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Least valuable baseball cards

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:00:33 +0000

I’ve talked about the most valuable baseball cards of the 1970s and 1980s. But what about the least valuable baseball cards? What does it take to be on that list? What is the Kmart blue-light special of baseball cards? If

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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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How to value baseball cards

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 11:00:11 +0000

If you have a collection, knowing how to value baseball cards is helpful. That way, if you need to insure or liquidate the collection, you’ll receive a fair price. But fair also means realistic. A lot of factors go into

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My second 1935 Goudey: Grimes, Klein, and Cuyler

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 11:00:54 +0000

Sometime around the sixth grade I realized that prices on modern cards were very volatile. If a star player had a bad month, his card prices were likely to suffer, while a good month or good season could send prices skyward. I have

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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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I want to believe Palmeiro

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 23:43:30 +0000

It's all over the news. Rafael Palmeiro, the Baltimore Orioles star who just joined the elite 500 home run/3,000 hit club, tested positive for steroid use and has been suspended.

Palmeiro, of course, was outspoken on the issue when he testified before Congress earlier this year while Mark McGwire was being evasive.

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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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St. Louis just lost more than a great catcher

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 05:00:13 +0000

Darrell Porter went out to get a newspaper, and he never came home.

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