a SGC 40 graded card so it's in pretty nice shape.Although Tinker had only a .262 career batting average, he did manage to steal 336 bases. As a short stop Tinker was most noted for

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Many baseball card manufactures today issues special insert cards that contain the printing plates from the actual cards in the set. While it's cool to own your favorite players baseball card, how about owning the printing plate that produced all of the cards! Check out the 2009 Topps black plate for Evan Longoria.Printing plate card inserts are typically very pricy for the more elite players,

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Although I have yet to add one to my collection I think vintage baseball gloves are a nice accent piece to any baseball memorabilia collection. Shown is a sharp looking vintage catchers mitt from the 1940s or 50s that I found on eBay.There's something about the aged look of old baseball leather that just creates a very nostalgic feel. When displaying a vintage baseball glove it's important to

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I have some fundamental problems with the prevailing conventional wisdom of fantasy baseball auction strategies. I consumer a lot of fantasy baseball content - blogs, podcasts, feeds, websites, books, magazines, etc. and consistently they all get it wrong when it comes to auction strategies. One of the prevailing strategies is to never nominate a player that you really want - sure, like what

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Game used baseball jerseys are a great collectible and fairly accessible way to own part of the game. Most baseball card sets will include limited run baseball cards with pieces of game used jerseys in them. eBay is positively littered with these cards. Alternatively, whole jerseys suitable for framing or wearing are readily available on eBay.In my search for game used baseball jerseys on eBay

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Baseball by Ken Burns is a legendary look at the game. Although many have called the accuracy of some of the finer points in to question to me it still speaks as baseball's definitive retrospective. It's been over 10 years since I've seen it but recently purchased a copy on eBay as a birthday treat.The Ken Burns classic really worked best for me during the early history of the game.

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T206 baseball cards are my favorite piece of baseball memorabilia. My collection is still only about 40-50 cards but I have sprinkled in a couple of Hall of Famers. I think the T206 baseball card series is so appealing because of their antiquity. Due to age alone they have some inherent value. Baseball is a sport steeped in tradition and T206 cards are a great way to connect with the heritage

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Joey Devine (shown 2006 Topps Heritage rookie card) was once a prized pitching prospect in the incomparable Braves system. After battling some minor injuries and control problems the hard throwing right hander finally made an impact at the big league level last year with a move to Oakland.One of the main reasons that I like Joey Devine this year is that Billy Bean is as sharp as the come. He

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This autographed Alex Rodriguez game used bat comes from his 520th career home run which he hit off of Hideo Nomo. It's asking price is well into the 5 figures on eBay but there are many options for collectors that want to add games used bats to their memorabilia collection.Aside from the Alex Rodriguez piece I found several other games used bats from other notable ballplayers like Dave Parker

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I love the idea of owning a piece of history like actual seats from Shea Stadium. The Mets have been in the process of selling Shea Stadium seats for the past several months and some are starting to make their way to eBay.The seats I've been able to find come in orange, blue, green, red and picnic benches. I never realized there where this may options at Shea even though I've been to the

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Ok so Jeff Clement was a complete fantasy baseball disaster last year once he got call up (pictured2008 Upper Deck Sweet Spot autographed rookie card), and I was dead wrong to Clement an 'elite rookie' in one of my posts last June. That said, in deep leagues and/or leagues that require 2 catchers (like the NFBC), Clement is one to watch this spring.The Mariners have nothing to loose right now so

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This Babe Ruth autographed baseball card is an intriguing piece of baseball memorabilia. Autographed baseball cards of long gone legends like this one are readily found on eBay and great way to add an incredible piece of history to your baseball collection. The card shown is from the 2008 SP Legendary Cuts. This Babe Ruth autographed baseball card is card 10 of 10 from this short run.There's

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While treasure hunting on eBay I found this cool Jose Reyes printing plate from Beckett Baseball Magazine. The plate is available at the Beckett Media Store and comes from the July 2007 issue featuring the Mets Jose Reyes. It is a single black plate so apparently the cyan, magenta and yellow are already sold.After autographs I think printing plates are among the coolest pieces of baseball

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Just when Juan Rivera (shown 2002 Bowman Heritage autographed baseball card) was getting his career on track a broken leg stole the majority of his 2007 fantasy season. Last year with the Angles he was in a platoon/rotation role which greatly limited his at bats. This year however, Juan Rivera should be a full time starter batting in the heart of the lineup - making Juan Rivera an excellent

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Broad Leaf backs are among the rarest of all the T206 baseball cards. A Rube Marquard Portrait in pretty poor condition went for $179.50 back on 1/19 on eBay. The catch is that this baseball card was graded PSA "Authentic". Not even poor, merely "authentic".I'm fortunate to have one Broad Leaf in my T206 baseball card collection. I'm even more proud of it now that I've seen one in this poor

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Once I started getting serious about fantasy baseball I needed some alternative resources to typical fantasy baseball magazines. When I got my first copy of Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster a few years ago it was a little tough to follow but eventually it started to click. I now view the Baseball Forecaster as perhaps the most essential fantasy baseball publication.Over the past several weeks

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Baseball season is around the corner but before MLB starts up we have the World Baseball Classic - WBC. Japan won the inaugural tournament in 2007 and I think the event will garner more interest this go around - especially since the USA didn't win.I'm a little concerned about the WBC's impact on fantasy baseball. Back in 2007 a lot of pitchers got off to rocky starts after pitching in the WBC.

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The Mets Jonathon Niese (pictured Binghamton Mets minor league baseball card) cruised through 2 levels in the minors last year and at times looked good in the bigs. He's likely to start out in AAA but has a shot to earn the 5th rotation spot headed into spring. Where Niese lands will dictate whether he's a draft day target or a sleeper to watch during the fantasy baseball season.The bulk of

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Jeff Francis (pictured in 2008 autographed Allen and Ginter baseball card), kind of sucks, was injured last year and pitches in a tough park - but it's sleeper time! Francis isn't the guy to build around but if you need a back of the rotation guy that can get better than league-average fantasy baseball stats with good matchups then he's something to look at.Even with last year's struggles his 3

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Alexi Casilla (pictured Bowman 2007 rookie baseball card) turns 25 mid-season and is primed for a breakout - of sorts. He's the starting 2nd baseman for the Twins and middle infield is generally thin. As such he's a strong recommend in deep fantasy leagues like the NFBC.In the minors he consistently displayed 50+ stolen base potential, but his nearly 600 big league ABs over three seasons have

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Carlos Guillen (1996 Bowman rookie baseball card) is a solid veteran and fantasy baseball staple but he seems to be getting forgotten. He just turned 33 so he's a little long in the tooth but Guillen should still have a few productive years left. Plus, he should qualify at 3B and 1B - I like a little versatility.Guillen is a career 290 hitter and has averaged 302 over the past 3 seasons - it

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I've never been a huge Clint Barmes guy (pictured 2003 Upper Deck rookie baseball card) but recently did a mock draft in preparation for the NFBC (National Fantasy Baseball Championship) and was stuck for a 2nd baseman. In desperation I picked up Barmes and decided to research further.Here's what I've got - he turns 30 this year so he's still in his prime and he has a chance to be the everyday

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I still think Ian Kennedy (pictured in autographed 2008 Ultimate Collection baseball card) is the best young pitcher in the Yankees organization and although he may not go into 2009 in the rotation I think he'll get there and have a lot of value in fantasy baseball. I know he got absolutely hammered in the big leagues last year but I'm willing to toss out those 40 innings as an adjustment

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Delmon Young (pictured Don Russ rookie baseball card) looks like a classic post-hype-sleeper for fantasy baseball in 2009. After tearing up the minors Young was suspended in 2007 after he threw a bat at a minor league umpire. Young's career took a surprise turn when the highly coveted prospect was traded to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Garza.1,300 at bats later and Delmon Young has yet to

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Anibal Sanchez was a big time pitching prospect with the Marlins just a few years ago and after a stellar rookie effort in 06 was sidelined with shoulder problems in 07 and much of 08. I like him as a sleeper because I think he has more or less been written off. Sure Sanchez's shoulder may not hold up and who's to say if he'll ever be the same again but for an end game fantasy baseball sleeper

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I had high hopes for Elijah Dukes as an up and coming fantasy baseball stud when I wrote about him last June - Elijah Dukes, Troubled Fantasy Baseball Star in the Making. While he showed flashes at times he never fully put it together due to injuries. The big question that last season answered for me is where his head was at. Dukes claimed to have rededicated himself to baseball and apparently

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Valuing T206 baseball cards is a fairly complex mater. Aside from the vast condition and grading systems the numerous backs and Hall of Famers add up to three complex variables when estimating the price of these vintage baseball cards.The T206 Museum has a T206 Baseball Card Pricing Formula that is pretty helpful. I use it as a guide when I'm thinking of bidding on a card in eBay. Simply take

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Even though Raul Ibanez (pictured Topps 1996 rookie baseball card) is a little long in the tooth I still think he represents excellent fantasy baseball value heading into the 2009 season. Ibanez turns 37 this season but I like the move to Philly and Citizens Bank Ballpark to help mitigate falloff in his production. Over the past 3 seasons he's averaged 26 HRs, 200+ runs+RBIs with a .290 batting

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The Fantasy Pros 911 has an awesome contest for aspiring fantasy baseball writers (and presumably half-witted fantasy baseball blogs like myself). The Great Fantasy Debate will be a weekly head to head blogging/writing contest between a 'league' of 12 contestants. The winner gets to be part of the writing staff in 2010.The 12 bloggers get divided into 2 divisions and will compete head to head

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I was a big fan of Graphical Player's 2008 edition and have been subscribed to John Burnson's weekly publication Heater Magazine for the past 2 seasons. Graphical Player 2009 is a full evolutionary step forward in fantasy baseball analysis and baseball statistics.One of the biggest enhancements is that they now show 3 full season for each players. The career MINER projections for over 100

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Bob over at Fantasy Baseball Dugout suggested I check out their site for fantasy baseball coverage and breaking baseball news. They blog gets updated frequently and they have great resources for fantasy baseball players including:2009 Player RankingsFantasy League Winning TipsFantasy Baseball Draft TipsOne of their most popular sections is Baseball's Hottest Wives. Pictured is Heidi DeRosa now

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Found a great Las Vegas 51s baseball cap at New Era's website. I'm not a fan of the Dodger's triple A affiliate due to the fact that I'm a Mets fan but I love the LGM (little green man logo) since I'm a science fiction fan. So I couldn't resist blowing some holiday cash to set myself up with one.This is a new alternate home hat is all black with a silver alien guy with bright neon green

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I was checking out Blog Talk Radio in search of some fantasy baseball podcasts and came across the Fantasy Baseball Roundtable. They have anywhere from 3-5 experts and cover the latest breaking news, discuss fantasy baseball strategy and breakdown and compare tons of players. Personally I like the format because everyone has a slightly different take so it's helpful in allowing me to formulate

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With 4 partial disappointing seasons under his belt most fantasy baseball owners have all but given up on Rickie Weeks (pictured in 2003 Leaf rookie baseball card), the former #2 overall pick. I got off his bandwagon prior to last season but now that Rickie Week's value is at an all time low I'm back on. I think he makes a tremendous middle infield option in all leagues but especially deep

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Disclosure - I hate jamming my utility spot early in fantasy baseball drafts. It really can hurt some opportunities to maximize value later in the draft or during the fantasy baseball season.That said I think David Ortiz (pictured in 1997 Fleer Ultra rookie card) has huge upside this season. Mock Draft Central currently has him going 49th which is a late 5th round pick in 10 team leagues and an

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My family got a Wii this Christmas from Visa Clause and Super Mario Sluggers is a blast if you're looking for a baseball video game.The basic plan is to go through different baseball stadiums that Bowser's army has taken over and unlock secrets, chase out the bad guys and sign up new players for your all star baseball team. You'll need to pass a special baseball challenge at each interaction but

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Some quick updates on Bloop Single as the 2009 baseball season approaches.First, no new T206 baseball cards lately - due primarily to lack of winning my fantasy baseball and football leagues this year - bummer.Second, I had started to log eBay results for T206 rare backed cards - American Beauty, Hindu, Cycle, etc. I found it to be a significant amount of work for the value that it was providing

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I friend of mine created a new site, The Girl’s Guide to Sports. The basic premise is to give female type people enough sports background info to be moderately fluent and therefore able to communicate with men (presumably husbands and boyfriends but this could clearly extend to the workplace and other areas). I think general coping skills are also discussed.Check out her post on the baseball

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Back in July I received an incredible email. Ed was in search of T206 baseball cards once owned by Howe McCormick. The baseball cards have McCormick’s distinctive Gainsville Florida stamp. Check out my original post for more detail on Ed’s incredible quest.I was excited to do a post to help Ed recreate McCormick’s T206 collection. Since this blog is part emarketing experiment I was curious to

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I do 2 fantasy baseball leagues every year, the NFBC and a ‘beer’ league on Sportsline with some friends of mine, click here for my post about my auction draft and if you’d like a laugh here is Part 1 NFBC Draft Results, Part 2 NFBC Draft Results, Part 3 NFBC Draft Results, and Part 4 NFBC Draft Results. Here are the results and some highs and lows.I came in 3rd in my Sportsline league, so I got

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It's been a while since I've posted Tolstoi's. Really looks like the market may be a little soft for T206s, if not all baseball cards. Check out the Bescher SGC 80 that only went for $316 - that's an exceptional card. Back in September the Joss PSA 6.5 went for more than $1,300. A PSA 2 Cobb pushed a grand but what's new. T206 McGraw New York HOF - Rare HiGrade Tolstoi ! PSA 6 8

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After winning the American League East with 97 wins the Tampa Bay Rays continue their push to their first World Series. I think I’m the only person in New Jersey that has a Carl Crawford Devil Rays Jersey (that’s right, not ‘Rays’, old school ‘Devil Rays’ circa 2007) which is going to get a lot of wear over the next several weeks.I’ve been making a living off of the Rays in fantasy baseball for

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While not confirmed if T206 baseball cards where distributed in these Drum cigarette wrappers I couldn’t help but check them out on eBay. I have no clue what these might fetch but for a tobacco era baseball card collector like T206s or T205s these seem like a great complimentary piece of accent memorabilia.Check out the latest Drum T206 baseball cards on eBay!

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Found this article today about Zack Hample, The Baseball Collector, and it reminded me of my buddy Chris – The Ultimate Baseball Collector. Not only did Zack get the final home run ball at Shea (courtesy of Carlos Beltran) but he caught 2 other historic baseballs last week at Yankee Stadium.Zack is open about his baseball shagging techniques – get a seat in the picnic area, watch batting

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Here are some Cycle T206s from the past few months. Check out the Tris Speaker pushing a grand – nice baseball card. He may have to be the next hall of famer I add to my collection but I may need a different back as that price is a tad rich. T206 Doc Crandall Cycle 460 GAI 8/10/08 $74 T206 T-206 Bliss - Rare HiGrade Cycle Back! PSA 6 EX-MT 8/10/08 $587 1909

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I first wrote about Strikeouts for Troops this past July and decided this is a topic worth promoting after receiving and email from John at USAA. I’m a big believer in doing as much as possible to help U.S. veterans and personally their needs are at the top of my non-profit causes. Presently I’m broke so for now I’ll blog, the fact that Strikeouts for Troops is promoted by Barry Zito and over

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I’m I big fan of the Las Vegas 51s gear especially caps. Being a big baseball fan and science fiction fan I practically have no choice in the matter. It cracks me up that a professional baseball team feature little green men on their hat.I was surfing the New Era site the other day and came across the Las Vegas 51s Pop color hat. Very cool with the black and green (as opposed to gray) LGM logo

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The PSA 6 McGraw is the highlight of this batch of T206 Tostois. Although the Cobb (red background) SGC 40 is a close runner up! T206 DICK HOBLITZELL 1910-1912 TOUGH TOLSTOI REDS PSA 1 7/17/08 $33 T206 Geirge Mullin 'With Bat' VG-EX Tolstoi Back! PSA 4 7/18/08 $86 T206 T 206 Jake Atz Tolstoi Back Rare(Portrait) SGC 40 7/19/08 $64 1909 T206

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This crop of American Beauty T206s features an absolutely exquisite Smith from Buffalo. Weighing in with a grade of SGC 80 the Smith card also features a ghost image - really a nice treat! T206 CRANDALL SCARCE AMERICAN BEAUTY AB 460 BACK SGC 40 7/19/08 $150 T206 AMERICAN BEAUTY TOM DOWNEY SCARCE BACK PSA 4.5 7/20/08 $203 T206 Charley Carr American Beauty

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BJ Upton (pictured 2008 Allen and Ginter Ripped baseball card) is killing my fantasy baseball team. He was benched last week for failing to run out a ground ball and after saying all the right things about the incident he pulled the same thing last night. Upton was pulled immediately and will sit today. The Rays are in the playoff hunt and if that’s not enough to motivate him to keep his head

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T206 Cycles have been far and few between. Check out the Stoney McGlynn PSA 7!!! That's a real gem. Granted $1,250 more than I have to spend on a baseball card at the moment, but given the scarcity and the fact that it's in better shape than many cards right out of the pack it's an exceptional find. T206 GASPER WITH SCARCE CYCLE 350 BACK! SGC 10 6/17/08 $29 T206 Cycle

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Somehow I don’t think we’ll see Johan Santana throwing the change up from the right side or Brandon Webb develop a lefty power sinker. That said, I’ve long wondered why there aren’t ANY switch pitchers. I would think they’d only have to develop a fastball they can keep down and a looping curve.Someone sent me this link of a switch pitcher in a minor league baseball game. The punch line here is

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There has been an absolute flood of T206s with Hindu backs lately. The Shaw pictured is one of the better specimens. T206 Woodie Thornton MK Hindu Southern League PSA 3 7/11/08 $214 T206 George Paige MK Hindu Southern League PSA 3 7/11/08 $236 T206 J.F. Kiernan MK Hindu Southern League PSA 3 7/11/08 $334 T206 Perry Lipe MK Hindu Southern

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My buddy Chris, AKA the Ultimate Baseball Collector, landed an autographed Ichiro Suzuki baseball to his collection. He went to a Blue Jays game early when the Mariners were in town and Ichiro was nice enough to give him an auto.This is a particularly nice piece for his collection given that Ichiro got his 3,000th hit last night which includes his playing in Japan. I think it would be great if

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Francisco Rodriguez (pictured Topps 2007 Turkey Red baseball card) is the quickest baseball player to 40 saves in the history of baseball. This shatters John Smoltz record by 16 games and poises K-Rod to capture the all-time single season save record of 57 held by the White Sox Bobby Thigpen.According to fantasy baseball magazine, Heater, K-Rod has a great shot. At his present pace Rodriguez

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After several Cy Young Award type seasons Chris Carpenter went under the knife last July for Tommy John surgery. The timetable for recovery is about a year just to pitch again and roughly another year to round back into form. It’s clear that Carpenter won’t be back to full pitching form this season but he did throw 63 pitches Sunday in a minor league rehab start and felt fine. He walked 4

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There have only been a handful of scarce Carolina Brights for T206 collectors over the past month or so. These are among the rarest of the T206 baseball cards with even an SGC 20 going for over $100. Dygert is the cream of this crop topping out at nearly $600. 1910 T206 Tobacco Wilson CAROLINA BRIGHTS back 6/8/08 $182 T206 Lavender CAROLINA BRIGHTS back 1st graded!

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Rich Harden (pictured 2005 Artifacts baseball card) has bounced back from a month on the DL this year and 3 injury riddled season to dominate major league hitting. Harden’s recent trade to the contending Cubs helps to intensify the NL Central’s intrigue this season.Fantasy baseball magazine Heater takes a look at Harden’s pitches with the help of the Pitchf/x chart. While Rich Harden’s fastball

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Safe at Home finally has some information about baseball cards display and storage. I’ve got a long way to go with Safe at Home but have uploaded actual content to a few pages. I wrote a lot about UV rays and how best to protect baseball cards so it’s just a matter of getting that published.At this point my goal is to get the rough draft of the content up by the end of this month, along with

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