tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post2964518301320414909..comments2024-03-28T10:23:32.280-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: Hey, it's Kershaw, all diamondy and stuffnight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-16114709692501173972011-06-09T12:26:34.238-04:002011-06-09T12:26:34.238-04:00I like dorky poses.I like dorky poses.mjdt375https://www.blogger.com/profile/05579064277080006835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-880667360714160232011-06-08T03:48:32.856-04:002011-06-08T03:48:32.856-04:00Topps Attax ... previously it was always a total w...Topps Attax ... previously it was always a total waste of time. Was it a baseball card or was it a game? Turns out it was neither. Baseball card collectors hated it for being a fake baseball card, but gamers couldn't stand it either because it was such a lame attempt at a card game.<br /><br />But 2011 Attax finally finds its identity: it's a game ... rounded corners, coated-playing-card card stock, and best of all: an actual game requiring strategy and skill. It's not the BEST card game in the world, or the most complete, and it still has a lot of holes, but it's a real game nonetheless.<br /><br />A buddy of mine knows nothing about baseball ("what's a triple?" he asked when I was trying to explain fantasy baseball to him.) But he's a huge gamer...he loves all games including CCGs. He bought the Attax starter set for me as a gift because he thought it could bridge our two worlds. We proceded to *gasp* actually play the game. It's actually a lot of fun. <br /><br />But here's the kicker ... as he started learning the strategy for the CARD game, he was learning strategy for the REAL game (manufacturing runs, playing mind games when choosing pitches, etc.). The card game actually got him interested in baseball and now he rattles off all kinds of baseball stuff to me and he proudly declared to his wife what "RBI" stands for (although he still sometimes messes up and calls them "BRIs".)<br /><br />He and I and our wives actually have plans to go to a ball game together this year. Has it changed ME? Well, since Topps base has kind of run its course for me and I hate GQ (sorry everyone) and I'm fairly indifferent to Herritage this year, I find that I'm buying Attax like there's no tomorrow. And it's not just to try to complete the set or complete a team set, or anything else collector-related. I'm actually trying to aquire cards with triggered actions that I can use to beat him. (Just a tip...the draw/discard action is actually very helpful to turn over your hand if it is too heavily-weighted for the wrong half of the inning.)<br /><br />NONE of this would have happened without Attax. I'm not trying to gush or say "Topps Attax saved this friendship" (because I certainly have a non-baseball side that actually likes museums and sushi bars ... well, okay, NOT sushi bars but you get my drift) or any nonesense like that. But I will say that I will always appreciate Attax at a level never before attained. By making Attax a real game they have now appealed to more than just the six-year-olds out there and they're actually winning people over to baseball. MLB should thank them.Eggrockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543338186244288630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-46567677972263782952011-06-07T14:49:41.162-04:002011-06-07T14:49:41.162-04:00I got my Mickey Mantle Die-Cut in the mail over th...I got my Mickey Mantle Die-Cut in the mail over the weekend. It goes up on EBay later in the week. It just doesn't float my boat, so I'll take the cash and use it for working some vintage sets.carlsonjokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15556989250983706634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-67866428175881050182011-06-07T14:19:39.957-04:002011-06-07T14:19:39.957-04:00I have a couple of those TCMA's too, they'...I have a couple of those TCMA's too, they're definitely interesting, seeing as how they feature guys that Topps (or Bowman) neglected to show in their sets. As far as the Diamond site is concerned, I've had very little luck as well with the exception of the two die cuts I unlocked, being Cole Hamels and Vernon Wells as a Jay. Vernon will come home but Cole will probably be traded. Lord knows I get enough offers of 1986 Topps for it.moremonkeys138https://www.blogger.com/profile/05040986592810865491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-83267474448645283172011-06-07T12:37:20.143-04:002011-06-07T12:37:20.143-04:00Love the Kershaw Die-Cut.
Congrats!Love the Kershaw Die-Cut.<br /><br />Congrats!Greg Zakwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064188830164937436noreply@blogger.com