List/Grid Monthly Archives: August 2011
Looking Back: 1991 Fleer Baseball
For my previous “Looking Back” segments, I selected a few baseball card sets that were appealing to me, for different reasons. This column details my thoughts on what I consider…
A Few Simple Tips to Make eBaying Work Better
I talk a lot about eBay because I get the majority of my single cards from the popular auction website. I wasn’t quite what one would consider a charter member…
Upper Deck Gives Five More Employees the Axe
Just got this email from a newly unemployed Upper Decker, a PR employee who worked for the company for 14 years. The layoffs came just about a month after the…
Looking Back: 1981 Fleer Baseball
Collecting the first of something can often be productive, if not financially rewarding down the line as an investment. The 1981 Fleer and Donruss baseball card sets were glaring exceptions…
Royals Fans: Enjoy Eric Hosmer While You Can
Kansas City Royals fans should catch Eric Hosmer while they can. Meanwhile, the New York Yankees are just biding their time, waiting for Hosmer to become eligible for arbitration and/or…
Sam McDowell’s ‘Incomplete’ Game
There’s little question that 1970 was Sam McDowell’s finest year in the majors. That year, the Cleveland southpaw reached the 20-win plateau for the first and only time in his…
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