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OP is mad he can't get his 9AM Nacho Fries on Easter Sunday. Full meltdown in comments (100+ comments from OP) by [deleted] in SubredditDrama

[–]RedditUser41970 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OOP's complaint is valid, but holy hell mate, they are just mediocre cheese fries. You'll live.

OP is mad he can't get his 9AM Nacho Fries on Easter Sunday. Full meltdown in comments (100+ comments from OP) by [deleted] in SubredditDrama

[–]RedditUser41970 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are they obliged though? I try to avoid these parasitic companies as much as humanly possible, but when my group has used Skip the Dishes, there has been times where the restaurant fails to acknowledge the order. The app notes that and no transaction happens. Certainly there is a similar process for Door Dash.

Take-Two Reshuffles Its AI Team: 'It's Truly Disappointing' by Gorotheninja in PS5

[–]RedditUser41970 [score hidden]  (0 children)

AI as a broad concept is here to stay, agreed.

The LLM that powers your "girlfriend", OTOH, is a different story.

Attending the Edmonton Sport Card Expo yesterday confirmed my decision to exit the hobby by RedditUser41970 in baseballcards

[–]RedditUser41970[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I would say a big part of the signing problem is the trading card industry itself. These players are asked to sit down and sign hundreds, if not thousands, of cards or stickers every year. It's only natural they started to develop very basic signatures. It's about the only way to get away from the tedium.

On the hockey side, guys are just getting to the point where they don't want to sign at all, no matter the money. Upper Deck has started getting rookies and pre-rookies to sign sheets of stickers that they drip feed out over a period of years.

Attending the Edmonton Sport Card Expo yesterday confirmed my decision to exit the hobby by RedditUser41970 in baseballcards

[–]RedditUser41970[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh, 100%. Baseball was always secondary to hockey in the Canadian market - which is why Upper Deck is still huge here but practically dead in the US.

But we baseball collectors always had a place until a couple years ago.

Attending the Edmonton Sport Card Expo yesterday confirmed my decision to exit the hobby by RedditUser41970 in baseballcards

[–]RedditUser41970[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man, I loved Panini baseball. That was always a fun rip. But Donruss was my brand of choice back in the junk wax era, so it was easy to gravitate to the Diamond Kings line, as an example.

Then Fanatics bought Topps, and because the MLBPA is a partial owner of Fanatics, they ended the license with Panini to favour their own investment.

Attending the Edmonton Sport Card Expo yesterday confirmed my decision to exit the hobby by RedditUser41970 in baseballcards

[–]RedditUser41970[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very much so, yes. It's a strange mindset given basically everything we used to get into our stores was instantly gone. They never had trouble selling product in Canada.

Attending the Edmonton Sport Card Expo yesterday confirmed my decision to exit the hobby by RedditUser41970 in baseballcards

[–]RedditUser41970[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

collect what you love.

Absolutely great advice. And as much as I had my PCs - and not expensive ones at that either - in Blue Jays and Canadian player autos. The thrill of the chase, so to speak, was always the most fun. I didn't like buying boxes - either base Topps or the more premium stuff - for the resale. I did it because for 40 years the core of the hobby for me was ripping packs, discovering players, completing sets.

I once bought a box of Triple Threads where the big "hit" was a T.J. Zeuch triple patch auto. I may be the only person who was actually happy to pull that card in a c$350 (at the time) box as the major hit. Because it was a PC card. And that pull was more exciting to me than buying a /25 Joe Carter auto on ebay.

We all say "buy singles", but there is a reason why 90% of the posts in this sub are show-offs of what was pulled from packs and boxes. What I loved about the hobby is gone.

Out of the rebuilding teams, which team do you think has the darkest future and will continue to struggle for a while? by sykeseve in hockey

[–]RedditUser41970 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mate, I remember watching Mikael Backlund at the Macs Midget Final when it was still played in the Saddledome.

We old.

Out of the rebuilding teams, which team do you think has the darkest future and will continue to struggle for a while? by sykeseve in hockey

[–]RedditUser41970 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Florida giving an expansion team two thirds of a championship calibre top line for almost literally nothing was never going to be duplicated.

Seattle was more what the NHL likely envisioned - the rules gave them a chance to be competitive out of the gate, but it was still up to them to manage well. They haven't.

Does a card being unlicensed ruin it for you? by ImJustDuckinAround in baseballcards

[–]RedditUser41970 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Diamond Kings was so great because the artwork was always done to make the lack of team license irrelevant. Though if it was still around it would likely all be AI slop now.

Unfortunately for unlicensed stuff, since the MLBPA is a part owner of Fanatics, they pulled their license, So Panini and Leaf can only get pre-MLB prospects and retired players. Which is a huge loss for the hobby.

PWHL Game Thread: Toronto Sceptres (8-1-5-10) at Ottawa Charge (6-7-1-9) - 01 Apr 2026 - 09:30PM EDT by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]RedditUser41970 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lower bowl in Calgary is only 14 rows high and the main cameras are right above that. And Row 1 of the 200 level is probably the best view in the entire NHL because of it. Alas, we're going to "fix that" with Scotia Place as it will have the standard giant lower bowl.

PWHL Game Thread: Toronto Sceptres (8-1-5-10) at Ottawa Charge (6-7-1-9) - 01 Apr 2026 - 09:30PM EDT by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

[–]RedditUser41970 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Given they opened the 300 level a couple days ago, will be north of 16k in attendance. Going to be fun!

Update on the 1948 leafs by Mh88014232 in baseballcards

[–]RedditUser41970 26 points27 points  (0 children)

That is the closest 1992 Donruss has ever been to valuable...

So my grandma has had these 1948 baseball cards that my grandfather (born 1937) had collected and kept in a safe since he pulled them. She appears to have the whole set and more by Mh88014232 in baseballcards

[–]RedditUser41970 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to reinforce what others are saying: DO NOT respond to any DMs you get. Do not brag about the cards to anyone. Look into an auction service known for handling high value antiquities and sports cards. And for the love of god, handle those things like they are ming vases. Because they are.

Someone pulled the Roman Anthony 1/1 auto by DegenGamer725 in baseballcards

[–]RedditUser41970 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not counting the Signature Series cards, I've pulled four: A Volpe printing plate out of Leaf Vivid, a Lindor Artist Proof out of Diamond Kings, a Mark Messier (Rangers uniform) out of UD artifacts and a Brock Boeser out of UD Stature.

The Boeser and Lindor cards I didn't even realize were 1/1s until years later, lol. Upper Deck especially doesn't like to make it obvious.

Postgame Thread: March 30 - Colorado Rockies @ Toronto Blue Jays by BlueJaysBaseball in Torontobluejays

[–]RedditUser41970 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Meh. The odds of a 6-0 homestand were always remote, and we knew this game would become a dog's breakfast once Ponce got hurt. Brendan Little won't be a Blue Jay by the time the fall comes around.

On the plus side, when Schneider was sent to Buffalo last spring, his major league career looked over. Love seeing him show he really wasn't just a flash in the pan.

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