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IfbBirdsCards
Posts: 836
Joined: Aug 2017
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| Sunday, December 10, 2017 8:05 PM | |
My dad is a Tigers fan, so he’s estatic.
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#2 Bowie Baysox, #12 Trey Mancini, & #3 Austin Wynns collector on the site. Also expanding my hockey, MMA, and Hofstra alumni collection. Collecting cards since 2011 (Age 8). -Ian |
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switzr1
Posts: 6,332
Joined: Dec 2013
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| Sunday, December 10, 2017 8:19 PM | |
I have a similar setup to V3 and will be transferring my Morris and Trammell cards to my HOF binder, but not until they are officially enshrined. They aren't HOFers yet.
Edited on: Dec 10, 2017 - 8:20PM
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I'm going to reevaluate how I collect after the new year. It's just getting way too expensive for the new stuff. Sometimes I just want to buy a pack, not a whole box or even blaster. |
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Vvvergeer
Posts: 2,058
Joined: Jan 2014
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| Sunday, December 10, 2017 8:40 PM | |
Yeah, I know. But I geek out right away. And I’ve heard of no cases where a player’s status was revoked between the voting and enshrinement.
And I really needed a baseball card project.
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Vvvergeer
Posts: 2,058
Joined: Jan 2014
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| Sunday, December 10, 2017 8:46 PM | |
Jimetal,
I was pleased to see that Willie Hernandez, while he did rank high at times, did not ever beat out either Trammell or Morris. But I hated Willie Hernandez. As far as I could see, his primary purpose in life was to come in for the Cubs and blow big leads so Lee Smith could come in and get the save. Then he went to Detroit and won a bloody Cy Young/MVP. Sheesh.
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switzr1
Posts: 6,332
Joined: Dec 2013
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| Sunday, December 10, 2017 8:57 PM | |
Not a criticism of your method. Maybe it came across that way.
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I'm going to reevaluate how I collect after the new year. It's just getting way too expensive for the new stuff. Sometimes I just want to buy a pack, not a whole box or even blaster. |
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jimetal7212
Posts: 5,009
Joined: Dec 2016
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| Sunday, December 10, 2017 9:30 PM | |
So what your saying is that he is the root cause of the issues with Tigers bullpens over the last fews years. Yeah, he won something but before long the curse lingered again. I was only 10 at the time and focused solely on the Red Sox (oh the days before national cable...), but still remember the uproar over him winning those awards.
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Vvvergeer
Posts: 2,058
Joined: Jan 2014
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| Sunday, December 10, 2017 9:56 PM | |
No, no. Didn’t take it as a criticism at all. I always feel slightly guilty updating within hours of the voting, to be honest. Just can’t help myself.
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jimetal7212
Posts: 5,009
Joined: Dec 2016
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| Monday, December 11, 2017 6:15 AM | |
And Simmons only missed by one vote I just saw.
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Brimose
Posts: 269
Joined: Mar 2015
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| Monday, December 11, 2017 9:26 AM | |
I'm happy for Simmons getting so close. He played in an era that just had way too many good catchers, but he deserves some attention. I'm also ok with him not getting in, because he would probably be considered one of the weakest catchers in the Hall if he did make it. If he makes the cut next time he's up for eligibility, I'd applaud the effort for sure.
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Splinter_9
Posts: 745
Joined: Sep 2013
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| Monday, December 11, 2017 10:59 AM | |
Ironic that one of the most overrated players of the 80s and one of the most underrated players of the 80s go into the Hall together.
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A man has to have goals — for a day, for a lifetime — and that was mine, to have people say, "There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived." |
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