2009 predictions for the MLB Playoffs and World Series made before the start of the Major League season.
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The final 8 predictions for the 2009 Sweet 16 field. These games will be played on Sunday the 22nd.
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2nd Round predictions for the 2009 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament. Who will make the Sweet 16.
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Five likely upsets for the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament is in its first year becoming the fourth NCAAB postseason tournament, I think it’s becoming a bit much.
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The “opening round” of the NCAA Tournament cheats the players, fans, and even the NCAA. A change is needed.
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Future NCAA Tourney Cinderfellas; The Northern Iowa Panthers. Sweet 16 bound.
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Here are 5 college basketball teams that will fall early in the 2009 NCAA Tournament.
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Ticket Stubs Meet Baseball Cards by Michael Luchies
For years baseball cards have dominated the sports collectibles market. Over the last decade it seems as though baseball cards have taken a back seat to authentic memorabilia such as autographs and game used items. The baseball card market has been saturated by the large amount of card companies and the high rate of people who hold on to the cards, thus diminishing scarcity and value. There is still a large dedicated collector base behind baseball cards that keeps the hobby alive, but it seems like a slowly disappearing industry.
Ticket stubs on the other hand have been rising in popularity. Ticket stubs have been around for over 100 years, but have not been regarded as a mainstream collectible until recently. Tickets are rare, collectible, and have a nostalgic existence to an event, team, and players that baseball cards could never have. A ticket links you to a particular event and the happenings in that event.
Baseball cards and ticket stubs have been separate entities until recently. In the past few years baseball cards and ticket stubs have finally joined forces. Combining the collectibility of baseball cards and authenticity and rarity of ticket stubs makes for a very exciting product for sports fans and collectors. Both products are keeping their unique properties while gaining the positives of the other. Here are how each product have adapted the other;
