Eephus Has Left the Building
August 17th, 2011 by slangon

After making his rookie debut 13 years ago, and throwing his last pitch for a Major League team 4 years ago, Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez is calling it a career. Everybody knows that the majority of El Duque’s success came as a member of those unstoppable Yankees teams of the late 90’s and with the […]

Some Lazy Saturday Afternoon Retro
March 5th, 2011 by slangon

I woke up this morning and had a very unusual realization. Today is Saturday, and I actually don’t have anything that I need to do. In celebration of that fact, I will soon be retiring to the couch to watch the Mets spring training game, eat some pizza nad drink a beer. Also in celebration […]

2003 Topps 205 Box Break: The Finale
December 5th, 2009 by slangon

Here’s our final push to get this sucker done. I apologize in advance for all the terrible scans. I never realized how careless you get when you’re scanning 1,000 cards at one time. Anyway, here we go. Pack 15: #22 Mike Scioscia #45 Brian Jordan #21 Bobby Cox A couple of years ago, Bobby Broke […]

Nachos Grande’s Cards For Clunkers Program
September 15th, 2009 by slangon

So a week or two ago, Nachos Grande announced their Card For Clunkers 2.0 Program. It’s such a good idea, I might need to steal it. Of course that would involve me getting off my ass and figuring out what cards I would include, so don’t hold your breath. Anyway, here’s the basic gist of […]