13 days ago by lonestarr

Get excited, it’s finally time to do a box breakdown. This is for 2008 Donruss Threads Baseball, if you didn’t catch the title of the post. I’m sure there’s plenty of reviews & stuff out there already, so I’ll make the summary bit short & sweet. 24 packs per box 5 cards per pack 4 hits per box (at l ...

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16 days ago by Bill Jordan

Image by aquarian librarian via Flickr Even though the Washington Nationals don’t have their own baseball history and Washington D.C. is not known as a hub for baseball traditionalists and major fans of America ’s pastime, their stadium just may be one of the best in the league. Nationals Stadium is ...

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16 days ago by Bryan Kamenetz

The Second World War devastated much of Europe and Asia, and cost millions of lives. It drew heavily upon the resources of the United States, both in personnel and industrially. Major League Baseball was no exception to that. Many promising careers were cut short: Cecil Travis never again came withi ...

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18 days ago by Johanna Wagner

Contributed by Ryan Campbell Events 1962 – Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are voted in to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. 1975 – Ralph Kiner exceeds the 75% threshold by one vote to gain entry to the Hall of Fame on his final attempt. Deaths 1989 – George Case, a 3 time All-Star ...

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19 days ago by Michael W

There were 63 starting pitchers from the 1940s who pitched in at least 200 games. If a player does not appear on the list, he either didn’t reach 200 games or I consider him a pitcher from the 1930s or the 1950s. I wrote separate articles on the 10 best starting pitchers from the 1930s and the 1950s ...

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22 days ago by league of perverted gentlemen

Annually, the city of Cleveland has the longest football offseason of any of 31 NFL cities. The offseason in Cleveland runs from mid-October (when the Browns are mathmatically eliminated) through late-July (when their team begins Clown Camp). There is a brief lapse in late-April when the Browns late ...

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22 days ago by Masgol

Las manos más polémicas es un repaso fotográfico, desde Diego Maradona frente a Inglaterra hasta Thierry Henry frente a Irlanda: http://www.elpais.com/fotogaleria/manos/polemicas/elpgal/20091119elpepu_1/Zes/1 El ftbol an se debate entre esa tendencia del purismo, como si el fuera de lugar que es otr ...

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23 days ago by Johanna Wagner

Events 1950 – Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller suggests he should receive a pay cut after a disappointing season. The Indians oblige and decrease his salary $20,000 to $45,000. 1973 – The Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda to be their Designated Hitter, the first player ever signed with th ...

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23 days ago by Nick Otte

On this day in 1950, Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller made an unprecedented request to the team’s front office. Feller, who had posted a mediocre 15-14 record in the previous season, suggested that he take a pay cut and decrease his annual salary to $45,000 a year. The Indians obliged and gave F ...

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25 days ago by Bob Lazzari

Has anyone out there seen ANYTHING uglier so far in 2010 than the UCONN women’s 91-24 thrashing of Seton Hall a couple of weeks ago–a game in which the losing squad shot 9-for-52 (17%) from the field? I haven’t seen anything THAT ugly since a former roommate of mine at Fordham tried dancing with the ...

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