I am Joe Collector

Each slot in the baseball and football break is $17
Videos on Youtube
Non sports cards are randomed off
You get to keep your team month to month
The football will be 2006-2009 so just because you pick the falcons or Jets doesn’t mean you always have a shot at Ryan or Sanchez.

Baseball Break 1
Paypal to stusigpi@hotmail

1 box 2008 Prime Cuts
2 boxes 2009 Sp Authentic

1. Atlanta Braves – Captain Canuck
2. Oakland Athletics – Cubbyblue34
3. Arizona Diamondbacks – open
4. Philadelphia Phillies – Arfmax
5. Pittsburgh Pirates – open
6. Texas Rangers – Grant
7. Kansas City Royals – Darkship
8. Baltimore Orioles – Beardy
9. San Francisco Giants – popstartled
10. Washington Nationals/Expos/Senators – Open
11. Cleveland Indians – Alex
12. Florida Marlins – PopStartled
13. St. Louis Cardinals – Red Bird
14. Seattle Mariners – Grant
15. New York Mets – D Rauer
16. Tampa Bay Rays – Grant
17. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – RWH
18. Chicago White Sox – White Sox Cards
19. Toronto Blue Jays – tunguska
20. Milwaukee Brewers – Thorzul
21. Chicago Cubs – tunguska
22. Detroit Tigers – Roof God
23. Los Angeles Dodgers – Motherscratcher
24. Minnesota Twins – Gcrl
25. New York Yankees – HEB
26. Colorado Rockies – open
27. Cincinnati Reds – Alex
28. Boston Red Sox – box Opener
29. San Diego Padres – Padrographs
30. Houston Astros – darkship

Baseball Group 2
You cannot pick the same team you have in Break 1 until Monday 6 pm PST. One Team per person til then too. I am opening a second break because I get so many requests for teams that are always taken and the chances of them opening are zero. First requested in comments or email gets the team. Pay by December 1, 2009

1 box 2008 Prime Cuts
2 boxes 2009 Sweet Spot

1. Atlanta Braves -
2. Oakland Athletics –
3. Arizona Diamondbacks –
4. Philadelphia Phillies – D Rauer
5. Pittsburgh Pirates – HEB
6. Texas Rangers –
7. Kansas City Royals –
8. Baltimore Orioles –
9. San Francisco Giants –
10. Washington Nationals/Expos/Senators –
11. Cleveland Indians – Motherscratcher
12. Florida Marlins –
13. St. Louis Cardinals – StevenK
14. Seattle Mariners – King Felix
15. New York Mets –
16. Tampa Bay Rays –
17. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim –
18. Chicago White Sox –
19. Toronto Blue Jays –
20. Milwaukee Brewers –
21. Chicago Cubs – Darkship
22. Detroit Tigers – Sewingmachineguy (paid)
23. Los Angeles Dodgers – GCRL
24. Minnesota Twins –
25. New York Yankees – Rich R
26. Colorado Rockies -
27. Cincinnati Reds –
28. Boston Red Sox – Red Bird
29. San Diego Padres –
30. Houston Astros –

Football Monthly Break
Pick your team
First Come first served
Pay by December 1 by 9 am.

$17 per slot
4 boxes 2009 topps chrome
2 2008 Upper Deck Ultimate Boxes

1. New York Giants – Arfmax
2. Jacksonville Jaguars
3. Philadelphia Eagles
4. Miami Dolphins –
5. Green Bay Packers
6. Pittsburgh Steelers – Red Bird
7. New Orleans Saints
8. Indianapolis Colts – HEB
9. Kansas City Chiefs
10. Carolina Panthers
11. Buffalo Bills
12. Denver Broncos
13. Seattle Seahawks
14. Oakland Raiders
15. Detroit Lions
16. Houston Texans
17. Arizona Cardinals
18. Atlanta Falcons
19. Cincinnati Bengals
20. Minnesota Vikings – RichR
21. Washington Redskins
22. Tennessee Titans
23. New York Jets
24. Cleveland Browns
25. Baltimore Ravens – Beardy
26. Chicago Bears
27. New England Patriots
28. San Diego Chargers
29. San Francisco 49ers
30. St. Louis Rams
31. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
32. Dallas Cowboys – Captain Canuck

I didn’t get much input about what people want to see in upcoming monthly baseball group breaks. So what do you think of the following?

2009 SP Authentic Baseball
Prime Cuts
2009 Sweet Spot
2009 Topps T-206
Topps Tribute
Topps Unique
2009 Upper Deck Ultimate

The other thing I am thinking about doing is two breaks at a time. I have a lot of inquiries about people that want to get in on the breaks but can’t because their team is taken. Any thoughts on that? The format would be the same.

First of all I think that grown men that pay a ton of attention to college age guys is creepy enough, but the amount of attention these guys give to high school boys is ever creepier. See this link, then click on “message boards”.

I couldn’t find the middle school message boards, but I’m sure they are out there.

I often wonder if some people have a clue when it comes to busting cases. Triple Threads while full of sick nasty mojo hits, plain sucks. It’s easy for those that don’t bust cases to view a $50 card out of a $150 product and think it is a nice card because it is. For example, when I pulled my Forte and manningham SP Authentic RPA’s I was pretty excited because they became part of my collection. Yes, I could have bought each card for less than a box, but its fun to open the boxes and get a nice card or two. These are $30-$60 cards so not a bad difference.

Looking at cases of Leaf Limited, I can’t help but say meh. Sticker autos, shoddy condition, and the $1100 price tag does it really matter if you pull an Elway Sticker auto or sanchez/Namath sticker auto. The case hits are nice but I prefer to judge a product on an any given box format. Hence my 3 box average experiment last year. Plus this product has a major flaw. The junky crabtree letter auto. That is horrific. Compared to SP authentic, exquisite or even National Treasures, this stuff is terrible. Hopefully, Panini fixes the auto quality for NT. Here is what I am talking about.

Remember these guys are trying to flip these cases. Also consider Topps Chrome the last few years. One rookie auto per box a bunch or refractors and you can pick them up for $50. Plus you arent stuck with single color jerseys.

So where is the value with these cases?

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Razor Letterman. Wasn’t this stuff $90 or so a box at one time? Blowout cards was nice enough to knock $3 off and make the boxes $29.99. If you feel like paying more you can always buy from this guy.

Although you can’t really prospect the #1 pick….

No one likes Masterpieces as much as I. One thing that bothered me though was the use of parallels. Upper Deck in their infinite wisdom decided to put out two un numbered green framed parallel and two black parallel both /99. From more than a few inches away it is almost impossible to tell the difference. Reader Pop Cultured, not to be confused with Pop Startled, asked me what the difference is. Well, I listen to my readers so here we go.

Green: Two Matsuis seemingly the same.

close inspection shows the difference.

Note the textured finish on the frame to the right. That is the Linen version, whereas the non textured is the Windsor. After sorting my cards it appears the windsor are 2-1 more common.

Same with the Black

Even from this angle it is tough to see:


Linen on the right, Serious Black on the Left.

Questions

The November Break is 2 boxes Legendary cuts and 4 boxes Topps Chrome.

Arfmax commented that he wants to be able to vote on what to open because he wants the break to be things he wouldn’t normally open. Well, I agree with him. Please comment as to what you want the December and Janaury breaks to be. Remember to keep in mind the cost and availability as well as the appeal. Topps Chrome is a popular product and that’s why I picked it. The guidelines are 1 higher end product and one midrange product and please put the number of boxes.

My dad’s chevelle that I am having restored for him was in the shop at the time. The car had been dipped, block sanded and was ready for the paint booth. The car has to be redipped. Ugh. The chevelle they refer to in the video is his.