Group Break Results - Inserts, Parallels and Hits

Here's a couple scans of all the hits, inserts and parallels. I left out the Oswalt, the odd thing is that I already had this card, so it becomes trade bait! Here's the scans!

I do have to say, even though I've never heard of Shawn Camp of the Devil Rays, it's a nice looking signature.

As for the Bay card, I've decided it will be randomized off. 1) Because that's what I said I'd do. and 2) Because even though he was with the Pirates that year, there are plenty of collectors in the break who would collect it as well and 3) It states his team as Canada on the card, which is what I'm basing the team designations on, so it'll go in the random stack.

I have posted a team-by-team break down in the side bar!

And here's the thrid box! 2006 Artifacts... got some nice hits...

We've come to the end of the pre-Gypsy Queen portion of our break (or have we?!?!?!?) and I want to send out a BIG thanks to the guys at Atlanta Sports Cards for all of their help and the discounts on these boxes. You've got 4 hits to look out for here in this video and again they all went to different teams. Unfortunately this box missed some teams, but that was expected with only 10 packs at 4 cards per pack! Enjoy! I'll get the grand totals thrown up on the side bar this afternoon!



Another big thanks to my wife as well for putting together the credits at the end. I'd have never figured it out, and was in fact about to start kicking something when she intervened to help.

I might squeeze a post in on Saturday, but I'll be on vacation starting Sunday, so you won't hear much from me until the 25th at least! Hope everyone enjoyed the cards from these 3 boxes!

Let's have a standing ovation for... Ovation... 2006 that is... BOX #2 of the BREAK!

Here's the second box... we'll have something like 2 hits, 6 inserts and 2 parallels in this box... if my chicken scratch record keeping is correct...

Let me apologize ahead of time: I kind of poo-poo'ed one of the hits because it wasn't a player I was familiar with, but I am sure the person who got it will be excited, so to that person I hope my disappointment doesn't sour your hit! Hopefully you all will understand what I mean, I felt bad about it as soon as I stopped recording... anyways, here you go, one box of 2006 Ovation!


There is an insert in there from the World Baseball Classic... I kind of asked for input, I had said cards without a team would be randomized off, if anyone has an opinion on whether this card should be randomized or given to the team which that player was on that year, please let me know. As of now I'll random it because I said I would. But I'm conflicted...

Artifacts box video tomorrow!

The 2011 Gypsy Queen Group Break Begins!!!!!!

Here you go everyone... I've busted all three of the first boxes, but I'm going to make you all wait for all three! Here's the first box, 2002 UD MVP. 24 packs per box, 8 cards per pack, special Ichiro insert set (congrats Colin), gold & silver parallels and the possibilities of jersey and signatures! At the end of the video is a recap by team with how many base, inserts, parallels and hits each team received. I'll do this for each box, then once I get these three boxes done I'll post a sidebar of a complete recap of all three boxes!



****Many thanks to my wonderful wife for doing the credits on all the break videos, this Dimwit couldn't figure it out and she helped me out!****

Group Break Update

Well, turns out that the release date for Gypsy Queen apparently got pushed back to the 27th, so it looks like it'll be at least then before I get to bust those two boxes. However, the first three boxes of the break should arrive here at the Dimwit abode tomorrow or Wednesday... so I will probably do a box per day through the end of the week. I'll do a running tabulation of cards for each team throughout the break!

I did want to reiterate that any cards with multiple teams will be randomized among the teams listed on the card. Additionally, I know sometimes Upper Deck had a horrible habit of putting a team name on the card and then have the player's picture in a different uniform. For this break, we will be using the team name shown on the face of the card, regardless of what picture is used. Additionally, for the Gypsy Queen break any cards that are non-baseball related will be randomized off amongst all participants. If there are multiple cards of this sort then they will be distributed by means of the randomized list order. All randomizations will be videoed as well as screen captured. Any cards from teams that have moved will go to the city/team that the team moved (example, all Expos cards pulled will go to the Nationals).

Hope everyone had a great Monday!

The Final Box of the Super Group Break is....

It's been a decent weekend as far as sports goes... the Astros finally won another game, today against the Marlins. J.A. Happ pitched a solid 7 innings and the offense finally showed up for more than 4 runs. Never would I have thought at any point this season that the Astros would have as many wins as the Rays and Red Sox COMBINED!!!! Muahahahaha... sorry, had to sneak in an evil laugh there...

I've had my eye on a few eBay auctions but alas the opening bids are way too high and with less than an hour to go there are no bids. Why start an auction with a price so high? If you start with a lower bid, surely the auction would probably get to the price you want to start with.

Alright, alright, enough procrastinating, I'll get to the point you all are actually here to read about...

Heck yea! That's our third box!!!! In recap, that is a box of 2002 UD MVP, 2006 Ovation and 2006 Artifacts. Like I said, Atlanta Sports Cards threw together a great deal for us and they shipped on Friday. Hopefully I can get these busted and posted by the end of the week.

Oh yea, these may not be the last cards added to this break... there's a card show this next Saturday before I leave out for vacation... I'll let any additional packs be a surprise at the end of the Gypsy Queen video that I put together Monday/Tuesday the 25th/26th!

Have a great week everyone!

Trade Post... Book Info... and some group break news...

Alright, first things first, I want to give some props to Eric over at Manupatches and Chrome Scratches. Not only does he run a very entertaining blog, he had some Astros mojo to send me and I just happened to have a Manupatch for him. The keystone to the trade was the Bagwell/Dye game-used base card. A GAME USED BASE! And of course anything Bagwell related is gladly welcomed into the Astros hit binder here at The Daily Dimwit! He also sent along a few sweet Astros cards as well!

Secondly, contrary to what anyone says about me, I do know how to read. I recently got an offer to do my first book review! So, I'm going to take the book shown below on my cruise vacation and hopefully breeze through it and give you all a decent review! It looks like a very interesting book!

Finally... I guess you want the group break news... well, I think it's only natural that I throw another jump break right.... about... now...

2011 Gypsy Queen Group Break Update!!!! AWESOMENESS!!!

I've got great news everyone. The two questions from the last post have been settled. First of all, I'll let you know that this group break is now going to be co-sponsored by Houston Sports Connection (my local card shop) for the Gypsy Queen portion of the break and Atlanta Sports Cards for the non-Gypsy Queen portion of the break. Now, you may be wondering what the heck is going to be the non-Gypsy Queen portion? Three boxes! YES, you read that right THREE hobby boxes. Now, I'll tell you I had to dip into my own money just a bit to get these three, but I couldn't pass this up. So, for the break we'll have a total of 5 HOBBY BOXES!!!!!!!

Oh, you want to know the exact boxes??? Well, I'm going to add some suspense. I'll tell you the three boxes over the next week or so, one box at a time... one post at a time... first up is this beauty after the jump:

Final Two Teams in Group Break!!!! Get a STEAL OF A DEAL!

Alright, I'll make the offer to anyone who wants the White Sox AND D'Backs. If you claim both teams, you can have them for $16. Or of course if you want one of them, $10 each...

I'm currently awaiting payment from Johnny and Schwang17, both of which should have payment sent by Friday. I should be in good shape to secure the boxes and bonus cards by next weekend. At this point, I'm going to ask any and all participants to leave a comment with ideas or requests for the bonus box and/or product in the range of $50-$60. Would you prefer a few blasters, rack packs, loose packs and/or a few "hot packs"? Or would you like a full box of unopened product?

Feel free to put in your requests in the comments and thanks to everyone who is participating!!! I CANNOT WAIT to get these boxes in hand. Also, does anyone have a suggestion for LIVE broadcasting of the break? I have a USTREAM account, but I know the ads can be annoying. Let me know what you think or if you wouldn't mind if I just recorded the break and put it up on YouTube as with my normal break videos. If I do it that way, I can record it in better picture quality with my camcorder as opposed to the webcam. Let me know what you think!

****UPDATE: The last two teams have been claimed, we have a full break!!!!! I will definitely be getting a full hobby or maybe a couple retail boxes depending on what you all vote on. Thanks for all those participating!!!!****

Trade Post and Gypsy Queen Group Break Update!

Hey everyone, I have a trade to show off... this is from Johnny over at Cards from the Quarry. He had his eyes on a Brad Hawpe jersey relic card in my trade bait for a while, and was able to come up with this absolute beauty of a card!

This is my first Mike Scott relic card, and this is only one of two that I'm aware of! The other one is a relic card from the celebrity softball game held at Minute Maid Park during the All-Star festivities a few years ago. So, this is the only actual MLB game-used jersey card from Mike Scott, so add in that it's all chromed out and it is impressive in the binder! Thanks Johnny!

Alright, I am going to close the group break this Friday the 8th! I still have 3 teams available: D'backs &White Sox!!!!!. If you want either of these teams, they are only $10 each, but if that's too much feel free to make me a reasonable offer (please be reasonable) and if someone wants to make an offer for both teams, please do so! I'd love to get these all closed out and not be left with a bunch of cards from teams I don't collect! All payment is due by this Friday for anyone who hasn't paid. ***UPDATE: I heard from Schwang17 and his payment is on the way.***

Here's the plan, once I close the break and all money is collected, I'll put aside an estimated amount for shipping and for the two boxes, then any excess will be used for buying additional packs, blasters or a box if there is enough. I plan to make absolutely ZERO PROFIT off of this break. I did not build in any profit and fully intended all along to use any excess specifically for extra packs/blasters/box for the break. I will pay for the boxes on the 16th of April. I'm going on a vacation the 17th-24th, will pick up the boxes on the 25th and break them that afternoon/evening! I need to get the money collected by this Friday in order to get the money transferred and withdrawn from my bank account in time to start buying! If anyone knows of people who might be interested in the remaining teams, please get them in contact with me! Thanks everyone!