DeWayne Buice was born in 1957 in Lynwood, California. Buice was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played two seasons for the California Angels and part of a season for the Toronto Blue Jays. He was awarded Pitcher of the Year and Rolaids Relief Man in 1987. Buice is one of only six pitchers [...]
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Hobby News – The Saturday Edition
Posted by admin on February 27th, 2010
Card companies continue to pull out all the stops in 2010. After the recent news of Topps Million Card Giveaway, another Topps product has released exciting informaiton of its own. UFC’s President Dana White has announced on Twitter that Topps has randomly inserted 10 autographed cards in its newest release that will win one lucky [...]
Golden Three-Peat!
Posted by admin on February 26th, 2010
The Canadian women’s hockey team have done it again. Led by an 18-year-old scoring phenom and a 23-year-old goalie who was considered as nothing more than a back-up just a few months ago, Canada skated to a 2-0 victory over their rivals from the United States and seized its third straight Olympic gold medal. Marie-Philip [...]
Owning The Podium… Finally!
Posted by admin on February 25th, 2010
It was a red letter day for Canada at the Olympics with 1 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze. All of medals won by women! A gold and a silver in the bobsleigh. A silver in short-track speed skating relay. And most impressively, a bronze medal from Clara Hughes, her sixth career Olympic medal spanning [...]
Product Preview – 2009-10 ITG Between The Pipes
Posted by admin on February 24th, 2010
2009-10 Between The Pipes from In The Game will continue to deliver an incredible array of game-used memorabilia cards and autographs for goaltender collectors. Goalies have always been, and will always be, a hobby cornerstone. Due to their popularity, Between The Pipes features more goalie autograph cards and memorabilia card than anywhere else in the [...]
Upcoming NHL Hobby Box Release Dates
Posted by admin on February 23rd, 2010
Listed below is the new release schedule for In The Game and Upper Deck releases. As you can see, there is a log-jam in May, especially on May 25th, 2010. This probably means that OPC Premier or UD Be A Player will be pushed back further. There is no information available yet on UD The [...]
Hobby Reading Material – The Card
Posted by admin on February 22nd, 2010
It is the most valuable piece of cardboard in the whole world. The T206 Honus Wagner PSA 8 NM-MT was printed in 1909 to be included in cigarettes from the American Tobacco Company. The card was most recently sold to a collector for over $2,000,000. According to “The Card: Collectors, Con Men, and the True [...]
Sunday Fun-Day Fun-Facts
Posted by admin on February 21st, 2010
John Allen and Lewis Ginter of Richmond, Virginia formed a tobacco manufacturing firm called Allen and Ginter in 1875. They created and marketed the first cigarette cards for collecting and trading. The cards in the series include notables such as Charles Comiskey, Cap Anson, Jack Glasscock, and Buffalo Bill. The company offered a prize for [...]
Hobby News – The Saturday Edition
Posted by admin on February 20th, 2010
Topps Unveils The Million Card Giveaway In 2010 Topps Baseball Series 1 Topps has unveiled its first exclusive MLB product with 2010 Topps Baseball Series 1. As part of this year’s product release, Topps is truly putting all of their cards on the table. Topps has scoured their vaults and is making available over one [...]
Video Vault – ITG Superlative with Dr. Brian Price
Posted by admin on February 19th, 2010
In this interview from about two years ago, Al Muir and Eric Jahnke interview Dr. Brian Price at the National in Chicago. Dr. Price discusses ITG Superlative and ITG Ultimate and the difficulties in making vintage memorabilia cards available to the public. Many In The Game products are available from Canada Card World. Specialty products [...]
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