Archive for May, 2011

Winnipeg Jets Returning?

The Winnipeg Jets were an NHL team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They played in both the WHA and the NHL from 1972 to 1996. Unfortunately, due to mounting financial troubles, a weak Canadian dollar, and little support from the NHL Board of Governors, in 1996 the franchise moved to Arizona and became the Phoenix Coyotes. Shane [...]

2011 Bowman Baseball

Have you busted your 2011 Bowman Baseball hobby box yet? For years now, Bowman is the baseball product in the early season. Last year it was Stephen Strasburg, this year it’s Bryce Harper. More often than not, it’s where players get their first legitimate big league card. Check out what you’re missing: 2011 Bowman Baseball [...]

Sunday Fun-Day Fun Facts

By Matt McCabe for the St. James Plaindealer Like so many other diehard Minnesota sports fans, St. James man Steve Jeppson was hurt by the passing of Twins icon Harmon Killebrew last week. Uncontentestedly the best and most popular figure in the early years of Minnesota professional sports, “Killer” was an idol for so many fans [...]

Hobby News – The Saturday Edition

From Rittenhouse: The upcoming Complete Star Trek: The Next Generation Series 1 trading cards will feature ”Bridge Crew Communicator Badge Cards.” These pins will be limited to 300 each and will be inserted at a rate of approximately 1 or 2 per case. Five of the Communicator Pin cards will be issued in Series 1 in [...]

Product Update – In The Game Decades – The 80′s

Decades – The ’80s from In The Game is about a few week away. For those who grew up watching the fire-wagon hockey on the 1980′s, this product is a dream. With hard-signed autographs from the greats of the 1980s including the entire 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team – the Miracle on Ice Team, this [...]