by Matt | Oct 4, 2012 | Baseball
I don’t normally pimp group breaks, mostly because nine times out of ten they fill themselves within minutes. This one is special. Sam over at the DailyDimwit is breaking a bunch of stuff including a full box of Triple Threads. We’re more than half filled, with 13 teams to go. So, if you collect any of the following, get over there and sign up!
Teams still available:
Rockies
Brewers
Indians
Twins
Blue Jays
D’Backs
Marlins
Rays
Pirates
Royals
A’s
Reds
Angels
Also, if you collect the Marlins, drop me a line. I’ve acquired a huge stack of Marlins cards over the past year or two and I don’t have any Miami trading partners.
by Matt | Oct 4, 2012 | Baseball, Personal
Well, with the regular baseball season coming to an end, and the playoffs about to start, that means that fantasy baseball has come to a close. A big congratulations to Derek from Tomahawk Chopping for his first place finish!
Derek’s record of 15-5 was also the best in the league and he had a sizable (10-game I think) winning streak at one point. Also, congratulations to my father, Mark, for his 2nd place finish, just a single game behind Derek and only 17pts away from the championship. I’m sure I’ll hear about that for the next 6 months, lol. Thanks Derek.
Myself, I came in 3rd, narrowly missing the championship game by just 20pts the week before. I think that shows the benefits of starting over and re-drafting occasionally. Plus, the changes I made to the rules this year, in my opinion, helped keep the teams fairly even.
The points for/against columns tell a tale of much closer matchups than the over all records show. For example, even though I ended up 12-8, my pf/a difference was nearly identical to Derek, meaning we had nearly identically lineups. I love stats.
Anyway, a big huge thank you to everyone who played this year. I think we all had a lot of fun. I know I did. Fantasy Baseball is one of those things that helps me get into the game more, and actively pay attention to all the teams, not just the Red Sox.
Thanks again everyone, and now it’s time to kick back and watch the real playoffs. It’s going to be an awesome October.
by Matt | Sep 25, 2012 | Personal
So, after pretty much giving up on Chrome, I’ve thrown my collective addiction towards Bowman Platinum. I know a lot of folks are down on Platinum, citing the set for having little relevance, but I like it. It fills that “oooh, shiny” portion of my brain while at the same time having really great photography, a nice simple design and is completely without the insert insanity most sets have. The colored parallels are almost a non-issue. It’s also the only major set I’m wanting to finish this year, outside of my team sets. I had hopes of finishing Gypsy Queen but I haven’t made any more traction on that one, so it’s probably a lost cause.
Regardless, I like it, and after buying two more blasters last weekend (I seriously just need to get a hobby box), I decided to count up the cards and see where I was on a complete set.
Here’s what I’m missing. (complete with names). Updated 3/26/13
COMPLETED!
So, there you go. 5 left out of 100. That means I have a good number of dupes.
I’d like to complete the set, I think it would be really nice looking. I’d also prefer to trade for the remaining cards, I think that’s just more fun that buying a complete set. Anyway, I’m going to be adding the colored parallels and autos I’ve pulled across all my blasters to my tradebait page this weekend, so if you see anything you’d like, and have some of the missing cards to trade, please let me know.
by Matt | Sep 24, 2012 | Baseball
Well… this kind of speaks for itself. I’m just going to leave this here…
by Matt | Sep 19, 2012 | Personal, Tech, Work
For those that don’t know, I work in an art department, as a photographer, at a NASA contractor. Believe it or not, those things go together. That combination leaves me in the odd position of being one of a handful of people with both really nice camera gear, and enough access to get some really nice photos of NASA events. Today, on it’s way to it’s final home in California, the space shuttle Endeavor made one last flyby of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. I was on the roof, camera in hand. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.
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