2017 MLB Thread

[The Buscher]

Damn.....I can't even remember having baseball cards when I was little.  I was more into basketball at the time so I had stocked up on Fleer basketball cards before falling out of love with the sport.  Just seeing that list makes me want to start grabbing some baseball cards.

[MalaCloudy Black]

I had two or three plastic tubs full of baseball cards. I dunno what happened to them. I think they may have been sold in bulk at a garage sale one year, but I'm not sure. Right now I'm kind of wanting a Dwaine Edgar card. He's a cast member on the new season of Swamp People (shut up), and he likes to big up himself by going "yeah I played with Jeter and Posada and I was a Yankee", but.. he never played anything more than a year of Single A ball - short season, even! - so if he played with Jeets and Posada, it was in the minors. 

[gunnar hendershow]

14 hours ago, Meacon said:

Inside featured David Ortiz, Jake Arrieta, Noah Syndergaard, Gary Sanchez, Giancarlo Stanton, Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, and a Mike friggin' Trout.

After a haul like that, I may become addicted all over again. 

I miss collecting baseball cards. I used to get boxes of them. But a big part of it even as a kid was that they were going to "become valuable". Instead they aren't even worth the paper they're printed on.

[Gabriel]

27 minutes ago, damshow said:

I miss collecting baseball cards. I used to get boxes of them. But a big part of it even as a kid was that they were going to "become valuable". Instead they aren't even worth the paper they're printed on.

If you only buy retail boxes, it's hard to get anything worth much. I pulled a Matt Duchene rookie card out of an Upper Deck hockey box one year, in a hobby shop, and the guy behind the counter offered me $40 and another box just for the one card.

It's all about having a community or the right connections to move these things, but if you have that, trading cards still have great value. It's just harder these days to find people willing to pay for them. Big box retail stores carry Retail Boxes and Packs, which typically score you lower end rewards, but are good for filling out your main set, or getting a set started. Hobby shops carry hobby boxes, which include the rarer cards, but come at a higher cost.

If you have a hobby shop around, hit them up to see what they do for card trading or sales. Some shops will outright buy cards from you, to put in their display case and sell at their actual value.

[Meacon Keaton]

Another day, another pack. This one 100-cards. I got a '90 and '91 Jose Canseco, current day King Felix, Buster Posey, and Bryce Harper among many others.

I'm addicted again, but it's so much fun opening the packs and seeing what's inside. 

[MalaCloudy Black]

NEEEEEEEEEEEEERD

[Meacon Keaton]

2 minutes ago, Cloudy said:

NEEEEEEEEEEEEERD

Shut up, Toots.

[MalaCloudy Black]

NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD

*opens Magic: The Gathering cards*

[The Buscher]

I've always been a sucker for the World Baseball Classic.

To kick things off, Israel beat Korea in an upset.

[Meacon Keaton]

I should have put like $50 on Israel just for the sake of them being 200-to-1 odds.

[Gabriel]

The Jays are in tough with the lead-off spot right now, as Devon Travis is going to be out longer than expected. There's talk of platooning at second and trying out different guys in the lead-off position, but with Brett Lawrie having just been made available, it might be worth taking a shot at bringing him back to earn regular time by filling in at second base and in the lead-off spot at the start of the season.

Lawrie's been disappointing in comparison to what his potential ceiling was, but his numbers are about the same as most of the Jays options right now, and he'd be a fairly low-risk, potentially high-reward pickup. Obviously, that depends on how much interest he has from other teams and what the price-tag is going to look like, but I think he's worth taking a chance on.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

I think if they don't have Travis, Lawrie is worth taking the risk on. The alternative is having both Goins and Barney on the roster. I think they can afford to send Goins down. I guess it's about who they lose from the 40 man. 

[Meacon Keaton]

If you guys want to trade Kevin Pillar to the Yanks this year, I'd appreciate it.

[The Buscher]

Bill Webb has passed away

Directed Mets games for 40 years and also directed MLB on Fox

[The Buscher]

Israel and Netherlands advance out of Pool A, Korea and Chinese Tapei are done.  Wow.

[Meacon Keaton]

I'm really, really going to hate myself if Israel wins this. I was literally one click away from taking them due to their 200-to-1 odds.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Let's go Israel let's go!

[Meacon Keaton]

7 hours ago, Cloudy said:

Let's go Israel let's go!

Why do you want me to hate me?

[MDK]

7 hours ago, Cloudy said:

Let's go Israel let's go!

Yeah, fuck Palestine 

[gunnar hendershow]

2 hours ago, Meacon said:

Why do you want me to hate me?

Do I really want to hate me? Do I really want to make me cry?