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    <title>1989 FLEER BILLY RIPKEN INFO</title>
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      <title>Re: New theory about who wrote on Ripken's bat</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,208,209#msg-209</link>
      <author>jp</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Thanks for the info.  I saw your eBay post as well.  All theories welcome.  I still believe Billy wrote it.  The handwriting is a match.  I have personalized autographs from him saying 'Good Luck' on them.  The word 'Luck' is a dead on match to the F-bomb written on the bat.]]></description>
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      <title>New theory about who wrote on Ripken's bat</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,208,208#msg-208</link>
      <author>chicagoshane10</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hey everyone. I'd love to get some feedback on two new ideas about the Ripken error card: 1) a new variation and 2) a new theory about who wrote the obscenity. (I just put up a 1989 Fleer &quot;Master&quot; error collection on eBay featuring cards related to both ideas.)

1) New Ripken error variation: &quot;Faded&quot;

The &quot;Faded&quot; variation refers to a printing error that appears to affect the entire set--an extremely light ink job across the front. Anyone who has opened a lot of packs of '89 Fleer knows that the fronts of the cards are sometimes bolder or lighter than normal. And occasionally a card is extremely bold/dark, as though it got too much ink, or extremely light, as though it didn't get enough ink. I don't know precisely how these cards were printed, but since colors were added in stages (as with all baseball cards, to my knowledge), then perhaps boldness was added in layers of ink too. Too much ink results in extremely bold/dark fronts. (&quot;Double Die&quot; cards appear to be cards with an extra ink layer that was also slightly off-center from the original ink layers.) Too little ink results in extremely light fronts--what I'm calling &quot;Faded&quot; variations. I've opened multiple cases of '89 Fleer wax, rack, and cello boxes. Of the 35 or so Ripkens I've pulled, only one met the extreme &quot;Faded&quot; criteria. For what it's worth, I've noticed that players from teams with a lot of orange in the uniform (eg, Astros, Orioles) seem particularly susceptible to being &quot;Faded.&quot;   

2) New theory on who wrote the obscenity

I'm calling this theory &quot;new&quot; only because I haven't come across it yet. Perhaps the theory has been spelled out somewhere. Anyway, as most of you probably know, Billy Ripken &quot;confessed&quot; in an interview with CNBC in December 2008, just before the 20th anniversary of the release of the card, that he wrote the obscenity on his bat. He claims that he wrote on the bat to distinguish it from other bats in the dugout for batting practice, chalking up the foul language to locker-room jargon. Based purely on circumstantial evidence and a nagging sense that Ripken's story doesn't add up, I think Ripken's confession is a smokescreeen to protect the real culprit: Pete Stanicek.

According to the CNBC article, Ripken was interviewed by the Baltimore Sun's Tim Kurkjian (now with ESPN) shortly after the knob hit the fan and the public discovered the error cards in packs. Ripken was &quot;angry and disappointed.&quot; The article quotes Kurkjian's interview further: &quot;It appears I was targeted (by teammates). . . . I know I'm kind of a jerk at times. I know I'm a little off. But this is going too far.&quot; That doesn't sound like the response of someone who did it himself and was trying to lie. Three reasons why it doesn't make sense for Ripken to have done it himself. 1) He could've just written his jersey number &quot;3&quot; on the bat to distinguish it. His 1988 Fleer card (included in this lot) shows him holding a bat with &quot;3&quot; on the knob. 2) He was in the very long shadow of his big brother Cal, one of the most stand-up, no-nonsense guys in baseball. 3) His Dad was the coach at the time! (The photo shoot was during the 1988 season, Cal Sr.'s final year managing the Orioles.) Imagine the pressure on Billy to do the right thing on the ball field every day. Which teammate then is the best candidate for targeting and pranking Ripken?

Four reasons why Pete Stanicek may have authored the biggest error in modern sports cards.

1) Stanicek knew the victim and could be placed at the scene of the crime. Strangers don't typically prank each other. But friends (and sometimes enemies) do. The pool of candidates obviously begins with players on the Orioles team, who would've had access to the bats, and can be narrowed down quite a bit to players who were buddies with Billy and who had reputations for being at least light-hearted and playful, if not practical jokesters. Many players are very serious on the field, even in batting practice. It's hard to imagine, for example, the stone-faced Eddie Murray pulling such a prank. I won't pretend to know which players Ripken was closest to or which players were the team clowns. But I do know from my own playing days that baseball players often hang out in groups--pitchers and catchers, outfielders, infielders. Stanicek and Ripken, both infielders, appear to have been friends. Both were young and relatively new to the team in 1988. Both played for AAA Rochester in the O's farm system in 1987 and broke into the bigs around the same time, 1987-88. Assuming Stanicek's '89 Fleer card used a photo from the same afternoon, Stanicek was there at the batting practice in question.

2) Stanicek had probable cause. Guess which teammate was most responsible for moving Stanicek to left field and then keeping him off the major league roster? Billy Ripken. Stanicek was Ripken's back-up at second. Surely Stanicek knew the overwhelmingly bad odds of breaking up the much anticipated, too-good-to-be-true, holy double-play combo of brothers Cal and Billy under manager Cal Sr. Nobody not named Ripken was breaking up that family party. What Stanicek could do, however, was desecrate one of those Ripken &quot;face&quot;s.

3) Stanicek had a history. Look at Stanicek's '88 and '89 Fleer cards (both included in this lot)--both show Stanicek in the classic bat-on-shoulder pose with a marking other than the traditional jersey number on the knob. On his '88 card someone, likely Stanicek himself, wrote either a star followed by a &quot;u&quot; or a &quot;5&quot; followed by a star (depending on your orientation when reading it.) It's tempting to interpret the former option as a pre-Ripken, progenitor obscenity: &quot;f**k you.&quot; If he wrote the equivalent of &quot;5-star,&quot; perhaps he was being cocky, perhaps he thought he deserved more playing time. Now look at his '89 card--the knob says &quot;STANO,&quot; presumably his nickname. Here's a guy with a history of writing unusal things on the knob of his bat, like playful phrases and nicknames.

4) Stanicek had the smoking gun--the black marker. Look at the '89 cards for Stanicek and Ripken. All the words are in black marker with similar size and shape. All the letters are upper case. No other players from the '89 Fleer team set show bats with unusual writing on them.

What happened to Pete Stanicek? He never played a big-league game after 1988. It appears that he now lives in the Chicago suburbs, teaching baseball at least part-time. With the media attention on the '89 Fleer Ripken error resurfacing around its 20th anniversary, perhaps Billy, brother of one of the most venerated, untarnished professional athletes in American sports history, decided to take one for the team and put an end to the speculation--and to any possible finger-pointing at a teammate whose progress to the Majors he made more difficult. I'll be the first to admit that I'm totally speculating. But my theory is consistent with Ripken's original reaction and makes more sense to me than Ripken's confession.]]></description>
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      <title>Re: Anyone Have Any Variations for Sale</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,176,187#msg-187</link>
      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[We now have a B/S/T section on the forums.]]></description>
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      <title>Re: Anyone Have Any Variations for Sale</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,176,179#msg-179</link>
      <author>jp</author>
      <description><![CDATA[eBay is the best bet.  Keep it simple and be patient.  Sometimes it'll take a month or two between 'versions', but they will pop up.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:25:54 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: I have an ungraded Whiteout I think is authentic</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,177,178#msg-178</link>
      <author>jp</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Thanks for the info - always appreciated!!  Tough to say without seeing the card, but every one of my 'authenticated' versions have passed the same test.  Surface 'gloss' or shine, and printing dots are key.]]></description>
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      <title>I have an ungraded Whiteout I think is authentic</title>
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      <author>nellybleu</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I checked the white on the knob under 10x magnification with a jeweler's lens, and compared this to the white on other areas of the card, including on the white field on the bottom right, and on the thin white stripes on the top of the card.

From what I could see under magnification the grains on all three areas were identical.  Each area also had the same tone of white.  If you were given pictures of the three white spots, you couldn't tell which white spot came from which white part of the card.  

This indicates to me that the whiteout on the knob was applied on a negative  of the card prior to printing, and thus the card is authentic.  However, I've heard that actual globs of whiteout were used.

Any comments?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:20:23 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Anyone Have Any Variations for Sale</title>
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      <author>bobby2175</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I was wondering if anyone had any variations for sale.

I'm just starting to put my collection of the 89 Fleer Billy Ripken cards together.

Thanks.

Bobby C.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:55:33 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Ripken Whiteout for sale</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,164,175#msg-175</link>
      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Ok. cool. Thought it looked real from the pic. Just wondering. Good luck on it. Last few WO's have gotten pretty good closing prices, esp. considering the economy.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:06:43 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: FF Article collection for Sell</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,170,174#msg-174</link>
      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[One of these days. lol. It's sat for a few months now unchanged. Now that my work load has lessening I'll be working half of what I was and have more hobby time !!

It's close. Just need to print some more and bind them.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:05:09 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: FF Article collection for Sell</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,170,173#msg-173</link>
      <author>jjfshj</author>
      <description><![CDATA[When is the book coming out???  I would like a copy]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:26:10 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Ripken Whiteout for sale</title>
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      <author>jjfshj</author>
      <description><![CDATA[No...I bought the 2 that you told me about from that guy in Ohio.  I am keeping the BGS 8 and selling the ungraded.  Its real...Ive looked at it under the scope.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:24:57 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Ripken Whiteout for sale</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,164,171#msg-171</link>
      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Same one as this one you own ?

&quot;Beckett has ruled my whiteout as questionable authenticity with NO Grade.&quot;]]></description>
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      <title>FF Article collection for Sell</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,170,170#msg-170</link>
      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Huge Bill Ripken Article Lot all about the FF card. Some will have a small write up in the Readers Write section, others will have full page articles with pictures. 

Some highlights- 2 Original USA today papers from 1989 with small articles about the FF card

Bongo Simpsons comic with Ripken cartoon spoof and attatched spoof card

Numerous Beckett and other magazines

18 magazines in all. Also included is 7 photocopied articles that are different than the articles included. 

A great source of info and a great addition to your FF collection. 

$50 Delivered


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      <title>Ripken Whiteout for sale</title>
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      <author>jjfshj</author>
      <description><![CDATA[There is one on eBay for sale if anyone is interested!!!]]></description>
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      <title>Different printing of 1989 Fleer?</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,162,162#msg-162</link>
      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Counterfeit?
From 2nd printer? 
Testing?

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=11&amp;threadid=728816]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:37:27 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: The actual bat...is there one out there???</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,151,152#msg-152</link>
      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Pre-Congrats on your 1st WO !! 



I doubt the bat has ever went to auction. I have almost reached the edges of the internet looking for info on this card,:) and have not heard anything. If it was to go to auction, people would have talked about it. 

I'd love to see the bat. Bill has said he's unsure where it is. 

I know that some teams sell the practice bats.

Possibly donate to local school teams ?

I imagine if someone saw it, before the card was released, trashed it,did one of the above or used it until it broke. I'm sure once the card hit, if someone had it, they would have said so. But you never know. Maybe Bill's last words will be..email BillRipken.com..*cough*...*cough*..I have something for them....

One could only dream.

If it does exist, I hope I dont see it as get cut up into 1000 bat cards. ugh.]]></description>
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      <title>The actual bat...is there one out there???</title>
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      <author>jjfshj</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Does anyone know of the actual bat in the card or one of Bill's (w/FF on it) that has gone up for auction???

Also..just to let all know...Im close to landing my first WO..just have to get the funds together....weeeee....need it for the collection!!!!]]></description>
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      <title>Re: 89 Fleer Ripken and Treadway errors?</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,41,150#msg-150</link>
      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[jjfshj- email sent.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:35:31 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: 89 Fleer Ripken and Treadway errors?</title>
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      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[The last guide by a collector, that I'm aware of was written in 1997. Beckett and SCD put out annuals,informative but alot is missing. 

Last I heard, Gilkeson only had 2 left but I didn't confirm this and unsure on others. I'll email both authors I know of and post any results here. 


I dont know of any NNOF for sale at the moment. Watch ebay. They seem to pop up every now and then. Last one I remember was a AGS 10 in November for under $400

1989 Fleer Checklist with positions-

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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:44:29 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Whiteout question???  I see the grain...</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,119,147#msg-147</link>
      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[PSA has a March special. 1972- present cards valued under $100 25 card minimum for $4.50 per card !!

I'm going to ask a guy I've piggybacked with a few times before and trust, if he's submitting. If so, I'll submit a few cards. Your card might be a problem though as the Beckett BV is $120 and SCD is $250 I believe. But I think you paid $90 for it? I just posted that question on the thread and will update when a answer is rec'd.]]></description>
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      <title>Re: 89 Fleer Ripken and Treadway errors?</title>
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      <author>jjfshj</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Explain the checklist with positions you speak of...Ripken Collector mentioned only is it in a pic.  Sounds like a fun hunt!  I would also like to get a copy of the E/V guides you speak of since I am also interested in them.  I know this is Ripken only, but anyone know of any Frank Thomas nnof for sale?.?.?...Im tired of trying to pull from a pack...lol!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:51:44 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Whiteout question???  I see the grain...</title>
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      <author>jjfshj</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Sounds good!  I would like for this WO to graded authentic, so I would like to try getting it graded again.  BGS just didnt have the ballz...lol...calling it questionable!  Thanks for the help as always!  Good to know helpful people in the hobby.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:47:02 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Whiteout question???  I see the grain...</title>
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      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Yep, that's me. MartinFFcollector

I'll email you when another bulk sub pops up. 

The one for PSA was just rec'd by PSA so I assume they wont do another for a month or 2. That's if someone steps up to orgazine it.  

The BGS one on FCB is mailing out to BGS in a few days. They plan to do more but unsure when.]]></description>
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      <title>Re: Whiteout question???  I see the grain...</title>
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      <author>jjfshj</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Yeah..Im interested in sending cards in every once in awhile, but not enough to get a membership with someone.  I guess you could call it &quot;casual grading&quot;.  Let me know if something is coming up.  Hey ripken collector...whats your name on Becketts board?  Is it MartinFF...sometin?]]></description>
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      <title>Re: Whiteout question???  I see the grain...</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,119,142#msg-142</link>
      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Bulk basically means alot. On the PSA message boards, they (collectors) have gotten together (twice recently) appraoched the President of PSA and worked a deal ($5 per card) if they submit a certain amount of cards. Then everyone sends their cards to whoever is in charge of the submission (a standing PSA member)and they send them to PSA and await the results. Not bad for $5.  

On FCB (Freedom Card Board) they did the same with BGS (Beckett) at the same price point.]]></description>
      <category>1989 FLEER BILLY RIPKEN INFO</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:25:45 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Whiteout question???  I see the grain...</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,119,141#msg-141</link>
      <author>jjfshj</author>
      <description><![CDATA[What is a bulk sub?  Thought you had to be a member to send cards in....Do you allow anyone to send in cards every once in awhile?]]></description>
      <category>1989 FLEER BILLY RIPKEN INFO</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:22:30 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: LETS DO ANOTHER FREE DRAWING!!</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,136,140#msg-140</link>
      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Dont really have anything extra or cards I want to let go of. 

I'd chip in as well, but nothing close to what I did last time. 

What I have is not too special - I think I have a raw Black Box (BBox),Nettles knob error,and a BBox on rack (racks seals busted partly, on back. I think the header has a rip too)]]></description>
      <category>1989 FLEER BILLY RIPKEN INFO</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:14:19 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Whiteout question???  I see the grain...</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,119,139#msg-139</link>
      <author>1989_fleer_bill_ripken_collector</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Wow. Sorry to hear that. Another WO BGS rejects. Like you mentioned I'd try PSA before you rule it as a fake. 

I dont have a PSA acct. but am saving up cards to piggyback on the next bulk sub they do.]]></description>
      <category>1989 FLEER BILLY RIPKEN INFO</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:10:46 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Whiteout question???  I see the grain...</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,119,137#msg-137</link>
      <author>jjfshj</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Well guys-

Beckett has ruled my whiteout as questionable authenticity with NO Grade.  Will they slab it in anything? I dont have a PSA account...anyone have any cards going to PSA anytime soon?  I could use the help sending it in.  Thanks.]]></description>
      <category>1989 FLEER BILLY RIPKEN INFO</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:43:16 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>LETS DO ANOTHER FREE DRAWING!!</title>
      <link>http://www.billripken.com/forum/read.php?2,136,136#msg-136</link>
      <author>jjfshj</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I was not on the site yet and want to enter in the festivities!!  I will chip in somethin.....

what do you think ripken collector?  All in favor say I!]]></description>
      <category>1989 FLEER BILLY RIPKEN INFO</category>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:36:02 -0700</pubDate>
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