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THE WACKY YEAR IN SPORTS: Woman finds $75,000 baseball card in a shoe box (The Indiana Gazette)

THE WACKY YEAR IN SPORTS: Woman finds $75,000 baseball card in a shoe box (The Indiana Gazette)
When antiques dealer Bernice Gallego found a baseball card tucked among sundry items in a shoe box stashed in her home, she studied the players’ old-time uniforms and figured it might be worth something.

Timeline of news events in 2009 (ABC 7 Chicago)
An extensive chronology of news events across the globe during 2009.

Red Sox 3B Lowell undergoes thumb surgery (PA SportsTicker …
Mike Lowell has undergone surgery on the injured thumb that derailed his trade from the Boston Red Sox to the Texas Rangers.

Cards' Holliday talks gaining momentum (Yahoo! Sports) | Baseball …
It’s looking more and more like Matt Holliday will be soon standing in the on-deck circle for the St.

Baseball, cricket in holiday musings (Suburban Journals)
Want to increase your holiday funds? Here’s a tip. Find an autographed baseball card featuring Edwardsville native Lee Wheat, and you can reward yourself, especially if that card is part of a complete set of the Topps 1954 card series.

The Year in News: The best of the rest (Patterson Irrigator)
Three news stories stood out from the rest in Patterson this year, but the town’s centennial, the Del Puerto Health Center and Walmart weren’t the only subjects on the minds of local residents in 2009. Here’s a look at the rest of the year’s biggest stories, in no particular order.