Eric Breen

@SSC_Markets @KeithSmithNBA The NBA NEEDS the Lakers to be on top again . Luka and Giannis pits them up there . And with the Celtics set to be Very Good For years , Win Win .

@KeithSmithNBA Giannis new home next season ?

Every NBA fan knows who I am talking about when I say this: Just break up already. Please. For your sake and everyone's sake.

@Aaron_Sparrow @desert_starr_57 Apparently you're not alone .

@desert_starr_57 I have no idea who she is.

If you are so important, why do you need validation from kids? This is why people hate celebrities. Also, I've seen celebs up close and I don't bother them because I thought it would be rude.

@LanceMcAlister I may have bought a pack of two .

My yearly ode to Easter and my box of baseball cards: When I was a kid, my grandma bought me a box of Topps baseball cards every Easter. Man, did I love opening those 25 packs in the box, one by one. I'd sort through those cards, declaring "got him, got him, need him.....got him." Over the years, I've created a tradition with Casey. I buy a pack for each of us and we open them at the same time. For three straight years, I've found the first packs at the Ace Hardware in Independence. $6.99 for 14 cards. Dang. I feel 10 years old when this time of year rolls around. The rush is still there. I still get excited opening a pack. We shout out names of players and compare packs as we thumb through our packs. The cards have changed so much over the years. Today's cards are slick, shiny and sharp looking. They now list WAR and OPS on the back of hitter's cards and WHIP on the back of pitcher's cards. The cards even list the Twitter handle for players. I'll admit it, I miss the baseball cards I grew up with in the 1970's and 80's. Those cards were plain and simple cardboard. I loved the cartoons on the back, with something like "Richie Hebner loves to restore old cars in the offseason," with a drawing of him and a car. I had several baseball card guidelines growing up: I never believed in buying a set of cards. I thought that was cheating. I bought pack after pack after pack, trying to complete the set on my own. I sorted the cards by teams, put rubber bands around them and put them in a shoe box. I never, ever put cards in my bike spokes and rode around the neighborhood. I would sit on the front porch with my friends and make trades. I spent my summer of 1975, as a nine-year old, searching for the elusive Topps Johnny Bench card. It was card number 260. I reached a point that summer where I had 659 of the 660 cards, with Bench being the only card I needed. I wound up trading my entire box of "doubles" to a friend for his Bench card. Doubles, the cards you had duplicates of, carried little value back then. I never considered the value of having multiple Pete Rose or Hank Aaron cards. I never owned a Beckett's price guide, because I never worried about the dollar value of my cards. I didn't collect the cards to sell them, I collected them because I loved baseball. Heck, I'd take a pen and put a check next to the player's name on the team checklist card when I got that card. I ruined a complete set of Topps 1976 cards when I was 10-years old. An adult neighbor told me I should preserve my cards in a photo album. So, one by one, I put all the cards in an album. A few months later I pulled the clear sheet back and tried to life the card off the page. The front of the card pulled off, the back of the card remained, stuck to the adhesive on the album. Stupid. Stupid. Me. That was a heck of a set in 1976. I'll admit that I eventually started chasing and purchasing multiple rookies cards for the likes of Jose Canseco, Dwight Gooden and Gregg Jefferies. All in hopes of selling them for big money down the road. Well, that never happened. In the truest sense of innocent lost, I sold a Mike Schmidt rookie card and used the money for a spring break trip to Panama City when I was in college. I hang my head in shame. I think my favorite card is the 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. Fleer rookie card. I still have many of my boxes of cards in the basement. Others have been lost in moves over the years. Most of the cards are now in albums, protected by insert sheets. Sometimes I sit and flip through those cards. They take me back to my childhood and certain moments in my life. I can still remember exactly where I was when I got some of those cards. I remember when Topps started making the triple pack of cards that would hang on the rack. We'd sit at the Convenient off Denallen Drive in Anderson and pick through those cards before we bought them. You could see the three cards you were getting on the front and the three cards on the back. We thought that was cool. Man, I miss those days. Did you collect baseball cards?

@BillSchulz @jasonspear1 @sigg20 @Mets @SInow Thanks . I'd forgotten George Plimpton wrote the article . I started Paper Lion today .

@ericseanbreen1 @jasonspear1 @sigg20 @Mets @SInow si.com/mlb/2014/10/15…

You call urself a @mets fan and yet didn't reference Sidd Finch???! Here's another...

@BillSchulz @jasonspear1 @sigg20 @Mets @SInow Do you by any chance remember what issue this was in . I have a ton of SI's and I may have it .

@ericseanbreen1 @jasonspear1 @sigg20 @Mets There's a lot of takeaways re: the Sidd Finch thing. For starters: It was an @SInow issue that came out on April Fools day. But? It was a more innocent time. SOOOO many major media outlets actually bought it. And don't get me started on the @mets fans who believed.

@jasonspear1 @sigg20 @BillSchulz @Mets Best high leg kick this side of Juan Marichal

@ericseanbreen1 @sigg20 @BillSchulz @Mets Look. I don’t make stuff up. I just report what I read. I remember the article. And I just googled it and it was confirmed. “Sidd Finch was claimed to throw a baseball 168 miles per hour (270 km/h)” And the man did it wearing a combat boot on one foot and barefoot on the other

@ThatEricAlper Rosalita Bruce Springsteen

In your opinion, what is a truly perfect song? Not almost perfect. Every note, every word, every second exactly right.

@jasonspear1 @sigg20 @BillSchulz @Mets That's BS . I'll buy 162 ..163 tops , but no WAY he threw 168 .

@sigg20 @BillSchulz @Mets Guy throws 168 mph and he’s “overrated”??!! I don’t think so!

@dotsonc The Reds inability to find good relief pitching is impressive .

I’m not enjoying the Pierce Johnson era.

@Aaron_Sparrow @crumpfleabottom @YellowFlashGuy STOP IT 😁

@crumpfleabottom @YellowFlashGuy It’s like going to work for AEW. You’ll secure the bag, but you’ll be kind of washed afterward. 😂

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@fishgoblue1 @Super70sSports I always get a chuckle when I come across that card going through my 1969 set .

@ericseanbreen1 @Super70sSports That one is. 1969 wasn't.

What was the first baseball card you really fell in love with? I’ll start:

@fishgoblue1 @Super70sSports But is that really him ?

@Super70sSports When I saw in the back that we shared a birthday.

@WyattBEarp @TheMonologist But would she have passed if you had 😁

@ericseanbreen1 @TheMonologist I didn't make my future bride take a quiz but she did go with me to a high school championship football game 😁

@scott_trevathan @Hero_OfThe_Day I was wondering how far I'd have to scroll to see his name . WAY too long .

@Hero_OfThe_Day Unless one of them is Oscar robertson it’s not

Is this the real Mt. Rushmore of the NBA?? 🧐 🧐

@TheMonologist My favorite movie made in my lifetime . And I'm 63 .

@REOSuperFan @TheMonologist "to"

@TheMonologist “Who u make out with: Sinatra or Mathis?”

@WyattBEarp @TheMonologist Eddie caved 😁

@TheMonologist If a girl can't pass a quiz on your favorite team, maybe she's not the one

@dotsonc Jimmy Coker , Hank Foiles , Corky Miller ..I could go on 😁

Arguably one of the top 3 catchers in Reds history.

@yesnicksearcy That's what Dick Vitale SHOULD say . It's not his place to advocate for a Coach to be fired . But for those who are invested in a particular team it's a different story .( Insert Dukey V Joke here ) It is time for Carolina to go outside of the family for a Fresh Start .

The problem is that the coach lost the game by tiring out his players and not substituting. He does that consistently. Hubert is a nice man. But he is killing Carolina basketball. Actually, he’s already killed it. It’s dead.

@HawkEmDownChris Dave Concepcion

Age yourself by naming an MLB shortstop you grew up watching. I’ll start: Derek Jeter.