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RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - pyweed - 04-25-2012 Box #4 box topper: Zimmerman/Espinosa dual relic refractor /99 Box #4, pack #1 Yonder Alonso RC base Dellin Betances prospect base Brandon Nimmo prospect auto Jerry Sands RC auto EXCH Danny Espinosa RC relic Box #4, pack #2 Jimmy Paredes RC base Manny Banuelos prospect base Jake Hager prospect auto Matt Moore prospect auto refractor /199 Mike Minor RC relic Comments: Nice hit. Box #4, pack #3 Jose Altuve RC refractor /199 Wilmer Flores prospect base Irvin/DeJong dual USA auto /299 Sonny Gray prospect auto Travis Harrison prospect auto Dominic Ficociello USA relic Comments: Nothing to show. Box #4, pack #4 Brandon Belt RC base John Lamb prospect refractor /199 Taylor Guerrieri prospect auto Maikel Cleto RC auto David Lyon USA relic Comments: Two stinkers in a row. Box #4, pack #5 Ryan Lavarnway RC base Trevor Bauer prospect base Blake Swihart prospect auto Jake Skole prospect auto Josh Elander USA relic Comments: Not going well. Box #4, pack #6 Kyle Weiland RC base Manny Machado prospect base Kyle Seager RC auto Tyler Anderson prospect auto Mark Trumbo RC relic Comments: Wow, pack #3 was bad, and it just got worse for the rest of the box. Box #4 grade: D- Comments: I really hope this is as bad as it gets. Taking a bath here. No Harpers (even base), and in this box not even any color. RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - pyweed - 04-26-2012 Box #5, pack #1 Lonnie Chisenhall RC base Jean Segura prospect base Ben Revere RC auto Bryan Holaday prospect refractor auto /199 Michael Lorenzen USA relic Comments: I'm afraid it's actually a bad thing to pull a parallel auto like Holaday, as I'm unlikely to pull another parallel auto refractor in this box. Box #5, pack #2 Todd Frazier RC base Francisco Lindor prospect refractor /199 Dee Gordon RC auto Freddie Freeman RC auto Mark Appel USA relic Comments: I like the Freeman auto. Box #5, pack #3 Anthony Rizzo RC base Aaron Hicks prospect base Michael Pineda RC auto Rubby De La Rosa RC gold refractor auto Desmond Jennings RC relic Comments: Nice pack. It's been a while since I felt like scanning two cards from a pack. Box #5, pack #4 Jose Iglesias RC base Devin Mesoraco prospect base Zach Cone prospect auto Travis Harrison prospect auto Cory Luebke RC relic Comments: Okay, new "worst pack" of the break. We had an entry of 5/4, so I may be sending those early 90s junk wax after all. Box #5, pack #5 Freddie Freeman RC base Gary Sanchez prospect base Eric Thames prospect auto Ben Revere RC auto Michael Wacha USA relic Comments: Wow, the terrible just keeps coming. Again, blame it on the refractor auto Holaday. Box #5, pack #6 Alexi Ogando RC refractor /199 C. J. Cron prospect base Revere/Hendricks dual auto /225 Kevin Matthews prospect auto Alex Cobb RC auto Michael Pineda RC relic Comments: Owie. Box #5 grade: D Comments: No Harpers of any sort, very little color, and worst: that was my last box before my trip. So now I can dwell on the terrible last five boxes until Tuesday, when I can bust the last three. Have a good weekend everyone. RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - cybertrenz02 - 04-26-2012 Wow.....sorry, hope you pull that Harper soon..... RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - HeyFitzy - 04-26-2012 He could very well not even get a Harper LOL. Man tough breaks. I'm out because Dickey pitched 100 and I said Box 2 Pack 2 LOL RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - arod0770710 - 04-26-2012 OOOOPPPPSSSS its over...LOL!! should've read it all... RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - just4cards - 04-26-2012 (04-26-2012, 12:02 AM)pyweed Wrote: Box #5, pack #4 I actually have gotten very good at pulling the worst pack or box at my LCS. It stands to reason that I could pick this one also. My 1st thought was Box 6 Pack 3 but then a Bubba popped into my thoughts for that pack, so, there may be a new loser in the mix. Anyway, best of luck in the rest of your break! RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - joserobles - 04-26-2012 Harper coming soon... RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - alstott9adams - 04-27-2012 Pull that harper RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - pyweed - 05-01-2012 Okay, I'm back and ready to bust those final three boxes. To recap, it has gone poorly so far. Very little color, no Harpers (not even non-auto base!), and definitely terrible return on my purchase. Box #6 box topper: Ackley/Espinosa dual relic /196 Box #6, pack #1 Desmond Jennings RC base Sonny Gray prospects base Christopher Wallace prospects auto Christopher Wallace prospects refractor auto /199 Chris Elder USA relic Comments: Big Poppa pack. Unfortunately, it is likely my only parallel auto of the box, so I start things right where I left off. Box #6, pack #2 Todd Frazier RC gold refractor /50 Miguel Sano prospects base Sands/De La Rosa dual USA auto /225 Julio Teheran RC auto Jemile Weeks RC auto Zach Britton RC relic Comments: Okay, it's nice to see some gold, but I whiff again on the subject. This is actually my best pack in a while, with the Weeks auto and the dual auto. Box #6, pack #3 Dustin Ackley RC base Manny Machado prospects refractor /199 Robert Stephenson prospects auto Rubby De La Rosa RC auto Hoby Milner USA relic Comments: Nothing to say, nothing to show. Box #6, pack #4 Michael Pineda RC base Chris Archer prospects base Dan Vogelbach prospects auto Tyler Anderson prospects auto Brandon Beachy RC relic Comments: Beachy relic prevents this from being the worst pack of the break. Box #6, pack #5 Trayvon Robinson RC base Blake Snell prospects base Cory Spangenberg prospects auto Kyle Crick prospects auto Mark Trumbo RC relic Comments: It just gets worse. Box #6, pack #6 Kyle Seager RC base Jarrod Parker prospects base Kolten Wong prospects auto Danny Duffy RC auto Erich Weiss USA relic Comments: I'm glad to get the Wong auto, but it doesn't save me from what was a brutal box. Box #6 grade: D- Comments: As I suspected, Big Poppa robbed me of a chance to get a better parallel prospect auto. One gold was the only color, and it was a mediocre subject. This was a worse box than my last D- box. Here are the "hits" from that box: Box #7 box topper: Britton/Jones Box #7, pack #1 Johnny Giavotella RC base Brandon Martin prospect refractor /199 Garrett Gould prospect auto Sean Gilmartin prospect auto Danny Duffy RC relic Comments: It's beginning to look like there's a real possibility that I won't pull a Harper of any kind. If that happens, the tiebreak goes to magneto2, who made the terrific prediction of 99 Dickey pitches in that game last week, just one off the correct total of 100. I can't really say I'm rooting for him, but I have to respect the awesomeness of the prediction. Box #7, pack #2 Juan Nicasio RC base Kevin Matthews prospect base Starling Marte prospect auto C. J. Cron prospect auto Tyler Naquin USA relic Comments: I like Marte, but no real love in this pack. Box #7, pack #3 Julio Teheran RC refractor /199 Trevor Bauer prospects base Dahl/Winker dual USA auto refractor /99 Zach Lee prospect auto Brandon Martin prospect auto Marcus Stroman USA relic Comments: I like this dual auto. Box #7, pack #4 Eric Hosmer RC base Dellin Betances prospect base Taylor Guerrieri prospect auto Mike Moustakas RC auto EXCH Ben Revere RC relic Comments: Nice to see Hosmer, if only in a base card. Box #7, pack #5 Jason Kipnis RC base Wilmer Flores prospects base Michael Pineda RC auto Archie Bradley prospect auto refractor /199 Kevin Gausman USA relic Comments: Nice prospect auto parallel. I think it's my best single pull since back in box #5 when I got the Rubby De La Rose gold auto. Ouch. Box #7, pack #6 Salvador Perez RC base Francisco Lindor prospects base Jerry Sands RC auto Joe Panik prospect auto Nolan Fontana USA xfractor dual relic /199 Comments: Not as bad as some packs, but nothing worth showing. Box #7 grade: D Comments: Sadly, I believe this is my second best box. It had only one card worth $20 or more, and no colored parallels. I'm nearly finished with my break and no Harpers of any kind. I have to admit that breaking this product has been pretty demoralizing. Magneto2 is looking pretty good to win, but I have six packs left and four other contestants still with a chance of winning. Here are the cards worth noting from box #7: RE: 2011 Bowman Sterling Case Break & Contest Thread [contest closed] - motu79 - 05-01-2012 Man, this has been a brutal case. Here's to some last pack magic! |