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  1. Fishercat

    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    Because you know what casual viewers of Bravo-style reality shows, gossip fans, and conspiracy theorists hate: powerful people getting into sex scandals involving major discrepancies of influence. Glad they didn't include that. I dunno, like I get the idea that this was meant as a general...
  2. Fishercat

    Yet another Pats draft poll--Your preference, 5 weeks out

    I guess the issue with this is the chicken and the egg right - if the Pats are truly the "poster child for a shitty situation" - is a year led by Jacoby Brissett followed by ???? going to make that any better for whoever the incoming QB is? I am presuming the argument would be to pursue...
  3. Fishercat

    Yet another Pats draft poll--Your preference, 5 weeks out

    Nothing of the last few weeks has really changed my position. Top-10ish QBs very rarely ever hit free agency and if they do there's usually a huge price tag and massive caveats. Trading for one will likely cost you a draft or two of top picks or even more if it's one without huge warts. If they...
  4. Fishercat

    Sports Cards Mania

    As we see the young guys in the Sox system do well I'll be interested to see who the Sox have in Bowman. It seems Allan Castro and Johanfran Garcia are both signing. Teel is the biggest name for Boston who is due and if he does will be an exciting chase. After that I assume Yoellin Cespedes is...
  5. Fishercat

    Dylan Cease traded to Padres

    There is also one other little thing here though...which Dylan Cease is San Diego getting? Gonna put up a few stat lines - 2023 Dylan Cease: 4.38 ERA, 1.42 WHIP 33 GS, 177 IP, 10.9 K/9, 2.4 bWAR Mystery Player #1: 4.56 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 33 GS, 179.2 IP, 8.8 K/9, 2.6 bWAR Mystery Player #2: 4.04...
  6. Fishercat

    Dylan Cease traded to Padres

    I guess my thing is, we have had a few rough years in Boston. There was a half decade of AJ Preller playing the farm system build / prospect game for an absolutely terrible Padres team in the late 2010s, a legit wholesale build. We can look at Tatis for instance, great trade for them on all...
  7. Fishercat

    Dylan Cease traded to Padres

    You still didn't mention the two top 10 org prospects they gave up with Thorpe or Grisham to start with. And the only reason they had Soto to deal was everyone else. When the thread is discussing Preller it needs to be considered. Especially when folks here are praising Preller heavily when he's...
  8. Fishercat

    Dylan Cease traded to Padres

    I mean, you have to consider the other parts of these deals too right? This wasn't purely 1 year of Soto for 2 years of Cease and King, there were other players of value moving. Like, what's the real trade here when considering the extended Sotoverse? Padres Gave Up: Robert Hassell (1st round...
  9. Fishercat

    Dylan Cease traded to Padres

    A.J. Preller has been GM of the Padres for nine full seasons, below is the ranking of divisional placements and games back from the division leader from 2015 on 4th (18), 5th (23), 3th (33), 5th (25.5), 5th (36), 2nd (6, COVID), 3rd (28), 2nd (22), 3rd (18) They haven't been within 18 games of...
  10. Fishercat

    Sports Cards Mania

    In this case, I don't think so. Topps Chrome Update Sapphire was a one auto per box product and I don't think I've seen any box that didn't have it, and this is at the end of TCUS' life cycle as what was an online exclusive product. However, when they did this with a Heritage Retail box? That I...
  11. Fishercat

    Sports Cards Mania

    Yeah, Topps Chrome Update and the related products are mostly sticker due to timing and the nature of the checklist. A shame for Topps Chrome Update Sapphire in particular as it was a great product otherwise.
  12. Fishercat

    Sports Cards Mania

    I would expect that Target, Walmart, and any other retailers who stock retail stores will have retail blasters and whatever the mega box equivalent is - and it's a matter of knowing when your local store stocks and beating the re-sellers. UD jacked up the hobby box prices to $300 and common...
  13. Fishercat

    Thoughts/Impressions on “The Dynasty” Apple TV Series

    So like...how is this a valid excuse in a miniseries about the Dynasty on the whole. Spygate and Deflategate had been covered from every possible angle before this series existed. 2001 had been covered immensely. The whole point of 2003-2004 was the bolded. A flukish 2001 Super Bowl followed by...
  14. Fishercat

    Sports Cards Mania

    I would agree, keep that in the Topps One Touch unless for PC reason and it feels really nice to get a similar card back.
  15. Fishercat

    Sports Cards Mania

    I need to see more TAG before I'm really convinced. Nice looking slabs, but charging the extra $15 for the 1000 point scale and the ability to get a truly high end (990+) grade, which is one of their only two value adds in the process (in addition to the report), is offputting to say the least...
  16. Fishercat

    Sports Cards Mania

    Re: MLS Finest Messi is in it w/ autos which are the huge chase, two of his superfractors have been hit. Seems like a reasonably fun product at an auto to price level and cost, though I don't know enough soccer to know how good the overall checklist is - the break recap I peeked at reminds me...
  17. Fishercat

    Sports Cards Mania

    The best part on that is that when Topps released, they literally promoted that this stamp existed and showed a mockup image telling people what to look for on an Instagram post. You can still see it on their page. So it wasn't even like this stamp was one of their little Easter eggs or an...
  18. Fishercat

    Sports Cards Mania

    I can't imagine Panini is terribly long for the world. They're milking every last cent they can out of the licenses they have left, but between Fanatics poaching auto rights for key product drivers (Wemby and Stroud autos not being in this year's product, as well as numerous other major young...
  19. Fishercat

    Sports Cards Mania

    I mean, in 2023 they put out Cosmic Chrome and left out an entire parallel run, and printed a different parallel to those odds. So while "Venus" was entirely unavailable, "Uranus" was printed as much as "Venus" should have been and as such was much more common. For 2023 Bowman's Best, they had...
  20. Fishercat

    Sports Cards Mania

    I wouldn't do a rainbow without the 1/1 in hand if I intended to complete it, but it does seem...rather weird to not include all 1/1s in a product. I know Topps does, at least currently, make a "second" batch of 1/1s in some products that ideally never sees the light of day. Now, if that's what...