Hmmm, Fishy...

Since Mario has just busted a box of UD Ballpark Collection, I think its time you readers and I sit down and have a chat. Come sit over here, this is serious. Let me ask you straight up, ARE YOU DOING DRUGS?...

...No im just messing with you, I actually want to talk about jerseys (again) so that people understand a few things about them. For some reason, people are weirdly obsessed with multiswatch cards, and I say this because no one seems to realize that Ballpark Collection is not the way it is because UD just wanted to throw millions of jersey cards into a product (with no patches, or barely any) to make it valuable, but rather to rid their stock of unusable pieces. In fact, they had so many crap swatches, that they came out with two products this year based on this principle. The first was "A Piece Of Shitstory" and the second being this wonderful product of overjersified greatness, Ballfart Collection. Bring back memories of Artifacts 2006 and 2007?

For those of you unfamiliar with Artifacts, lets have story time with Uncle Gellman. Come children, sit on the magic red rug of truthiness for a chilling tale of deception...

UD and the Awful Artifacts Monster, by Sir Adam Gellman of Awesome City

Once upon a time, there was a company that switched from using ugly foil stickers to holographic foil stickers and finally to clear stickers. This company had a backlog of players that they couldn’t put in normal products because they were either Suckius McSuckersons or they were old and not really playing anymore. They also had hundreds upon hundreds of copies of the foil stickers (both kinds) and needed to get rid of them. In 2006, they came out with Artifacts (booo), to use up not only the stickers sitting in the warehouse, but the numerous left over jersey pieces that they had no use for in regular products.

In 2007 artifacts was released again, only this time it was worse than before. Its blackened soul was so evil, that the company knew it needed to be banished. The way they did it was to separate it into two different products with the hope they would never unite again to terrorize the hobby middle earth filled with collectors and little children. The first product was called a piece of history, filled with crappy autos and crappy ideas of card sets rejected from other sets. I mean, why else would lineup clippings out of newspapers be put in cards? Oh, that’s right, because they were SO popular in UD Black Baseball. As for Ballpark Collection, it was disguised (oooooh) into a higher end product so it could trick people that eight swatch jersey cards were cool, even though they were filled with the same pieces they were going to use for artifacts. Just to make sure that people couldn’t draw the comparison from the new products to the old one, they included button cards and other gimmicks that were in artifacts in 2005 (before it was as evil as it is today) so that people would think it was worthwhile to bust.

For now, the people are unaware that the truth is out there in forgotten photobuckets filled with Dallas McPherson autofacts, hiding to one day violate them again.

The end.

Shameless Plugs

Hey guys, just wanted to give a plug to two people that have graciously supported this blog a number of times. I want to pay them back.

First is Wax Heaven, who has started their reviews of UD products (all sports) for everyone to see. Regardless of your feelings about sponsorship, Mario asked me to let the SCU Consitituency know that he is running contests to give away most of the cards. All you have to do is post a comment in the thread to be entered. Pretty sweet.

Second, my bud, SCU Youtube Breaker of the Millenium, and really nice guy AR Platinum is having a few awesome group breaks coming up. But that is not the only reason I am doing this. Personally, I hope this card, from his Gridiron Gear case break, gets lost in the mail and some how ends up on my doorstep.

I signed up for a few of his upcoming events, and I encourage you to do so too. Go to youtube and search for Group Break, his 500+ videos will surely show up somewhere. The guy is a breaking machine. I have participated on multiple occasions, and I have gotten some awesome cards for close to nothing. Around the price of a few packs. Its fucking great, so go sign up for his, and keep an eye out for ours too.

Absolute Memorabilia Break

Well folks I think many will be plenty happy with this break. We ended up with some sweet cards, but I will let the videos and the scans speak for themselves.



Here are the scans from Box 1:






Here are the scans from box 2:







Here are the scans from box 3:







Here are the scans from the final box:

Has This Ever Been Done Before?

Feel like watching the World Series' game 6 at 8pm the day that it is played? Fuck you, Barack Obama owns that time, homie. In fact, MLB has agreed to push back the start of the game to let Obama have his 30 minutes.

As far as I know, I dont think I have ever seen this before. Anyone want to elaborate? Im stumped.

Personally, I dont really care who bought that fucking time, why is someone going to interfere with the awesomeness of the Series? Im pissed.

Barack Obama just lost my vote....

...Wait.

McCain is in league with this guy?

I guess Obama can have it back.

Absolute Break: Boxes Arrived, Breaking Tonight

The Absolute boxes have arrived and are at my house. I will be opening them tonight around 8 p.m. central time (My wife and son are going out of town for some shopping so I can do the break earlier!! Woohoo!) I will be opening them today around 5 p.m. central time and then will have to upload the videos and scan the nice cards and will post after all of that has uploaded. I am hoping that we get some great boxes and that everyone enjoys the break.

Here is an updated list of teams (after trades) as of 3:15 p.m. central time 4:35 p.m. central time:

Holy Hitter- Jets, Cardinals, Jaguars, Falcons, Bills, Packers, Ravens, Buccaneers, Cowboys, Raiders
Voluntarheel- Panthers, Browns, Colts
Gellman- Vikings
Psad21- Eagles, Titans
Whitesoxcat- Saints, Dolphins
Sonic- Bears, Patriots, Broncos
Penguin101- Giants, Chiefs
Cardboard Addiction- Bengals, Seahawks
Groat- 49ers, Redskins
Houstoncollector- Steelers, Texans, Rams
Darkship- Chargers, Lions

My Fellow Blogospherians...

Ladies and Gentleman, as self appointed President of the hobby, I am here to address you today about the state of the things we love so much. Even though, this 100% completely legitimate presendency is only recognized by this blog, the state of Idaho, and three small towns in Alabama, the following address is something we all need to take heed of.

Fellow blogospherians, I am here to say the state of the hobby is GOOD! However, despite our positive state right now, this is not a mandate to coast through the months ahead and expect this speech to be the same at this time next year. Right now, due to concerns in our economy, the state of the hobby depends on you! If you are one that is ready to buy a card - BUY IT! Do your fellow collectors good. Do not wait for the price to drop, even though it will, because that is BAD for this hobby and bad for America.

To begin, be sure to break tons of wax, as this is the lifeblood of this hobby. I guarantee you freddie and fanny shop-owner are better off because you bought their boxes. They need your support because it is tough for them to survive as a small business in a time when it is common to get 10 dollars as a return investment of a 100 dollar box. If you continue to buy, I promise this to you, my friends, I will work tirelessly to make sure that your plight in this hobby improves by demanding our manufacturers give us more value on each investment we make. We will also not stand idly by while they give their boxes away to the people who don’t deserve them. I am not talking about the Secretary of Wax, Mr. Alejandro of the great state of Florida, I am talking about Beckett, Tuff Stuff, and most importantly, the Media. My friends, we need to help the people who deserve it, not belittle them. Save your anger for those who need to feel the wrath of this 'sphere!

Right now, I want to take a moment and talk about Joe the Collector. Joe was simple man from my campaign trail who brought up the fact that he was getting scammed by predators on a weekly basis and he was tired of being the "dunce of the hobby." He outwardly blamed me for his problems, even going so far as to say my policies were making his life difficult. In between his unintelligible remarks about "MOJO" and youtube maildays, he asked me to take pity on him and for help. Well Joe, I promise you and your bretheren to continue to push for manufacturer inclusion of not only anti patch faking technology, but also a scanned database of all high end cards for all to see. I ask you today, do we not deserve that?

I want to move on to another topic, one that plagues both you and I on a daily basis. When most of you look for that card you want, trading is your first instinct. As of late, trading security has been a hot topic, especially in my administration. I promise to you that in the coming months, we will establish a way for the citizens of this blog to trade without fear! Ladies and gentlemen, if we don’t trade, they win. They win, and we lose everything we stand for. Don’t think I don’t feel for you, I do, and I will use my power to make it happen!

One of the main messages of my campaign was to end the vicious cycle of creating cards based on an autograph sticker spot. We need to demand a change from the powers that be. We are strong and we have the means to make sure that there is an on card auto in every set, and a swatch placed correctly on every card. No longer will we be hungry for well designed cards, as we have fought the trend and won!

Of course, it will continue to be important that you participate in the group box breaks we have from this administration. It is your duty to the 'shpere to serve your blog by helping others. It will be fun, this I promise you, and the boxes will be amazing. No longer will you watch high end videos on youtube without a stake for yourself, as you will be involved just as much as the next guy! I will also be moving for a price cut for all middle end collectors so that they will get the benefits of all the top 1 percent of everyone in the hobby. It is a tough time, and everyone needs the help.

Lastly, I want to assure you that the integrity of the blogosphere must be maintained, or we will suffer. As recent as last week, close to 100 people let me know personally that they thought blogs made a positive impact on this hobby. With that I charge you, the reader, to blog your thoughts and make this 'sphere stronger. Make your opinions known. You are the future of this great population, and I want to invest in you! When you make your blog, email my administration directly and ask to be included in our links. We will strengthen you and use our umbrella to help you get the readers you need.

Thank you very much, and God bless America!

Absolute Trading Block..cont'd

Due to the fact that the break will be occurring tonight, voluntarheel made a good request that this be bumped up (I had to create a new post) so that the pending trade possibilities could be worked out without having to go back to far.

Back On Top Of Things

Ok, first off, thank you to the Gmail staff for helping me out. They were really quick in getting him booted and changing my password.

Considering how accessible of a person I am, Im not really sure how all this was triggered. I will definitely be monitoring my password more often, and if you were affected by this, Im really sorry.

Gmail said they couldnt go through and delete the emails that were sent, but they could tell me where his IP address was located. According to their systems, he was logged in from southern Illinois. If anyone has any idea who this is, please let me know.

I was able to recall most of the original messages before he changed my password, but I couldnt get them all. I know the one to Chris Harris, Jerry, and Kevin were not able to be recovered, and I apologize.

Kevin, the one that was sent to you was especially awful, I hope you are over 18.

Everyone else, let me know if something else happened.

Disregard All Emails From Me.

Someone has hacked into my Gmail account with my password and sent awful emails to a bunch of people. They are a reader of this blog and they are sure not helping things. To Mario, Chris, JV and Dave, the emails you received are not from me.

Can someone please tell me how to switch the email associated with my blogger account? I know this person is part of the blogosphere because they have read my comments and posted them in the emails. I hope this doesnt hurt things around here.