Awesome Pulls (grumble, grumble)

There are some stories about awesome pulls from box breaks that warm the heart. I remember reading in a Beckett a while back detailing the reward based fun for a son and his dad, getting blasters from Wal Mart and hitting a great autographed card. It reminded me of the times, as a kid, getting a retail box of 1990 Donruss or 1988 Topps because of the straight A's on a report card, and getting stoked just looking at the cards of my favorite players (oh, one the best was the 1991 Upper Deck Alan Trammell). Thus, when I hear about someone getting a great hit in some of the cheaper product busts or some long suffering hobbiest getting a lifetime pull, I feel the happiness they must of felt...my heart grows at least three sizes.

Of course, there are other stories where I get a bit more hesitant to share in the joy. In fact, the inner curmudgeon bubbles up a bit. Here's the story from Beckett online.

So, this guy walks into a hobby shop and opens boxes three consecutive nights. Sounds devoted. Fun. Wait, so he starts with Luxury Box, which was probably around $70. Not bad...totally do-able. Then he hits on a 2003 box of Upper Deck Golf, which sounds a bit expensive. OK, then he comes in the next night and busts 15 assorted boxes like UD Premier (~$500). The next night, he comes in and busts UD Black plus 10 boxes.

That's got to be some huge amount of money outlay, three nights in a row. That's a bender on a huge scale, and by busting some of the highest end product, he's kind of hedged his bets to get the big hits. Does this really need to be celebrated?

It isn't like he came into the store and got something awesome...no he binged into some great breaks. It is like playing poker...if you have a marathon 48 hour session, you may see straight flushes, you may get those probability busting quads topping aces full, but it is because you played a whole bunch of hands. Why doesn't Beckett write about the same kind of guy, opening up a great many boxes, and getting all the guaranteed hits as things like a quad materials autograph Richie Sexson or a fan favorite A.C. Green but not hitting something ridiculous like the Octograph.

I know, this is crying over spilled milk, and I know that it doesn't increase your chances by purchasing bulk, but there just something about the tone of this story that irks me. I guess I'm just jealous that the guy has thousands to just binge on random boxes. Whatever.