BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Match Attax

As a kid, I loved collected baseball bubblegum cards. Then someone figured they could make a lot of money by doing bubblegum cards of Star Wars, Mork and Mindy, and other popular movies. Then when Skybox released their NBA cards -- collecting went through the roof. It was never really an obsession for me. Mercifully because I didn't have the money for that anymore. My allowance and "luho" budget can only support so much. While getting a copy of World Soccer magazine, this packet was inserted. I paid it no mind until I opened the plastic-coated mag and whoa! English Premier League cards! And they're manufactured by Topps! The pic of the cards inside my packet are below. Cool as it is, sorry, that's one thing of my childhood that belongs there. Still I think it's a great way to earn to fans for the sport.

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