Dime Box Pick-Ups

I recently got some cards from Nick of the blog Dime Boxes and needed some cards to send him in return so I hit up the dime box at my LCS.

I found some cards for Nick and found a few cards for myself. One of the cards I got for myself is one that I remembered seeing on Nick's blog. It turns out Nick initially saw the card on Night Owl's blog.

Here are a few of my other dime box finds.

Only two Spring Training autographs, but they were good ones!

I mentioned in a post yesterday that I had been given some free tickets to todays Dodgers - Cubs Spring Training game at the Dodgers and White Sox Camelback Ranch Stadium. I took the day off work and went to the park early to try to get some autographs and watch a little practice before meeting up with my wife and kids for the actual game.

I struck out in regards to current players, but I did get a couple of autographs from some Dodger greats. Don Newcombe, the only player in Major League baseball to have won the Rookie of the Year award (1949), Cy Young award (1956), and Most Valuable Player award (1956), rolled up in a golf cart and signed for a good 20 minutes. I was about the 5th person in line and got him to sign a ball which I think turned out great! Thanks Mr. Newcombe!

Mr. Tom Lasorda had a table set up where he signed autographs for everyone who wanted one. To be honest, he wasn't very nice about it though. He was rushing people through the line and making snide comments about everthing and everyone. I got him to sign the postcard below. I had written to the Dodgers back in the early 90's and they sent back a couple Tommy Lasorda postcards. I happened to come across them the other day and so that's what I took with me.

So I was a little disappointed that I wasn't able to get Kershaw, Kemp, or Looney, all of whom signed for a few people, but I wasn't able to get. Mattingly didn't sign at all today and Ethier wasn't even there. I could have gotten autographs from others like Rick Honeycutt, Ivan De Jesus, Jamey Carroll, and Jonathan Broxton, but I didn't have anything for them to sign. Next time I'll have to be more prepared.

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