javy knows my name

or FonteYes

Wth is this?

So is it better to sell to brick-and-mortar stores instead? If not, where does the high book value come from?

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 Thanks for the info. I've been out of the card-trading game for a long time. So just for the sake of clarification, if I have the next hot Ian Kennedy card, could I capitalize on the east coast bias and get an ebay bid price significantly over market/Beckett value? Or are you just saying that you'll get a fairer price if you have a large market team's prospect's card versus a small market one?

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.

Adding Cain and losing Hardy is a lateral move at best for this year. Who would the Brewers have playing SS if Hardy were dealt? Most likely Alcides Escobar, who'd be a defensive upgrade over Hardy, but a huge offensive downgrade. His presence in the lineup would mean a huge black hole from spots 7-9 (Escobar, Kendall, Pitcher). Knowing Ned, though, they would bring up Escobar and make him sit on the bench while Counsell plays every day, since Counsell is such a gritty battling gamer. ](*,) Can someone confirm this? Hardy is a pretty stellar defensive SS.

cooooooool.

Lou probably had to make a deal to give him a foot rub for a week or something. Because you know that Lou has to handle him with kids gloves. It's that fragile psyche of his and all. I don't like your new name wringley23 :scratch: I was being facetious. The "kids gloves" and "fragile psyche" thing was taken directly from a wrigley23 post about Soriano. Hmm, I thought I was pretty obvious given that I quoted Derwood's post. He was being facetious as well, I think

Do you have down syndrome? God damn, you're stupid. Yeah; he sure is stupid

This is the weirdest effing thing I've ever read.

If you want some guidelines, read El Caballo's posts and then do the opposite. Welcome

I think this goes without saying

Yeah, this. I don't think it's possible to have a "glaring hole" on the bench.

I'm actually pretty surprised he took the assignment, too

Miguel Tejada

If Alex Gonzalez is wrong, I don't want to be right

As Americans, we have a culture of "it'll NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN." It's in every facet of society, from the workplace to the classroom to sports and everywhere else. It's the main reason zero tolerance policies take effect and you hear about the occasional first grader who faces expulsion for bringing a plastic butter knife to school in his lunch bag. After the "atrocity" of the tie game a few years back, Selig and the owners banded together and said "IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN, DAMMIT!" and came up with this rule where Adrian Gonzalez could homer off of George Sherrill and it would win the game and determine where two completely different teams play the World Series. Brilliance, Bud! Sheer brilliance! I think you're sort of right. There is no doubt that the outcome of The Tie is the reason that they're doing this. But I think this move was more to increase the popularity of the ASG, and maybe even win back those it lost after Miller Park (like EVERYONE who followed the Brewers during Selig's ownership), rather than ensure the game gets played to completion. The ASG hadn't mattered for years and years and this was a way to have it directly an impact the baseball season. Making sure the game gets completed is as simple as not calling it until it's done.

Oh snap IMB just dropped some knowledge on our asses

Earlier this summer on MJH, Plesac claimed that Marquis had the best stuff on our staff. Mac about had a coronary and I haven't listened to him since

I like how you combined "practical" and "testicle." And to be honest, I wouldn't put it past Dempster to do the same.

I loved Prior's :cry: Kevin Brown's was really interesting, too Lincecum beats all Hate the submariners: B-K Kim and especially Bradford

Which was exactly my point. We aren't out of the woods yet because LR may still see a problem that needs fixing. I do not, I thought I made that clear.

I can't believe I'm adding more to this thread, but there's a camp that maintains that Hamilton had a support group in Cincy that put him on the right track. Had he stayed in Tampa Bay, or drafted by the Cubs who had no intention of picking him because he was too much of a gamble and not good value at the time , he may have never cleaned himself up.

This. Even given the slight chance that this has anything to do with mental makeup, many on the board seem sure that his mechanics could go again at any time. Ankiel-like playoff collapses are the exception, not the rule. If the guy gets it together, he's going to keep it together as long as he stays with what's working and completely ignores Rothschild. On a related note, does anyone know if Hill's new mechanics feature a quicker move to the plate? If not, we may not be out of the woods yet.

Yup, so the NL has the advantage the first 3 innings. I'm just worried about a close game in the 8th inning having to deal with Ryan Ludwick and Nate McClouth hitting. Good point but I have to think Jeter will be allowed to suck for at least four, possibly five innings