What Is Your Favorite And Worse Baseball Player On The Sf Giants?

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 9:41 pm

Favorite: Tim Lincecum. How can you not love that kid? Also Barry Zito's a cool cat but he's been awful this year
Least favorite: Barry "Balco" Bonds. It's just too easy

What Hall Of Fame Baseball Player Woud Help Your Team The Most?

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 3:50 pm

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the way they played in there prime

What Is The Name Of The Baseball Player Who In An Interview Said ” First I Tried To Hit It Like So Hard”?

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 3:50 pm

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vernen wells

Can Someone Please Tell Me What Baseball Player I Most Represent.?

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 9:41 am

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1) I am a contact hitter and will occasionaly hit for power.
2) My speed is ok. I am not too fast but i am not slow, I have decent speed.
3) I have a good eye and I am a decent fielder.

Who Is The Best High School Baseball Player From Nd?

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 at 9:41 pm

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Tyler Lundy of Minot, Zac Elgie of Minot, Jake Landry of Grand Forks, Tom Ebert of Fargo, Andy Leer of Williston, or Josh Lagein of Devils Lake?

How Does Free Agency Work In Major League Baseball?

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 at 3:55 pm

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This might be a broad question, but I'm curious how it's done in MLB. I've been following the Brewers for a while, and I notice that all but five players have contracts that end this season. I look at other teams and notice similar things. I'm not sure how it works, especially with minor league teams and other factors also involved. Can anyone provide a good explanation?
By the way, here is the source I used for finding Brewers contract lengths, which also has pages for every MLB team.http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01…

Barry Halper Collection of Baseball Memorabilia

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 at 11:14 am

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Barry Halper Collection of Baseball Memorabilia

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"By pursuing his avocation with the ferocity and determination of Ty Cobb stretching a two-base hit into a triple, Barry Halper assembled the world's largest and most significant private collection on baseball, an achievement that should be ranked with the great American collections of the American century...." This quote from Sotheby's auction catalog underscores the importance of Barry Halper, not only to the sports-memorabilia world but also to baseball history. During a 50-year stretch, Halper gathered over 100,000 items from the great game, including a 1912 World Series program signed by "Smokey" Joe Wood and President Woodrow Wilson, a ticket stub from the Lou Gehrig memorial game, and Mickey Mantle's 1956 Triple Crown Trophy. The entire legendary lot was offered in two separate auctions in 1999: one live at Sotheby's New York headquarters and the other via the Internet at http://www.sothebys.amazon.com.

The handsome, slipcased catalog includes three volumes highlighting the event. The first two contain over 2,000 photographs (most in color), plus detailed descriptions and estimated auction prices of the items; the items are divided into 16 sale sessions arranged chronologically and by theme. The third volume examines the history of baseball and includes a timeline of the sport's past as well as essays written by Yogi Berra, Ted Williams, and others. An essential resource for bidders, this catalog also makes an outstanding addition to any sports fan's library. --Andy Boynton

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Halper's collection

Review Date: August 5, 2005

Reviewer: Professor Rowe, North Colorado

The pictures are indeed magnificent, however, I must demur about the accompanying text which does not provide appropriate, tightly written or in some instances, historically accurate information.

Wonderful pictures and attention to detail

Review Date: January 1, 2001

Reviewer: A music fan, San Mateo, CA USA

This is an incredible reference, especially for uniforms. The pictures and detail are amazing, and you can generally tell what people thought was real, and what people did not from looking at the prices. The attention to detail in the descriptions is really helpful in identifying stuff today. I wish there were more photos, and sometimes I wish there was an acknowledgement of some of the controversey surrounding some of the items. I really am in awe of the folks who put together this beautiful book, and the incredible pictures. I think this is a great starting point for anyone collecting seriously.

Incredible Pictoral History of the Artifacts of the Game

Review Date: August 17, 2000

Reviewer: Harold T. Boblitt, Louisville, KY USA

Only one word describes the catalog set.....INCREDIBLE. As a life-long baseball fan, collector, dealer, etc, this set of catalogs, pictures in beautiful crystal clear color, many of the artifacts of America's National Pasttime. Many people were upset at Halper for breaking this collection up. Contratry to that opinion, I believe breaking the collection up allowed SO many people to share in the history of the game. Five million dollars worth of collectibles were purchased by MLB for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Twenty two million dollars worth were auction in the Sotheby's auction and an unknown amount on amazon.sothebys.com. These catalogs contain relics from every facet of the game......baseball cards dating back to the 1880's.....team and individual photos dating back even farther.....uniforms, bats, balls, gloves from nearly every hall of famer......personal trophies like triple crown, Cy Young, MVP and so much more. Nowhere will you find such a book that illustrates why Baseball is woven through the fabric of America than this catalog. The lot descriptions are carefully crafted to be both a history lesson and a thought (and pocketbook) provoking snapshot of baseball. Never again will there be such a collection amassed. No one has the access to players and probably the funds to acquire such a collection....you get a glimpse at everything important about baseball. Everything good about baseball.....you forget about the strike of 1994, you forget about the high paid cry babies of today and remember the guys that played the game for one reason.....the love of the game. There was team loyalty, work ethics, and so much more that baseball and America as a whole is sometimes seriously lacking today. Spend the bucks.....you won't regret it......

Indispensable for the true baseball memorabilia collector

Review Date: April 26, 2000

Reviewer: John J. Juliano, Germantown, MD, USA

This is the Hall of Fame of baseball memorabilia, without equal. Halper had put together a collection of almost every baseball-related item that could be collected, and these catalogues display most of that collection, including lots of items that you never would have thought even existed. The pictures of the items are terrific, and are worth the price just by themselves. But in addition, this post-auction printing also includes the final bid prices for items in the auction, so it seves as an excellent "price guide" for rare and unusual material - memorabilia you certainly won't find in Beckett's guides or other more generic price references. And, for those of us that think of some of the final bid amounts in terms of hefty mortgages rather than hobby expenses (e.g., $305,000 for a Lou Gehrig jersey!) the book is great fodder for dreams, however unattainable they may be...

Who Was The Baseball Player That Met With George Mitchell?

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 at 3:43 am

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was it David Segui i want the one that talked to him but not name any names i think it was an oriole. Maybe Jay gibbons?