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Buckeyes Take Inaugural CFP Title

The Ohio State Buckeyes take the first College Football Playoff title with their convincing win over the favorite, Oregon. The Buckeyes played with a chip on their shoulder all season long, routinely being slotted as the underdog in big games.  Not many champions have had the adversity that OSU was saddled with this season.  But on this night in Dallas, with their third string quarterback and facing an offense that run plays faster than a video game – the Bucks were superior.  Although Vegas and the majority of analysts wrote off Ohio State back in September, why don’t we feel more surprised by this?  Part of the understanding comes from arguably the best coach in the game being on the sideline or the fact that the third string QB could start at 90% of NCAA schools next year.  Ohio State is littered with 5-star talent and a great coaching staff.  Their early season loss seemed to be a blessing in disguise after the confetti fell Monday night.  Their preseason Heisman hopeful, Braxton Miller did not ever take a snap this season.  Their next man in line, JT Barrett righted the ship the best he could for 11 weeks but he too fell due to injury.  This 2014 Buckeyes team will go down in the record books for the first CFP Title but they will also be remembered for the way they got there and performed along the way – gutsy and together.

Remember this historical run by the Buckeyes.  We have new Championship items in and ready to be displayed proudly by Buckeyes Nation.

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Black Sox Items to Be Auctioned

Story written by ESPN’s Darren Rovell

Unique items that include the big names from the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal will hit the auction block on Monday.  Goldin Auctions has three items from one of the most famous gambling scandals of all time.

The most rare item is a ball signed by six of the eight players charged with throwing the series, including “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, who signed the sweet spot. The ball has an estimated price of $100,000.  The auction company is also putting a payroll check of $476.25 up for bid. It is one of, if not the last, paychecks written from White Sox owner Charles Comiskey to pitcher Eddie Cicotte, who famously confirmed his part of the plot. He threw at the first batter that faced him the first game.

The third item is a ticket from that game, only one of which has been sold in the last decade (for $3,525).  Cicotte and Jackson both confessed to a grand jury in 1920, but later recanted those confessions and were acquitted by the others of all the charges a year later.

Despite this, all eight players were permanently banned from baseball from commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.  The auction closes on Feb. 7.


Giveaway of the Week – Don Larsen 8×10

This week’s free giveaway is a Don Larsen Signed 8×10 “Perfect Game” Photo

This month we have given away a Chris Davis signed football, Jim Kiick ” 8×10 photo, C.J. Mosley 8×10 photo and a Brian McCann signed MLB Baseball. Sign up is always free, you may enter once per day. The entry period will end on Friday, January 16th . We will always announce our winners through our Facebook page.

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4 Elected to Baseball HOF

Make room in Cooperstown for 4 new bronze faces.  The voters have spoken and your 2015 inductees are:

Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz & Craig Biggio,

A very talented, younger class this year. The 3 pitchers were seemingly locks, but Biggio may have caught a few fans by surprise.  But make no mistake, Biggio’s career 3,000+ hits ensured he would be in sooner rather than later.

Shortlist for 2016’s class: Ken Griffey Jr.


Giveaway of the Week – Howard “Hopalong” Cassady 8×10 Photo

This week’s free giveaway is a Howard “Hopalong” Cassady 8×10 Photo.

This month we have given away a Chris Davis signed football, Jim Kiick ” 8×10 photo, C.J. Mosley 8×10 photo and a Brian McCann signed MLB Baseball.  Sign up is always free, you may enter once per day.  The entry period will end on Thursday, December 11th.  We will always announce our winners through our Facebook page.

Be on the look out for great free stuff coming your way via Facebook and our website.  Take it as a big thank you for being such great customers!

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