threads break part 4

Round four. Final round then the Threads cards start! Two Chrome autos are both refractors.



1- daddyohoho- dejesus
2- kevin- teheran
3- the dimwit- wallace
4- cheap card collecting- walker
5- stealing home- walden
6- wickedortega- gee
7- arpsmith- crain

threads break part 3

Keepin' it goin'. I have no idea how I ended up pulling two Sogards but I did.



1- kevin- bell
2- the dimwit- walden
3- cheap card collecting- sogard
4- stealing home- sogard
5- wickedortega- storen
6- arpsmith- barney
7- daddyohoho-mcgee

threads break part 2

Round two. Oh, just to let you know, the final four rounds will be the Threads rounds, in case you were wondering.



1- the dimwit- sleater
2- cheap card collecting- sandoval
3- stealing home- strawberry
4- wickedortega- mccutchen
5- arpsmith- morton
6- daddyohoho- league
7- kevin- de los santos

final threads, part two

On to part two!

Its a little different this time around:

Johnny Cueto auto/relic, numbered 29/50. The auto/relic first? Well I feel in this box this was the lesser of the four hits. Still not bad but not the best.




Justin Verlander relic, numbered 7/9. See what I mean? The 2011 AL Cy Young winner, numbered under 10. What's not to like? Sure its a single gray jersey but I'm certainly happy with it.




Johnny Bench triple relic, numbered 34/36. Here we go. Now I do feel that this is a Bench bat. Bench played in the 70's, so I would imagine that relics of his would be more plentiful. The thing is, I would think that relics from this era to now are authentic. I mean, they would have to be right? I'd hope.




Adam Lind auto/triple relic. numbered 3/3. CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY. I could not believe that this fell out of the pack. Its certainly the best Jays card I've ever pulled and the new cornerstone of my Blue Jays collection. Sure I have a few plates and some low numbered jerseys and stuff but nothing this nice. Plates may be 1/1's but ehh...they just don't have the luster of a nice patch low numbered like this. I got a bunch of stuff from eBay and the shop from other people's boxes that they traded to the owner for other stuff and in return I'd trade him. Maybe I'll show it off soon.

final threads, part one

Here is box number one of the final Triple Threads of the year. Unless by some huge miracle involving time travel happens and the shop gets more Threads at a good price, this is it for this release.

The base cards in both boxes weren't anything low numbered like the sapphire Cabrera in the previous box except for an Alex Rodriguez numbered to 25. I didn't bother scanning it because it seems like everyone hates him. Let's begin shall we?

Again like last box, from "worst" to best. Worst is kind of the wrong word here but since I can't think of a better word, we'll stick with that.

Rogers Hornsby "bat" relic, numbered 5/9. Lets say this is a real bat from Hornsby for arguments sake. If this is my worst hit, you know great things are coming afterward.




Jason Heyward auto relic, numbered 23/50. An awesome hit here. Heyward had kind of an off season this year but I'm very sure he will make a fantastic comeback in 2012.




Ichiro triple relic, numbered 01/18. Damn. What a card and the only thing that would have made it better is if that had patches in those windows as opposed to a nice blue jersey. I'm not complaining though due to it being my first Ichiro relic.




Bob Gibson/Felix Hernandez/Josh Johnson triple auto/triple relic, numbered 01/27. What a card. Sure its the smallest jersey piece with the smallest picture of the depicted players but when else can you get auto/relics of a Hall of Famer, a sure-fire superstar and an up and coming player? The only thing that would have made it perfect is the Johnson auto being on the clear stickers like the other two. Oh well. At least this combination of players makes a little sense, in that they are all great pitchers. Some triple combos I've seen make little to no connection unless its something random.

Stay tuned for part two!

another possible break

The household is in one piece. Irene didn't hit us nearly as hard as it could have, thankfully. I do hope that everyone who did experience worse than we did up here is doing good and are all unharmed.

Now, I may have an idea for another break. This would probably be my final one for a little while due to the good stuff running low. I want to make it a good one though:


Uhh...not sure why they are sideways but you get the idea. The cost this time would be $60 but I'll have four entrants and each of them can pick one of these. They all book (yes, Beckett) at over $100. Sure book value is meaningless but it is just there for example. Along with these I'll have an auto round, a second and better auto round (with a couple Hall of Famers), a few vintage rounds and maybe some more depending on what I can come up with. Yes, $60 is high, my highest ever but then again, I wasn't giving away $100 to $200 cards. It will be worth it, I'll be making sure of that. If you are possibly interested in this one, let me know in the comments and once I get a few people on board, I'll lay out the details. Namely it will give me time to gauge interest and pull some good stuff out.

round eight

The final round is here. It's been a ton of fun and I hope you feel the same. I had a few posts that I wanted to do but didn't want to interrupt the flow of the break. Now I kinda forgot what I was going to post. Guess I should have used the draft feature on here huh? Oh well, I'm sure I'll think of it. Anyway, a couple of things about this round.

1- The silk cards count as one pick. Three silk cards for one pick made sense to me seeing as how they aren't really relics or autos or even all that special but they aren't the easiest things to get, being numbered to fifty. Plus they aren't the most recognized players out there. So one participant will get all three (just say 'silks').
2- The octo-relic is shown in the second picture on the bottom. The back with the other four players is below that picture. So remember, thats EIGHT players with EIGHT swatches on ONE card. I know, friggin' crazy. It even comes with a separate card for it's certificate of authenticity. Normally relics have it on the backs but this card can't even fit it!
3- The Bill Hall and Chad Billingsley are both autographed but are a little faded. This is due to the materials that Upper Deck used and I do hear they will replace them.
4- Being the final round, I will do one post concerning the break after all these have been claimed. On with the picks!



1. ryan- strawberry
2. ba benny- tejada plate
3. thingsarefunnerhere- octo
4. wickedortega- cabrera
5. hiflew- kinsler
6. potch- castlellanos
7. greg- stamps
8. axemanohio- silks
9. nathan- wang
10. brooklynmet- billingsley
11. chris- overbay
12. commishbob- hall
13. kevin- pena

round three

I've decided to mix it up a bit and instead of doing the third regular relic, I'm doing the on-card auto. The BrooklynMet informed me that he and Axemanohio had conducted a trade. Thats great! If you guys want to trade thats fine by me of course, just let me know when you do and I'll update the pick posts to keep track. Now, on to round three:


Here is the list for this round:

1. Greg- Matusz
2. Thingsarefunnerhere- Rizzotti
3. Axemanohio- Concepcion (to potch in outside trade)
4. Chris- Texeria
5. BrooklynMet- Francis
6. wickedortega- Pagan
7. Nathan- Willingham
8. Commishbob- Sammons
9. hiflew- Cate
10. Potch- Manzella
11. BABenny- Stewart
12. Ryan- Durango
13. Kevin- Thompson

Again, I'll update as soon as I get the comments.

I know its late but...

The slots are filled and I will post the first batch of cards to be chosen tomorrow morning. I should have them up around 11 am eastern time, sorry its early for you west-coasters.

I did manage to fill each available slot and I know I've beat this to death but here is the breakdown:

13 cards:

2 autos (I choose at random)
1 on-card auto (you choose)
6 relics (you choose 3, I random 3)
1 numbered relic (you choose)
1 multi-relic (you choose)
1 a manu-relic (UD Icons letters namely, random)
1 secret surprise card that could be anything from a silk card to printer's plate to octo relic to an auto'd relic. Good stuff assured. These you also don't get to see and will be randomized at the end right before I ship the cards out.

Again, I'll put up the cards to choose from along with the randomized list of the 13 of you. You choose in order of how the list comes out in the form of a comment until all 13 of you have picked your card. Once they are done, I'll do it again.

I plan on doing the picks in this order:

regular relic
regular relic
regular relic
on-card auto
numbered relic
multi-relic

Essentially getting better as we go along. Overall it'll be a lot of fun and it should go quite smoothly. Until tomorrow (today really)!

1-Kevin (money in mail)
2-Axemanohio (Tim, paid)
3-BrooklynMet (Jason, paid)
4-Potch (Darren, paid)
5-Anonymous Ryan (paid)
6-Nathan (paid)
7-Chris (paid)
8-Greg (GCA, paid)
9-Commishbob (Robert, paid)
10-BABenny (Mike, paid)
11-Thingsarefunnerhere (Julie, paid)
12-hiflew (Johnny, paid)
13-wickedortega (paid)

i've got it (group break update!)

The idea for what I want to do with the group break. For anyone interested in participating in what I went over yesterday, I figured out the best (I think) way to go about it. Let me go over the details again quick:

$25 for one slot. Each slot contains 11 (yes, I upped it one more) cards. You may purchase more than one slot, up to two (down from three).

Here is the breakdown of cards:

3 autos, with at least one being on-card.

8 relics, one will be serial numbered and one will be a multi relic (anywhere from two to four pieces).

Ok, that is what I went over yesterday, essentially. Now the new idea. What I will do is post up a scan of X amount of cards (X being the number of slots sold). Those who are in will choose a card from those cards and it will pass to the next person. So an example being if I fill 7 slots, I'll post a scan of seven cards, randomize the list of the 7 participants and have you each pick one in that random order until the cards are gone. I'll randomize a list of the participants for each round so its fair to everyone.

There will be six rounds, here is what you will choose:

The on-card auto
The numbered relic
The multi-relic
Three regular relics

The rest will be random. I figure there is a good amount of surprise still plus it would eliminate any need for trading, unless you do decide to trade amongst yourselves, but let me know of any changes. I suppose this way is kind of draft-y but I feel it works. Let me know what you think and if you are interested and I'll take it from there.

group break of sorts?

Ok, I have never hosted a group break but I have participated in a few. I had an idea and I would like to see how many of you would be on board. I was thinking about it all day at work, with what I can do, how I can do it, etc. Let me lay it out for you. Now, I'm not sure if this has been done yet but maybe it has. Normally a group break consists of boxes being opened up, cards being sorted out by team and such. I was thinking of something along the lines of this:

A $25 per slot, 10 card lot.

Each lot would contain three autos and seven relics randomly chosen.
I would break it down like this:

3 autos: at least one on-card auto, the other two stickers (or a combo thereof)
7 relics: at least one numbered relic and one relic that is two or more pieces. The other 5 relics would be basic relics or maybe even more numbered ones but I can at least guarantee one per slot.

Ten cards for $25, breaking it down to $2.50 per card, cheaper than at most shows. I was thinking ten slots, with multiples available if you'd like (I think up to three slots for one person if they wanted). If I were to fill all ten, I would add an additional card but not just anything, something awesome like auto/relics or that octo-relic (its crazy, both sides have 4 pieces each!) I have. Either way, I would definitely make it worth the $25. I have many great cards to contribute to this idea and I think I would start with a minimum of four people. If I get more, great and better for you guys. Let me know what you think and if it takes off with enough people I'll post up details and everything. Let me know!

**Update: here are some of the cards that will be included: