Being a baseball and New York Yankees fan, many of the books that I read are about the game of baseball and about the New York Yankees. I have a shelf of Yankees playoffs programs and many, upon many newspapers in my basement that celebrate many of the great Yankees moments of the past [...]

Over at Pulse Figures, you can check out some of the latest images & information on upcoming McFarlane SportsPicks:
NBA Series 17
Cooperstown Series 7
Exclusive Vikings Brett Favre
Spring 2010 Release Schedule
As always, keep your eyes on Pulse Figures for all the latest information on McFarlane SportsPicks!

Pulse Figures now has the latest images of McFarlane SportsPicks NFL Series 22 containing some of today’s top NFL Stars; Matt Ryan, Tom Brady, Matt Cassel, Adrian Peterson, & Matt Forté.
Head on over to Pulse Figures for all the images.
Also, McFarlane finally revealed the details on their new ‘Collector Level’ program for SportsPicks. [...]

Recent Trends in TTM
I’ve looked across the web to see what players have been signing and what players have been sending stuff back unsigned. The numbers following the info (1/2 for instance) show how many were signed and how many were sent. I tried to list how long they took if a date [...]

Last May, I sent cards out to 18 baseball players to keep track and document what I got. I’m at the point where I’m giving up on the waiting. Here are the results…

Autograph collecting is a fun and exciting hobby that can be relatively inexpensive. The following are some dos and don’ts of the hobby.

Now that Spring Training is a week away, I wanted to do another little bit about getting autographs through the mail.
Spring Training is a mecca of autographs. Players are accessible in person, and a lot are willing to shuffle through their fan mail to sign some autos.

Pulse Figures now has images up of the newest MLB wave from McFarlane. MLB 2009 Wave 1 includes:
-Alex Rodriguez 5 (New York Yankees)
-Derek Jeter 4 (New York Yankees)
-Josh Beckett 2 (Boston Red Sox)
-Jimmy Rollins (Philadelphia Phillies)
-Johan Santana (New York Mets)
-Kosuke Fukudome (Chicago Cubs)
-Mike Lowell (Boston Red Sox)
-Torii Hunter 2 (Los Angeles Angels)
Unfortunately, the image [...]

Spawn.com released the information & images of their Opening Day multipacks that will be on the shelves right next to MLB 2009 wave 1.
Jackie Robinson 3-Pack
Jackie Robinson is one of the greatest baseball players of all time – his career is defined by what he did on the field, and what he stood for by [...]

As in the past few years, the first wave of MLB in 2009 will be a Toys R Us exclusive. Here is the assortment:
-Carlos Zambrano (Chicago Cubs)

Hello Tailgate Crashers! It’s been a few weeks, but here is some updated information on McFarlane’s SportsPicks!
New Brett Favre

Today, McFarlane showed off their NBA 15 images. But, before we get to that, it worth noting that Kevin Durant has been removed from NBA 15 so that he can be redone in his brand new Oklahoma City Thunder (DUMB NAME!) jersey. However, his new teammate Desmond Mason will be produced in his [...]

Hello, and welcome to the first McFarlane SportQix on Tailgate Crashers! You guys will be getting Pulse Figures’ weekly McFarlane Quickies article, with the non-sportspicks news taken out! Without further ado…