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Pat Neshek
6760 S. Hwy A1A
Melbourne Beach, FL 32951
Also if you need a signed card of me, send SASE with any signed card of any player in the history of the game (MLB, NHL, NBA, NFL) Majors or minors does not matter to me & I will trade you a signed card of me.
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Saturday, January 28
I've had a long drought of buying baseball cards over the past 3 years. Quite frankly I was bored by opening the same stuff that was being put out. To me it seemed like it got to the point where every brand you opened a pack of you were getting the same 100 "Stars" of MLB. Basically if it wasn't Bowman then no matter what you would buy it would be the same guys in every pack for the entire year. This really wore on me & was my main reason for not buying anything. I also hated knowing that I would drop $20 on a retail box & get back about $5 in return nearly every time. If you bought a hobby box you would be considered lucky to even get your money back with what you opened inside. So when I heard there was a new player emerging in the baseball market I was anxious to see what they could do. Panini is the new name in baseball for 2012 & they have given a small peak into the future by releasing a series of 25 MLB players in the 2011 Donruss (Panini) Elite Extra Edition brand. I have read a lot of reviews on the internet about what Panini has in store & thought I would sit down & rip open some boxes of 2011 Donruss/Panini Elite Extra Edition.
I have six boxes of EEE sitting in front of me & I'm about to rip them open. I've decided to give most of the autographs away on Twitter & my message board so by the time this is posted the autographs will be gone. The story on EEE is mostly about guys that were drafted in 2011. There are also tons of other minor league guys from all levels as well as the above mentioned Panini MLB players. The big hits are six autographs per box. Also inside could be low #'d base cards as well as inserts such as the building blocks series of dual/tri & quad players. Let's see how I did
(4 hours later)
To start, I was very impressed with this product. The retail value on a box of EEE is around $100 & I think I actually had a gain (I'll add the totals up at the end). Basically there are 20 packs in each box, 6 of them have autographs. Each pack usually has 3 base minor league cards, 1 MLB player & an insert (autograph, insert, #'d card). The base set of the minor leaguers & prospects is 140 cards. Here's how I did on my 6 boxes in numbers.
Each box contain 61 prospects, 20 MLB guys, 6 autographs & about 12 other inserts.
I nearly completed the prospect set - 138/140
I had 111 prospect doubles, 71 Triples, 30 quadruples, 14 Fifths & 2 Sixth (Hanna, O'gara)
Of the #'d inserts that did NOT have an autograph I opened there were 10 that were #'d /200, 5 #'d to /100 & 1 #'d to /25 so I didn't do good here at all
BIG HITS - Best hits were a 5/10 Gerrit Cole Green AUTO, Christian Lopes 1/1 AUTO, Matt Barnes Red AUTO /6 & Kevin Comer AUTO /5
Of the Autographs I opened (36 in Total)
24 were #'d 500 & above
2 were #'d to 100
5 were #'d to 50
1 #'d to 25
1 #'d to /10
1 #'d to 6
1 #'d to 5
1 #'d /1
I just got done adding everything up if I was to let it fly on eBay at auction based on previous sales & taking the average sale price. My total sales on everything in the 6 boxes was $690, about a 15% gain per box. Not bad considering I usually lose at least 50% of the retail price on past purchases.
Overall I really enjoyed opening EEE. A lot of times when opening lots of quantity it tends to get old & you get bored really quickly. I was never really bored opening this at all because I kept thinking there might really be a shot at opening the rare 1/1...& in my case I did open a 1/1! As shown above this product is great for resale. It's also great for prospectors that want to buy these guys up when they are young hoping to cash in when they hit it big. Lastly EEE is great for people that get autographs at minor league games because of it's whopping 140+ prospect checklist. I can't wait to see what else Panini has in store for 2012, for now this has been a great start in my opinion.
Thursday, December 22
I just want to start off & say Merry Christmas to everyone. It's been one heck of a year & cannot believe all the things that my family & I have done!
During my last post I said I was getting calls from a bunch of teams & they were all American League. Well over the past month I have heard from 5 more teams and they were all National League. So as of right now I have been contacted by 11 teams & I have some great opportunities. The funny thing about baseball is I could sign tomorrow or I could wait another 45 days & sign at that time...you never know what's going to happen. At the moment I'm waiting for the reliever market to start up & it has been pretty slow so far. This usually starts when the top reliever signs & then the next guy & so on. This typically helps other teams plan better & creates opportunities for other relievers. At the start of the offseason there were a couple teams that I was hoping to get calls from & got those calls so we will see what develops.
As far as offseason goes I've been running like crazy. I picked up one of those Garmin watches that has GPS on it and it has been a fun tool to train with. My speeds have improved a ton over the last 45 days & I've never run so much in my life...I still wonder how the heck marathoners runs so fast for so long.
Thursday, December 22
Friday, November 11
It's been nearly a year since I last posted on here...I'll try to pick up where I left off. Sometimes I just don't feel like writing. I guess I could say I got burnt out with everything & moving from place to place & transaction to transaction that it wasn't really fun. I really missed writing and realize that it's something I enjoy & need to do not only for the fans but for myself. So what's my status right now? Right now it's already the first week of November. I've been running long distance for the past couple weeks & weight training is going to intensify. I'll pick up a ball in early January, that's when baseball really starts for me. Right now it's all about getting my core, base & body strong and powerful. I will talk about the past season on here down the road but for right now it's about the future. So what is my future right now? Well it's up in the air. I've been talking with my agent a lot the past week about possible teams & who to sign with. This is the first time I've had the ability to pick a new team and it's kind of nice being able to look over numerous offers from teams and pick out my favorite. We'll see what happens but I should have a new team soon.
Thanks to all that have been soldiers on my message board, we have 200 unique users on each day so the boards have been strong for the past year. Right now there is a free Rollie Fingers signed baseball contest up so if you want to log in & guess you might have a chance of winning it.
Here's my music video of the day, enjoy
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