Collection Missions General Discussion

[SeanBerry]

I'm trapped at work. Any idea on the Houston Astros rewards? Been collecting for awhile and I'm interested to see who I could potentially get.

[dkgo]

yeah hopefully the people at home will let us work schmucks know how these look and what the softball one is

[Drezik]

Originally Posted by dkgo

yeah hopefully the people at home will let us work schmucks know how these look and what the softball one is

I'm guessing it's the softball team from the Simpsons, but I have no idea.

Damn having to work.

https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Spr..._softball_team

[dkgo]

heh, that is funny but there could be some expensive players in there

[Capn12]

[Capn12]

[Westheim]

Cardinals: 10 missions, final reward is a PEAK Ozzie Smith (100). Some high 90s for the individual missions, including a PEAK Harry Brecheen and PEAK Keith Hernandez. The most modern mission offers a 2009 Chris Carpenter (92).

Astros: 6 missions, final reward is PEAK Cesar Cedeno (98). There is a (100) Octavio Dotel available for gobbling up the 2000s Astros.

Other missions:
2019 Players of the Month (10 of 30 for 2 Diamond Packs)
Nuclear Powered, which is full of Clemens, Boggs, and Griffey cards (among others) and pays two silver cards and a Diamond Pack, but I don't really grasp the pun if there is one.
Iron Unsung Heroes (15 for 3 Standard Packs)
Slow Burn, a rather trivial collection for a Standard Pack - pitchers that can't get it going?

[atabakin]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Nuclear Powered, which is full of Clemens, Boggs, and Griffey cards (among others) and pays two silver cards and a Diamond Pack, but I don't really grasp the pun if there is one.

Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team from The Simpsons.

[dkgo]

well this will give me something to work on for the next month

wonder if everyone is gonna abandon their Boudreaus for Ozzies now

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by atabakin

Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team from The Simpsons.

What does it have to do with Clemens, Boggs, and Griffey?

I will freely admit that I have never watched the Simpsons and I just don't GET it.

[Argonaut]

Told you guys it would be PEAK Ozzie. 120 SS defense, looks like the best in Perfect Team if you don't care about power. I'd want him on my Cowboys team and already have a lot of Cardinals. But 10 STL missions? 10? 10...

[traveller79]

Breechen is an improved Vida Blue and Ozzie might crack a starting lineup or two.

[moalkha]

Peek Ozzie.

[atabakin]

Originally Posted by Westheim

What does it have to do with Clemens, Boggs, and Griffey?

I will freely admit that I have never watched the Simpsons and I just don't GET it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_at_the_Bat

[Argonaut]

Originally Posted by Westheim

What does it have to do with Clemens, Boggs, and Griffey?

I will freely admit that I have never watched the Simpsons and I just don't GET it.

Go ahead and watch the episode, it probably holds up. You won't get it if you don't watch it.

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by Argonaut

Go ahead and watch the episode, it probably holds up. You won't get it if you don't watch it.

Likely not, true.

Having three Darryl Strawberry cards is however not a terrible start for that one…

[X3NEIZE]

Originally Posted by traveller79

Breechen is an improved Vida Blue and Ozzie might crack a starting lineup or two.

I would argue against Breechen being better than Vida.... they are about even, but Vida has the edge.

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by X3NEIZE

I would argue against Breechen being better than Vida.... they are about even, but Vida has the edge.

I would give the slight edge to Brecheen because one point of MOV is worth more to me than two points of STF. Brecheen is also +6 in STAM.

[BigRed75]

Looking forward to the second part of the Nuclear Powered mission, where you collect all of the players from Mr. Burns's original lineup, such as Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown and Pie Traynor.

Reward could be a 1937 Monty Stratton and a 1926 George Burns, perhaps?

[Orcin]

Originally Posted by dkgo

OK that is nice, looks very similar to SE rube waddell. Would put him around 300K, definitely a mission set worth doing.

Very similar to Waddell, but with lower MOV (-3) and better CTRL (+7). It's a tossup depending upon how you weigh those two factors. I agree 300K, more at first due to the novelty.

I have seven RHP rated higher than any of the LHP: Young, Johnson, Maddux, Hoyt, Walsh, Schilling, and Martinez. Some of them are cheaper than the lefties, but it is nice to have a couple of LHPs for playoff matchups.