✹The PERENNIAL Shohei Ohtani Thread✹ - Page 609

al3xmac10 · 08-09-2023, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Onepocketj

Well at least my work has a few benefits.
Saw Shohei was here in Houston this weekend so sent an email saying I need suite tickets for Saturday. Had them 10 minutes later.
Will be my first time seeing him live. Pretty stoked.

Wow.

Hope he hits a Shobomb for you!

ThoseBackPages · 08-09-2023, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Onepocketj

Well at least my work has a few benefits.
Saw Shohei was here in Houston this weekend so sent an email saying I need suite tickets for Saturday. Had them 10 minutes later.
Will be my first time seeing him live. Pretty stoked.

Enjoy it, its something you will tell your grandkids about

Onepocketj · 08-09-2023, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by al3xmac10

Wow.

Hope he hits a Shobomb for you!

I usually cheer for Air Yordan. Even my wife is more excited about Shohei this time.

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Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

Enjoy it, its something you will tell your grandkids about

Sad state of Houston sports right now. I go to Rockets games to see Luka, Curry, etc. (Even worse when we own the Rockets...)

Texans games to see Mahomes, Herbert, etc

Astros are actually good but I wanna see Shohei!

hammertime · 08-09-2023, 08:48 PM

Got away with one there. Last time we said that he was pitching in Detroit...

Trueblue · 08-09-2023, 08:49 PM

Update. Think I'm done. Was able to gem 10% of PR. The days of being able to economically do this may be over lol.

zworykin · 08-09-2023, 08:55 PM

This zone had better remain that extra 6 inches wide when Ohtani's on the mound...

ThoseBackPages · 08-09-2023, 08:57 PM

over the winter, i tried to buy a non-gem graded copy of this, but was not able to find one.
So bought a raw copy with the intention of hopefully getting it graded at the show this year

hammertime · 08-09-2023, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

over the winter, i tried to buy a non-gem graded copy of this, but was not able to find one.
So bought a raw copy with the intention of hopefully getting it graded at the show this year

Nice!!!! I love that card.

Trueblue · 08-09-2023, 09:21 PM

Those golds are tough. Nice!!

ThoseBackPages · 08-09-2023, 09:22 PM

Thanks Fellas!

al3xmac10 · 08-09-2023, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

over the winter, i tried to buy a non-gem graded copy of this, but was not able to find one.
So bought a raw copy with the intention of hopefully getting it graded at the show this year

Beautiful gold!
How was your experience subbing with CGC?

Seitas · 08-09-2023, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Asian62150

I wouldn't go so far as to say we "love" it. But yeah, unfortunately ppl accept it (myself included).

PSA has become the clear gold standard when it comes to selling graded cards and that's pretty much the reason ppl go along with it.

It's a scam but at this point, a necessary one.

It’s a genius business model if you can get away with it. I figured it out when I was submitting a Jordan 86 fleer I pulled as a kid. I wanted PSA to grade it but it was going to cost me thousands as opposed to Beckett charging less than $100. I thought that if I graded with PSA I”d HAVE to sell it because the grading price was so high. It was for my PC so I used Beckett and had a realization that PSA’s pricing model creates an environment where you have to sell and since they are so expensive to get into a slab it adds that much value. It’s brilliant and has added tremendous value to the cards they’ve graded but its still a scam. I wouldn’t grade a PC card with PSA, but if I pulled a monster prospect that I didn’t care about and wanted to get max value I’d use PSA over anyone. It just baffles me that our cost conscious community is pretty universally on board with the racket they’re running.

ThoseBackPages · 08-09-2023, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by al3xmac10

Beautiful gold!
How was your experience subbing with CGC?

Thanks!

it was pretty simple. even i could figure out how to fill out the online forms. haha
i turned them in on wednesday and had them back friday. a one year membership ran me $25 but got me 20% off grading fees at the show, so it came out to $18 a card (i subbed 37 cards, so it made sense to do the one year membership)

ThoseBackPages · 08-09-2023, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Seitas

It’s a genius business model if you can get away with it. I figured it out when I was submitting a Jordan 86 fleer I pulled as a kid. I wanted PSA to grade it but it was going to cost me thousands as opposed to Beckett charging less than $100. I thought that if I graded with PSA I”d HAVE to sell it because the grading price was so high. It was for my PC so I used Beckett and had a realization that PSA’s pricing model creates an environment where you have to sell and since they are so expensive to get into a slab it adds that much value. It’s brilliant and has added tremendous value to the cards they’ve graded but its still a scam. I wouldn’t grade a PC card with PSA, but if I pulled a monster prospect that I didn’t care about and wanted to get max value I’d use PSA over anyone. It just baffles me that our cost conscious community is pretty universally on board with the racket they’re running.

the tides turned long ago, not long after you signed up here actually.

Back then (2014) BGS was on top for modern.

Now BGS is pretty much dead outside of thick cards.

Crazy for sure, but here we are

hammertime · 08-09-2023, 10:24 PM

Moose comes through for Sho!!!

Trueblue · 08-09-2023, 10:25 PM

Can't remember the last time sho got timely hitting. Far from over, boys

zworykin · 08-09-2023, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by hammertime

Moose comes through for Sho!!!

I just hope he doesn't get a brushback (or worse) in his next AB after the way he watched that ball fly.

spuds1961 · 08-09-2023, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by zworykin

I just hope he doesn't get a brushback (or worse) in his next AB after the way he watched that ball fly.

Nah he’ll be alright remember it’s the let the kids play era.

zworykin · 08-09-2023, 10:47 PM

To be clear I didn't have any issue with it. Just a lot of pitchers (and pitchers' teammates) out there with paper-thin skin these days.

Trueblue · 08-09-2023, 10:48 PM

If the Giants have even 0.1% of hope to sign sho next year, they'll let it go.

hammertime · 08-09-2023, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Trueblue

If the Giants have even 0.1% of hope to sign sho next year, they'll let it go.

Very good point.

hammertime · 08-09-2023, 11:15 PM

Win #10!

Robles Fan · 08-09-2023, 11:18 PM

So glad Estevez didn't screw things up this time.

Vdm2018 · 08-09-2023, 11:19 PM

So Ohtani haven’t allow a run in 19 straight inning?

zworykin · 08-09-2023, 11:21 PM

Correct. 6 tonight, 4 the previous start, complete game shut-out before that. And I think an extra third of an inning at the tail end of the start before the CG.

08-09-2023, 08:57 PM	#15207
ThoseBackPages Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 88,859 ThoseBackPages	over the winter, i tried to buy a non-gem graded copy of this, but was not able to find one. So bought a raw copy with the intention of hopefully getting it graded at the show this year __________________ Pumpers Paradise #YouCryIBuy Four things that we cannot change each others minds about: Politics, Religion, Third Party Grading, and 2021 Bowman's Best Rookie Cards

08-09-2023, 09:22 PM	#15210
ThoseBackPages Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 88,859 ThoseBackPages	Thanks Fellas! __________________ Pumpers Paradise #YouCryIBuy Four things that we cannot change each others minds about: Politics, Religion, Third Party Grading, and 2021 Bowman's Best Rookie Cards

08-09-2023, 08:48 PM	#15204
hammertime Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: OH->MI->MD->VA Posts: 6,474	Got away with one there. Last time we said that he was pitching in Detroit...

08-09-2023, 08:49 PM	#15205
Trueblue Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: socal Posts: 6,234	Update. Think I'm done. Was able to gem 10% of PR. The days of being able to economically do this may be over lol.

08-09-2023, 08:55 PM	#15206
zworykin Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 6,045 zworykin2	This zone had better remain that extra 6 inches wide when Ohtani's on the mound...

08-09-2023, 09:21 PM	#15209
Trueblue Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: socal Posts: 6,234	Those golds are tough. Nice!!

08-09-2023, 10:24 PM	#15215
hammertime Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: OH->MI->MD->VA Posts: 6,474	Moose comes through for Sho!!!

08-09-2023, 10:25 PM	#15216
Trueblue Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: socal Posts: 6,234	Can't remember the last time sho got timely hitting. Far from over, boys

08-09-2023, 10:47 PM	#15219
zworykin Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 6,045 zworykin2	To be clear I didn't have any issue with it. Just a lot of pitchers (and pitchers' teammates) out there with paper-thin skin these days.

08-09-2023, 10:48 PM	#15220
Trueblue Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: socal Posts: 6,234	If the Giants have even 0.1% of hope to sign sho next year, they'll let it go.

08-09-2023, 11:15 PM	#15222
hammertime Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: OH->MI->MD->VA Posts: 6,474	Win #10!

08-09-2023, 11:18 PM	#15223
Robles Fan Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Northern VA Posts: 718	So glad Estevez didn't screw things up this time.

08-09-2023, 11:19 PM	#15224
Vdm2018 Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: New York Posts: 2,042 Vqle280z	So Ohtani haven’t allow a run in 19 straight inning?

08-09-2023, 11:21 PM	#15225
zworykin Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 6,045 zworykin2	Correct. 6 tonight, 4 the previous start, complete game shut-out before that. And I think an extra third of an inning at the tail end of the start before the CG.