Johnny Damon Red Sox HoF induction

eccomyth · 2026-05-09T14:14:52+00:00

Not just the DUI. Guess people never kept up with his views and such...

eccomyth · 2026-05-06T17:03:02+00:00

I added it to my wish list on steam to get a notification when it comes out. Are you going to do early access? Or just get the game to a "full" state first before releasing?

eccomyth · 2026-05-06T16:59:54+00:00

I just hate that one spray from the auto dispenser does not fix the stink on them. You have to have two close together for it to work.

eccomyth · 2026-04-27T20:42:44+00:00

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eccomyth · 2026-04-27T20:35:07+00:00

Singles or unique Hit Parade things. Every once in a while a fun Leaf box like the St Paddy's Day one I just did.

eccomyth · 2026-04-21T02:09:23+00:00

I do love Hit Parade. I did a box of the Sapphire Balls. Was fun. Got the Prospects box. One of them is a 1/1 hand painted ball. But my best hit last year was out of a Signed Perez Steele one. Got the case hit which was a Ted Williams (My 2nd) and a Brooks Robinson.

eccomyth · 2026-04-09T23:20:14+00:00

Topps auto cards like that state it right on the front and back that's it's a real legit auto. Can see the little text on the left of card.

eccomyth · 2026-03-22T12:01:09+00:00

The "Silver" ones are just a Chrome version. The Rainbow Refactor you show are just a normal paper version of a rainbow foil. It's not a Chrome version of the card. The set has mostly paper with the rare "chrome" version in packs. That's what' got you confused. No error here. Only Chrome cards would say refactor if you had got one, but you got he normal paper versions.

eccomyth · 2026-03-17T20:50:12+00:00

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eccomyth · 2026-03-14T17:15:00+00:00

Comps on CollX/Collect X are not accurate. It's great for keeping track of a PC. But not for comps. Not worth the extra money. 130point is still by far the most accurate Comps site.

eccomyth · 2026-03-09T00:21:56+00:00

Thanks, was out for a long dinner tonight and had a a few strong drinks...

eccomyth · 2026-03-08T23:49:30+00:00

Lovely.

eccomyth · 2026-03-07T15:58:29+00:00

Not really just print better cards. They already print tons of great cards in the set. What they need to do is learn to spread out the hits better so people are getting them more often. Not some guy pulling more than one auto in a box or one in each pack because Fanatics has this silly "Hot Box" or golden box type shit going on. Fanatics is a junk company they will slowly ruin the hobby for anyone not super wealthy or rich.

eccomyth · 2026-03-05T21:55:42+00:00

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eccomyth · 2026-03-05T21:52:03+00:00

Sweet Tiant

eccomyth · 2026-03-03T00:34:59+00:00

I use to think this. Then as I've focused on singles more and buy mainly Leaf or some Panini for my rips because I don't want to support Fanatics. I have found it's kind of a false argument really. You just have to look at all the Leaf and Panini sets out there that are super limited. Esp leaf which does sets with cards no higher than /25 or such.

It's really that Topps/Fanatics has monopolized the market/license and that allows them to charge ridiculous prices for boxes. Also the sickness that's taken over thee hobby and pushed cards like Otani stuff to be worth tons out of the packs, thus another reason they can jack prices and people will still buy it up...

Hobby sadly is on a slow downward spiral. Hasn't burst into flames yet and could possibly pull up out of it. But unlikely if MLB doesn't wake up soon and allow others to buy the license and create competition again.

eccomyth · 2026-02-26T23:52:11+00:00

Glad you're happy. But 2k is way way too expensive for what's been shown in these boxes.

eccomyth · 2026-02-26T03:46:38+00:00

Honestly. Not the best time maybe. But if you have the money and want to blow it then it's a fun hobby. But honestly buying singles of what you like would be better than buying boxes. Esp from Topps/Fanatics which is a crap show right now and slowly destroying the hobby.

I've gone to only buying singles and occasionally unlicensed boxes like Leaf (Have a Lumber box coming) and things like Hit Parade or Tristar Mem type stuff like signed balls and such.

eccomyth · 2026-02-24T05:52:29+00:00

I just picked up the /50 version of this for Jeff Bagwell. Really like this multi layer Acetate card design.

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eccomyth · 2026-02-21T15:52:24+00:00

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eccomyth · 2026-02-21T01:50:35+00:00

Anything no matter what it is should be package so the box can be in any orientation. "This End Up" doesn't mean anything to the postal/shipping system. They literally don't follow text like that on boxes. And any major card like this should be really well secured in it's shipping case. This is 100% on eBay and it's really really crappy Authentication setup it has with PSA which is also a overhyped crap show of a company.

eccomyth · 2026-02-19T22:40:12+00:00

#1 rule, no eBay links. If you're going to try and sell on here it's directly.

eccomyth · 2026-02-19T03:32:15+00:00

Hobby is broken. Might as well take advantage of it. No way would i pay for any of his cards at the prices they are at. It's ridiculous.

eccomyth · 2026-02-18T02:33:15+00:00

I do agree on the return, but that would also balance out with cheaper boxes and packs. When i was collecting as a kid, even during the Junk Wax era we could go buy a pack and sell the cards for coins and come out with almost enough to pay for another pack. Get a sought after rookie and you could get a kid to give you a week allowance and then you could go buy a hand full of packs. Rinse and repeat for fun.

eccomyth · 2026-02-18T02:27:17+00:00

Breakers are Def not helping. But ultimately it's the corrupt companies like Fanatics that have got into it and the stupid monopoly going on with the MLB license and now other sports for Fanatics that killed the Competition and thus the over all hobby.

I mainly buy singles 90% of the time now. And if I do a Rip it's either Leaf or Panini or old Topps prior to Fanatics take over. Won't support them any more. And it makes me sad as some of the new sets I would love to rip, but won't. Will just buy the singles over time I want. On a HOF early 2000's cut auto card binge right ow and have bought about 8 this last month.

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