One 7 I wish had never happened.

December 7, 1941. Seventy years later. A quick Google search provides:

Approximately 110 minutes of Living Hell

Began approx. 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Time

Ended approx. 9:45 a.m. Hawaiian Time

188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed
18 ships were sunk or run aground, including five battleships
2,403 Americans died and 1,178 wounded

About 84,000 uniformed Americans were on Oahu that fateful day. Only an estimated 8,000 are alive today -- and they are in their late 80s and older.

The remains of Vernon Olsen, 91, of Port Charlotte, Florida, will be interred Wednesday in the battleship USS Arizona, on which he served and where 1,117 sailors and Marines died in the attack.

Those of Lee Soucy, 90, of Plainview, Texas, will be carried Tuesday by a diver to the USS Utah, which also is entombed off Ford Island.

Never forget those who've gone in harm's way,
and please, sometime today, if just for today, if you see someone in uniform,
tellem Dawgbones says
"Thank you for your service"

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Dawgbones

Dollar Tree Jumbos Anybody?

Stopped by the dollar tree for some puzzle books over the weekend.

My company is taking part in the "Any Sailor" program this year.

We've sponsored a unit currently serving in Kuwait. They posted a list of things they are having difficulty acquiring as well as stuff they'd like to have. My wife and I set out to get as much stuff as our weekly budget would allow, which included puzzle books, you know, word searches, crosswords and such. Well, Target sells these things for $3-4 each, whereas I could buy 3 or 4 books at the dollar tree for the same price. This is probably boring you by now, so I'll skip to the baseball cards part...

While there, I picked up a couple packs of cards, including two jumbos:

I was interested mainly in the first card showing on the top of this jumbo as I've recently picked up some of the Conlon Collection packs from my LCS. This card shows Charlie Conlon with his wife, Margie. And apparently this was a Pirates/Giants hot pack as they were the most represented team in the pack.

The Piazza would have been a really nice card if it did not have the damage in the lower right corner.

 The Sanchez sketch card is pretty cool, though the write-up on the back of the card references the artist, Dick Perex, and not the subject, which leads me to believe this is a card about the sketch cards and not an actual sketch card.

What's better than a jumbo pack of junk wax?

Pulling a freaking junk wax checklist out of it!! Awesome!!

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Dawgbones

More from Wisconsin...

Today, I show off the hat I purchased from my trip to the Timber Rattlers team store in Appleton.
This is not my actual hat, but just a picture I scrounged from the WW. Taking a picture of my actual hat would have involved my dumb ass thinking about it before I left the house this morning!!

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Dawgbones

1 for my Braves fans...

Probably, like 2 of you out there...
Picked up 2 packs of 2009 Upper Deck Icons, and pulled a Chippa numbered 823/999:

Wasn't a complete loss though, cause I did get a couple cards for my PCs:

Needless to say, Mr. Jones is looking for a new home, maybe somewhere without all the Phillies surrounding him!

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Coins?

Anybody ever seen one of these before? As I mentioned in yesteray's post, I had been to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers' stadium in Appleton a few years back. While there (unfortunately, not for a game) I picked up a few items from the gift shop. Included in my purchase that day was a Fan Coin, it is 1 1/4" in diameter, slightly bigger than a fifty cent piece:

I sorta like the way it looked, love those Minor League Logos, and have carried it around in my pocket since then. Actually, it's one of three coins. I also have a 1976 Kennedy half-dollar that I received as change earlier this year and a 2007 James Madison Dollar coin that is the last of the 40 that my mom gave me for my 40th birthday, almost 4  years ago.

So, how about you guys, ever seen any of these fan coins? do you have an otherwise useless item that you carry around with you (Mrs. Dawgbones is wondering if I count as her useless item!!)

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Dawgbones

Just Minors

The cards that is...
While I was at the LCS, I picked up a pack of Topps Heritage Minor League cards.
What'd I get? A bunch of Minor leaguers! What were you expecting?!

Hiding in this particular pack was a Harper (don't know what the deal is there!)
I think the most impressive card for me is the Jimmy Nelson (lower right). He is a pitcher for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. I've actually been to that stadium, though not for a game. Very nice. And I bought a hat and a few other things while I was there.
But that's fodder for another post.

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Dawgbones

Ginter slipped me a Micky!

Mantle, that is.

Very nice looking Mantle from this year's Ginter offering, other than that, I've got the AOM card already, and none of the other cards fits my PCs!

If you see anything you want or need, just let me know.
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Dawgbones