Its been a great run, but is our breaking group over?
If so, @All In Cards , thank you for all you did. My collection, but not my bank account, thank you.
Does anyone have a breaker they recommend? I know it is a little like asking for your favorite fish spot, but I haven't used anyone but...
I opened two boxes of jumbo update with my daughter (my kids are always luckier than I am).
You know the story...nothing, nothing, nothing, then boom.
In the last pack... It is /25. First Ichiro auto I have ever pulled (or owned). Very happy with it.
NFS/NFT
Broke 2 boxes of Heritage HN yesterday.
Got all the rookies you would expect, pretty weak parallels, a base Hosmer relic and then this...
I haven't looked for variations yet. But, yeah, that'll do.
Fair warning - this is a long post.
My wife called me earlier today and told me that our oldest, now a freshman at James Madison University, needed a thumb drive for his computer. Being sensible, I suggested he go buy one. "No" she said, "grab one of your old ones and give it to him when we see...
It makes sense, but I did not expect it and don't like it...
https://www.mlb.com/news/hanley-ramirez-designated-for-assignment/c-278245918?partnerId=sf88819363&sf88819363=1&partnerId=sf88820123&sf88820123=1
So, I noticed it was taking a while to get my latest cards from All In Cards No big deal, sorting is a PITA and I figured he was working on it.
Turns out, the delay was certainly not with Andrew.
The cards showed up the other day and the address line looked like this:
I guess I am impressed...
Just a little PSA for the board...I know a lot of us buy from him from time to time.
Chris is shutting down on Dec-22 for a while and moving to a new location. He plans to re-open and will email his distribution list when he does.
By now, you all have seen this picture.
As a Red Sox fan, I am bummed that Judge robbed Lindor of this (likely game winning) home run.
But, I may hate Zack Hample more than I hate the Yankees, and he also stopped Zack from getting the ball!
I guess I will just have to accept that it was...
I know he is on the DL and out for the season right now, but does he have a future? His stats look good in the limited sample but I don't know anything about him.
Asking b/c I pulled 3 of his chrome autos today (out of 2 boxes). One of them /20.
Ugh.
When Dombrowski traded for Reed I thought to myself that I had some of his autos laying around...turns out I was right!
Hope he crushes it in Boston so I can move these...
I get it. Nobody liked Machado's slide into Pedroia last week. It was late and dangerous, but I don't think anyone thinks he was really trying to hurt him (break up the DP, sure, but not hurt him).
Now, 3 different Sox pitchers have thrown at him. None actually hitting him, but 3 balls at his...
I have to admit I was laughing at this one...
http://www.12up.com/posts/4582349-video-kris-bryant-gets-pranked-by-hall-of-famer-greg-maddux-in-disguise?a_aid=40030
Nice piece here on Javier.
One of the most quiet 4 time world series champions around.
http://deadspin.com/goodbye-to-javier-lopez-the-giants-unsung-badass-1792180513?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
I have been fortunate enough to...
Really nice piece here on guys that had interesting careers but are falling off the ballot.
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/1/17/14295876/2017-baseball-hall-of-fame-ballot-magglio-ordonez-tim-wakefield
Good question, glad you asked.
I will get back to them after Thanksgiving. Work and family have demanded too much time over the past few weeks and I had to set them aside.
I will go back through the submissions and see what I need to get them back up and running.
Stay tuned and be ready to...
I was so saddened by the news from Miami, but I didn't really know how to express it. From Jose back to Roberto (and probably beyond) so many young men left this world too soon.
What do you think of a (very respectful, obviously) "Taken too soon" tournament. I know have a few cards I can show...
This tournament is for wood cards. There is no restriction on numbering, autos, manufacturer or any other card attribute.
The participants for this tournament are: 16christensen16, alexs64, AmishDave, BunchOBull, deujr61, mouschi, rstadlerASU22 and MisterT
All voting will be done in the...
So much for this going away.
http://www.beckett.com/news/2016-bowman-platinum-baseball/
The CL looks great, but I do wonder how it will be distributed.
Thoughts?
Like most people, I was pretty excited when Topps started putting MLB hologram stickers on relics for authentication. And, for the most part, I still am. But, it does not always workout the way you may hope...
A few weeks ago I received a Steven Matz auto relic card. As you can tell from the...
This tournament is for custom cards. The cards can be those that you own or those that you created for someone else (as long as the owner did not also submit the card). The cards can be from any sport, entertainment, personal interest, etc. All voting will be done in the thread.
As a...
After road tripping through Nashville, Memphis and Orlando with the family, I am back and ready to get rolling again.
First up will be the 16 card custom tournament. I will try to get it off the ground on Monday.
Thanks for your patience.