========== The Morning Thread ==========

[George_Calfas]

as hard as it is to admit George I have to agree I like the system as it is as well. Nutting is the 2nd Pirate owner in a row who hasn't used the revenue sharing and ticket sales to pay the players. even though there was an ownership change from McClatchy to Nutting nothing has changed.

Sucks to see team piss away money, Pitt uses part of their money to pay for the stadium, which is allowed.

 

[pghbuccos]

as hard as it is to admit George I have to agree I like the system as it is as well. Nutting is the 2nd Pirate owner in a row who hasn't used the revenue sharing and ticket sales to pay the players. even though there was an ownership change from McClatchy to Nutting nothing has changed.

Sucks to see team piss away money, Pitt uses part of their money to pay for the stadium, which is allowed.

I understand they are paying off the stadium but there is still a lot of money that is not being used to pay players. the fans would love to support a winning baseball team again. I really wish Nutting would have accepted Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle's offer to buy the team over the Winter.

 

[George_Calfas]

as hard as it is to admit George I have to agree I like the system as it is as well. Nutting is the 2nd Pirate owner in a row who hasn't used the revenue sharing and ticket sales to pay the players. even though there was an ownership change from McClatchy to Nutting nothing has changed.

Sucks to see team piss away money, Pitt uses part of their money to pay for the stadium, which is allowed.

I understand they are paying off the stadium but there is still a lot of money that is not being used to pay players. the fans would love to support a winning baseball team again. I really wish Nutting would have accepted Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle's offer to buy the team over the Winter.

It would be nice to see them play some good ball, when they are on the schedule I dont even watch and when they play others in the division I cringe.

 

[pghbuccos]

I have some kind of sickness because I still watch and attend games regularly.

 

[Resident Bay Fan]

Wow, finally finished scanning and uploading my last couple of weeks mail. I'm not going to bother breaking it up, as I will be busy most of the day.

Piazza

These are actually 2 different cards.

Bay

And a big thanks to Dave B. for sending me this for my Dual Swatch PC.

Plus these 2 for the dual set.

 

[George_Calfas]

Great mailday Art!

 

[pghbuccos]

sweet mail Art. glad to see you won the Maz/Bay.

 

[ChasHawk]

Art, that is one helluva mail day!!

 

[George_Calfas]

And so there were 2.....Edmonds and Jr #136

I offered $100 dlvd outright, snipe set at $800, paid $27dlvd.

Other mail

5/5

 

[ChasHawk]

Nice George!!

Really like the look of the BB Ripken, and congrats on getting the Larkin for a great price!!

Hope you can find the last 2 some day.

 

[1st4040]

nice mailday Art!

nice mailday George! always glad to see you don't have Canseco scans in these 90's insert maildays.. oh the humanity of it!

 

[muskiesfan]

Art- Sweet mailday! Lots of great additions to both of your collections.

George- Great stuff! Congrats on getting the Larkin and for a good price too. Hopefully the other 2 find their way to your collection in the near future.


I would love to see a salary cap in baseball. Like George said though, there would have to be a floor and a ceiling. I think it would help with players staying with teams, as well as close the gap of desparity in baseball. It will more than likely never happen, but a cap would be great.

 

[69MetsFan]

Good afternoon all.
George - Nice stuff, as always. I took about 30 minutes to look through your bucket the other day and was simply awe struck at your collection. In a word, WOW! :shock:
Art - Glad the card got there. I'm still waiting for when my LCS has the monster box cards on sale for a buck. I will take your list with me and pick up a few things for your Piazza PC.
Josh - Enjoy the game! (Dave B posts his jealous face!)

 

[George_Calfas]

Thanks guys. The 1996 Bowman's Best Cuts Refractor is the error version, notice the non-die cut

 

[ChasHawk]

Thanks guys. The 1996 Bowman's Best Cuts Refractor is the error version, notice the non-die cut

Have a scan of the cut version, George?

 

[Pinbreaker]

Just dropping by..

 

[George_Calfas]

 

[GiantsSuperCollector]

Hey, how's it going?

 

[ChasHawk]

Hey, how's it going?

What's up bud?


George - very cool, thanks

Dan - How long's it been since we've has a Ustream around here?

 

[MojoDan]

Hey, how's it going?

What's up bud?


George - very cool, thanks

Dan - How long's it been since we've has a Ustream around here?

Welcome aboard Giants


Chas - a good while. But quite a few members havent been joining us as of late too. Hence the lower page count for the past month...We were going 13-25 pages until 2010 hit...