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Saturday, August 8, 2015

Non Tendered

I'll be at the Pirates/Dodgers game this afternoon. This is actually a belated Christmas present from my Mother in Law. Every year she lets me pick one game and also books a hotel for the night. Also, this is the one game a year where my wife goes with me, so said game has to have fireworks or a concert. This year it is a concert, as O.A.R is performing after the game. I've seen O.A.R several times over the years and they put on a pretty good show so it should be fun.



2015 Topps Series 1 Pedro Alvarez Silver Frame /20

I'm getting close to having all the silver framed Pirates I set out to acquire. While I would love to have a McCutchen or even a Neil Walker, the prices have been extremely high (Cutch was $70 and the Walker was $35). My mission from the get go was to focus on newer Pirates and guys that don't get a lot of relic or auto love.

Pedro was never high on the list to go after, but this one fell into my lap at a good price at ~$10. Usually the only guys that fall cheaper are bench/AAAA type of players. I think Cory Hart cost me less than $5.

Pedro is all but certain to be non tendered at the end of the season. He has essentially made himself a player that can only be rostered by an AL team. It will be a sad end to what was once a very promising career. The silver lining is that the Pirates probably saved themselves millions by not extending Pedro after his breakout 2013.






16 comments:

  1. OAR and baseball? I'd sign up for that! My favorite OAR song had to be Shattered (Turn the Car Around). Have fun!

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    1. They played that one. My favorite has always been City on Down.

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  2. Sounds like a cool night - Crazy Game of Poker is obviously the classic, but I like me some but I always loved Missing Pieces a lot too.

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    1. Closed with Crazy Game of Poker. They didn't play Missing Pieces. I like that song too.

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  3. I Feel Home is my favorite OAR song, enjoy the concert and game!

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    1. They have played that song just about every time I've seen them for a regular concert. I like it as well.

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  4. I don't have much love for Topps these days but these Silver cards (along with the Clear ones) are pretty cool. I looked up his BB-R Similarity Scores because he reminds me a little bit of Tony Clark, but Clark isn't one of his comps. Anyway, nice price on that one, even if he's almost surely a soon-to-be former Pirate.

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    1. I've been buying a ton of the silver frames and acetates. They are the first parallels that actually seem different.

      Without looking I always mention someone like Mark Reynolds for Pedro's comp. The only thing is that Pedro is one of the worst defenders in baseball. When I did a write up a few weeks back only Hanley Ramirez was rated lower.

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  5. I think OAR is on a stadium tour...as the post-game entertainment. I swear that OAR has played in Atlanta and in Milwaukee in the past year or so.

    Personally, I think they should bring W.A.S.P. back.

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    1. WASP stadium tour!

      OAR sounded the best I've ever heard them. It was a great show.

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  6. I've seen them several times as well. Enjoy!

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  7. I missed OAR when they played outside of Wrigley. Enjoy the game and concert!

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    1. They were great. The Pirates have booked them a lot over the years. They even played the All Star game back in 2006.

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