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Most valuable baseball cards of the 1980s

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:00:00 +0000

In the 1980s, almost everyone I knew collected baseball cards, at least briefly. When we think of the 1980s today, baseball cards aren’t what comes to mind but they probably deserve to be up there with video games, Rubik’s cubes,

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Beware “graded value” baseball cards on Ebay

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 08 May 2015 11:00:48 +0000

There are a few hucksters on Ebay, whom I don’t care to give free advertising by mentioning by name, who hawk “graded” cards on Ebay and claim them to be especially valuable. One even puts supposed appraised values in his

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Dave switches to Office 2007

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:50:28 +0000

I switched to Office 2007 on Friday.

The reason given was that updates to Office 2003 were failing to install, so the remedy was to install 2007. The change happened Wednesday night. I was out of the office Thursday, so I had a nice surprise waiting for me when I returned on Friday.

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Taking one for the team

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:43:56 +0000

The press is divided: Alfonso Soriano is Terrell Owens. Alfonso Soriano isn't Terrell Owens. No matter. There is one thing that matters.

Alfonso Soriano is an employee of the Washington Nationals Baseball Club and is under contract until the end of next year. Alfonso Soriano wants to play second base. His employer wants him to play left field.

If you aren't a professional athlete, the case is clear: You do what your employer tells you. Period. Why is it different if you make $10 million a year?

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Barry Bonds is no Kirby Puckett

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:54:56 +0000

In case you've been on another planet this week, two things rocked the Baseball world. Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett died of a massive stroke at age 45. He was younger than Julio Franco, who is still playing in the major leagues, and Puckett is only the second youngest Hall of Famer to die. Lou Gehrig died of ALS at age 37.

The other news is the publication of a book detailing Barry Bonds' use of performance-enhancing substances such as steroids since 1998.

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Can the Royals be saved?

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 01:01:07 +0000

So the Royals managed yesterday to avoid losing their 100th game this season. They have to win 14 games in a row to avoid their third 100-loss season in four years. While a 14-game winning streak to stave off that 100th loss isn't impossible, it's unlikely. This is a team that dropped 19 straight last month, after all.

Keep in mind that the cross-state Cardinals, the winningest team in baseball, haven't won their 99th game yet.

So what do you do with a team that's had a worse run than the 1962-1966 Mets, who at least had the excuse of being an expansion team?

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It’s hard to know what to make of Jose Canseco’s steroid allegations

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 03:32:06 +0000

I remember back when the words "Jose Canseco money" meant something, even among people who weren't really all that interested in baseball.

You see, Jose Canseco was a huge name. He hit long home runs in large quantities, and people paid him huge amounts of money to do it. For a time, he was the most popular and highest-paid player in the game.

Today, the money's gone and he can't get a job, and reading about his tell-all book is pretty sad.

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They don’t make ’em like Ted Williams anymore

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 05 Jul 2002 18:13:03 +0000

The last man to hit .400 in the major leagues died today at 83. But there was a lot more to Ted Williams than carrying a big stick.

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Telephones and World Series

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:37:23 +0000

Cable guy. My phone rang Friday night.

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Baseball Mogul 2002 offers a glimpse of the future…

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 10 Jul 2001 06:02:34 +0000

I have seen the future, and it crashes a lot. I've been playing Baseball Mogul 2002 like a fiend, and I love it. I love statistical baseball and I love financial simulations, so for people like me, this game might as well be heroin.

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