by Tony | Apr 15, 2008 | Card of the Week
The good news: Week 4 of the Countdown to the Draft is here. The bad news: I miscounted, and there is still one more week before the draft–and I don’t have a Week 5 in mind yet. I initially thought maybe I would do Mr. Irrelevant, but I’m not sure...
by Tony | Apr 13, 2008 | Beckett News, Busting Boxes, Football Card News, TFBCB's Take
After the kerfuffle over the Beckett Video Box Break of two boxes of Upper Deck Exquisite, one would hope that Beckett would tread very carefully with their next round of box breaks. And while they do play it somewhat safe, by opening a box of 2008 Press Pass, which...
by Tony | Apr 10, 2008 | Busting Boxes, Sucker Buys
Got the itch again today–stopped by my local card shop to check out some cards that the owner had called me about (baseball related), and grabbed a few Bowman Chrome Football rookies that I didn’t need, but were cheap ($1 for 11), and could turn out ok,...
by Tony | Apr 7, 2008 | Card of the Week
We’ve had the Workout Warrior, and the Draft Bust–so this week, we turn to the positive draft results–and probably one of my favorite guys to look for in the draft. This week is the Draft Day Steal, aka Steal of the Draft or SoD (thanks to the self...
by Tony | Mar 31, 2008 | Busting Boxes, Set Collecting
As I responded to Joey last week, after my SP Authentic experience I wanted to open some more cards–without the big price tag–and I was kind of feeling left out of the Topps Heritage craze, so I stopped by my local retailer and snagged a box. I decided to...
by Tony | Mar 31, 2008 | Card of the Week
Last week was the week of the Workout Warrior–so this week is The Draft Bust. There are lots of definitions for a draft bust–some would even call Workout Warriors like Mike Mamula a bust (although I don’t know how a guy who had a couple of 8 sack...
