Friday, July 09, 2010

Tommy and TC at FanFest

Here are more pics found on Twitter from the FanFest in Anaheim.

Minnesota Twins mascot TC with Tommy.

Video from FanFest

Here is a little video from the OC Register from the first day of FanFest. Check out some of the auction items from Hunt about halfway through. It might be worth going through the crowds just to take a closer look at some of those things.

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A Banged Up Mickey

This is pretty funny. Do you remember reading about the Boston Red Sox Mickey Mouse statue being vandalized in front of the Discovery Science Center. Well, here it is all bandaged up at FanFest.

FanFest Photos on Twitter

The FanFest is in full bloom and twitter has a handful of photos of the event. Check them out below.

In the lobby at the convention center in Anaheim various team mascots have come to represent.

Check out this ride.

Shawn Green was on hand today to sign autographs today.

Take a look at Ty Cobb's glove.

NY Times On a Roll

The NY Times has a couple of interesting articles out today that are worth a look.

First, The Dodger Dream Foundation paid an outrageous salary to one of the Dodgers executives. In fact, 25% of its annual budget went to one man. This is beyond bad. It's morally and ethically wrong. This charity is nothing more than a slush fund. From my understanding, the Dodger Dream Foundation is separate from ThinkCure!, but if the same chicanery exist there then there is no reason for any Dodger fan to support these organizations.

Second, is a little story about the McCourt divorce and how it may affect the team. I know I had been on a boycott when it comes to mentioning this failed marriage, but since I got quoted in it I thought it only proper to pass along a link.

Envious Am I

Via Sports Collectors Daily, we get a view at a remarkable Baseball collection that took over 45 years to put together. Check it out.
Part 1

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Part 2: The Babe Ruth Collection.

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He even has a football collection.

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