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RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - lobos1974 - 04-25-2012 Ouch! I should have waited to put my pick in. I picked box 2 pack 2 and 88 pitches. 2 others after me picked the same pack with 87 and 90 pitches. Oh well. I hope you pull some amazing cards. As always, thanks for the contest. RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - pyweed - 04-25-2012 (04-25-2012, 12:19 PM)lobos1974 Wrote: Ouch! I should have waited to put my pick in. I picked box 2 pack 2 and 88 pitches. 2 others after me picked the same pack with 87 and 90 pitches. Oh well. I hope you pull some amazing cards. As always, thanks for the contest. OMG -- that's brutal. I didn't even notice that. So you'll definitely need Dickey to throw either 88 or 89 pitches, and for the top pack not to fall on someone else's prediction. RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - pyweed - 04-25-2012 Okay, they're here. Some apologies up front -- I'm very slow in busting. I sleeve, inventory, sort, and clean as I go. Unfortunately, I go out of town tomorrow, returning Tuesday, so it's highly unlikely I'll be able to finish up before I leave. It will be excruciating for me, knowing that there are boxes of Sterling at home to bust. I'll do the best I can today, though, and will include some photos. Box #1 Box topper: Jeter/Nunez gold refractor Dual Relic /50 Box #1, pack #1 Jimmy Paredes RC Refractor /199 Matt Moore prospect base Kelly/Gallo Dual Auto /299 James Harris prospect auto Hector Noesi RC auto Alexi Ogando RC relic Comments: the dual auto is nice. The rest of the pack isn't really noteworthy. Box #1, Pack #2 Eric Thames RC base James Harris prospect red refractor 1/1 Aaron Hicks prospect auto Mychal Givens prospect auto Marcus Stroman USA relic Comments: Boom! That was easy. Awesome pack. No, not for sale or trade. Box #1, pack #3 Jordan Walden RC base Jameson Taillon prospect base Kevin Matthews prospect auto Blake Swihart prospect auto refractor /199 Brady Rodgers USA relic Comments: The rule is that, after pulling a red refractor, one is not allowed to complain until the next box. Nice Swihart. Box #1, pack #4 Jose Altuve RC base Zack Wheeler prospect base Taylor Jungmann prospect auto Zach Lee prospect auto gold refractor /50 Tyler Chatwood USA relic Comments: Call it the Zak Pak. Really sweet gold auto. Hey, I just realized that my first pack had six cards. I guess Topps is having trouble getting rid of the Harris autos. RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - the hall - 04-25-2012 Damn! There went my pack. lol I'm still going to see how this case goes, thanks for sharing! RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - pyweed - 04-25-2012 Box #1, pack #5 Javy Guerra RC purple refractor /10 Robert Stephenson prospect base Trevor Story prospect auto Jed Bradley prospect auto Jordan Walden RC relic Comments: I love the way the purples look. (04-25-2012, 02:56 PM)the hall Wrote: Damn! There went my pack. lol I'm still going to see how this case goes, thanks for sharing! You're still in it, though. If the Harper pack lands on a spot nobody picked, Dickey determines the winner. Box #1, pack #6 Dee Gordon RC base Trevor Story prospect base Alex Cobb RC auto Anthony Rizzo RC auto Matt Reynolds USA relic Comments: No parallels! This is a strong candidate for worst pack of the break, and someone did select this pack, so there may be some junk wax in the mail early next week! I do like the Rizzo auto, though. Box #1 grade: C+ Comments: A red refractor and a purple refractor in the same box is pretty hard to beat. OTOH, they were of poor to weak subjects, so their cash value is pretty modest. I seriously doubt the red Harris is going to be the case hit, but it's still cool, and I definitely got more value than I invested. No Harper yet. Going to work out; be back around 6PM Eastern. RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - pyweed - 04-25-2012 Box #2, box topper: Price/Hellickson dual relic /196 Box #2, pack #1 Danny Duffy RC base Tyler Goeddel prospect base Archie Bradley prospect auto Maikel Cleto RC gold refractor auto /50 Nolan Fontana USA relic Comments: Wasted a gold auto on Cleto -- ouch. I'm happy to get the Bradley auto, though. Box #2, pack #2 Al Alburquerque RC refractor /199 Chris Archer prospect base Irvin/DeJong dual USA auto /299 Keenyn Walker prospect auto Robert Stephenson prospect auto Branden Kline USA dual xfractor relic /199 Comments: Not a good pack. I get it -- six cards when a dual auto is inserted. Nothing to scan in this one. Box #2, pack #3 Aaron Crow RC base Zack Wheeler prospect refractor /199 Alex White RC auto Eric Thames RC auto Zach Britton RC relic Comments: Wow, that's grim. Clearly the worst pack so far, and unlikely to be beaten. Nobody picked the third pack of the second box, so it's possible I'll be stuck with all this junk wax. Nothing worth scanning. This box is in serious jeopardy, and I blame it on Cleto. Box #2, pack #4 Craig Kimbrel RC base Miguel Sano prospect base Jerry Sands RC auto Brandon Beachy refractor auto /199 Lonnie Chisenhall RC relic Comments: Nice Beachy refractor auto, but something gummy on the surface. About time for a Harper. Box #2, pack #5 Julio Teheran RC base Blake Snell prospect base Cory Spangenberg prospect auto Brandon Beachy black refractor auto relic /25 Tyler Naquin USA relic Comments: Beautiful Beachy relic auto. Box #2, pack #6 Jacob Turner RC base Brandon Martin prospect base Dan Vogelbach prospect auto Bryan Holaday prospect auto Deven Marrero USA relic Comments: Ouch. Two horrible packs in this box. Box #2 grade: D Comments: This a pretty low D. The Beachy black auto relic is a sweet card, but I think the next best card in the box is the Bradley base auto. The Cleto gold auto is not as good as it looks. I got waxed on this box. Looking for a Harper in box #3. RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - pyweed - 04-25-2012 Box #3, pack #1 Javy Guerra RC base Jarrod Parker prospect base Francisco Lindor prospect auto Kolten Wong prospect auto Michael Wacha USA relic Comments: A couple of solid prospect autos. Box #3, pack #2 Brandon Beachy RC base Sonny Gray prospect base Ben Revere RC auto Javier Baez prospect auto Alex White RC relic Comments: Nothing to scan here. Box #3, pack #3 Chance Ruffin RC base Taylor Jungmann prospect base Lyon/Murphy dual gold refractor USA auto /50 Brandon Nimmo prospect base Jose Fernandez prospect auto Blake Snell prospect auto EXCH Erich Weiss triple USA relic gold refractor /50 Comments: Weird 7 card pack, but the insert USA cards are not much to write home about. Dickie at 100 pitches through 7. Only 6 contestants had him in triple digits. One contestant picked 119 pitches, which looks to be the best guess at the moment. Box #3, pack #4 Zach Britton RC base Cory Spangenberg prospect base Jemile Weeks RC auto Michael Fulmer prospect refractor auto /199 Michael Lorenzen USA relic Comments: Weak pack. Dickie out at 100 pitches, so the tiebreak goes to lridgey. No Harper yet, so it will be interesting! Box #3, pack #5 Mike Trout RC refractor /199 Kyle Crick prospect auto George Springer prospect auto Jeremy Hellickson RC relic Comments: Here's my weird 4 card makeup pack. Decent base refractor, but not enough for me to get out the camera. RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - Merovius - 04-25-2012 Ike couldnt hit a f'in watermelon if his life depended on it. Had they given him a bigger cushion Collins woulda let him go longer/ Best of luck with the rest! RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - joserobles - 04-25-2012 Nice gold Lee. That kid will be a stud for the dodgers one day. RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - pyweed - 04-25-2012 Box #3, pack #6 Hector Noesi RC base Jameson Taillon prospect refractor /199 Sean Gilmartin prospect auto Matt Barnes prospect auto Tom Murphy USA relic Comments: Depressing box. Only three cards worth scanning, and these are marginal base autos. The parallels were all USA cards. Box #3 grade: D Comments: This is an even lower D than the last box. (04-25-2012, 08:03 PM)Merovius Wrote: Ike couldnt hit a f'in watermelon if his life depended on it. Had they given him a bigger cushion Collins woulda let him go longer/ If Ike were on my fantasy team I'd be apoplectic. He has been awful. |