March 2018 Affordable Group Break Results

Saturday evening I opened live on Facebook two boxes of early 90's Pacific baseball as part of my new formatted Affordable Group Break. While I had a few issues at the beginning and I admit the video was rather long, I had fun opening the packs and interacting with the participants that came and went during the live video.

If you missed out on the beginning, here are the results of the 2nd team randomization:

NAME	1st TEAM	2nd TEAM
Colbey (host)	Braves	Mets
Samuel Pair	Astros	A's
Nick Vossbrink	Giants	Pirates
Tom Tessier	Angels	Mariners
Mark Eisenman	Brewers	Tigers
Angelo Mazza	Yankees	Phillies
Jim Hall	Dodgers	Blue Jays
Kirk Andersen	Expos	Indians
Josh DenHartog	Royals	Padres
Marc Brubaker	Rangers	Marlins
Chris Reed	Reds	White Sox
Nick Dusenberry	Orioles	Twins
Kerry Biggs	Cardinals	Red Sox
Trevor P	Cubs	Rockies

This break was more or less all about base cards. While there were some inserts available in both sets, the odds didn't appear to be in our favor...however we did get lucky and pulled a few. Overall I hope everyone is happy w/ the overall results. Below is a small highlight for each participant, but by no way is this indicative of the number of cards the teams received. 

A couple of Barry Larkins and Bip Roberts

We pulled a Latino All-Star team card of Ivan Rodriguez!

A few killer B's

The Angels ended up w/ the Gold Prism out of the 1994 box - a Tim Salmon Prism at that!

The Brewers weren't out done as they ended up w/ a Silver Prism of Robin Yount!

This may have been the first break were the Yankees didn't get the majority of cards. Ended up with a nice small stack w/ names such as Mattingly and Williams.

Personally I love that '93 Strawberry.

Couple of Gwynns.

Red Birds!

While no one claimed the Mariners (The Angels in Order got in the randomization) he walks away with the only hit from the '93 box, a Estrellas de Beisbol of Omar Vizquel and a nice base card of Griffey Jr.

The Cubs ended up w/ one of the largest stacks in terms of overall cards.

The Rockies didn't get much, but we did pull this Silver Prism from the '94 box of the "Big Cat".

I worked most of Sunday afternoon on sorting the cards and getting them ready to be shipped. I should have everything in the mail come Monday, 03/05/18. I'll do my best to send each participate your tracking number soon. Thanks again to everyone that joined in. Stay tuned for the next break announcement.

January 2012 Group Break - 1997 Topps Stadium Club packs 3-5

Sorry for the slight delay - I've had a pretty big project going on the side that I'll reveal more about later.  Now let's get back to some more pack ripping.  I will add that any imperfections you see in the scans are just that - a problem w/ the scan and NOT the card.  Not sure why my scanner is acting up now.

Pack 3:
#350 John Vander Wal (Rockies)
#237 Karim Garcia (Dodgers)
#296 Jose Paniagua (Expos)

#279 Scott Servais (Cubs)
#273 Dave Burba (Reds)
#314 Alvaro Espinoza (Mets)
#307 Jose Herrera (A's)
 
#380 Andres Galarraga - Stadium Slugger (Rockies)
#369 Mark Loretta (Brewers)
#334 Mark Langston (Angels)
#357 Orel Hershiser (Indians)
#336 Jason Giambi (A's)
#304 Bob Wells (Mariners)
#330 Chris Hoiles (Orioles)
#307 Jose Herrera (A's)

Top notch photography represented in this pack as well.  Just look at the collision caught on film on the Servais card.  I also believe the Mark Langston card represents the first Angels card thus far.

Pack 4:
#360 Darrin Fletcher (Expos)
#201 Marquis Grissom (Braves)
#349 Rey Sanchez (Cubs)
#221 Vinny Castilla (Rockies)
#274 Tom Pagnozzi (Cardinals)
#294 Andy Ashby (Padres)
#313 Mark Thompson (Rockies)
#301 John Olerud (Mets)
 
#376 Chipper Jones - Stadium Slugger (Braves)
#317 James Baldwin (White Sox)
#204 Carlos Delgado (Blue Jays)
#217 Wade Boggs (Yankees)
#282 Rich Becker (Twins)

#333 Johnny Damon (Royals)
#263 Tony Clark (Tigers)

If any Braves fans are reading this I already have this Chipper so it's available!

Pack 5:
#209 Roger Clemens (Blue Jays)
#363 Allen Watson (Angels)
#338 David Wells (Yankees)
#234 Jose Canseco (A's)
#353 Greg Colbrunn (Twins)
#240 Roberto Alomar (Orioles)
#354 Heathcliff Slocumb (Red Sox)

#386 Barry Bonds - Stadium Slugger (Giants)
#346 Ron Karkovice (White Sox)
#278 Norm Charlton (Mariners)
#272 Randy Myers (Orioles)
#269 Tim Naehring (Red Sox)
#250 Ken Hill (Rangers)
#302 Paul Shuey (Indians)
#327 Scott Stahoviak (Twins)

I know a certain somebody will be happy w/ this Bonds SP.

Pack 6:
#206 Chuck Knoblauch (Twins)
#248 Darin Erstad (Angels)
#232 Troy Percival (Angels)
#298 Joe Girardi (Yankees)
#297 Mickey Tettleton (Rangers)
#241 John Valentin (Red Sox)
#226 Jim Edmonds (Angels)
#389 Ken Caminiti - Stadium Slugger (Padres)

#PG20 Andres Galarraga - Pure Gold (Rockies)
#264 Tim Wakefield (Red Sox)
#339 Bip Roberts (Royals)
#318 Cal Eldred (Brewers)
#260 Albie Lopez (Indians)
#368 Bob Wolcott (Mariners)
#310 Rick Aguilera (Twins)

The embossed Pure Gold inserts are seeded 1:36 packs so this was a pretty good hit.  I'm sure hiflew will be glad to add this cool insert of the Big Cat to his Rockies collection.