In 1991, the baseball card industry was a $1.2 billion business. Trading shops sprang up around the country -- 10,000 of them to be exact. Perhaps as a metaphor for the coming stock market bubble, the industry fizzled. Here is what's really creepy: the rise and fall of baseball card...
NEW YORK -- Justin Morneau won the Home Run Derby on Monday, but the contest will be remembered for Josh Hamilton's imitation of Babe Ruth. Morneau, the first baseman for the Minnesota Twins, beat Hamilton 5-3 in the final round of the only Derby held in the House...
NEW YORK AFP — Canada's Justin Morneau beat Josh Hamilton 5-3 in the final round to win the Major League Baseball's home run hitting contest during Monday's all-star game festivities at Yankee Stadium. Morneau reached the finals with a cumulative total of 17 homers in the first two...
World-renowned artist produces powerful lithographs of NBA's best available exclusively from the Upper Deck Company CARLSBAD, Calif., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- It's so big you can't miss it. It stands nearly 60 feet high and two vinyl reproductions of it adorn the east and west walls outside...
NEW YORK -- Pinch-hitter Jason Giambi connected for a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, rallying the New York Yankees to a 9-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. Giambi's drive off closer B.J. Ryan into the right-field upper...
Most gyms have both a regular pec-deck machine and a flye machine. Does one have any benefit over the other? FACTS OF THE CASE * Pec decks Sit in a pec-deck station, placing your elbows and upper arms on the arm pads with your elbows in...
Trading card company unveils caricature baseball card featuring a high-spirited Hillary supporting the Obama campaign NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- While Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continue to duke it out for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Upper Deck Company is predicting a...
More than 6,600 cards are being inserted across ten different Upper Deck 2008 baseball card launches, chronicling every home game ever played at Yankee Stadium NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Upper Deck Company, the industry leader when it comes to creating innovative card...
First person World of discovery *Looking around the House that Ruth built: Last week's Yankees-Indians game at Yankee Stadium delivered a big bang. Four home runs by the Yankees fueled a 6-3 victory and provided a thrill for this first-time visitor. Two hours of...
YOUR SETUP: Some people have elaborate training accommodations in their homes (a power rack, full sets of dumbbells, bars and plates, one of those decked-out home gyms, etc.). You're not one of those people. You have the bare minimum: a bench and one pair of dumbbells sitting in the basement....
The following is a list of upper-end residential and commercial property sales in Chelan and Douglas counties, as compiled by Chet Haney, owner of Cornerstone Realty Services. Haney publishes the list once a month from his office in Tonasket. Chelan...
Solstice Lawn Club to Feature Tranquil Gardens and Recreational Activities SOLON, Ohio -- Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Solsticesm, whose inaugural voyage is scheduled for Fall 2008, will be the first of four 122,000-ton cruise ships to offer guests a genuine, living lawn for recreational activities. W.P. Hickman Systems, a...
The latest bizarre episode in the life of George Galloway took place yesterday, when a rubber "stress ball" flung from an office window scored a direct hit on the Respect MP as he campaigned in central London. Mr Galloway, 53, who is standing for a seat in...
Nightly Tickets Only $40 for Reserved Seats; $30 for General Admission New in 2008: Daily Tickets Available Saturday and Sunday for truTV Fan Fair Hall NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nightly Concerts on the VAULTTM Concert Stages at LP Field during CMA Music...
BOSTON -- A 13-year-old girl touring Fenway Park on a school trip was attacked by a resident red-tailed hawk that drew blood from her scalp Thursday. She wasn't seriously hurt, but some observers saw an omen for a certain New York Yankees slugger in the attack at...
Morgan VINCI has successfully launched the final span of the new Upper Forth Crossing at Kincardine over the River Forth in central Scotland, seven weeks early. The bridge is being built by Morgan VINCI, a joint venture between infrastructure services company Morgan Est and VINCI Construction Grands Projets, as part...
WASHINGTON -- Nationals Park had quite an opening. Ryan Zimmerman hit the game-winning homer off Peter Moylan with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 Sunday night in the first regular-season game at the $611 million stadium. ...
Byline: Dick Heller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES You sit in the upper deck area three hours before game time, and you realize that only one word adequately describes Nationals Park. Wow! Nothing else prepares you for this -...
Byline: Tim Lemke, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Fenway Park has the Green Monster. SBC Park has McCovey Cove. Camden Yards has the warehouse. But when it comes to Nationals Park, no one can agree on what will be the stadium's distinctive...
Mar 17, 2008 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand also is planning to enlarge the premium economy cabin on its Boeing 747-400s and 777-200ERs. "Premium economy has been such a success for us. There is a market there in long-haul that will pay for a premium...
Articles 2008-03-17
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