Roy Birchler
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KLARNOLD said:
Kevin, hate to hear this. You have some nice early stuff. Are you selling the Star cards?
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Kevin, hate to hear this. You have some nice early stuff. Are you selling the Star cards?
Roy
KLARNOLD
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Roy, all 45 different 1988-89 Star Co cards will go too, including the extremely rare 1989 Nova Promo.
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magicpapa
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ill add theses 2 new ones to the thread, THANKS again laneyb
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SeattlefantillIdie
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magicpapa said:ill add theses 2 new ones to the thread, THANKS again laneyb
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WOW! Just sick Magic, Just sick! You guys get some of the SWEETEST Griffey cards in existence!
matty07
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I figure ill post this here...im looking to start this rainbow from 2008 masterpieces if anyone can help me out thanks
Roy Birchler
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Magic, nice pickups.
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muskiesfan
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Great cards Magic. Way to go Bruce!
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LaneyB
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magicpapa said:
Glad you got them Magic!!
muskiesfan
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Nice pick up John. Great price!
I scanned up my last couple of maildays.
1996 Bowman's Best Mirror Image Atomic Refractor front
Back
Then I picked this up from a fellow board member, angelsrockies4ever
Joe
I scanned up my last couple of maildays.
1996 Bowman's Best Mirror Image Atomic Refractor front
Back
Then I picked this up from a fellow board member, angelsrockies4ever
Joe
brinn1
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I'm being told Griffey is signing with Seattle.
No info other than an email from a friend in Phoenix.
Anyone know anything?
If he goes to Seattle for 3 or 4 years as a DH and retires, he'll get 700 hrs.
Puts our hero in an entirely different class, both career wise and collection value wise.
I know he had knee surgery off season and blamed the knee for last year and wanted to play next year.
I know you guys are all about the cards, and lord knows I have some good ones, but there is the man behind the card and he is really what your collections are all about. Its why people don't collect Bonds.
S
No info other than an email from a friend in Phoenix.
Anyone know anything?
If he goes to Seattle for 3 or 4 years as a DH and retires, he'll get 700 hrs.
Puts our hero in an entirely different class, both career wise and collection value wise.
I know he had knee surgery off season and blamed the knee for last year and wanted to play next year.
I know you guys are all about the cards, and lord knows I have some good ones, but there is the man behind the card and he is really what your collections are all about. Its why people don't collect Bonds.
S
brinn1
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OK DID MY OWN RESEARCH THIS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mariners mum on Griffey
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By Gregg Bell, AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners can have Ken Griffey Jr. back if they want him, now that he's a free agent.
New Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik refused to say whether Seattle will make a push to sign its former franchise center fielder who is still beloved in the Northwest. That was hours after the Chicago White Sox made Griffey a free agent - and free for a potential return to the team with which he said two years ago he would like to retire.
"We can't comment on any specific free agent at this time," Zduriencik said Thursday afternoon through a Mariners spokesman in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
The White Sox declined Griffey's $16.5 million contract option for 2009. Griffey will get a $4 million buyout to complete a $116.5 million, nine-year contract he agreed to with his hometown Cincinnati Reds before the 2000 season - after he demanded a trade from Seattle.
The Mariners drafted Griffey, who turns 39 next month, No. 1 overall in 1987 and put him in their opening-day lineup two days later while he was still a teenager. He stayed there for the next 11 years.
FIND MORE STORIES IN: Alabama | Tampa Bay | United States House of Representatives | Chicago White Sox | Cincinnati Reds | Barry Bonds | Northwest | Seattle Mariners | Hank Aaron | Babe Ruth | Sammy Sosa | Ken Griffey Jr. | Willie Mays | Safeco Field | Ken Williams | Nick Masset | Danny Richar | Chuck Armstrong | Jack Zduriencik
Griffey was an All-Star 10 times with Seattle. He's been an All-Star just three times since - the last time in 2007.
He hit a combined .249 with 18 homers and 71 RBIs in 143 games last season for the Reds and the White Sox, to whom he agreed to be traded so he could play in the postseason. He went 2-for-10 as Chicago lost in four games to Tampa Bay in the first round of the AL playoffs.
Griffey batted .260 with three homers and 18 RBIs in 41 games with the White Sox, who acquired him July 31 in a trade that sent right-hander Nick Masset and infielder Danny Richar to Cincinnati. Griffey had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee this month to repair torn meniscus and torn cartilage, a condition that affected his power numbers.
"He will undoubtedly help some club, both on the field and in the clubhouse," White Sox general manager Ken Williams said Thursday. "Pure class."
Griffey passed Sammy Sosa for fifth on the home-run list last season and has 611, trailing only Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755), Babe Ruth (714) and Willie Mays (660). Griffey is 18th with 1,772 RBIs.
His fit in Seattle could be as a full-time DH, something he has resisted becoming. But he may not fit Seattle's first months of a massive rebuilding job that Zduriencik was hired this month to lead. The Mariners last season became the first team with a $100 million payroll to lose 100 games.
When he came back with the Reds for an interleague series in Seattle in June 2007, Griffey said he wanted to retire as a Mariner. When asked to clarify whether he'd like to play for Seattle again, Griffey said then, "I don't know. That depends on a lot of things, health and everything else."
Griffey didn't specify whether he'd like to return to Seattle as an active player or simply for a ceremonial contract before retiring.
In the weeks leading up to his '07 return, Griffey was reluctant to talk about it and even told Mariners president Chuck Armstrong he feared getting booed.
But then he got an extended roar from the crowd before the series opener, just after Armstrong and others presented him with a framed picture of Safeco Field with the words "The House that Griffey Built" across the top.
"Never did I imagine it would be like this coming back," Griffey told the crowd that night. "I didn't know how much I missed being in Seattle."
The Associated Press
Mariners mum on Griffey
Posted 2d 17h ago | Comment | Recommend 1 E-mail | Save | Print |
By Gregg Bell, AP Sports Writer
SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners can have Ken Griffey Jr. back if they want him, now that he's a free agent.
New Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik refused to say whether Seattle will make a push to sign its former franchise center fielder who is still beloved in the Northwest. That was hours after the Chicago White Sox made Griffey a free agent - and free for a potential return to the team with which he said two years ago he would like to retire.
"We can't comment on any specific free agent at this time," Zduriencik said Thursday afternoon through a Mariners spokesman in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
The White Sox declined Griffey's $16.5 million contract option for 2009. Griffey will get a $4 million buyout to complete a $116.5 million, nine-year contract he agreed to with his hometown Cincinnati Reds before the 2000 season - after he demanded a trade from Seattle.
The Mariners drafted Griffey, who turns 39 next month, No. 1 overall in 1987 and put him in their opening-day lineup two days later while he was still a teenager. He stayed there for the next 11 years.
FIND MORE STORIES IN: Alabama | Tampa Bay | United States House of Representatives | Chicago White Sox | Cincinnati Reds | Barry Bonds | Northwest | Seattle Mariners | Hank Aaron | Babe Ruth | Sammy Sosa | Ken Griffey Jr. | Willie Mays | Safeco Field | Ken Williams | Nick Masset | Danny Richar | Chuck Armstrong | Jack Zduriencik
Griffey was an All-Star 10 times with Seattle. He's been an All-Star just three times since - the last time in 2007.
He hit a combined .249 with 18 homers and 71 RBIs in 143 games last season for the Reds and the White Sox, to whom he agreed to be traded so he could play in the postseason. He went 2-for-10 as Chicago lost in four games to Tampa Bay in the first round of the AL playoffs.
Griffey batted .260 with three homers and 18 RBIs in 41 games with the White Sox, who acquired him July 31 in a trade that sent right-hander Nick Masset and infielder Danny Richar to Cincinnati. Griffey had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee this month to repair torn meniscus and torn cartilage, a condition that affected his power numbers.
"He will undoubtedly help some club, both on the field and in the clubhouse," White Sox general manager Ken Williams said Thursday. "Pure class."
Griffey passed Sammy Sosa for fifth on the home-run list last season and has 611, trailing only Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755), Babe Ruth (714) and Willie Mays (660). Griffey is 18th with 1,772 RBIs.
His fit in Seattle could be as a full-time DH, something he has resisted becoming. But he may not fit Seattle's first months of a massive rebuilding job that Zduriencik was hired this month to lead. The Mariners last season became the first team with a $100 million payroll to lose 100 games.
When he came back with the Reds for an interleague series in Seattle in June 2007, Griffey said he wanted to retire as a Mariner. When asked to clarify whether he'd like to play for Seattle again, Griffey said then, "I don't know. That depends on a lot of things, health and everything else."
Griffey didn't specify whether he'd like to return to Seattle as an active player or simply for a ceremonial contract before retiring.
In the weeks leading up to his '07 return, Griffey was reluctant to talk about it and even told Mariners president Chuck Armstrong he feared getting booed.
But then he got an extended roar from the crowd before the series opener, just after Armstrong and others presented him with a framed picture of Safeco Field with the words "The House that Griffey Built" across the top.
"Never did I imagine it would be like this coming back," Griffey told the crowd that night. "I didn't know how much I missed being in Seattle."
The Associated Press
Roy Birchler
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brinn1 said:
Haven't heard any rumors, but Seattle would be great. I could see him a couple of times a year when they played Oakland.
Roy
brinn1
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I still say Seattle, he loves them, they love him.
A WHOLE stadium built for one person? He's got to feel he owes them.
MOST of his value to a team is reaching 700 home runs in 3 or 4 years and the media circus that will accompany such an event and the corresponding ticket sales. All that must be worth something. But please Lord, don't put him in the outfield or at first base. Please put him as a DH where if he doesn't make it to first base, then he goes to the bench and rests. I believe under such a scenario his potential is endless. If they put him at a position, he might as well stay home.
As far as "the good young team" comment, Griffey doesn't work that well with young players from my observations. He could have been so much help to Jay Bruce, Endacarnacion, Joey Votto, etc etc etc. He didn't mix well with the youth and doesn't have a lot of interest there in my observation in Cincinnati.
He just needs a place where he isn't the center of media attention every day, isn't dissected and picked apart like he was here. He's a happy go lucky guy and just wants to be left alone to "do his thing".
I think Seattle
A WHOLE stadium built for one person? He's got to feel he owes them.
MOST of his value to a team is reaching 700 home runs in 3 or 4 years and the media circus that will accompany such an event and the corresponding ticket sales. All that must be worth something. But please Lord, don't put him in the outfield or at first base. Please put him as a DH where if he doesn't make it to first base, then he goes to the bench and rests. I believe under such a scenario his potential is endless. If they put him at a position, he might as well stay home.
As far as "the good young team" comment, Griffey doesn't work that well with young players from my observations. He could have been so much help to Jay Bruce, Endacarnacion, Joey Votto, etc etc etc. He didn't mix well with the youth and doesn't have a lot of interest there in my observation in Cincinnati.
He just needs a place where he isn't the center of media attention every day, isn't dissected and picked apart like he was here. He's a happy go lucky guy and just wants to be left alone to "do his thing".
I think Seattle
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<PERK> Minnesota??? 
1998 pinnacle plus mirror gold /25?
1998 pinnacle plus mirror gold /25?
brinn1
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Hey,
Tonite, I'm showing off my set of all seven
2005 Ultimate Collection Dual Materials Signature Cards-
at least the only 7 with Griffey as one of dual autos.
Obviously My set includes all /5 exept for the two /10's (10's have boring patches).
I'll certainly want to find those last two /5's and sell the /10's.
Anyway here they are
Tonite, I'm showing off my set of all seven
2005 Ultimate Collection Dual Materials Signature Cards-
at least the only 7 with Griffey as one of dual autos.
Obviously My set includes all /5 exept for the two /10's (10's have boring patches).
I'll certainly want to find those last two /5's and sell the /10's.
Anyway here they are
soxfan33
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You're right the ones #ed/5 are VERY nice patches! I think those are beautiful cards! Don't take this the wrong way, but I have no idea how Wily Mo Pena made it into that set. Like I said, those are VERY nice cards, though. Congrats!
John
John
brinn1 said:Hey,
Tonite, I'm showing off my set of all seven
2005 Ultimate Collection Dual Materials Signature Cards-
at least the only 7 with Griffey as one of dual autos.
Obviously My set includes all /5 exept for the two /10's (10's have boring patches).
I'll certainly want to find those last two /5's and sell the /10's.
Anyway here they are
magicpapa
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wow great stuff brinn1 
Roy Birchler
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Magic, that mirror gold looks nice. Don't think that I have ever seen one before.
brinn1, love the patches.
Roy
brinn1, love the patches.
Roy
