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How to sell baseball cards

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:00:11 +0000

If you want to know how to sell baseball cards, chances are you want maximum value for them. Here are some tips on how to sell baseball cards without getting ripped off. Selling cards starts with knowing how to value

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The death of Lyman Bostock

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:47:17 +0000

Thirty years ago next week, during a heated division title race with the Kansas City Royals, star California Angels outfielder Lyman Bostock was murdered in Gary, Indiana at the age of 27.

ESPN has a tribute.

He's the best baseball player you've never heard of, and quite possibly also the greatest human being you never heard of.

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My baseball heroes

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:36:00 +0000

Joe Posnanski just did an entry on his childhood baseball idols, and lots of people chimed in about their unlikely heroes. So I got to thinking about mine. When it comes to likely heroes, of course George Brett and Ryne Sandberg were on my list, but that makes me no different from about 10 million other people. Bo Jackson is more of an underdog because his career was so short, but he's a pretty obvious choice too. There's an old joke in Kansas City that nobody can name a current Royals player except for George Brett. I mean Bo Jackson. I mean Bret Saberhagen.

If you followed the Royals through the 1990s, it's funny. I'm sure the overwhelming majority of people who come across this page will have to take my word for it.

Anyway, here's my list.

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Will Firefox be Netscape’s revenge?

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 02:38:00 +0000

John C. Dvorak says the browser wars are still raging. He cites figures from his blog as evidence that IE only has 50% market share.

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Some baseball players entertain; Dave Dravecky changed my life

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 28 Aug 2003 04:37:31 +0000

This evening I looked at the list of short biographies I've written. Some were requests. A number of them were people I found fascinating. And in the case of Lyman Bostock and George Brett, they were men who changed the way I lived life.

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Crime’s downward spiral

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 02 Aug 2002 05:00:06 +0000

I used to waffle on the death penalty. But if the kidnapping, rape, and apparent planned murder of Tamara Brooks and Jacqueline Marris this week doesn't illustrate why the death penalty is sometimes necessary, I don't know what will.

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They don’t make ’em like Lyman Bostock anymore

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:39:43 +0000

Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly:

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A flair for the dramatic

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 11 Jul 2001 06:34:55 +0000

Writing about baseball two days in a row? Hey, it's my site.

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