 Hi everyone, Joe for jaspyscasebrakes.com, happy new release day, 2023 Bowman's Best Baseball 8 box, Pick Your Team 2 coming at ya, all-card ship, full case, fresh case, love the Bowman's Best, always a fan favorite from year to year, here we are on a Wednesday, Pick Your Team 2, Karen, you got last spot, Mojo with the Red Sox, Adam among others, if you have up two next to your name, that means you won those teams in that update box, so congrats, thank you for getting into the filler, taking the risk on that, and congrats to the winners of those teams, there's the rest of the list right here, and let's pop open this fresh case, Pick Your Team 3 has about half the league left, and it's gonna go, probably go into a filler, Nick might be working it right now as we speak, if not, I'll do that after I finish this break, I'll pop the remaining teams into a filler, so if you want to get your team straight up, now would be the time, alright so you know the Bowman's Best format, two autographs per mini box, on average, gracing the cover is James Wood and Josh Yaw, now Nick's actually more likely to put things into a filler far more quickly than I do, I'm always a believer in selling teams straight up, or at least until it gets closer to single digits, but I'm more inclined to say, hey let's get that closer to single digits, let's make the filler a little bit cheaper, let's get it sold out a little bit faster, alright here is box one of eight, good luck, got Michael Harris up front, it's kind of a cool design here, there's our first autograph, Cam Collier, we'll check out that Edward Julian in a second, Cam Collier, on-card autograph, Cincinnati Reds, Ronald Cincinnati, Dennis with the first auto, not numbered, here's the Edward Julian that is numbered, 156 out of 200, I like this design, a little update from last year, I think I got the big team logo in the back, looks like more of that sort of honeycomb pattern in the background, I think it's a nice clean design, and dig it, there's a refractor, we got a Gunner Henderson, different insert here, looks pretty cool, Orioles will get all those EA, sure we'll find some numbered ones, maybe some autographed ones, and we got a 148 out of 150 on-card autograph for the Mariners, that's Alizarro Montes, a shell-act autograph card, that's what they call it, shell-act, Brian with the Mariners, that looks pretty cool, of course we've got the up-and-coming stars in here as well, our all-card ship, reel-to-reel die cuts, Jackson Churio brewers, Lucas Geolito, that's the Randy Johnson set, there's Davids and Delos Santos, 104 out of 150, and Patrick Bailey, 81 out of 99, on-card autograph for the Giants, kind of supplanting Joey Vart, which was a little unexpected, Darren with the Giants, our rivals, so a legit question with the side, do you guys get notes from what it says? No, no, I don't think so, you like that shell-act insert, and then we got a Randy DeJesus, that's our fourth autograph for the Halos, that's gonna go to Brian, one of the angels in the filler, Oscar Colas, the wave parallel, and there is Raphael Devers, Gold, or no, Yellow to 75, 70 out of 75. Wait, did Randy Johnson take all these pictures he took? Is that what it's called, that? Now we'll do an autograph recap at the end, I mean it might get notifications, but honestly I think he's looking at the site frequently here and there throughout the day, and then he'll see things zeroed out or repost them, if need be. One of the many people he ever sleeps, no. Does the business sleep Rex? It's not, even in our off hours we're always thinking, working. He uses, he uses an iPhone Rex. Hey, see you Jeff. Next box, got another Gunner Henderson rookie card and another Cam Collier. That'll be for Dennis and the Reds, bought the Reds straight up, I appreciate that. I got a feel for the first box, we can try to pick up the pace a little bit on these. There's a James Altman, it's 99 for the Dodgers, nice season for him last year. There's a Gabriel Rinconis for the Phillies, Allen with the spotty one in the filler. James Altman goes to the Dodgers, that'll be for Mark, that is once again eight out of 99, six out of 99. We got Emmanuel Bonilla, that's going to go to Toronto, that'll be for Tristan, one of the Blue Jays in the filler. Ezekiel Tovar Green, one out of 99, Kodai Senga, rookie card. Tovar will go to Allen in Colorado, there's a Bobby Wood Jr., not numbered, and a Welbin Francisca for the Guardians, Adam with the Guardians, Cleveland, this is for you. Drew Jones, Wave, Michael Harris Jr. back there, Francisco Alvarez and Ezekiel Tovar. Cavs are up 90 to 54 on the Bucks, 5.30 left in the third quarter. Is Yannis not playing today? I think so. Oh no, Yannis is not playing tonight, but Middleton only has two points in 20 minutes, he has a minus 40 on the plus minus, and Lee Beasley only has two points in 22 minutes, Jackson Jr. only has two points in 14 minutes, rough day for the Milwaukee Bucks. And I guess Cleveland's fourth in the east, I think, so I guess it's not like they're a slouch team. Magically in the Hawks by a few points, 73 to 70 in the third quarter. Celtics up 94-78 at the end of the third. Knicks are up 70 to 62 on the Rock, it's middle of the third. Miami Heat scratching their way back after giving up 41 in the first quarter, and then gave up 37 in the second quarter, but now up 24-10 in the third quarter, so Raptors up 88 to 67. No siacum. And then the Mavs, wait, the Lakers are playing already? They're in, I guess maybe because it's a ABC game, they started early? Do we have it on the, you know, watch the local broadcast? Mavs at Lakers. Lakers up 32-26 end of the first, which is shocking because they are usually a pretty poor team in the first quarter, usually down by 10-15 points, and they're playing catch up the rest of the way. There's Eddie Beltray for the Padres, that's going to be for Christian, about the Friars straight up. This looks like that was going to be a parallel. There's Matt Mervis, blue, the color match, 88 out of 150. Adam has the Cubs won that team, and there's Enrique Bradfield Jr. 24 out of 25 mini diamonds, autographed for EA and the O's. And there's Lazaro Montes, autographed for Seattle, Ryan for the Mariners. We got a mini diamond Oscar Colas, which is numbered? No, not numbered, but a cool looking parallel nonetheless. So Adley Rushman shall act, insert, and go to EA, the Oscar Colas mini diamonds will go to the White Sox, that'll be for Alan. There's Josue De Palo Purple, and he reveals a Caden Wallace, that will be for Adam and the Royals, a William Wallace. Josue will go to Mark and the Dodgers purple to 250, Real to Real, Jarendre Vargas, apparently these can be autographed too, maybe we can find one of those at some point. Here's a parallel, Freddie Freeman, Real to Real mini diamond, and a Corbin Carroll for Matt Tanae and the Diamondbacks, and Matt Olsen back here. Tink Yamamoto and Imanago will be in series one or two, hopefully series one, I mean there's, hopefully we'll see Otani and Yamamoto in series one. Wow, really? Well, I'll have to pull the out of five then. Or yeah, or the auto version of it, right. That would make, who has the Diamondbacks again, that would make Maxine very happy. One other active game that I've not mentioned yet, Cornets at Pelicans, Pelicans up 66 to 61. And then a couple late games, oh I guess Warriors Jazz was postponed. Anyone know why that was postponed? Weather maybe? Hunter Brown mini diamonds and Luis Lara, that's going to be for Adam and the Brew Crew. Oh, wow. They canceled the game because of the sudden death of Warriors assistant coach Dejan Miljevic. A heart attack at a team private dinner on Tuesday, wow. It's at only 46. Here's a master piece of Shoei Otani. It's a fun insert. I don't think I've seen that one yet. Maybe a slightly shorter printed insert. That's going to be for Brian and the Halos. And there's James Altman 20 out of 99, rookie auto for the Dodgers, Mark with the Dodgers. Started off real hot first couple months of the season. Cooled off a lot in this middle third of the season, middle two months. Then picked it back up in the last two months of the season. So hopefully he's found something and keeps evolving as a player. There's a Machado Purple to 250. And that will be for Christian and the Padres. Here's a Corbin Carroll rookie car for Metinee. There's Kiner Delgado for the Yankees. Tristan. Getting the Yankees straight up. Zack Neto. I feel like that should be numbered, but I guess purple and aqua are the main colors of this insert. And there's a Josh Young autograph. Nice one for the Rangers. Tristan with Texas. 43 out of 99. They call this an astral projections autograph. So a little astrology and astronomy being mixed in here. Very nice. Got a Spencer Jones wave. Bryce Harper Aqua Lava to 199. 137 out of 199. Fighting Phils Allen with the Phillies. There's a Volpe Hymn card. He is Hymn. Tristan and the Yankees. All right, halfway through the break. So far so good. Let's see if we can maybe look into some kind of train whistle hit in the second half of this break. That could be nice. All right, next box. And remember to get your spots and pick your team three before it ends up in some kind of filler. I think Nick's fillering it right in. He might be too late. Or maybe not. Nick messaged me and said, uh, he's working on it. So if you want to jam him up in his calculations, grab a team or two. Hey, you have the warm fuzzy feeling of making the filler a little bit less expensive as well. All right, there's Emmanuel Bonilla to 199 and a Gabriel Rinconis for the Phillies Allen with the fighting Phils. Add the Rushman rookie card for the Orioles. And there is the 157 out of 199 Aqua Lava, Emmanuel Bonilla, Toronto Blue Jays. Tristan. No relation. Corbin Carroll, rookie card for Mattine A. And let's see what else we have here. Ooh, A of Braylon Tavera. Is this a whole camera lens? Or is that just here? Tap it. Double tap it. The clock shows up. Really, really like, it looks like an Apple watch. So it looks like a little window. Yeah. Braylon Tavera, EA and the Orioles. It's in the game. We got Commons at the Lakers game, Cobatars courts at the Lakers game. Chris Bryant, Minidiamonds, not at the Lakers game to 299. Chris Bryant is going to go to the Rockies. Allen with the Rocks. And there's Welbin Francisca Cleveland. This is for you. And Adam, cool Corbin Carroll. Man, I think maybe this matches the color of the, I don't know, this insert astral projections looks pretty cool. And it's going to go to Mattine. There's a Masterpieces out of the Rushmen. A Nolan Gorman Minidiamond to 299. That's for the Cardinals. That'll be for Greg. Another Corbin Carroll and a, a Boston Red Sock. That's Fraley Encarnacion. It's going to go to Karen and Boston. Last Spot Mojo strikes again. 70% of the time. Last Spot Mojo hits 100% of the time. All right, three boxes to go. Luka Dodge is going with, with a, with a sweatband. It's usually not his style there. That looks kind of cool. But not like one of those big, thick Terry cloth sweatbands. More of a, uh, more of a thinner one. So Rex is asking if I think the Dodgers are done with Moves. Maybe some more farm trades coming up and pulling off to a trade done. Yeah, I don't, I don't know. I think signing Teosca Hernandez was sort of a key piece, getting a nice right-handed bat in that lineup. You know, not that it needed too much help, but you know, they, they did need that. And then that pushes Chris Taylor to be sort of a super utility player, which is better suited for him. I think they're always looking for pitching. I think, uh, I can't imagine unless it's a great deal. I can't imagine too many teams, you know, are eager to help the Dodgers. But hey, listen, if the Brewers get in, get a nice package, then maybe they'll move Corbin Burns and then William Demis to the Dodgers. I feel like the Dodgers want to add another sort of middle of the rotation pitcher. But it's a lot of pressure off of guys like Walker Bueller coming off injury. Dustin May will be coming back in the middle of the season, perhaps even Kershaw coming back in the middle of the season. But you don't want to rely on those guys too much coming off of injuries. So, so I think they're probably still looking at Corbin Burns, Dylan Cease, just Gabriel Gonzalez for Seattle, that's for Ryan. I don't know. Maybe it also depends. They're, they're also a pretty patient team front office wise. Here you go, Ryan. So I got a feeling that maybe if, if Blake Snell doesn't have a long-term deal that he wants, you know, will he be willing to sign a one or two year deal with the Dodgers? I don't think the Dodgers wouldn't mind that. It's not stuck with him for a long time if he doesn't pan out. And there's a Gabriel Martinez, blue, 13 out of 150. Blue for the Blue Jays, Kristen. Yeah, I think the Dodgers never were in for Strowman. I think he was coming off an injury. I think they, I think they probably want someone a little more reliable coming into it, coming into the season. There's a Gabriel Moreno and a Javier Osorio for the Tigers. That's going to be for Edward. But yeah, I think they're, I think you might be right. The Dodgers might be pretty much done unless they could, you know, find, you know, a bargain in getting a top free agent for fewer years. You know, if the trades don't work out, I mean, yeah, they'll just table it. And they won't force a trade to happen. They'll just wait and see how it shakes out in the middle of the season. Los Aramontes, that's going to go to Ryan and the Mariners. Also, Strowman is also from New York. So I think, I think there was always that buzz about, you know, he's going to opt out and try to, try to get closer to home. So unless the Dodgers gave him like, you know, a five or six year deal or something like that. Which I didn't think was going to happen. So the shorter deal back home, I think, should be pretty good. And then you can get another crack at the free agent apple in the big apple. It's 32 already though. I guess you can still probably get another play as well in the next couple of seasons. Might even get an extension from the Yankees if it works out for them. Looks like figure team three is, isn't a filler. So check that out. Although teams are still out there, but check that out in a second. Yeah, with those sorts of things Rex. We've talked about this over the summer. He's just trying to stay on the fan side. You hear it happen all the time. This city has the best fans ever. Blah, blah, blah. It's like a, it's like a rock band going into different cities. You know, when, when rock and roll band XYZ says, you know, hey, Chicago, you guys are the best fans ever. I'm sure it was a nice show. Someone or redemption, Eddie says. Who are the Redemptions here? So maybe some interesting Redemption players in this, in the mix. Here's a Davidson Gutierrez for the Mets. That'll be for Kevin. There's a Mbioris Tavares for the Braves. That'll be for Joey and the Bravo's. And then we got a Gunner Henderson green mini diamonds. Nice. That's going to be for EA and the Orioles. It's a 54 out of 99. And here is Dean Horrave for the Rocks. That's going to go to Allen with the Rock. He's won that team in the filler. Nice Gunner Henderson shall act. Add the rushman blue and the autograph is Jacob Melton. I'm Melton. I'm Melton. That's going to go to Adam and the Astros. The blue rushman is to 150. And we've got a mini diamond shall act to add the rushman. Final box coming up before the final box is out. Take a quick look at some of the NBA scores. That's what's mostly happening tonight. Some college basketball too. Timberwolves beat the Pistons won 24 to 117. And all the other games are in progress. Five minutes left in the fourth. Magic and Hawks are tied 94-94. Three minutes left in the fourth. Celtic's up big. 114-93 on the Spurs in Boston. Cows are also up big. Five minutes left in the fourth. 125-83. That's it. Nicks 8-24 left in the fourth. They're up 85-73. It looks like they're starting to pull away a little bit in that game. Rap is still ahead of the heat. 112-90 but the heat have closed the gap. They won the third quarter 30-16. They're trying to crawl back into this game. They still got a shot. Hornets are in New Orleans. Four minutes left in the third. So a lot of time left there. Pelicans are up 85-72. And my Lakers up on the MAV 55-49 with less than a minute left in the first half. Nets trailblazers will be on as the later game. Yes, I have heard that. Yeah, that's gonna be something that the EV companies are gonna have to figure out. Battery life and cold weather. That's been an issue since the invention of those EVs. That's always been a problem. More and more people are buying EVs. So they're realizing more and more people are struggling with that part of it. Oh, nice. We got a Davis Martin Rookie Auto 110 out of 250 in that Bowman Ranny Johnson design here, which I think looks really sharp. Yeah, 1992 Bowman by Ranny Johnson. Does that mean Ranny Johnson took these photos? That's kind of what I'm assuming. Nice one for the White Sox. That'll be for Alan. Won the White Sox in the filler. That's very Ruiz. Many times a Cunha Junior and a Camillo Diaz. Astros, Adam and the Stroze. Terry saying, yes, he did take the photos. Nice. That's pretty cool. But that might be a set that I would try to collect. Ranny Johnson, a pretty accomplished photographer. Yeah, I mean, it's an issue that the EV companies have to figure out, Rex. These cold snaps. Samuel Zavala for the Padres. It's gonna be for Christian. I'm not into the electric vehicles. There's Brooks Lee, Mini Diamonds. Yuri Perez, Lava. 24 out of 50 for the Marlins. That'll be for Christian. But I wish the hydrogen powered car would be more of a thing. There's some of that around here, but there's not just not enough of infrastructure to make that work. But that's a little more. There's a lot of the battery production, a lot of offsets there. 50S75, that's Glider Figuero. Rangers. That's gonna go to Tristan. Is that the last one? There's one, two, three, four autographs. That's the last one. Any parallels to close it out with? Maybe low number, train whistle parallel, maybe? No, doesn't look like it. But a pretty nice break. Let's do a recap. Bowman's Best, always a nice Corbin Carroll right there. Always a fan favorite. Nice Josh Young. Cool designs, cool photography. Up and coming stars. Sometimes they'll mix in a vet auto, a current star auto in here somewhere as well. A little less common, but it makes it a little more valuable. Thanks everybody. I'm Joe for jasmiescasebrakes.com, and I'll see you next time for the next break. Bye-bye.