Sunday Verse - Christmas Eve Edition

 

Luke 2:16-20

New International Version So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Affordable Group Break: 2021 Topps Holiday Mega Boxes

** UPDATE 12/15/21 - Break is full! **

This break will feature four (4) Mega Boxes of 2021 Topps Holiday. Each box should yield 1 hit. Prices listed beside each team. All cards ship. Stacking applies so the price does not include shipping. If you have questions on how this works please let me know. We'll break this box Live on my YouTube channel on Friday, 12/17/21 at 10 PM eastern. This will be the last break of 2021!

To claim your team(s) please comment with your request and submit your payment at that time. If you haven't participated in one of my breaks, please email me (flywheels@yahoo.com) your name & mailing address. Please send your payment as Friends & Family: http://paypal.me/flywheels86

Arizona Diamondbacks $4 - Adam McKenzie PAID

Atlanta Braves - Colbey PAID
Baltimore Orioles $3 - Victor Negron PAID
Boston Red Sox $4 - Chad Butler PAID
Chicago Cubs $4 - Ben Martin PAID
Chicago White Sox $5 - Andrew Rein PAID
Cincinnati Reds $4 - Diego Torres PAID
Cleveland Indians $4 - Jonny Watt PAID
Colorado Rockies $3 - John Donovan PAID
Detroit Tigers $4 - Ben Morris PAID
Houston Astros $5 - Denny Wagner (courtesy of Ben Martin) PAID
Kansas City Royals $4 - Jonny Watt PAID

Los Angeles Angels $6 - Rick Mantz PAID

Los Angeles Dodgers $6 - Rick Mantz PAID

Miami Marlins $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $4 - Jonny Watt PAID
Minnesota Twins $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

New York Mets $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
New York Yankees $7 - Victor Negron PAID
Oakland Athletics $4 - Jonny Watt PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $5 - Dave Peterson PAID
Pittsburgh Pirates $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
San Diego Padres $6 - Kin Kinsley PAID

San Francisco Giants $5 - Jonny Watt PAID
Seattle Mariners $4 - Jonny Watt PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $5 - David Marshall PAID

Tampa Bay Rays $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Texas Rangers $4 - Diego Torres PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $6 - Kin Kinsley PAID

Washington Nationals $4 - Victor Negron PAID

Affordable Group Break: 2021 Onyx Vintage Extended Series

** UPDATE 12/14/21 - Teams have been randomized and assigned **

This break will feature a hobby box of 2021 Onyx Vintage Extended Series. The box should yield 4 cards total, two of which will be hard signed autographs. Please follow this link for a checklist. MLB teams presented include: Arizona, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago (NL), Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles (AL), Los Angeles (NL), Milwaukee, New York (AL), Miami, Minnesota, Oakland,  Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Texas, Toronto.

This break will be random. There will be 30 total slots, 28 MLB teams, 1 college slot and 1 prospects slot. After all the slots have been claimed, we'll randomly assign each slot using Random.org. Trading of teams (once randomized/assigned) will be allowed prior to the break Friday evening.

Each slot is just $2, or two for $3. All cards ship. Stacking applies so the price does not include shipping. If you have questions on how this works please let me know. We'll break this box Live on my YouTube channel on Friday, 12/17/21 at 10 PM eastern. This will be the last break of 2021!

To claim your slot, please comment with how many slots you want and if you prefer, what slot # you want. Please submit your payment at that time your slot(s) are claimed. If you haven't participated in one of my breaks, please email me (flywheels@yahoo.com) your name & mailing address. Please send your payment as Friends & Family: http://paypal.me/flywheels86

Team Randomization Video

01) Ben Morris PAID

02) Ben Morris PAID

03) Joey Nigro PAID

04) Hal Sauceman PAID

05) Joey Nigro PAID

06) Joey Nigro PAID

07) Andrew Rein PAID

08) Andrew Rein PAID

09) Hal Sauceman PAID

10) Joey Nigro PAID

11) Rick Mantz PAID

12) Hal Sauceman PAID

13) Rick Mantz PAID

14) Paul Dionne PAID

15) Paul Dionne PAID

16) Victor Negron PAID

17) Victor Negron PAID

18) Ben Martin PAID

19) Ben Martin PAID

20) Ben Martin PAID

21) Ben Martin PAID

22) Shane Salmonson PAID

23) Shane Salmonson PAID

24) Shane Salmonson PAID

25) Hal Sauceman PAID

26) Shane Salmonson PAID

27) Paul Dionne PAID

28) Paul Dionne PAID

29) Joseph Inzirillo PAID

30) Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Affordable Group Break: 2020 Panini Playbook

** UPDATE 12/10/21 - Break is full! **

 

This break will feature five (5) retail exclusive hanger boxes of 2020 Panini Playbook football. Prices listed beside each team. All cards ship. Stacking applies so the price does not include shipping. If you have questions on how this works please let me know. We'll break this box Live on my YouTube channel on Friday, 12/10/21 at 10 PM eastern. 

To claim your team(s) please comment with your request and submit your payment at that time. If you haven't participated in one of my breaks, please email me (flywheels@yahoo.com) your name & mailing address. Please send your payment as Friends & Family: http://paypal.me/flywheels86

Arizona Cardinals $5 - David Marshall PAID

Atlanta Falcons $3 - Diego Torres PAID

Baltimore Ravens $6 - Rick Mantz PAID

Buffalo Bills $6 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Carolina Panthers - Colbey PAID

Cincinnati Bengals $7 - Shane Salmonson PAID

Chicago Bears $5 - Ben Martin PAID

Cleveland Browns $3 - Diego Torres PAID

Dallas Cowboys $3 - Shane Salmonson PAID

Denver Broncos $4 - Diego Torres PAID

Detroit Lions $5 - Ben Morris PAID

Green Bay Packers $6 - Marcus Scott

Houston Texans $2 - Shane Salmonson PAID

Indianapolis Colts $5 - Larry French PAID

Jacksonville Jaguars $6 - Denny Wagner PAID

Kansas City Chiefs $6 - Larry French PAID

Las Vegas Raiders $3 - Victor Negron PAID

Los Angeles Chargers $6 - Shane Salmonson PAID

Los Angeles Rams $4 - Rick Mantz PAID

Miami Dolphins - Colbey PAID

Minnesota Vikings $4 - Denny Wagner PAID

New England Patriots $5 - Denny Wagner PAID

New Orleans Saints $5 - John Klimavicz PAID

New York Giants $5 - Joseph Inzirillo (courtesy of Hal S) PAID

New York Jets $5 - Victor Negron PAID

Philadelphia Eagles $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Pittsburgh Steelers $6 - Diego Torres PAID

San Francisco 49ers $5 - Hal Sauceman PAID

Seattle Seahawks $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Tampa Bay Buccaneers $6 - Ben Morris PAID

Tennessee Titans $5 - Denny Wagner PAID

Washington Football Team $2 - Rick Mantz PAID

Affordable Group Break: 2018 Baseball Treasure

 

This break will feature a box of 2018 Baseball Treasure. These are coins embedded on a trading card. Each team is just $2! All cards ship. Stacking applies so the price does not include shipping. If you have questions on how this works please let me know. We'll break this box Live on my YouTube channel on Friday, 12/03/21 at 10 PM eastern. 

To claim your team(s) please comment with your request and submit your payment at that time. If you haven't participated in one of my breaks, please email me (flywheels@yahoo.com) your name & mailing address. Please send your payment as Friends & Family: http://paypal.me/flywheels86

Arizona Diamondbacks $2 - Diego Torres PAID

Atlanta Braves - Colbey PAID
Baltimore Orioles $2 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Boston Red Sox $2 - Shane Salmonson PAID
Chicago Cubs $2 - Ben Martin (courtesy of Denny Wagner) PAID
Chicago White Sox $2 - Chad Butler PAID
Cincinnati Reds $2 - Rick Mantz PAID
Cleveland Indians $2 - Rick Mantz PAID
Colorado Rockies $2 - John Donovan (courtesy of Joseph Inzirillo) PAID
Detroit Tigers $2 - Paul Dionne PAID
Houston Astros $2 - Denny Wagner PAID
Kansas City Royals $2 - Rick Mantz PAID

Los Angeles Angels $2 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

Los Angeles Dodgers $2 - Rick Mantz PAID

Miami Marlins $1- Rick Mantz PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $1 - Rick Mantz PAID
Minnesota Twins $2 - Rick Mantz PAID

New York Mets $2 - Chad Butler PAID
New York Yankees $2 - Shane Salmonson PAID
Oakland Athletics $2 - Chad Butler PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $2 - Ben Morris PAID
Pittsburgh Pirates $2 - Chad Butler PAID
San Diego Padres $2 - Diego Torres PAID

San Francisco Giants $2 - Denny Wagner PAID
Seattle Mariners $2 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $2 - Patrick W Ayers PAID

Tampa Bay Rays $1 - Rick Mantz PAID
Texas Rangers $2 - Chad Butler PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $2 - Kari PAID

Washington Nationals $2 - Paul Dionne PAID

Affordable Group Break: 2021 Panini Chronicles (Hobby)

** UPDATE 12/02/21 - Prices dropped on remaining teams **

 

This break will feature a hobby box of 2021 Panini Chronicles. Box should yield 4 hits - 3 autos & 1 memorabilia card. If you aren't familiar with the Chronicles brand - this set features a plethora of designs across the Panini portfolio, some of which are only used in their football sets. Despite not being 100% licensed cards, this set features some of the most beautiful cards released by the company.

Prices listed beside each team. All cards ship. Stacking applies so the price does not include shipping. If you have questions on how this works please let me know. We'll break this box Live on my YouTube channel on Friday, 12/03/21 at 10 PM eastern. 

To claim your team(s) please comment with your request and submit your payment at that time. If you haven't participated in one of my breaks, please email me (flywheels@yahoo.com) your name & mailing address. Please send your payment as Friends & Family: http://paypal.me/flywheels86

Arizona Diamondbacks $5 - Adam McKenzie PAID

Atlanta Braves - Colbey PAID
Baltimore Orioles $7 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Boston Red Sox $8 - Shane Salmonson PAID
Chicago Cubs $7 - Ben Martin PAID
Chicago White Sox $7 - Daniel MacBeth PAID
Cincinnati Reds $5 - Chris Reed PAID
Cleveland Indians $6 - Marcus Scott PAID
Colorado Rockies $5 - John Donovan PAID
Detroit Tigers $7 - Ben Morris PAID
Houston Astros $7 - Denny Wagner PAID
Kansas City Royals $5 - Diego Torres PAID

Los Angeles Angels $8 - Shane Salmonson PAID

Los Angeles Dodgers $7 - Joey Nigro PAID

Miami Marlins $7 - Adam McKenzie PAID
Milwaukee Brewers $4 - Diego Torres PAID
Minnesota Twins $5 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

New York Mets $7 - Bret Pastornack PAID
New York Yankees $10 - Lost Collector PAID
Oakland Athletics $4 - Paul Dionne PAID
Philadelphia Phillies $7 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Pittsburgh Pirates $7 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
San Diego Padres $7 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID

San Francisco Giants $7 - Denny Wagner PAID
Seattle Mariners $7 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
St. Louis Cardinals $7 - Kerry Biggs PAID

Tampa Bay Rays $7 - Joseph Inzirillo PAID
Texas Rangers $6 - Diego Torres PAID
Toronto Blue Jays $7 - Paul Dionne PAID

Washington Nationals $7 - Daniel MacBeth PAID

I Won a Prize from the 11th Annual the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web hosted by Collector's Crack!

 

As you all know by now, the Atlanta Braves won the 2021 World Series championship...but so did I...well, sort of. Cynical Buddha over at Collector's Crack hosted again his Almost the Easiest World Series Contest on the Web this year and I corrected picked the Braves over the Astros! As promised, the winner would get a little care package in the mail that was carefully curated based on the winner's favorite team...so in my case that would be the Braves.

I figured it would be fun to record the opening of the package and my reaction to what was inside, so instead of a traditional blog post, let's do the video thing! 

Thanks again to Mark for the great cards and the easy contest. Let's do it again next year!!

Group Break Recaps - October 2021

Well, here it is the week of Thanksgiving and I'm just getting around to creating a post highlighting some of the cards pulled from our Affordable Group Breaks in October. Man, is time flying or what?!

The first product we opened in October was a hobby box of 1997 Pacific Prism Invincible. Pacific products always seem to garner a lot of attention with in my breaks and that's perfectly fine with me as I'm a huge fan of (most) of their products released in the 90's and 2000's.

The Platinum parallels roughly fall two per box - we ended up w/ Mike Mussina (Orioles) and Robin Ventura (White Sox). I think I almost prefer the silver foil on these to the gold foil on the base cards.

Pacific was known for their crazy die-cut cards and while this Sizzlin' Lumber card of Robin Ventura (White Sox) is rather tame compared to some of the other cards they'd go on to make, it's still a nice 90's era insert none the less.

Our next break featured 4 hanger boxes of 2021 Topps Chrome. At the time I found these I was shocked as most retail shelves around me (and even during my work travels) turned up nothing. This was my first opportunity to rip Chrome so I was just excited as everyone else who claimed a team.

We pulled a total of 7 Refractors from the hanger boxes with some notable names like Mookie Betts (Dodgers) and Alex Bregman (Astros).

Not to be outdone we found 3 Prism Refractors as well that included Khris Davis (A's), Yasmani Grandal (White Sox) and Jack Flaherty (Cardinals).

Everyone like the shiny colored cards! We pulled a red parallel of Shogo Akiyama (Reds) and a Teal Wave parallel of Sean Murphy (A's).

The Beisbol Refractor inserts were represented by Fernando Tatis, Jr. (Padres) and Gleyber Torres (Yankees).

A nice mixture of the 1986 Retrospective Refractors were pulled, including some heavy hitters (Acuna!) and a few rookies.

A week or so later I lucked up again and found more new product on the shelves of my local Walmart so in rare fashion we ripped new product in consecutive breaks.

2021 Bowman Platinum were once again retail exclusives and each box touted two autographs, so I grabbed it up hoping it'd make for a fun break.

Being a Bowman product you know it's all about the prospects and rookies. Here are just a few of the RCs pulled.

Two different colored parallels pulled - blue /150 Mario Feliciano (Brewers) and a green /50 Patrick Bailey (Giants).

Plenty of inserts were to be had including Renowned Rookies and Meteoric. Not a bad selection of players if I do say so myself.

While I can't say I had heard much of either of the two autograph subjects pulled, the participants in the chat section of the livestream said the Vargas auto was the best of the two pulled.

I'm glad that cards are slowly starting to appear once again on retail shelves, if for no other reason it gives me even more variety of product to feature for everyone. I appreciate everyone's continued support and I look forward to hosting more Affordable Group Breaks soon. If you're reading this and have never participated, but want to there are two different ways you can sign up. Right here on the blog I post sign ups, but if you are a Facebook user you can also join my group and participate there.

Until next time!