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Kris61

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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2018, 02:05:54 PM »
I’ve always liked Street and Smith’s.  When I was a kid I used to get their baseball preview and read it cover to cover.  No exaggeration.  I’d manually go over each player’s season ending stats to see who were the top 3 in each category.  Hits, HR,  BA, Doubles, Triples, Steals.

I can still recall stats from memory from those days because of combing through S&S.   Andre Dawson hit .287 with 49 HR and 137 RBI in 1987.  Dale Murphy hit 44 HR and drove in 105 runs that year.  Tony Gwynn hit .370.  I can’t tell you jack about who did what last year in MLB but ask me about 1984-1989 and I’m all over it.
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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2018, 02:19:09 PM »
hah, I had an awesome memory when I was 14 years old

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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2018, 02:42:18 PM »
Dale Murphy was the Guest Star at the last fantasy camp I attended.  I is truly a very very nice guy, lots of great stories, very modest and unassuming.
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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2018, 02:53:14 PM »
I used to buy a few every year when I was a teen.  Loved 'em.  Seeing "Street and Smith's" here takes me back, lol.

Athlon I loved because they always had the 2-deep with jersey numbers - which I used to update my college football video game.  Lindy's seemed cheaper to me.  Sporting News always had great photos.  

Into my later 20s and into my 30s, I've found they're good for a plane ride and not much else.  Nowadays, I know as much as the magazines do and they're out of date.
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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2018, 03:05:50 PM »
I bet the group of us here with The Bobs could produce a first class web site that would beat any of these things.
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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #19 on: April 09, 2018, 03:11:25 PM »
If Antholon has a cover pic I like, I'll pick it up.

Also I have a box of printed memorabilia that I like wonder through before the season starts, and add something too each year. (Usually a ticket stub of a Big game, game day program, or Dispatch write up.)
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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #20 on: April 09, 2018, 04:54:41 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 09, 2018, 03:05:50 PM
I bet the group of us here with The Bobs could produce a first class web site that would beat any of these things.
We have him all set up, with his own server and everything. He's gone dark for a while.
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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2018, 11:33:51 AM »
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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #22 on: May 03, 2018, 11:44:36 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on May 03, 2018, 11:33:51 AM
Ranking the Big Ten's Quarterbacks for 2018

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/ranking-big-tens-quarterbacks-2018
Deepest QB crop in the conference I can recall.  Not sure I get putting Nebraska above Indiana.  I'd move Indiana over them, from #11 to #10, and say 1-10 are all pretty damn good.  Hell, he has Thorson #7, and I'm seeing him as a projected top 10 NFL draft pick next year.
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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #23 on: May 03, 2018, 02:44:32 PM »
Yeah, but there's always around 37 potential top 10 picks for the next draft, regardless of what year it is.
« Last Edit: May 03, 2018, 10:46:39 PM by OrangeAfroMan »
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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #24 on: May 04, 2018, 04:39:06 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on April 09, 2018, 02:53:14 PM

Athlon I loved because they always had the 2-deep with jersey numbers - which I used to update my college football video game.  Lindy's seemed cheaper to me.  Sporting News always had great photos.  

Into my later 20s and into my 30s, I've found they're good for a plane ride and not much else.  Nowadays, I know as much as the magazines do and they're out of date.
Steele's is most thorough but my go-to was/is always Lindy's. They were the most available and had great regional marketing wherever I was. I still buy Lindy's to keep the tradition alive (probably bought Lindy's every year since 1999). And I buy extras for my brothers, both of whom are deployed and will be receiving them in care packages.
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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #25 on: May 04, 2018, 07:56:29 AM »
Yeah, I'll always buy Athlon just because I have them all from when my dad bought me my first in like 1993, but I certainly don't tear it apart cover to cover anymore.  Like someone else said, I used to use it to edit NCAA rosters, but you can just download those now.
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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #26 on: May 04, 2018, 09:45:42 AM »
Wow, if I was 20-21 years old and deployed overseas, a college football preseason mag would be better than porn!
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Re: The Preseason Mags
« Reply #27 on: May 04, 2018, 10:26:29 AM »
a little over 20 years ago, back when the Huskers were in the mid-90s glory, there was the possibility locating in China for 2-3 years to build pork processing plants.

I was most worried about a satellite TV to watch games and a dial-up connection and snail mail for college football info.

One of the reasons In started posting in 1997............ 
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