Baseball
Do Not Fear Injuries, For They Shall Renew Your Fandom
I’m sure the following is an experience most sports fans can relate to, but it’s never hit me personally more than this 2009 Mets team: sometimes, it’s more fun to watch your B-Squad than your stars. In this case, some of my strongest beliefs as a fan are being challenged, but I couldn’t be happier […]
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Derek Jeter’s Exclusive Online Meet and Greet in UpperDeckU
Derek Jeter doesn’t own a pet, because he’s scared of them. His hero growing up was Dave Winfield, and his favorite food is Chicken Parmesan. He eats peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before each game, and still gets butterflies before going up to bat. These are just a few of the answers to the many […]
READ MOREA New Face for Free Agency: “Pulling a Clemens”
In case you forgot, Pedro Martinez is “pulling a Clemens” this season. No, not in that way (I really need to come up with a new term for this…) I mean he’s decided to not pitch at the start of the season, choosing to hang back, and wait for a team that needs him to […]
READ MOREA Tale of Two Teams, New York Style
Like most New York baseball fans, I watched this weekend’s Subway Series with far more passion than your average game. In case you’re not a New Yorker and want to understand a bit better, the psychology goes something like this: Mets fans feel the Yankees are more or less “evil”, and want to see the […]
READ MOREDerek Jeter to Appear in Kids Virtual World, UpperDeckU!
At Upper Deck, we’re happy to promote sports in general, and have found that many of our younger collectors still enjoy playing their favorite sports- even in this day and age. On the other side of the coin, they are growing up in an online world, and in turn, gravitating to the Internet to meet […]
READ MOREFive Baseball Things I Was Wrong About This Winter
Even though I write for a blog and embrace the opinionated platform that comes with it, I’m actually a fairly humble guy. Kind of a contradiction in this format though, where the bigger and bolder your opinions are, the more attention your posts get. So, in an effort to keep things honest, I’m going to […]
READ MOREThe Evolving MLB Draft
Compared to football, basketball and hockey, the MLB Draft has always taken a backseat in terms of importance, if not fan perception. Most of this stems from the fact that in baseball, major league talent is much harder to predict. With a player like LeBron James, you know what you’re drafting. And with a draft […]
READ MOREAdrian Gonzalez: Fifth in All-Star Voting?
For my money, one of the most lopsided trades of say, the last ten years, has to be the deal where the Padres sent Adam Eaton and Akinori Otsuka to the Texas Rangers in 2006, getting back Termel Sledge, Chris Young, and most importantly, Adrian Gonzalez. “A-Gone” had been a #1 overall pick by the […]
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