tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63746636493984202852024-03-14T14:07:23.764-05:00Play at the PlatePlay at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.comBlogger2168125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-37756196286541187812021-01-11T09:08:00.000-06:002021-01-11T09:08:07.788-06:00Why do we care so much?<p>I haven't posted to this blog in 1,595 days. That seems like enough of a break. Maybe I'll pick it up again, maybe I won't, but I am on Twitter all the time and I have something to say that just won't fit in a Twitter rant. </p><p>In my humble opinion, there are far too many Hobby Police on Twitter. Too many people who tell people how to collect, how not to collect, how to buy, where to buy, etc. etc. Who cares? Who has the energy for all that Hobby Policing? How about this....let's all just collect the way we want to collect. </p><p>As the great Ricky Gervais once said, repeatedly, I don't care. </p><p>I don't care if you sell on Twitter or Ebay or Mercari or out of a van....down by the river.</p><p>I don't care if you use Ebay for comps or make up your own prices...they are your cards! Sell them, don't sell them, whatever. </p><p>I don't care if you stalk vendors, camping out to buy all the retail and leave none for the kids. News flash, this hobby hasn't been about the "kids" for a long, long time. That doesn't mean I didn't try to get my kids involved, but nothing grabbed their attention. C'est la vie. Having said that, you won't catch me chasing retail like that, but then again, I don't have the time. </p><p>I don't care if you post all of your retail finds and flex or don't flex or whatever it is that bothers people today. If it really bothers me, I can scroll right by or, if it really, really bothers me, I can mute or block you. Problem solved. I don't typically do that though. I generally reserve those features for the blessed souls who really rub me the wrong way. You know, like most fans of a baseball team in the southeast portion of my state. </p><p>I don't care if get your cards from Ebay, COMC, thrift stores, the LCS, Blowout, trades with your cousin Vinny, or the big box store. I do like to see them so show them off. </p><p>I don't care if you like graded cards, hate graded cards, only collect vintage, mistakenly think vintage starts in the year 2000 (like my kids). I don't care if you hate PSA, hate Beckett, love either of them, swear a PSA 10 is only a BGS 9.5 or any of a million other things that Twitter Hobby Police seem to care about. </p><p>I could write a rather lengthy post about my pet hobby peeves, but I suspect most of you would think to yourself, "I don't care."</p><p>All I really care about is that you do the hobby however you want to do the hobby. Just let others do the same. </p><p><br /></p>Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-4926263039927521902016-08-31T12:59:00.003-05:002016-08-31T12:59:48.765-05:00Time for the Medal Ceremony<div class="MsoNormal">
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That means that Blaster 1 is our winner and since no one got
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Tim B is your gold medal winner with a guess of 30 medals, with
Night Owl and Fuji coming tying for the silver medal with guesses of 28
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-15593254059811161432016-08-20T09:00:00.000-05:002016-08-20T09:00:11.708-05:00Olympic Contest - Final Packs<div class="MsoNormal">
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5 Candace Parker – Basketball<o:p></o:p></div>
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39 Natalie Coughlin – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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40 Abby Wambach – Soccer<o:p></o:p></div>
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52 Cullen Jones – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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58 Summer Ross – Beach Volleyball<o:p></o:p></div>
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59 Emily Day – Volleyball<o:p></o:p></div>
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61 Bob Beamon – T&F<o:p></o:p></div>
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62 Rulon Gardner – Wrestling <o:p></o:p></div>
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63 Jenny Thompson – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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65 Carly Patterson – Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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66 Gary Hall Jr. – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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72 Leo Manzano – T&F<o:p></o:p></div>
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Adeline Gray TEAM USA
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-27924999445792513032016-08-19T09:00:00.000-05:002016-08-19T09:00:01.554-05:00Olympic Contest - Rollin' 7s<div class="MsoNormal">
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5 Candace Parker – Basketball<o:p></o:p></div>
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17 Holley Mangold – Weightlifting<o:p></o:p></div>
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21 Matt Grevers – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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27 John Orozco – Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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30 Tyler Clary – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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39 Natalie Coughlin – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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40 Abby Wambach – Soccer<o:p></o:p></div>
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52 Cullen Jones – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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58 Summer Ross – Beach Volleyball<o:p></o:p></div>
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59 Emily Day – Volleyball<o:p></o:p></div>
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61 Bob Beamon – T&F<o:p></o:p></div>
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62 Rulon Gardner – Wrestling <o:p></o:p></div>
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63 Jenny Thompson – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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65 Carly Patterson – Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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66 Gary Hall Jr. – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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72 Leo Manzano – T&F<o:p></o:p></div>
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-27645044810940189922016-08-18T15:00:00.000-05:002016-08-18T15:00:07.341-05:00OIympic Contest - The 6 packs<div class="MsoNormal">
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63 Jenny Thompson – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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65 Carly Patterson – Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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Megan Rapinoe bronze – Soccer<o:p></o:p></div>
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Aly Raisman - Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ryan Lochte bronze- Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mariel Zagunis gold –
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Holly Mangold - Weightlifting<br />
Cullen Jones bronze - Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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Natalie Coughlin insert - Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-6316461335635634672016-08-17T08:00:00.000-05:002016-08-17T08:00:31.813-05:00Olympic Contest - How about a round of 5's<div class="MsoNormal">
There are 75 base cards in the Olympic set. I’m going to list the athletes that did not
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There are 16 out of 75 that didn’t make the team, were injured, retired,
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5 Candace Parker – Basketball<o:p></o:p></div>
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17 Holley Mangold – Weightlifting<o:p></o:p></div>
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21 Matt Grevers – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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27 John Orozco – Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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30 Tyler Clary – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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39 Natalie Coughlin – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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40 Abby Wambach – Soccer<o:p></o:p></div>
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52 Cullen Jones – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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58 Summer Ross – Beach Volleyball<o:p></o:p></div>
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59 Emily Day – Volleyball<o:p></o:p></div>
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61 Bob Beamon – T&F<o:p></o:p></div>
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62 Rulon Gardner – Wrestling <o:p></o:p></div>
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63 Jenny Thompson – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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65 Carly Patterson – Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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66 Gary Hall Jr. – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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72 Leo Manzano – T&F<o:p></o:p></div>
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Aly Raisman - Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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Maya Moore - Basketball<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rulon Gardner – Wrestling<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kayla Harrison – Judo<o:p></o:p></div>
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Diana Taurasi - Basketball<o:p></o:p></div>
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Simone Biles – Gymnastic<o:p></o:p></div>
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Missy Frankin - Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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Claressa Shields - Boxing<o:p></o:p></div>
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Missy Fanklin bronze – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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Michael Phelps insert - Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sue Bird - Basketball<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mariel Zagunis - Fencing<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jake Dalton - Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elena Delle Donne - Basketball<o:p></o:p></div>
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Missy Frankin - Swimming <o:p></o:p></div>
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Natalie Coughlin – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jake Dalton gold – Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jake Dalton silver – Gymnastics It’s a Jake Dalton hot pack…why not Aly
Raisman?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Casey Patterson – Beach Volleyball<o:p></o:p></div>
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Melissa Stockwell - Paratriathlon<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elizabeth Beisel - Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sarah True - Triathlon<o:p></o:p></div>
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Katie Meili - Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tori Bowe – T&F<o:p></o:p></div>
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Connor Fields – Cycling BMX<br />
Conor Dwyer bronze - Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rulon Gardner gold - Wrestling<o:p></o:p></div>
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-70271166945132277862016-08-16T17:00:00.000-05:002016-08-16T17:00:24.208-05:00OIympic contest: Halfway through with the 4th packsThere are 75 base cards in the Olympic set. I’m going to list the athletes that did not make the Olympic team so everyone will know. There are 16 out of 75 that didn’t make the team, were injured, retired, or are former Olympians.<br />
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5 Candace Parker – Basketball<br />
17 Holley Mangold – Weightlifting<br />
21 Matt Grevers – Swimming<br />
27 John Orozco – Gymnastics<br />
30 Tyler Clary – Swimming<br />
39 Natalie Coughlin – Swimming<br />
40 Abby Wambach – Soccer<br />
52 Cullen Jones – Swimming<br />
58 Summer Ross – Beach Volleyball<br />
59 Emily Day – Volleyball<br />
61 Bob Beamon – T&F<br />
62 Rulon Gardner – Wrestling<br />
63 Jenny Thompson – Swimming<br />
65 Carly Patterson – Gymnastics<br />
66 Gary Hall Jr. – Swimming<br />
72 Leo Manzano – T&F<br />
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Sorry for the delay in posting. Two huge projects due at work this week. And I’m done with one of them. So here we go. <br />
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Sam Mikulak - Gymnastics<br />
Sue Bird - Basketball<br />
April Ross – Beach Volleyball<br />
Michael Phelps - Swimming<br />
Steve Lopez - Taekwondo<br />
Nathan Adrian - Swimming<br />
Mariel Zagunis - Fencing<br />
Carlin Isle - Rugby<br />
Abby Wambach bronze – Soccer<br />
Brad Snyder silver - Swimming<br />
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Blaster 2 Pack 4<br />
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Nathan Adrian – Swimming<br />
Steve Lopez - Taekwondo<br />
Claressa Shields - Boxing<br />
Paige Salenski – Field Hockey<br />
Kayla Harrison - Judo<br />
Simone Biles - Gymnastic<br />
Rulon Gardner – Wrestiling<br />
Natalie Coughlin – Swimming<br />
Claressa Shields bronze - Boxing<br />
Sam Mikulak insert - Gymnastics<br />
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Blaster 3 Pack 4<br />
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Leo Manzano – T&F<br />
Matt Stutzman - Archery<br />
Maya Moore - Basketball<br />
JakeGibb – Beach Volleyball<br />
Perry Baker - Rugby<br />
Kami Craig – Water Polo<br />
Brittney Griner - Basketball<br />
LaShawn Merritt – T&F<br />
Margaux Isaksen bronze – Modern Pentathlon<br />
Claressa Shields insert - Boxing<br />
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Good luck everyone and GO TEAM USA!<br />
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-2722447246937262482016-08-11T08:00:00.000-05:002016-08-11T08:00:23.873-05:00Olympic contest: The third packs<div class="MsoNormal">
There are 75 base cards in the Olympic set. I’m going to list the athletes that did not
make the Olympic team so everyone will know.
There are 16 out of 75 that didn’t make the team, were injured, retired,
or are former Olympians.<o:p></o:p></div>
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5 Candace Parker – Basketball<o:p></o:p></div>
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17 Holley Mangold – Weightlifting<o:p></o:p></div>
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21 Matt Grevers – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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27 John Orozco – Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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30 Tyler Clary – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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39 Natalie Coughlin – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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40 Abby Wambach – Soccer<o:p></o:p></div>
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52 Cullen Jones – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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58 Summer Ross – Beach Volleyball<o:p></o:p></div>
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59 Emily Day – Volleyball<o:p></o:p></div>
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61 Bob Beamon – T&F<o:p></o:p></div>
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62 Rulon Gardner – Wrestling <o:p></o:p></div>
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63 Jenny Thompson – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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65 Carly Patterson – Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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66 Gary Hall Jr. – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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72 Leo Manzano – T&F<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here we go with round three.
I’m thinking that some of the medal count guesses were too low,
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-45041924004860773192016-08-10T09:00:00.000-05:002016-08-10T09:00:30.917-05:00Olympic Contest - Pack 2<div class="MsoNormal">
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5 Candace Parker – Basketball<o:p></o:p></div>
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52 Cullen Jones – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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58 Summer Ross – Beach Volleyball<o:p></o:p></div>
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59 Emily Day – Volleyball<o:p></o:p></div>
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63 Jenny Thompson – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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65 Carly Patterson – Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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66 Gary Hall Jr. – Swimming<o:p></o:p></div>
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Simone Biles – Gymnastics – One Gold<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mariel Zagunis - Fencing<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jake Dalton - Gymnastics<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sue Bird – Basketball <o:p></o:p></div>
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Natalie Coughlin - Swimming<br />
McLain Ward bronze - Equestrian<o:p></o:p></div>
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-71565211954739885942016-08-09T10:00:00.000-05:002016-08-09T10:00:00.229-05:00Olympic Contest - Pack 1 from each blasterLet's get these packs busted (well, posted). <div>
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Connor Fields – Cycling BMX - YES<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elizabeth Beisel – Swimming - YES<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sarah True –Triatholon - YES<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tori Bowie – T&F – YES<o:p></o:p></div>
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Haley Anderson – Swimming – YES (marathon swimming..wth?)<o:p></o:p></div>
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David Boudia – Diving – has a silver as well<o:p></o:p></div>
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Courtney Mathewson – Water Polo – Yes (this is where people
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Galen Rupp – T&F – YES<o:p></o:p></div>
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Candace Parker – Basketball - NO<o:p></o:p></div>
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-41647451254427064072016-08-08T17:06:00.000-05:002016-08-08T17:06:09.016-05:00Olympic Contest is Underway<div class="MsoNormal">
The Olympics Contest is underway of course. Starting tomorrow, I will post pack 1 from each blaster. I'll do this each day until the blasters are done. I’ll score the blaster packs as
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-5491858796194576732016-08-05T15:05:00.001-05:002016-08-05T15:18:18.831-05:00I'm back...with a contest<div class="MsoNormal">
Guess who is still alive and kickin’? That’s right.
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I’m a big fan of the Olympics. I love Team USA and currently, I’m spending
more time and energy on that than baseball to be honest with you. Not that those of you who even remember me haven’t
realized I’m barely around. I have a
number of PWE’s that I need to send out, the top two on the stack being to GCRL
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That’s not why we are here.
We are here for a contest. An
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I literally just got back from Target where I went to buy a
blaster of 2016 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Team Hopefuls. As I was standing there, eyeballing the three
blasters they had, something struck me.
No, I don’t have the Zika virus.
What struck me was 1) I haven’t posted anything on the blog in a long
time and 2) I could buy all three blasters and have a contest. Brilliant, right? I know, I know. <o:p></o:p></div>
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First, I numbered the three blasters. All you have to do is tell me which blaster will have the highest medal count for the 2016 Summer Games, both regular
and paralympic. Mind you, some of these people
didn’t make the team. That’s why they
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Everyone who picks the correct blaster will be entered into
a randomizer where the top 3 people will get a Gold, Silver and Bronze size
package from me. I haven’t traded in a
while so I have some goodies to throw in.
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If anyone gets the total number of medals for their blaster
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Blaster 3, 42 medals.
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blaster. <o:p></o:p><br />
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GUESSES MUST BE IN BY MONDAY MORNING! Then I'll start showing the packs. </div>
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-55487612551660660742016-06-03T10:37:00.002-05:002016-06-03T10:38:46.654-05:00WTH? Number 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So, that just happened. Nearly 3 months between posts. My dad was right. The older you get, the faster time flies. </div>
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Oh well, the past is definitely the past, so I can't worry about that. How about we just move on to discuss the second in a new series I like to call WTH?</div>
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I would like someone, anyone, maybe even Al Leiter himself, to tell me WTH is going on here? Is this a fashion shoot or a baseball card photo shoot? I'm curious if that pose was the "in" thing back then because as embarrassing as it is to admit it, I have a photo of myself on a day off the sub in Australia (circa 1992) that looks eerily similar.<br />
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So how about a brief update on my doings since my last post on March 12th. <br />
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1. I'm working on a new blog...I know, I know, but it's not for me. I'm building it for someone else...a member of Team USA so I'm very excited about that.<br />
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2. I'm still doing the TTM thing and will show my 2016 successes sometime in, oh I don't know, 2021 maybe. <br />
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3. I'm still working on the 2012 Americana stuff...I have so much and still need so many more. <br />
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4. I've had some health issues that aren't resolved. Hoping to get that in check by July because...<br />
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5. I'll be celebrating my 20th wedding anniversary in July and taking the family on an Alaskan cruise, my wife's dream vacation. We'll see. <br />
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6. There's the whole #Supertrader Wes started and I organized the contact info...hope Wes didn't mind me jumping in on that. <br />
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7. And I have a backlog of packages to post, which is why I started this thing in the first place. <br />
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So there it is. I hope you are all doing well. If you sent me cards and are hoping to see them posted, I will try to get some of those up soon. <br />
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And Tony, I hope you like this post. Hahahaha! </div>
Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-40623245972299603282016-06-02T15:35:00.001-05:002016-06-02T15:35:14.483-05:00So what if I haven't posted in a while...you could still winA certain Tony from the Twitterverse inadvertently shamed me into wanting to do a post...and I'm working on it.<br />
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For now, you get this awesome reminder to join the awesome College World Series over at <a href="http://autocards.blogspot.com/2016/05/college-world-series-contest-time.html">Autographed Cards</a>. But please turn in a sucky bracket so I can win the Pudge autographed picture. If you won't do it for me, do it for humanity.<br />
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<br />Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-16456989282503523272016-03-12T12:13:00.000-06:002016-03-12T12:13:00.197-06:00New Series: WTH?So yea, the guy who hasn't done a real play at the plate post in a long, long, looooong time, is going to start a new post series. <br />
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And yea, he doesn't have a creative bone in his body so he's calling it WTH? As in what the hell is going on on this card.<br />
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Let's see how it goes, shall we?<br />
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Every now and then you run across the card that just grabs your attention because of the action or the non-baseball stuff or maybe it's a prop or odd piece of non-baseball garb. Maybe you're like me and you think WTH? I'm not really a WTF kind of guy.<br />
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So here is the first card in what I'm sure will be a long lasting and well-received series of posts. Probably award winning even. (Please read the two previous statements with just a hint of sarcasm.)<br />
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I was sorting cards last week and ran across this card. At first glance it didn't hit me, but then I noticed something that made me say WTH? Eric Karros appears to be getting into position for a possible ground ball. So why is Tommy Lasorda behind him, preparing to throw the ball? After doing a double-take, I figured it was just a pre-game warm-up and Tommy was taking a turn at first. I do like seeing him doing something other than sitting in a golf cart or on the bench. I just wish UD would have given him his own card. <br />
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Maybe that's an idea for Topps. Give Managers their own cards, but show them actually doing something like COACHING. I'm not asking for action variations either, just a regular old base card where they are hitting fly balls or showing a player HOW to do something.<br />
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It's just a thought Topps. Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-73205798562639237372016-03-04T09:00:00.000-06:002016-03-04T09:00:05.679-06:00Worth the effortI watched for years as other people posted their TTM returns and always thought, I could do that. I just never did. <div>
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I'm a positive, optimistic person (haha) so this will just be the successes. Between February 27th and April 29th of 2015, I mailed out 50 TTM requests to MLB players and managers. Until I started this recap, I thought my returns were great. Then I ran the numbers and I realized I had 14 good returns for a 28% success rate. Honestly, I don't know how that compares to the rates of other people, but I'll take it. Every time one of those envelopes comes back, it's a real buzz of excitement. That's saying something for this old guy.</div>
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My first successful return was from Alex Gonzalez. He even personalized it which was nice.<br />
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Return time: 10 days<br />
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I didn't really have much expectation of getting Adrian Beltre's cards back, but I sure was happy when these came back. <br />
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Allen and Ginter cards are great for TTMs because the card stock really takes the Sharpie well and the design, at least on the 2013 cards, works well for the signature. <br />
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Return time: 24 days<br />
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Colby Lewis has to be a fan favorite now. He's been a workhorse for the Rangers and I'm very happy he'll be back with the team in 2016.<br />
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Return time: 10 days<br />
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I was coming back from Florida with the family and it's a long story, but I ended up on a different flight than them. Four hours different. Don't ask why, but I had taken some TTM supplies with me just in case I had some down time. Lo and behold, some of the time at the airport was spent prepping the TTMs and it paid off. John Gibbons was in a group of manager cards I had pulled.<br />
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Return time: 11 days<br />
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Terry Collins was in the airport batch as well and it came back the same day as Gibbons.<br />
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Return time: 11 days<br />
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Nelson Cruz, 50 game suspension aside, was one of my favorites when he was here because he game my kid a ball, then signed it. Ok, truth be told, he threw the ball to my son, he missed it and it hit him in the stomach. <br />
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I don't know if Nelson is a good TTM signer, but he came through for me. <br />
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Return time: 31 days<br />
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I saw Mark Lowe was with the Mariners in Spring Training and the only card I could find was this 2013 Topps Mini. Whatever works.<br />
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Return time: 33 days<br />
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The next two are more airport TTMs. I know a certain Dodger fan that will love this Matt Williams.<br />
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Return time: 19 days<br />
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I sent this one because someone told me Buck was a good signer. Good advice.<br />
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Return time: 22 days<br />
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Yovani Gallardo signed with the Rangers and I dug out a card to send it. Little did I realize, I sent out two different cards at separate times. I got them both back on the same day.<br />
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Return time: 77 days<br />
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This one really looks nice on the Ginter card.<br />
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Return time: 60 days<br />
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Neftali is no longer with the team, but he came through with a nice Heritage card.<br />
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Return time: 80 days<br />
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I was gathering David Murphy cards to send and since I had dupes of this Archives card so I sent two. He signed each one with a different bible verse.<br />
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Again with the Ginter and it looks great. <br />
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Return time: 129 days<br />
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The last baseball TTM return of 2015 actually didn't show up until January 29, 2016. While I still hope some more from last year come in, this is the last one so far. I know Josh Hamilton is a good signer, but it does take time to get stuff back.</div>
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If you're TTMing this year, good luck. If you're not, try it. It's worth the effort.</div>
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-54811412267757897302016-03-03T08:00:00.000-06:002016-03-03T08:00:05.126-06:00Domo Arigato, Mr. Ryan-botoLet's explore a little hypothetical situation. That sounds like fun. <br />
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Say you decide to move to the other side of the world. (Over 6,400 miles from me at least.) <br />
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Say you decide to move to the other side of the world AND teach. <br />
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Say you decide to move to the other side of the world AND teach AND keep blogging AND buying cards for people back on the ORIGINAL side of the world you came from. <br />
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Let's say you decide to do all that. <br />
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Well, I wouldn't. I couldn't. I'm too chickensh.....<br />
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Not <a href="http://thiscardiscool.blogspot.com/">Ryan</a>. He's adventurous. He knows that life is too short to be ordinary. He knows everyone needs some Japanese baseball cards in their life. <br />
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I sure am happy <a href="http://thiscardiscool.blogspot.com/">Ryan</a> is that guy that I am not. <br />
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Ryan sent me a mess of Yu Darvish cards. These things are sharp. So what if I can't read them. <br />
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Now Ryan isn't stuck in a rut like me so he doesn't just send Yu Darvish cards. No, not Ryan. He sends Kara cards. Cards of Kara if you will. And cards of Kara are regular size and Yu Darvish cards are smaller. <br />
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Great googly moogly, Japanese plays at the plate!!!!! Isn't this fun!<br />
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<br />Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-71552404683002266132016-03-02T07:30:00.000-06:002016-03-02T07:30:25.981-06:00Subjective and Arbitrary? Highly and Completely!Brian, of Highly Subjective and Completely Arbitrary fame, was the contributor of my the second #Supertrader package. It came last week and was a reminder that I need to get off my ample backside and get my packages mailed out. <br />
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The very nice package included a little gold 2015 Topps Chi Chi and some mighty fine red 2013 USA Baseball Champions Jeremy Martinez. Don't know him, but he fits right in my Team USA collection.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Unbeknownst to this blogger, Pinnacle chose 1993 to issue a Home Run Club card for all the players who had a home run bounce OFF their head and clear the wall. Bravo Jose...bravo.</span></div>
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Brian (great name by the way), thanks for the package. You'll be getting a return package soon!</div>
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know I was impressed. Wes of
<a href="http://jaybarkerfan.blogspot.com/">Jaybarkerfan</a> fame started it, so I guess it was only proper for him to kick off
the trade packages as well. I was
fortunate enough to get a hit out of the 2013 Topps Museum Box he broke for the
group. It also inspired me to break a
box of my own for the group, which you can see <a href="http://playattheplatedude.blogspot.com/2016/02/super-traders-box-break.html">here</a> if you missed it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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everyone in the group by the middle of next week. I also have some packages for other people
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Finally, the hit from the Museum Box. I was fortunate for Wes to pull this jumbo
relic card of Elvis Andrus, #41/50. I
have a few of these and one of my is really dirty (the swatch, not anything
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Thanks for the great package and the whole idea for the
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-26617568136119814372016-02-25T16:42:00.001-06:002016-02-25T16:42:40.833-06:00Fastest return ever<div class="MsoNormal">
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I did a post on it earlier, but I’ve since added quite a few to the
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As of yesterday (2/24), I have sent out 56 TTM
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I may have a few more baseball to send out, but I know I’ll have many
more TEAM USA once I get a little time.
Speaking of time, I’m working on sending out packages/PWEs to the Supertraders group,
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Tom Grieve played for the Senators (1970) and the Rangers
(1972-77). He also had brief stints with
the Mets and Cardinals in 78-79, but he’s best known for being part of the
Ranger family. After retiring as a
player in 1979, he joined the Rangers front office and did some work on the TV
broadcast in 1980. He served as the
Rangers GM from 1984-94 and has been doing TV color for the Rangers since 1995. I love hearing Tom on the broadcast. His voice just says Rangers to me, just like
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Arizona today as well. I also mailed out
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Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-3778187569253198222016-02-17T07:30:00.000-06:002016-02-17T10:59:14.550-06:00The Bat Flip...a Rangers fan's perspectiveYou've all seen THE Bat Flip. You were probably watching the game live like I was. <br />
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The epic 7th inning of game 5 of the ALDS. <br />
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You can read an excellent write up of the game <a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2015/story/_/page/playoffs15_seventhinningALDSGame5/inside-look-epic-seventh-inning-game-5-texas-rangers-toronto-blue-jays">here</a>. In a nutshell, the Rangers took the lead on the play where Russell Martin's throw back to the mound hit Shin Soo Choo in the batters box and rolled away. Rougned Odor scores, chaos ensues and that half of the inning took forever. <br />
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Move to the bottom of the 7th inning and the Rangers melt down, with three errors on three consecutive plays. Another miscue, but not an error, by Odor and the game is tied again. That brings up Jose Bautista who eventually hits a three run bomb that was the difference in the game.<br />
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As soon as Bautista hits the no doubt homer, he gives the epic bat flip that Topps immortalized on his 2016 card. <br />
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No one is a bigger Ranger fan than me. No one. No one yelled louder at the TV when Bautista hit the homer. No one. However, I never thought for a single second that the bat flip was wrong. I never thought it was disrespectful. In what was the biggest moment in his career to that point, Bautista hit a bomb that put a cap on a 53 minute, insanity filled inning. It was an epic moment for him, for the Blue Jays and ultimately the nail in the coffin for the 2015 Rangers. <br />
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I do think the "4th inning, we're down by 7, solo shot" bat flip is stupid. I think this one was the frosting on the cake that was the Blue Jays comeback in that game. <br />
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Now, can we just get Spring Training here so I can look forward to something instead of back at this?Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-43513767896158501642016-02-16T07:30:00.000-06:002016-02-16T07:30:19.620-06:00A Super DilemmaThe Superb Owl. <br />
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You read that right. And no, for once I'm not talking about the Night Owl. <br />
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I bought a couple of things from Blowout, including the box I broke for the Super Traders group. They were running a sale in conjunction with the BIG GAME and they call it the Superb Owl since they don't want to get sued. For my purchase, I was awarded two spots in one of their 30+ boards. The lucky randomizer gave me the numbers 4 (AFC) and 0 (NFC). Thanks to a two point conversion from ol' Peyton Manning, I won the last quarter.<br />
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My prize is pictured below.<br />
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That's a nice sealed box of 2014 Five Star Baseball. One pack, 6 cards. Super High End. They have them on sale now for $275, but they were retailing for $450. That's FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS! FOR ONE PACK OF SIX CARDS!!!!! That's ridiculous. </div>
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My dilemma is that I've searched Ebay for sell prices on these cards and unless you get very, very, very lucky, you are not getting your money's worth. However, it didn't cost me anything so I'm tempted to open it. </div>
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I was tempted to open it I mean. I listed it on Ebay. I have a high buy it now price and I already have an idea of what the money will go for, even if I only get half of my price. </div>
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I'll always wonder what was inside, but I'll never regret knowing what I got instead.</div>
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Thanks Blowout.</div>
<br />Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-2691316949247095382016-02-16T01:45:00.001-06:002016-03-03T03:53:43.537-06:002016 Topps Series One WantlistMy 2016 Topps Series One Wantlist:<br />
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24,65,104,118,120,124,127,163,166,190,218,228,230,234,265,269,304,327,347Play at the Platehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6374663649398420285.post-65374449796594107522016-02-10T07:30:00.000-06:002016-02-10T07:30:00.163-06:00Super Traders Box Break RandomizationIf you watched the video for yesterday's box break, you saw that I pulled a triple relic with David Ortiz, Justin Morneau, and Mark Teixeira, I needed to random this cards between the Red Sox,<br />
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Since I have a vested interest in the outcome, I asked Wes from Jaybarkerfan to do the random for me and send me a screen shot. He did and this is the result...<br />
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Congrats to Mark Hoyle for getting the triple swatch card!<br />
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I'll get all these cards mailed out next week. I'm trying to find some stuff to go with them.<br />
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Thanks!<br />
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