Olympic contest: The third packs

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.

5 Candace Parker – Basketball

17 Holley Mangold – Weightlifting

21 Matt Grevers – Swimming

27 John Orozco – Gymnastics

30 Tyler Clary – Swimming

39 Natalie Coughlin – Swimming

40 Abby Wambach – Soccer

52 Cullen Jones – Swimming

58 Summer Ross – Beach Volleyball

59 Emily Day – Volleyball

61 Bob Beamon – T&F

62 Rulon Gardner – Wrestling

63 Jenny Thompson – Swimming

65 Carly Patterson – Gymnastics

66 Gary Hall Jr. – Swimming

72 Leo Manzano – T&F

Here we go with round three.  I’m thinking that some of the medal count guesses were too low, especially if you have a bunch of swimmers in your blaster.

Blaster 1 Pack 3

Tom Shields – Swimming

Abby Wambach - Soccer

Candace Parker - Basketball

Gabby Douglas - Gymnastics

Elena Delle Donne - Basketball

Natalie Coughlin - Swimming

Megan Rapinoe - Soccer

Paige Selenski – Field Hockey

Carlin Isles bronze - Rugby

Abby Wambach silver - Soccer

Blaster 2 Pack 3

Bob Beamon – T&F

Adeline Gray - Wrestling

April Ross – Beach Volleyball

Gabby Douglas - Gymnastics

Sam Mikulak - Gymnastics

Diana Taurasi - Basketball

Candace Parker - Basketball

Madison Hughes - Rugby

Natalie Coughlin silver - Swimming

Missy Franklin bronze - Swimming

Blaster 3 Pack 2

Carlin Isles - Rugby

Abby Wambach - Soccer

Ryan Lochte - Swimming

Missy Gardner - Swimming

Ally Raisman - Gymnastics

Megan Rapinoe - Soccer

Michael Phelps - Swimming

Elena Delle Donne - Basketball
Ally Raisman silver - Gymnastics

Haley Anderson bronze - Swimming

Good luck everyone and GO TEAM USA!

Olympic Contest - Pack 2

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.

5 Candace Parker – Basketball

17 Holley Mangold – Weightlifting

21 Matt Grevers – Swimming

27 John Orozco – Gymnastics

30 Tyler Clary – Swimming

39 Natalie Coughlin – Swimming

40 Abby Wambach – Soccer

52 Cullen Jones – Swimming

58 Summer Ross – Beach Volleyball

59 Emily Day – Volleyball

61 Bob Beamon – T&F

62 Rulon Gardner – Wrestling

63 Jenny Thompson – Swimming

65 Carly Patterson – Gymnastics

66 Gary Hall Jr. – Swimming

72 Leo Manzano – T&F

Blaster 1 Pack 2

Allison Schmitt – Swimming – One Silver

Jenny Arthur - Weightlifting

Tyler Clary – Swimming

John Orozco - Gymnastics

Holley Mangold - Weightlifting

Phil Dalhausser – Beach Volleyball

Matt Grevers - Swimming

Ryan Lochte bronze - Swimming - One Gold

Margaux Isaksen silver – Modern Pentathlon

1992 Closing Ceremony insert

Blaster 2 Pack 2

Nathan Schrimsher – Modern Pentathlon

Cullen Jones - Swimming

Conor Dwyer – Swimming – One Gold, One Bronze

Brad Snyder - Swimming

Lex Gillette – T&F

Jenny Thompson - Swimming

Carly Patterson - Gymnastics

Alana Nichols- Para-Canoe

Simone Biles bronze – Gymnastics – One Gold

Carlin Isles gold - Rugby

Blaster 3 Pack 2

Paige Selenski – Field Hockey

Simone Biles – Gymnastics – One Gold

Kayla Harrison - Judo

Rulon Gardner - Wrestling

Mariel Zagunis - Fencing

Jake Dalton - Gymnastics

Sue Bird – Basketball

Natalie Coughlin - Swimming
McLain Ward bronze - Equestrian

Maya Moore gold - Basketball

Good luck everyone and GO TEAM USA!

Olympic Contest - Pack 1 from each blaster

Let's get these packs busted (well, posted). 

I'll post the athlete, their sport, and whether they are on the team and in Rio.

Blaster 1 Pack 1

Melissa Stockwell – Paratriathlon - YES

Casey Patterson -  Beach Volleyball - YES

Connor Fields – Cycling BMX - YES

Elizabeth Beisel – Swimming - YES

Justin Gatlin – T&F - YES

Katie Meili – Swimming – has a bronze medal

Sarah True –Triatholon -  YES

Tori Bowie – T&F – YES

Elena Delle Donna bronze – Basketball – YES

Sarah True insert – Triathlon - Yes

Blaster 2 Pack 1

Haley Anderson – Swimming – YES (marathon swimming..wth?)

Margaux Isaksen – Modern Pentathlon - YES

McLain Ward – Equestrian - YES

Brady Ellison – Archery – Already has a silver medal

David Boudia – Diving – has a silver as well

Courtney Mathewson – Water Polo – Yes (this is where people legally try to drown other people)

Galen Rupp – T&F – YES

Diana Taurasi bronze – Basketball – YES

Mariel Zagunis silver – Fencing – YES

Blaster 3 Pack 1

Claressa Shields – Boxing - YES

Nathan Adrian – Swimming – Already has a gold medal

Steven Lopez – Taekwondo - YES

Diana Taurasi – Basketball - YES

April Ross – Beach Volleyball - YES

Gabby Douglas – Gymnastics - Yes

Candace Parker – Basketball - NO

Sam Mikulak – Gymnastics – YES
Brady Ellison bronze – Archery – has a silver

Missy Franklin – Swimming - YES

Good luck everyone and GO TEAM USA!

Olympic Contest is Underway

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 I go, but of course those numbers will change as more events are completed.

Here are your blasters and the people who chose them, along with their predictions.

Blaster 1

CommishBob – 7

Billy Kingsley – 11

Fuji – 18, 24, 28

Jafronious – 22

B Man – 26

Nightowl - 28

Tim B – 30

Blaster 2

Captain Canuck – 8

Defgav – 10

Capt Kirk – 15

Greg Zakwin – 18

GCRL – 19

Arpsmith – 22

John Miller – 22

Blaster 3

Raz – 12

Bo – 14

Matthew Scott – 14

Lost Collector – 24

Wilson – 30,35, 40

Admin – 32

Jupiterhill – 34

Richard Nebe Jr. – 37

Good luck everyone and GO TEAM USA!

I'm back...with a contest

Guess who is still alive and kickin’?  That’s right.  It’s me.

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 and Night Owl. 

That’s not why we are here.  We are here for a contest.  An Olympic contest.

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. 

Here’s the deal.  This contest has two parts. 

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 call it Team Hopefuls.

Second, pick a total number of medals for your blaster. 

It’s that easy.

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. 

If anyone gets the total number of medals for their blaster correct, they will get the $20 blaster of their choice as a prize.  If more than one person does this, I’ll randomize the blaster, but reward the other person or persons something. 

So your guess will look something like this:

Blaster 3, 42 medals. 

Make sense.  Thanks and good luck.

By the way, if you feel like plugging this contest, I will allow you to have 2 additional guesses at the number of medals for your chosen blaster. 

GUESSES MUST BE IN BY MONDAY MORNING!  Then I'll start showing the packs.  

Good luck!

WTH? Number 2

So, that just happened.  Nearly 3 months between posts.  My dad was right.  The older you get, the faster time flies.  

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?

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.

So how about a brief update on my doings since my last post on March 12th.

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.

2.  I'm still doing the TTM thing and will show my 2016 successes sometime in, oh I don't know, 2021 maybe.

3.  I'm still working on the 2012 Americana stuff...I have so much and still need so many more.

4.  I've had some health issues that aren't resolved.  Hoping to get that in check by July because...

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.

6.  There's the whole #Supertrader Wes started and I organized the contact info...hope Wes didn't mind me jumping in on that.

7.  And I have a backlog of packages to post, which is why I started this thing in the first place.

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.

And Tony, I hope you like this post. Hahahaha! 

So what if I haven't posted in a while...you could still win

A certain Tony from the Twitterverse inadvertently shamed me into wanting to do a post...and I'm working on it.

For now, you get this awesome reminder to join the awesome College World Series over at Autographed Cards.  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.