it's not over yet...

True, the break is over but there is still one thing left; the signed Hall of Famer baseball! I said in the initial post for the break that it would be randomed off to one of the participants of the break. It still will but I have a question. Should I random the names and post the winner here, or should I leave it a surprise and send it to the person picked and have them surprised when they get the package? Everyone who took part in the break, let me know if I should reveal the winner or not.

Other than finishing up the break, I do apologize for the lack of posts but this week is absolutely hectic. The wife is prepping for finals next week and things have picked up tremendously at work and I am working 2AM to 1PM shifts all week. Yes, there is apparently a 2 in the morning now. Reason being that we're still with one car. We would have had it back Saturday but ran into a snag at the DMV, so we have to try and get it back this week. So I needed to do more hours but had to drive her to work and pick her up when she is done, which wouldn't allow for more hours to be picked up. So my only option was to go in and leave with my co-worker and he does 2 to 1. Gotta do what I gotta do. So thats whats going on with the lack of posts (and more or less everything else around here, except sleep) but it should only be this and next week. I have been reading but haven't had the focus to do any posts. I do have some ideas so they will get posed eventually. So, uh, thats that.

threads break, final

Yes, just like last round's Gonzalez, there are two Castros. No idea how I managed to obtain two of them but there they are.


1- the dimwit- 3x auto/relic
2- kevin- castro (star)
3- cheap card collecting- castro (avg)
4- wickedortega- gonzalez
5- daddyohoho- drabek
6- stealing home- wallace
7- arpsmith- scherzer

I have everyones info and their extra cards ready. I should have these out hopefully soon. Thanks to everyone who participated and I hope it was fun!

threads break part 7

1- stealing home- bench
2- wickedortega- team leaders
3- arpsmith- speed power
4- daddyohoho- a's
5- kevin- gonzalez (gold)
6- the dimwit- gonzalez (green)
7- cheap card collecting- reyes

threads break part 6

1- wickedortega- morrison
2- arpsmith- cueto
3- daddyohoho- byrd
4- kevin- sizemore
5- the dimwit- cashner
6- cheap card collecting- mccutchen
7- stealing home- pagan

threads break part 5

Alright, here we go. The meat of the break. Here we have the beginning of the Triple Threads portion of the break. Single unity relics for this round. Oh and one more thing. We have eight rounds and seven participants. What I planned on doing was randomizing the final round due to everyone getting a chance to pick both first and last. As you've noticed what is happening with the order is that you are being moved down one slot in each round. Therefore, if you picked first the first round, you'll be picking seventh in the seventh round. Seems the most fair to me to randomize the last round, therefore it would be an equal chance for everyone to grab that top slot again, as opposed to a pre-determined order. Thanks for listening, now pick your card!




1- arpsmith- Posey
2- daddyohoho- rodriguez
3- kevin- ramirez
4- the dimwit- bell
5- cheap card collecting- roberts
6- stealing home- hunter
7- wickedortega- tabata

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

threads break part 1

Let's begin. For those of you who have not seen or participated in one of my breaks, or you just forget, allow me to explain how it works. I'll post a picture with the cards available for picking and an order of participants to pick them. You do choose in order but are allowed to have a top X list of cards you'd like. For example, say you're picking third, you choose a list of the top three cards you'd want and once it comes around to your turn, you get the top card on your list that hasn't been picked yet. I hope I worded that alright. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Have fun!




1- cheap card collecting- smoltz
2- stealing home- schilling
3- wickedortega- ramirez
4- arpsmith- verlander
5- daddyohoho- upton
6- kevin- sizemore
7- the dimwit- johnson (there you go!)

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

if you wanted to bust triple threads...

...here's your chance!

Kinda.



I am gauging interest on a group break. I want to do a Triple Threads theme break. With the couple of boxes I busted, the trades made at the local shop and the couple I picked up on eBay, I've gained a nice healthy amount of 2011 Threads. I know we can't all buy boxes of the stuff but I can try the next best thing.


Here's the details:

For 1/5th the price of a box of Triple Threads you can make your own from the cards I'll post. It'll work just like my older breaks, with a list of pickers going in order.

A fifth of the price of a full box means $40, and for that you'll get just like a box:

1 Unity single relic
1 Unity single auto/relic
1 Triple relic (single player or multiple)
1 Triple relic/auto (single player or multiple)


Other than those, I'm also including the following to pick from and everyone will get:

1 2011 Chrome auto
1 relic
2 autos


The one relic and one auto will be from different sets, being what ever I have in my box here. I will also add in the following base cards:

5 Triple Threads base (the reds, numbered to 1500), with one being a parallel
5 2011 Finest
10 2011 Chrome

Thats a total of 8 hits of your choice. Here is a sample of what will be included:

Interested? Let me know in the comments below. I will only have five spots open so act fast if you do want to participate. If interest is big, I can do another slot and if we do get 6 people, I will knock the $40 to $35.

Oh and everyone who participates will be entered into a random drawing to grab an autographed ball of a Hall of Famer. I won't say which player but if we get 5 to 6 people, thats a pretty good chance you have to grab that ball.


1- cheap card collecting
2- stealing home
3- wickedortega
4-
5-
(6)- kevin (if 6)

finals

Final rounds. For these next three, pic three cards from each picture.

Matt- Morgan, Baylor, Hunter
Dan- cullen, bando, alomar


Dan- Fregosi, Gamble, Spikes
Matt- roberts, rodriguez, sudakis


Matt- Petrocelli, Santo, Patton
Dan- jarvis, fiore, mcmullin

And for our finale, pick any one of these.

Dan- Snider
Matt- Ford

A big thanks to you two for participating. I hope you had fun choosing your cards. I should have them out to you soon (Matt I still need your address).

rounds 8, 9, 10

For this round, pick two:

Dan- lane, rivera
Matt- thies, wright

For these next two, pick four cards from each picture.

Matt- boozer, alley, crandall, williams
Dan- richert, valespino, gardner, chance


Dan- wynn, northrup, conigliaro, brown
Matt- knoop, santiago, ortega, mcloghlin

After this, only four rounds left, which I'll probably do tomorrow!

rounds 5, 6, and 7

For these first two, pick one from each picture.

Matt- Bailey
Dan- Harrison


(the horizontal hard to read one is Andre Dawson, in case you can't tell)
Dan- Carter
Matt- Dawson

For the vintage cards pick three each. At the end of the break, you'll both end up with 20 pre-1976 vintage cards each.

Matt- Williams, Piche, Jackson
Dan-Phillips, Walker, Daley

rounds 1, 2, 3 and 4

Let's begin. First off, I went through a computer issue about a month ago and I had to wipe my hard drive and install a new copy of OSx. In that process I did lose everything (which wasn't much) but I also lost the ability to connect my scanner/printer to my computer. I tried to get it to work but I have to trick the comp into letting it install (it worked before but won't now). So for all the pictures in this break I am using my phone camera and sending them to my email and posting them here. I apologize if they come out not so great but if you can't make something out let me know and I'll let you know what it is.

Now, for each of these rounds, pick one card you'd like. Actually with the Legends Variations you can pick from either picture, I just split them up between the verticals and horizontals for the pictures but you can pick any two you like.

Dan- Schmidt
Matt- Roberts


Matt- Smith
Dan- Robinson


Dan- Santana
Matt- Simpson


Matt- Carter
Dan- Braun

I'll try and keep the rounds quick, happy pickin's!

break is closed

The break is closed. Matt and Dan will start taking their picks tomorrow, once I post the first batch of cards. Now would be the time to send the payment (Paypal, krustytheclown138ATyahooDOTcom, gift option) if you have not done so already. Each post will have X amount of cards and I'll let you know how many to pick. Since there are only two of you I imagine this to go rather quickly.



Oh and for those of you who grabbed some of those teams in the team break, I have shipped them. I shipped on Thursday and I imagine they should be arriving this week. A couple of things about those:

The bad news: I couldn't really fit the multi-team cards into any of the boxes.

The good news: I couldn't fit them into said boxes because I stuffed those boxes so full of teams you picked that I simply ran out of room. It looks like I underestimated the amount of cards on some of the teams (especially on teams I've never traded away before) but thats only better for you guys.

I do still have a bunch of teams left and if anyone is interested, let me know and I'll see which teams I have left and we'll go from there.

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-

clearance closed, second team picks

The break is closed. No one else wanted in. Those of you who have claimed a team, please claim your second team from the list below. I also need the final two participants to send their payments as well. Here are the teams: (X teams are claimed)

Angels
Astros
Athletics-X
Brewers
Cardinals-X
Cubs-X
Diamondbacks
Giants
Mariners-X
Marlins
Mets
Nationals/Expos-X
Padres
Rangers
Rays
Rockies
Royals
Tigers-X
Twins
White Sox
Yankees-X

Just let me know which team you'd like in a comment.

last chance

This is the last chance to claim a team for the team clearance. If you have claimed a team and have not paid yet, please do so now or as soon as possible (Paypal to krustytheclown138ATyahooDOTcom, use the gift option). I would love to get these out by the end of the week and I really only want to make one trip to the post office. If you haven't claimed at team, you can by stating which team you'd like from the remaining teams in a comment. The cost is $20 for your first pick then once I close the break, you will all choose your second team from which are left. I plan on closing the break on Wednesday. Whoever is in, is in. Those who are, if you could have the payment by then, that would be great. Like I said, I'd love to get these out by the weekend.

Remaining teams:

Angels
Astros
Athletics
Brewers
Cardinals
Cubs
Diamondbacks
Giants
Mariners
Marlins
Mets
Nationals
Padres
Rangers
Rays
Rockies
Royals
Tigers
Twins
White Sox
Yankees