Archive for October, 2008

World Series: Praying For Resolution

Posted in Newspaperman with tags , , , , , , , , , , on October 28, 2008 by Cardboard Icons

Something just isn’t right about the way this World Series is going. I’m a die-hard baseball fan but have not watched an entire game. Shame on me, I know, but there are other priorities in my life, such as keeping my pregnant wife happy. She’s already sat through 11 postseason games this month, all of the ones in which the Red Sox played, so I could not put her through an entire World Series, especially one in which the two teams are those that we do not have a vested interest.

But Monday night I decided to tune in and watch what could have been the deciding game. As it turned out all I saw was a public shower.

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Card of the Day: 2000 Upper Deck Legends Legendary Game Jerseys Roger Clemens

Posted in Card of the Day with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 28, 2008 by Cardboard Icons

Long before the game-used jersey became common place, it was a treat to pull one from a pack or purchase on eBay such a card of your favorite player. In 2000, I received my first Roger Clemens game-used jersey, and it cost me only $40. Read more »

Sons of Anarchy + Guitar Hero = Less Card Business

Posted in Newspaperman with tags , , , , , , , , , on October 27, 2008 by Cardboard Icons

I’m a bad blogger. Between six episodes of “Sons of Anarchy” and obtaining my copy of recently released “Guitar Hero: World Tour,” (XBOX 360) I’ve not really had a chance to sit down and fumble with cards this weekend. I tried to promise myself, and my wife, that I’d stay as far away from the computer as possible for a good 24 hours. That said, here I am Monday morning without a Card of the Day. My apologies.

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Card of the Day: 1997 Bowman’s Best International Preview Atomic Refractor Mariano Rivera

Posted in Card of the Day with tags , , , , , , , , , , on October 26, 2008 by Cardboard Icons

Refractors are a beautiful thing. In their basic form the refractor coating on the card catches the light in a certain way, and suddenly every man has an appreciation for the colors of the rainbow. OK, that’s a little fru-fru, but you know it’s true. Refractors look awesome. But in 1997 the Topps company started a new refractor, the Atomic Refractor, something very similar to today’s X-Fractor. Read more »

Awesomely Bad Rap Scene From The 80s

Posted in Newspaperman with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 25, 2008 by Cardboard Icons

So as I was writing my short Joe Young piece this morning, my wife was watching television and stumbled upon a really bad movie from 1989 called “Teen Witch.” The movie was horrid, and she knew it. Hell, Comcast gave it ONE STAR. But she decided to check it out for a few moments. And because many movies from the ’80s are like crack, it was an instant addiction. I managed to avoid most of the movie, but there was one scene that got me out of the office and into the living room:

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