Nice! I'm assuming you had this signed IP. How'd he react? I've always wanted to get some of my bigger GU cards signed by the players. Museum Collection has some excellent cards with big relics that would look great signed.
I can't decide on *one* card, but here's a special item:
I try to be general, but I do use sites like fatfingers.com to find things I may have missed due to spelling errors, etc. Like many people on this board, I have an addiction to eBay that I satiate about 1-2 times a day. I don't miss much :p
Love that stat! I think Japanese players have to play 9 years in Japan before they can consider the MLB....or something similar to that. It's crazy that many star Japanese players have several years of numbers pre-MLB.
No way. Ichiro and Matsui would have some crazy numbers if MLB counted the Japan years. I hope Ichiro keeps it up. Remember 2001? Pujols and Ichiro were the top rookies....look at their careers now.
If his legs get better (i.e. if he gets placed on the DL soon), things may start to look up. Down the road it's going to be painful. Not looking forward to it.
Can anyone advise me on the easiest way to get into the city? I think the Cubs are in town that weekend. It looks like public transit takes about 40 minutes to get from Rosemont to Chicago. I'm a west-coast guy and I've never been to Chicago/The Mid-West, so this is all new to me! I'm looking...