break happening....shortly!

Everyone is ready to go! I'll post the first round of picks shortly!

1- cheap card collecting (paid)
2- stealing home (paid)
3- wickedortega (paid)
4- arpsmith (paid)
5- daddyohoho (paid)
6- kevin (paid)
7- the dimwit (paid)

I also need the email with your address and top three teams as well, from those same two.


In other news, one of the new kids on the blog, Kyle (over at Juuust A Bit Outside), is hosting an interesting draft break that you should check out if you haven't already. The rules and all the other info are on that link right there, so check him out. He's got a good blog too so be sure to add him to your reading. Oh yeah, tonight is the FINAL chance to sign up, so go now!

triple threads break update, filled! with an update!

The break has been filled, plus one! We now have seven participants which means that we will go ahead with the $5 drop. I have some new details about what the picks will be. We're still doing Triple Threads 4 hits like the box configuration but the other four rounds will be slightly different. See below:


There will still be 8 hits.

The "Threads box":

1- unity single relic
1- unity single auto relic
1- triple relic (single or multiplayer)
1- triple relic/auto (single or multiplayer)


As for the other rounds:

1- auto round
1- relic round
1- Marquee/Finest/Chrome auto round
1- refractor auto/auto+relic combo round

I apologize if this seems confusing typed out but it'll make sense when you see it. The base cards I mentioned in the original post are still here and unaffected. You'll still get:

5 Triple Threads base (1 being a parallel)
5 Finest
10 Chrome

All from 2011.



Everyone has signed in, so the next step is payment. Send the $35 via Paypal to my email (krustytheclown138ATyahooDOTcom), use the 'gift' option. Once everyone is done with that, we'll get rolling! I also will need an email from each of you that includes your address and three top teams. I will try and sway the base cards I divvy towards those three teams. I'll update right below when you've paid and again, once its complete we'll start!


Those who are in:

1- cheap card collecting
2- stealing home
3- wickedortega
4- arpsmith
5- daddyohoho (paid)
6- kevin (paid)
7- the dimwit

the break

Sunday will be the final opportunity to sign up for the break. The two of you who have (Matt and Dan), please send me an email for some additional details concerning the break. For those of you who may have forgotten what is involved:

For $60:

1- 1954 Topps card that books at over $100 ( Warren Spahn, Duke Snider, Ed Mathews and Whitey Ford)
11- Vintage rounds
2- Legend variations from 2010/2011
3- autos
1- relic


18 rounds or picks. I'll do some of the stuff in multi-pick style like I've done before. Same as last time, if you want in, let me know in a comment. (pay via Paypal to krustytheclown138ATyahooDOTcom,use the gift option).

Signed up so far:

1- Dan
2- Matt
3-
4-

currently...

As I sit here sorting out the cards of what will become the team lot break, I check the net every now and then to see what is going on with the trade deadline, which ends tomorrow. Some pretty big trades have gone down so far. Hunter Pence to the Phillies (do they even have room for 'good' players any more?), only adding great strength to their already stellar line-up. Colbey Rasmus was traded to the Blue Jays after a huge 8 player deal between three teams. It's almost too bad they couldn't keep Edwin Jackson, seeing as how they can use some pitching power. Alas, the higher ups wanted Rasmus (still don't know how I feel about it yet) and Rasmus they got. Carlos Beltran is now a Giant and it seems that the Mets are slowly dismantling their team (Francisco Rodriguez went to the Brewers a few weeks back) but will probably end up being for the better. Who knows who else will be moving on. The remaining hours in the deadline should surely produce some good (bad?) trades.

Now, onto other, more local things. I have shipped EVERYTHING out to you guys waiting on stuff. The last draft break, the claimed sets, it is all sent out as of this morning. While I am also sorting out these cards, I'd like to propose the next break I hinted at on Wednesday. No, not the team break. This break involves unopened packs. I have unopened Topps flagship packs from 1982 to 2010. Series 1 and 2 if a year had series' (1993 to now) and both types from 1991 (wax paper and plastic) for a total of 48 packs. What I want to do is have 4 participants, at $20 a slot. For the price of a blaster, each participant will end up with 12 packs (and a surprise at the end). I'll do it draft style but will go chronologically, as it will make it more fair. I checked which packs will be with which and it ends up working out pretty well. If you are interested in this, let me know in the comments. First four get in and once the four are confirmed I'll let you know what to do next (it'll work out the same, Paypal, etc). The team break will probably end up happening in a couple weeks, once I've sorted out everything and gotten organized.

sign-ups? maybe?

Ok, I knew it wouldn't be 'internet crashing' interest in my proposed draft/break (maybe we should dub it a 'group draft break' and call it a day) and I know fifty bucks is a bunch of cash. I would like to stress however, that this one will be much bigger in scope and will include better overall cards, as opposed to just random relics. I'm culling most of the bulk of this break from my personal collection (see yesterday's picture; the 67 Kaline, Cal pants relic, Tulo relic, Santo relic, etc.) because I wanted to make it really worth the money. Plus well, drafting 100 year old cards is just plain crazy. I left the number of people at four to make it that much more special. I might, MIGHT be able to stretch it to five but I'll have to do some real pulling of strings here with my collection and what I've pulled and what I wouldn't mind parting with. If I can make it to accommodate another slot, I will lower the cost to $40. I know Ginter is dropping as we speak and that is always hugely popular, so I am directly competing with that, I suppose.

*****UPDATE*****

While writing this post, I checked to see if I would be able to pull off a fifth slot, and I can say that I definitely can. So here is how it works, just another small summary:

Same guidelines as last time, random picks from the posted cards.

Nine rounds:
1- relic - 2011 All-Star
2- relic - Hall of Famer
3- relic - An overall great that may soon be in the Hof, or could be (Santo, Thome, etc.)
4- vintage - 1953-1956 (the big card years)
5- vintage - 1957-1959
6- vintage - 1960-1963
7- vintage - Hall of Famer card
8- auto - Good players, or at least decent ones
9- T-206 - Your choice of one of five 100 year old cards

I will also include 3 relics and 2 autos of my choosing (like last time). This is pretty the absolute end to my relic/auto collection that isn't in my personal collection (and even some of those too), until I manage to pull some more or pick some up at a show. Also, with the extra fifth slot, I am lowering the entry to $40. I'll start sign-ups now but you can wait on payment. I want to see if I can get five people first before all that happens.

1- commishbob (paid)
2- Ryan (paid)
3- hiflew (paid)
4- BA Benny
5- The Diamond King (paid)

Again, it'll be well worth the cost of entry (the 206 alone is almost that) and it'll be super fun and will be much quicker with less people. If you are interested, simply leave a comment and I'll place your name up there. First five get in!

starting....

Now! I am going ahead and starting this break. Sign ups begin as of this post and will conclude once all spots are filled or by the end of Sunday night. The quicker we fill 'em, the quicker I can start.

Here is what I need from you, the participant:

Send the $25 via Paypal (use the 'gift' option, and in US dollars) to my email address (krustytheclown138ATyahooDOTcom and leave a comment on here saying that you are signed up and ready to go. I can fill up to 12 slots and have some great bonuses if I hit all 12. I will update the slots as you guys claim them. If you need any details, please don't hesitate to email me, or check my past two posts about this whole shebang.

Here is another quick breakdown of what we will do:

$25 gets you:

11 cards; 3 autos and 8 relics.

Out of the three autos one will be on-card, and chosen by you (more on that in a second). The other two will be chosen randomly by me.

Out of those 8 relics, you will choose 5. Those include 3 of the regular relics, 1 numbered relic and 1 multi-relic. The other 3 will be chosen randomly by me.

*********UPDATE**********
This statement below is null now as all slots have been filled (with an extra now), so there will definitely be the two bonus cards added in!
vvvvvvvvvvvvvDONE!vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
If all 12 slots are filled, I will add an additional 2 cards. One will be one of those Upper Deck Icons manu-letters and the other will be something awesome. When I say awesome, I mean a printers plate, an octo-relic, a couple auto/relics and other goodies along those lines.

How it will work:

Once I have a final number of participants, I will post up a selection of cards and you will choose them in the order you were picked. To pick the names, I will use that fancy random.org to randomize all the names and get a picking order from that. You will need to check the blog here fairly often to keep up with what is going on. It'll all work better once I start, I have a tough time explaining things here.

So sign up now and let me know so I can add you to the list below here.

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, in-transit)
13-(held for wickedortega)

I have torn through my relics, or what little is left of them and have added a 13th and final slot. I simply do not have the cards to add any more after this but it's good to get as many as possible going here. Once Wicked joins the fray, I'll post up the first batch of cards and we can get choosing!!!