Monday, April 21, 2025

Nuther serial giveaway

 Its back for the third time!

Up for grabs today is a stack of exactly 100 serial numbered cards.  This stack probably wouldn't be interesting to team collectors or player collectors, as I am betting that most of the teams in MLB are in here somewhere.  But if you are an omnivore collector like me, or want a quick way to accumulate trade bait, or just like serial numbered cards, this may be for you!

The rules this time might be a little convoluted, but I don't want to do the same thing every time.  

To enter:

-Leave a comment here on this post.
-Guess the total sum of the serial numbers the card in the lot.  So if there were three cards in the lot, one #/100, one #/ 999 and one #/25, the sum would be 100+1999+25 = 2124.  Obviously, with 100 cards in the lot, the number you will be guessing will be much higher!  This time, there is no penalty for going over, just closest to the number.
-Optional - in your comment, you may list up to 10 players that you think that there might be a card of in the lot.  For each card in the lot of a player that you guess, you will get 5% of the difference between your guess and the actual total knocked off your guess.  Example:  Your guess is 500 off of the actual total, but there are 8 cards in the lot from players that you guessed. In this case, you would get 40% of the 500 that you were off, or 200.  So your final guess would be 300 off.

Since I am allowing player guesses, no photo of the actual lot this time.  But here's a silly pic so that the post isn't all text.

He's not in the lot....


There are 13 Hall of Famers in this lot, but many of the cards are also of relative nobodies.  The COMC.com value of this lot would be somewhat high.... the actual resale value is much lower of course.

The highest serial number in the lot is #/9000 and the lowest is #/5.  I would not take the results from the last contest to be a perfect guide for your guesses, but do what makes you happy!

OK, that's all the hints, feel free to make your guess in the comments!  

Guessing will close on Thursday, April 24th at 5PM Pacific time!


15 comments:

  1. 98, 765

    Cal Ripken Jr.
    Tony Gwynn
    Jack Morris
    Harold Baines
    Derek Jeter
    Ryne Sandberg
    Mike Schmidt
    Rickey Henderson
    Randy Johnson
    Pedro Martinez

    Thanks for the contest.

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  2. 200,000

    Dustin Pedroia
    J.D. Martinez
    Jonathan Papelbon
    David Ortiz
    Manny Ramirez
    Derek Lowe
    Tim Wakefield
    Jackie Bradley Jr.
    Mookie Betts
    Mike Lowell

    Thanks for the contest!

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  3. 19,903

    Jacob deGrom
    Noah Syndergaard
    Albert Pujols
    Nick Markakis
    Justin Verlander
    Andruw Jones
    Carlos Beltrán
    Lance Berkman
    Félix Hernández
    Dustin Pedroia

    Thanks!

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  4. Thanks for the contest.
    164,000 is my guess.

    Derek Jeter
    Randy Johnson
    Alex Rodriguez
    Mookie Betts
    Aaron Judge
    Justin Verlander
    Lorenzo Cain
    Bryce Harper
    Nick Castellanos
    and Miguel Cabrera are my player guesses.

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  5. Thank you.

    42,180

    Bobby Abreu
    Billy Wagner
    Dave Parker
    Jason Giambi
    Jose Vidro
    Adrian Beltre
    Hanley Ramirez
    Ivan Rodriguez
    Jeff Bagwell
    Don Sutton

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  6. 63, 001
    Johnny Bench
    Al Kaline
    Todd Helton
    Rickey Henderson
    Ichiro
    Mike Trout
    Sean Murphy
    Ronald Acuna Jr
    Ozzie Albies
    Freddie Freeman

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  7. 91,357
    Tony Gwynn
    Trevor Hoffman
    Manny Machado
    Jake Croenworth
    Fernando Tatis, Jr.
    Cal Ripken J
    Jay Buhner
    Brian Taylor
    David Clyde
    Matt Bush

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  8. I'll guess 76,620 for my total and these players:

    Curtis Granderson
    Daniel Murphy
    Kris Bryant
    Matt Kemp
    Josh Naylor
    J.T. Realmuto
    Chris Sale
    Brandon Nimmo
    John Smoltz
    Christian Yelich

    Thanks for the contest!

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  9. First time poster!

    Total Serial# 97,340

    Random Players:
    1. Bobby Jenks
    2. Luis Tiant
    3. Whit Merrifield
    4. Graig Nettles
    5. Jesus Luzardo
    6. Mark Lemke
    7. Joe Carter
    8. Carter Kieboom
    9. Derek Bell
    10. Dick Groat

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  10. 72,222

    Wade Boggs
    Nico Hoerner
    Zack Greinke
    Jay Buhner
    Ketel Marte
    JJ Putz
    Joc Pederson
    Jose Quintana
    Mike Yastrzemski
    Vladimir Guerrero Sr.

    Thanks!

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  11. Creative contest. I'll go with 192,4,35

    Player guesses: Tony Gwynn, Frank Thomas, Greg Maddux, Ichiro Suzuki, Clayton Kershaw, Kurt Suzuki, Matt Chapman, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, and Mike Piazza.

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  12. 99,990 for my guess

    Players: Francisco Lindor, Josh Gibson, Dick Allen, Kirby Puckett, Bill Mazeroski, Willie Stargell, Wade Boggs, Dale Murphy, Roberto Alomar, Cal Ripken Jr

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  13. 52,000

    Bobby Witt Jr
    Mike Trout
    Clayton Kershaw
    Ichiro
    Tim Salmon
    Anthony Rendon
    Nolan Ryan
    Adam Dunn
    Manny Ramirez
    Johnny Damon

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  14. 88,610

    Roy Campanella, Mike Schmidt, Craig biggio, Carlton Fisk, Greg Maddux, David Ortiz, Randy Johnson, Tony Perez, Mike piazza, Tom glavine

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  15. 47,295

    Cal Ripken Jr
    Tony Gwynn
    Ryne Sandberg
    Derek Jeter
    Mike Piazza
    Kirby Puckett
    Juan Soto
    Manny Machado
    George Brett
    Robin Yount

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