1995 Fleer Pro-Visions

I went to a card show last weekend and spent the first 30 minutes digging through a few dime boxes. I ended up with 58 cards, which I got for $5, so just under 10 cents each.

I was able to get the complete 1995 Fleer Pro-Visions insert set for about 50 cents.

I've mentioned before that I love the Pro-Visions insert and sub-set cards that Fleer put out between 1991 and 1995. I have the 1991 and 1991 Factory Set, 1993, and now 1995 complete insert sets and I have most of the 1992 sub-set. I just need the 1994 insert set.

Check out the 1995 set.

Now check out the set in all it's glory! When you put the six cards together it forms a mosaic. Bet you didn't know that. Even if you did know that already, it's still pretty cool. You can see that the cards don't always match up perfectly, but you get the idea. The 1994 set does the same thing, but it's nine cards.

Merry Christmas to myself!

I'm sure I'm not the only one who bought themselves a Christmas present this year. Maybe I'm just the only one willing to admit it. Oh well! I picked these two cards for myself this year on ebay. One arrived Christmas Eve and the other the day after Christmas.

2008 Upper Deck A Piece of History 500 Club bat card of Manny Ramirez - I was watching a few of these on ebay. One auction and several Buy-It-Now's. The one auction ended at $52 and some change, so I jumped on the Buy-It-Now priced at $25 plus $5 shipping. That is the most I have paid for a single card in a long time, but I am trying to get a bat card of every 500 Home Run club member, so I couldn't pass it up.

2009 Topps Ticket to Stardom Opening Day Ticket Stub card of Brandon Webb numbered 19/50. - Card features actual ticket stub from 2009 Opening Day, Diamondbacks vs. Colorado Rockies. I had seen this card on ebay and tried to get it once but was outbid at the last second. This time I outbid somebody else at the last second.

Book Review: The All-Time Biggest Sports Jerks

The official title is The All-Time Biggest Sports Jerks And Other Gofballs, Cads, Miscreants, Reprobates, and Weirdos (Plus a Few Good Guys). The book was written by Michael Freeman a national columnist for CBSSports.com.

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Because my blog focusses on baseball, I will list all 100, but only comment on those that are baseball related. 20 out of the 100 are baseball related.

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100- Tiki Barber

99- Jose Canseco - based on his 2008 celebrity boxing match against Vai Sikahema

98- Chicago Black Sox - for throwing the 1919 World Series

97- Tatum Bell

96- Drew Rosenhaus

95- Mike Gundy

94- Phil Jackson

93-Steve Smith

92-Arlen Specter

91- College Football Fans

90- James L. Dolan

89-Jerramy Stevens

88- Marty McSorley

87-Minnesota Vikings Sex Boaters

86- DeSean Jackson

85- Nick Saban

84- Eric Mangini

83-Cap Anson - for being racist

82- Some Fans of the Dallas Mavericks

81- Alex Rodriguez - don't think that I need to elaborate on this one

80- Babe Ruth - says that if Ruth played today, he would be all over the tabloids for his drinking and womanizing

79- Eugene Robinson

78- Uga V

77- Bill Belicheck

76- Randy Moss

75- Benny Silman

74- Athletes Who Thank God

73- Lawrence Phillips

72- Some Chicago Cubs Fans - for issuing death threats to Steve Bartman

71- Elijah Dukes

70- Uday Hussein

69- Rick Dutrow Jr.

68- Travis Henry

67- China

66- The Other Vick

65- Ty Cobb - for being a racist and inflicting injury on those around him

64- Jayson Williams, former player for the New Jersy Nets

63- Chris Henry

62- Evander Holyfield

61- Leonard Little

60- George Brett - click on the link and watch the you tube video titled George Poops http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6403VV2oyu0

59- Kelvin Sampson

58-Hal McRae - click on the link and see manager Hal McRae go crazy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kamDqL-AGzI

57- Fuzzy Zoeller

56- Boobby Petrino

55- Larry Johnson

54- Don Imus

53- Christian Peter

52- Plaxico Burress

51- The Cincinnati Bengals

50- Albert Belle - for stalking a prostitute

49- Art Modell

48- Isaih Thomas

47- Bill Parcells

46- John McEnroe

45- Ray Lewis

44- Spain

43- Diego Maradona

42- Bill Romanowski

41- Dennis Rodman

40- Lawrence Taylor

39- Bobby Fischer

38- Scott Boras

37- Randall Simon - Sausagegate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V9kJw-kWQ8&feature=related

36- Don King

35- Wilt Chamberlain

34- Dale Earnhardt Sr.

33- Totally, completely, psycholically overboard fans of Barbaro

32- Claude Lemieux

31- Tony Stewart

30- Rasheed Wallace

29- Terrell Owens

28- Stephon Marbury

27- Kenesaw Mountain Landis - for not allowing the integration of baseball

26- Tommy Lasorda - for an outburst after Dave Kingman hit 3 homers in a game to beat the Dodgers

25- Mike Tyson

24- Ron Artest

23- Tonya Harding

22- Ben Johnson

21- Pacman Jones

20- Latrell Spreewell

19- John Rocker - for stereotyping New Yorkers

18- Kobe Bryant

17- Barry Bonds - don't think that I need to elaborate on this one either

16- Reggie Jackson - for reffering to himself as "the straw that stirs the drink"

15- Marion jones

14- Mark McGwire - for his non-testimony during a 2005 Congressional hearing on steroid use in baseball

13- Manny Ramirez - for Manny being Manny

12- Reggie Bush

11- Dave Bliss

10- Robert Irsay

9- Bob Knight

8- Brett Farve

7- Pete Rose - for betting on baseball and because he lied about it for so long

6- John Daly

5- Tim Donaghy

4- Michael Vick

3- Roger Clemens - for using performance enhancing drugs and lying about it

2- Rae Carruth

1- O.J. Simpson