BASEBALL GREAT VIDA BLUE JOINS THE TODD MCFARLANE SHOW TODAY
JOIN VIDA, TODD AND SETH ON MLB RADIO AT MLB.COM, 4-5 PM EST
Cy Young Award winner Vida Blue joins Todd and Seth today on the Todd McFarlane Show.

Vida made his major league debut with the Oakland Athletics in 1969, pitched a no-hitter in 1970, and won 24 games in 1971, when he was voted the American League Most Valuable Player and won the Cy Young. Blue played on three straight A's World Series championship teams and was the first pitcher to start All-Star games for both leagues. He retired in 1987 with a 209-161 record and a 3.26 earned run average, with 143 complete-games and 37 shutouts.

And, before Vida joins in the conversation at about 4:30 PM Eastern, Todd and Seth are sure to talk about the playoffs. Some playoff races are heating up in the final two weeks of the season, some are already in the deep-freeze. Find out the latest today.

To listen to the show, log on to http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/radio/mlb_radio_index.jsp and click the ON THE AIR LIVE link at the top of the page.

Additionally, fans can ask Todd questions in advance by sending e-mail to [email protected]. And, the questions do NOT have to be limited to sports issues. During the show itself, anyone can use AOL Instant Messenger to reach the show by sending a message to mlbradiolive.

If you missed today's show, click here to listen to this week's archive show: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/radio/mlb_radio_index.jsp MLB.com is the official Web site of Major League Baseball.

SPAWN.COM NEWS UPDATE
Here's a look at today's headlines from spawn.com. This week's updates are already live on http://www.spawn.com. Full details on each of the stories below will be available in News Section.

OFFICAL NHL 4 LINEUP ANNOUNCED
FOURTH HOCKEY SERIES SET FOR EARLY 2003 RELEASE
Sometimes the dog wags the tail. Sometimes the tail wags the dog. What's that mean? Well, it's a metaphoric way of saying an internal miscommunication led to the inadvertent release of our upcoming McFarlane's Sports Picks: NHL Series 4 lineup to a couple of media outlets several weeks too soon.

For the full story, click here: http://spawn.com/news/news020913a.html

EDDIE THE TROOPER READY FOR BATTLE
SECOND IRON MAIDEN MASCOT FIGURE SHIPPING
Iron Maiden fans went nuts over our first Eddie action figure - from Killers - released in January 2002. It became one of McFarlane Toys' hottest-selling music figures of all time.

To find out about the second figure hitting store shelves soon, click
here: http://spawn.com/news/news020913b.html

In case you missed last week's stories and other recent headlines, here are a few links:

NFL 4 FIGURES HITTING STORES
http://spawn.com/news/news020830a.html

NBA SERIES 2 OVERVIEW
http://spawn.com/news/news020906a.html

MOVIE MANIACS 5 LIVE IN FEATURES
http://spawn.com/news/news020823d.html

IMAGE PARTNERS SIGN POSTER FOR CBLDF
http://www.spawn.com/news/news020823e.html

SPAWN.COM REDESIGN ANNOUNCED
http://spawn.com/news/news020830b.html

NFL SERIES 5 PHOTOS REVEALED
http://spawn.com/news/news020621b.html

FAQS ON SPAWN.COM
Did you know that there is a wealth of information available on spawn.com, including an FAQ Section. This section, available by clicking the CONTACT US link on the home page is chock full o'goodies. Here's a partial listing of what you can find there:

• When is (insert the name of whatever toys you're asking about
  here) coming out?
• Where can I buy McFarlane Toys action figures?
• Can I buy new toys from Spawn.com?
• Why don't you sell new figures on Spawn.com?
• Does McFarlane Toys take suggestions/comments?
• I'm a retailer, how do I open a wholesale account with McFarlane Toys?
• Why aren't the toys more articulated?
• When is Greg Capullo coming back to Spawn?
• When is the Spawn film sequel coming out?
• When is a new animated Spawn series coming out?
• How do I join the McFarlane Toys Collector's Club?

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