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Hugging Harold Reynolds Hugging Harold Reynolds posted 5/30/2008 from gemmintten.blogspot.com [flag]
Sports by Brooks tips us to an article by CNBC Sports Biz' Darren Rovell at Slate where he profiles the popularity of 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey, Jr. card. In the piece, Rovell talks about how the Griffey card given the designation as the #1 card in the set. More interesting though, is the creativity with which Geideman numbered the 1992 Upper Deck set. [link]

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HHR Hugs it Out [5.30.08]
Published 5/30/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Hugging Harold Reynolds) at Hugging Harold Reynolds
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Blog Kiosk 6/1/2008
Published 6/1/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (ernest) at Blue Heaven
... checklist, save for the 1992 Upper Deck set when he assigned numbers that ended in 69 to players with porn-star-sounding names. (Dick Schofield at No. 269, Heathcliff Slocumb at No. 569, and Dickie Thon at No. 769.) I think the 1992 Upper Deck Baseball card set has become my favorite set of all-time. The Slate story also unveils the story behind the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card. (Hat Tip: Gem Mint Ten) Tatiana captures Juan Pierre dancing. ...

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