#PackADailyCircus - Riders on the Storm

Good evening! As I write this, Texas has been pummeled (literally) by baseball-sized hail. The storms tearing through Arkansas have skirted my little town, but we expect things to get pretty bad during the late night.

I am still getting the OOTP draft back in working order after the crash. I just hate that I had finished the thing and it was scouting when it crashed! AUGH!  So, slowly, I've been going back and entering everyone's picks. That's okay, once we get rolling, this should be a lot of fun on the OOTP side of things.

As for the car... Well, I was told that I was lucky the fan hadn't broken apart yet and that the service tech was shocked that the assembly was still together (and not sure, exactly, HOW it was holding together). So, a day later, a crying bank account later, and a slew of praises to God later, I have my '09 Charger back and purring (versus sounding like a defective helicopter).

I am at my home computer, so I have the draft picks thus far handy!

Tonight, we're busting open a pack of 2012 Topps Series One

Craig Kimbrel - Braves - Captain Canucks 
Vernon Wells - Angels - Free Agent
Matt Cain - Giants - Arpsmiths

Joe DiMaggio Golden Greats Grand Finale - Yankees - JediJeffs
Frank Robinson Gold Standard - Orioles - CaptainKirk42s
Jeremy Moore - Angels - Free Agent

Kevin Gregg - Orioles - Free Agent
Alex Liddi - Mariners - Free Agent

Wahoo! Congrats to the managers snagging up players for your collections! I can't wait to see these players "in action" once we get things rolling with OOTP!

#PackADailyCircus - From the Shop (Update: managers added)

I am posting this as I wait to hear the good news or bad news about my '09 Charger. The radiator fans are making odd noises, so they are either off balance (good news) or cracked (bad news).

I am busting a pack but do not have any draft info handy, so you'll just have to wait to find out if you are the proud owner!

2013 Topps Archives

Brandon Phillips - Reds - Free Agent

Bronson Arroyo - Reds - Free Agent

Homer Bailey - Reds - Chonks (Wahoo!!)

Mini stickers - Ty Cobb, Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr, Mike Trout - StealingHome, StealingHome, NachosGrande, ProwlingCats (Wahoo!! x4!!)

Craig Kimbrel - Braves - CaptainCanucks (Wahoo!!)

Elvis Andrus - Rangers - PlayAtThePlates (Wahoo!!)

Ozzie Smith - Cardinals - Maddings (Wahoo!!)

Hiroki Kuroda - Yankees - BoRosnys (Wahoo!!)

I know most of these players have been drafted, so congrats to the managers (once we see who you are!).
Update: We now see who they are!! Wahoo!!

#PackADailyCircus - Crashing the Draft

As luck, fate, dropped balls, whatever, would have it, I finished the draft only to have OOTP crash on me. The biggest problem with that is now having to go back and try to match up missing information. Yoy.

The weird thing is that the Draft Log shows everything through Round 22 (of 25), but the actual "pick round" reverted back to 15. At least I might be able to make quick work of getting things back in order.

Well, let's lift some spirits, and bust open a pack of cards!

2013 Allen and Ginter's

Adrian Gonzalez - Dodgers - GCRL
Mike Moustakas - Royals - JoshD's

Harmon Killebrew - Twins - EG9460's
One Little Corner - Sun

Bronson Arroyo Mini - Reds - Free Agent
Stephen Strasburg - Nationals - Trhdds
Ginter Code Promo Card

 Congrats everyone!! Very cool that we are pulling claimed/drafted players and free agents!

#PackADailyCircus - Opening Day!

Hey everyone! Welcome to Opening Day for the 2014 Pack-A-Day Giveaway!

Before I bust open a pack of cards, let it be known that I am STILL working through the inaugural draft. Note for next season: Find another way to do the first draft! Turns out 20+ rounds of drafting by hand is a bit of a chore. I'm not whining about it. I just want you to know what the hold-up is - manual labor.

Our first pack of the season is 2014 Topps Series One - 10 cards per pack. As of right now, I might be able to tell you who owns what cards, I might not. We'll just have to see.

Jurickson Profar - Rangers Future Stars - RJBreezes
Max Scherzer - Tigers - Chonks
Chris Tillman - Orioles - FREE AGENT (No one claimed him)

 Jayson Werth - Nationals - Chonks
Jonathan Lucroy - Brewers - FREE AGENT (No one claimed him)

Cesar Cedeno - Astros Topps 75th - FREE AGENT (No one claimed him)
David Holmberg - DBacks - FREE AGENT (Unclaimed)

Coco Crisp - A's - Wilsons
Brandon League - Dodgers - FREE AGENT (Unclaimed)
Rex Brothers - Rockies - FREE AGENT (Unclaimed)

Congratulations to the Chonks for grabbing two cards! Congrats to the other managers that scored cards on opening day, too!

How did I know if cards were unclaimed? As I am working through the draft, I have open the spreadsheet everyone picked players. I searched for the names. If no one claimed the player, I knew it was a free agent. As for current owners, I pulled the draft to this point from OOTP and searched for each player. Had a player been in the spreadsheet but not drafted yet, I would mark that player as "Claimed but Undrafted."

#PackADailyCircus - Still drafting

At the time of this post, it is about 11:35pm CST. I am still working the draft for the OOTP and for figuring out who gets what players' cards.

The first thing I have discovered is that here are LOT of players with the same name. How lovely. Oh well, I will post all my "issues" after everything is complete.

For the folks that did not submit lists or who ran out of names during the draft, I am assigning random players based on positions that need to be filled on your OOTP roster. Don't worry, you'll be allowed to make trades, etc to get folks on your team that you actually want (or just leave them, haha!).

I had hoped to rip open a pack on Opening Night, but I have work in the morning. So, the first pack will be opened on Opening Day!

Thanks for hanging out! See you on Monday evening!