Group Break aka Community Break Details

Out of the three people nice enough to vote on whether or not I should host a group break, a solid ZERO voted for it to happen.

So, what am I going to do? I’m going to hold a no pressure group break. Actually, let’s tie it into the blog and call it a “Community […]

Kinda Cheap Group Break, Anyone?

I know a lot of people try to arrange group breaks, and it seems like quite a few are being organized around us, but I wanted to throw one more in the mix.

I’ve gone on something of a wax buying frenzy recently. Spurred by the response to my 2005 Leaf Review (many cards still […]

2005 Leaf Baseball Review

With Topps dominating the baseball card market, the pickings are a little bit slimmer than what I hear is usual. I’m still in my first full year back into collecting after exiting around 1997-98, so I don’t have much to compare it to. Honestly, I kind of like that there aren’t that many products out. […]

2010 Topps Allen & Ginter Video Box Break

Did you guys know that a new baseball card product has been released recently? It’s called Allen & Ginter and it’s got funny cards in it. Plus minis! I think this set will really catch on. Maybe we’ll even organize some sort of contest with goofy rules. Anyone, here’s the first ever video box break […]

Gint-A-Cuffs II: Packs 17-24

It all comes down to this. Can we overcome the bearded one? Since the Code has already been cracked, this is the only hope we have left for this product. Sitting in 8 little powder blue packs. Cuff it up, muthacuffers!!!!

Pack #17

I don't know why, but I all of a sudden […]

Gint-A-Cuffs II: Packs 9-16

No need to spend time sugar coating it and leading in. You know what you’re here for. Let’s Cuff this Gint!

Pack #9 59 Ivory Crockett – 9-second 100-yard dash – The back says he used to go to our school, SIU! 12 Jesus Flores 41 Daniel Hudson 204 Russell Martin 198 A.J. Pierzynski (-1 […]

Gint-A-Cuffs II: Boxtopper and Packs 1-8

Alright, bitches and bitchettes. The gauntlet has been thrown and warrior needs food badly. Let’s cuff it up!

We got this box from the same case as Beardy’s monster box. Will lightning strike twice?

Cabinet Card Pack

Not pictured: The Crawford boxes which I'm sure aided this achievement.

NCCB4 – Baseball Highlights featuring […]

2003 Leaf Certified Materials retrospective

Going through some old cards at my mom’s house, I found the remnants of the very first full box I ever purchased. No, it wasn’t a 1989 Fleer box looking for that elusive Billy Ripken (those packs were $1 each retail… I absolutely cannot believe my 8 year old self paid that for them). No, […]

1978 O-Pee-Chee pack break

For a time in the early 2000s, I was fascinated by sealed wax from the late 70s and early 80s. I recently found a box of packs that I opened in that period. Mostly 1981-1985 Fleer that I’ve assimilated into my slow attempt to hand collate those sets. But this one was an oddball.

1978 […]

2010 Topps Series 2 Case Break

Well, we finally took the plunge. We did the math and we thought we could break even on a Topps Series 2 Jumbo case. Can we? Only time will tell… Obviously this video is just a taste- we’d never make anyone sit through an entire case break. The whole process took like 6 hours. It […]