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Correct me if I'm wrong but it seemed like a few years ago it was basically Wood, Clement, Prior and a few bullpen guys - seems now like the entire team is attending.

Sox game was more fun - mainly because it was Jimmy freaking Edmonds that was doing it.

Maybe I'm [expletive], but didn't this board used to have a flashchat? If it still does, where in gods name do I find it?

quick score update?

Worst on TV at the moment The worst ad on TV at the moment and maybe ever, is the Olive Garden pass our plates to the left ad. Awful. that commercial is insipid. This one is painful, obnoxious, stupid, and pointless. This may be regional, but the "he went to Jared's" jewelry commercials are by far the most annoying ads airing.

Only problem is, Wood doesn't sound like he's anything near close to returning. And I mean, who misses a month with a blister? Honestly? Kerry Wood I guess. And I was roundly mocked in the Kerry Wood thread when I said "And so it begins." Guess I'm not so stupid after all, am I boys? Do you want an honest response to this question?

Ron: ROB DRAKE. Cmonnnnn. Rob..aww...Drake. Boy, he's bad.

Something like that. I never get tired of hearing my cousin being upset, and surprised that either Hampton or Chipper is hurt.

I'm a homer considering he's from my hometown - but Casey is completely underrated IMO.

Can you and Derwood just put each other on ignore already? The snide remarks back and forth are getting really old. i, for one, actually enjoy reading their remarks to each other. +1

YEA RIGHT WEVE HEARD THIS BEFORE

Folks get rich all the time exploiting market efficiencies. Sounds to me like a person could do pretty well buying the Mariner cards on eBay and reselling them on sportscardforum.com, and buying Yankee/RedSox/Cub product on sportscardforum.com and reselling it on eBay. Heck you could even create eBay listings for cards you don't actually possess (a Soto or an Ellsbury or whatever), but knew you could source quickly and easily for a given price, with the opening bid set X% over your cost. If a bid comes in, then you go get the card, even probably even before the auction ends. Of course, I'm sure this business model has been examined already. :P Problem is, it only takes once or twice of getting the rug pulled out from under you to get booted off eBay. It's against their TOS to sell things you don't own - so if something gets a bid, and you go to purchase, and it's gone - Youd better hope you have time to cancel the listing or you're going to wind up with negative feedback, and likely a report. Then there is always relying on a 3rd parties ship-time, as it reflects on you. Bear in mind that after ebay and paypal fees, you would likely need to be picking up at least $6-10 in gross profit to make even a couple bucks - and then you have to decide how much trouble $3-4 is worth to you. We do lots of drop-shipping from other locations - and other people's errors quickly leave you in a bad spot.

Then where should you sell to? Oh, and if I'm you, I'm holding on to that card until Santo passes and ideally makes it into the HOF. There's plenty of message boards you can deal on. The one I use is http://www.sportscardforum.com There are several reasons not to sell on Ebay... 1) Unless it's a very high value card or a very popular player, there's no guarantee the card will sell for what you want it to sell for. I put two cards up on Ebay at the same time. One was a David Price autographed card numbered out of 50 (only 50 made) that booked for $100 at the time. I also had a Josh Vitters auto numbered out of 275 (or something) that booked for $60 at the time. The Price sold for $23.50, the Vitters sold for $26.50. 2) Seller fees were increased. A lot of card buyers and sellers on ebay were upset. A LOT. It even got so far as an attempt to organize a boycott. You sell a card for $80, you're gonna pay $5-$10 in seller fees, not including the $3-$5 you spent setting it up to promote it (bold lettering, highlighted search result, etc). At least that's what happened to me. 3) Your expensive card of the next big prospect in the Mariners farm system or whatever, won't sell for crap. Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs. Players on these teams will always sell for more money and far more often than any other team's players. Prime example, that David Price vs. the Josh Vitters. Yankees and Red Sox cards are ridiculous. After Joba's amazing debut of 24 innings, his cards were some of the most valuable cards in Beckett price guides and THE most valuable cards on Ebay. East coast bias exists in the world of baseball card collecting as well. Naturally, Geovany Soto cards are a hot commodity, rightfully so Those are my least favorite. Buying is good. But beware of fake patch cards. If you want to sell, try that forum I linked to, I deal on there and not only is it a good place to gauge interest on cards, but you don't have to pay seller fees, which is big. Plus they have almost anything you could be looking for. If you want it, chances are someone's got it Correct. The fees are god awful(I'm #2 at a company that sells on eBay, were all too familiar with what theyre doing), and if you start something at .99 you have a good shot at it selling for that. The card collecting hobby is definately not mainstream as of late, not many people are collecting - they're unloading. I looked online when I had a bunch of NBA rookie cards (kidd, kobe, etc) and the prices they would go for on eBay were terrible versus websites. It's a good place to buy them though.

http://www.armchairgm.com/Jerry_Hillebrand

If you collect cards, shop on eBay. Dont ever sell. I was finding my uncle's old NFL cards for my father's christmas present, found all of them in a week - and an issue of Pro Football Magazine with him on the cover that no one in the family knew existed.

Quote for truth. This is the braintrust I want running my team.

I think you're missing the entire point. It's annoying how some people are downplaying what Hamilton went through because it was "self-inflicted" or because his family life was stable beforehand. Actually, it's not just annoying, it's flat our wrong. Yeah, he did it to himself, but that doesn't make addiction something he could just shake off. It's a disease. "Nobody says, "foresooth Mitch, you have lupus!" He wants to use his story to influence other people that have gotten hooked on drugs or alcohol. He's proven that, no matter how low you get, you can shake it off and get back to the top. Have you honestly heard anyone present the story in a way that says "don't worry guys, you can take drugs and it'll all still be ok?" You'd have to be a complete moron to take that out of this story. Like I said earlier, I can understand being sick of the story, but a lot of these complains are idiotic. Can you imagine treating a recovering addict like this? "Yeah, that's great that you saved your life, Big deal, it was all your fault anyway." That's awful. Awesome rationalization. Suicidal drug addicts should be elevated and adored by the media, especially if you entertain us. I expect more George Bush love on this forum from this day forward. LOL. Good joke friend.

I think it's time that "FREE DUBOIS" made it's way back into sigs.

No wai. You could just have sex with the game on in the background. If you want to watch, just switch positions.

if the cubs are close to winning the world series i'm calling out of work and driving to chicago. i'm not missing that party. I'll meet you there, Truffle. Bow-chicka-wow-wow

I like Mike. I dont know if I "pinch hit him in the bottom of the ninth" like him, but it could be worse. http://i.a.cnn.net/si/images/baseball/mlb/players/6219.jpg

Bedard is out until the 21st: http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=MLB&id=3449

Because they're usually wrong and he starts a ton of them? Explain how he is wrong? Has his strike out gone up the last two weeks? Are not most of those pitches on the outside corner? It should be interesting to see how KF monitors and adjusts Annnnd pot leaps to the defense of kettle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnMDrv8Mx3E

I liked the signing then, and I like it more now. The fact that people have irrational hatred for him just makes me pull harder for him. If he keeps up the way he has been, I may just get an Edmonds shirt.