A Take on Iannetta

Courtesy of Purple Row:

Now All of America is learning how dreamy Chris Iannetta is

Rock Drive

h/t: Purple Row

Ahh, That's Better

Well, I managed to scrap together the remnants of Tulo Trader and it looks like it is back together for the most part. I'm going to go ahead and let you know that I'll probably continue this hiatus until the start of the regular season.

To all of you with whom I have trades pending... they'll be on the way shortly. Thanks for bearing with me.

Happy trading...

- J.C.F.

Whoops!

Boy did I screw up! It looks like Tulo Trader has officially died. Somehow I deleted it all on accident, but might be able to get it back up. It wasn't much of a blog in the past few months, but I was really hoping to get things rolling again.

I'll see if I can save it, but who knows...

Also, I've changed email addresses and can be reached at JCFMedia@gmail.com. Hopefully we'll be back online soon!

The Latest...

The real world is a #&*%.

The blog is hurting right now, but one day soon I'll be back. In the meantime you can reach me at a new email address as I'm still trading.

Feel free to shoot me a message at JCFMedia@gmail.com

Hope all is well and the economy isn't affecting you and your hobby too bad!

That's all I got...

- J.C.F.

Pack Break: 2008 UD Masterpieces Baseball (Retail) II

Pack no. 2 of my eventual set completion of 2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces. I'm a junkie for this stuff.

Here we go:

78 - Barry Zito

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With a Cy Young Award and three MLB All-Star Game selections on his side entering 2007, Zito was an obvious choice to become the third pitcher in Giants history to make his first start with the squad on Opening Day.

I was pretty scared to see Zito join the NL 'Worst' in 2007, but his first year with the team was less than stellar. It's unfortunate to see an individual with such great talent fall off like Zito did. The curveball he had in 2006 was absolutely disgusting.



9 - Brooks Robinson

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The honors piled up for Robinson during the 1966 campaign as he was named the MLB All-Star Game MVP, earned a Gold Glove Award and was also the recipient of the prestigious Lou Gehrig Memorial Award.

I grew up an Orioles fan and to pull Baltimore greats like Brooks Robinson and Jim Palmer in back-to-back packs is fine by me. Keep 'em comin'!

38 - Lance Berkman

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It's extremely common for Astros fans to witness Berkman jogging around the bases on his way to home plate. After all, the first baseman had 259 HRs through 2007 - the third highest total in Astros history.

30 - Matt Holliday

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There wasn't much the opposition could do against Holliday from 9/9-9/20/2007 as with his 11 roundtrippers in that 12-game span he joined Alex Rodriguez as the only other player to have that many HRs in 12 games.

I wrote a little bit about this card on Thursday when paying homage to 'Big Daddy.'

8 down, 112 to go! Love this stuff.

That's all I got...

- J.C.F.

Pack Break: 2008 UD Masterpieces Baseball (Retail)

One retail pack of '08 Upper Deck Masterpieces. Four cards per pack at $2.99, straight from Target to the blog:

36 - Miguel Cabrera

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After spending five star studded seasons with the Marlins, Cabrera made his much-anticipated debut with the Tigers on Opening Day 2008 (3/31), and he immediately responded with a big fly in Detroit.





8 - Jim Palmer

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Making his first Fall Classic start at the age of just 20 in 1966, Palmer didn't display signs of nerves in Game 2 as he had a complete-game 6-0 shutout against the Dodgers. Baltimore went on to a World Series title sweep that year.



51 - Justin Morneau

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With Joe Mauer taking home the AL batting title in 2006, Morneau was just as impressive on the year with the first baseman posting a .559 slugging percentage with 37 doubles and winning the Most Valuable Player Award.





37 - Hanley Ramirez

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Ramirez continued to excel throughout 2007 as he clubbed a career-high 29 roundtrippers with 81 RBI, and the native of the Dominican Republic provided an assist to the Marlins by suiting up for 151 games at shortstop.




Yankee Stadium Legacy, Game 2938 - Yogi Berra

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Berra not only appeared in a record 14 different Fall Classics but also played in the most World Series games (75) and has the most World Series hits (71). Twelve of those hits were Hrs, which also helped him accumulate 41 runs and 39 RBI.





It's always nice getting the bonus of a Yankee Stadium Legacy card. Four cards down, 116 to go!

That's all I got...

- J.C.F.