Yes, that’s right. We’re going to give away the contents of an entire box of 2003 Leaf Baseball cards for free.
240 cards worth o' puddin! Awww, yeah!
A long, long time ago Panini was sending us free boxes of cards to review. One of those boxes was our favorite of the bunch was the 2010-11 Panini Crown Royale Hockey where we found a beautiful triple patch card seen below.
Holy Puck!
We asked our readers if we should give this thing away to one lucky, loyal reader or if we should sell it and hold a free group break so that 30 people could win. The majority of you said to go with the free box route and that’s what we did.
Sure, it took a year, but we’re still making good on our promise.
So, you may have lost an hour this weekend, but here’s your chance to gain some free cards. Here’s how it works:
In the comments, pick one team (only one!). After all the teams are claimed, we’ll open it on video so everyone can see all the cards found in the box. You’ll email us your address if we don’t have it already and then shortly thereafter the cards will arrive in your mailbox like magic.
There should be no reason why all 30 teams won’t be claimed here. Think of it as free trade bait. You literally have nothing to lose. If you don’t want any of the unclaimed teams, sign up as a back-up, because… there is a catch.
We’re not going to close this right away. After you pick your team, you’ll have to become a loyal reader of the blog for at least a short time, because between now and April 1st (no foolin’) we’re going to hide GROUP BREAK QUESTIONS in our posts. In order for you to qualify for free cards, you’ll have to answer all five of these randomly inserted questions.
They won’t be math problems or hard trivia, but rather us asking your opinion on a specific thing or just asking you to chime in on an article. Fair warning: There will be questions hiding in the middle of posts, including the dreaded trade posts, but they’ll be clearly marked. If you claim, but you don’t comment, it can go to the next person in line for your team. All you back-up people will need to comment as well to be eligible.
Basically, we’re hoping to build readership back up while making you dance for your dinner.
What can you hope to get out of this free box? The box mentions a 320 card set, Red Press Proofs (1:12) and Blue Press Proofs /50.
For inserts we have Certified Samples (1:23) along with mirror Red, Blue, and Gold parallels; Gold Leaf Rookies (1:24) with mirror parallels; Clean Up Crew (1:49) with jersey parallel; Leaf ’60 (1:8) which are numbered /60 supposedly; Home and Away (1:34 each) with jersey parallels; Slick Leather (1:21); Hard Hats (1:13) with batting helmet relic parallels.
For hits, we have the potential to find (besides the insert relic parallels above, that is) Shirt Off My Back /500 with patch parallel /50; Maple & Ash game used bat /400; Clubhouse Signatures in Bronze, Silver (/100) and Gold (/25) versions.
I don’t know what kind of hits, if any, we’re guaranteed, but hey! It’s free! Who’s in?
Anaheim Angels – Angels In Order
Arizona Diamondbacks – Alec
Atlanta Braves – Sports Cards Ate My Brain (with Captain Canuck as backup)
Baltimore Orioles – CommishBob (with “O” No! Another Orioles Blog and Nick as backups)
Boston Red Sox – All Trade Bait (with Thoughts and Sox as backup)
Chicago Cubs – Card Anathema
Chicago White Sox – My Sports Obsession
Cincinnati Reds – Nachos Grande (with Potch as backup)
Cleveland Indians – Jason C.
Colorado Rockies – Cards From the Quarry
Detroit Tigers – Zach (with Potch as backup if Reds backup fails)
Florida Marlins – Summa Cum Lousy
Houston Astros – Daily Dimwit
Kansas City Royals – Yrrcwc
Los Angeles Dodgers – Night Owl
Milwaukee Brewers – Collector’s Crack
Minnesota Twins – Dawg Bones, Phillies Phan (with Zach as backup)
Montreal Expos – Cardboard Thirst
New York Mets – Diamond King
New York Yankees – The Cardboard Don (with Steve D. as backup)
Oakland Athletics – Canadian Cardboard
Philadelphia Phillies – Dan’s Other World
Pittsburgh Pirates – Josh
San Diego Padres –Potch Wheeler and The Cardboard Heroes
San Francisco Giants – Lifetime Topps
Seattle Mariners – Nick M.
St. Louis Cardinals – Plaschke, Thy Sweater is Argyle
Tampa Bay Devil Rays – Joey
Texas Rangers – Play At the Plate
Toronto Blue Jays – Things Are Funner Here
Rangers please! Thanks CG Boys!
I’d love the Reds!
Yankees please
Indians please. Sounds like fun.
After some thought, I have to take the Blue Jays with the hope of landing any Halladays pulled.
I’ve got all the base Dodgers, but I can’t resist the shot at a meaningless Press Proof parallel!!!
In for the Dodgers!
Braves for me please.
Would love the Mariners
White Sox please
Anaheim Angels! Sweet!!
Cardinals please! Thanks!
Phillies please. Thanks!
count me in for baltimore orioles please
scratch the above comment about orioles. if it’s allowed, i’d like to switch over to the red sox.
Montreal Expos Please
Cubs please
I’ll claim the Astros!
Minnesota Twins Please, Thanks!!
Where are the KC Royals?
Cubs please
Well it looks like my Orioles are open after all. I’m in for them. Thanks!
I’ll jump in for the Orioles. This sounds like fun!
Mets for me!
I’ll go ahead for the Diamondbacks. Thanks so much for this!
Since Nachos beat me to the Reds – I’ll take the Giants if still available!
Thanks!
Orioles please!!! I love the blog. This is my first comment. Thanks!! zachtruitt@yahoo.com
Er I’ll take the Twins since it seems the O’s are taken
The Real Person!
Author Jon acts as a real person and passed all tests against spambots. Anti-Spam by CleanTalk.
Hey everyone,
While I was at work, it looks like there were some teams claimed by multiple people. Since some of the comments hadn’t been approved yet, it made it look like some teams were still available that had been claimed.
@Ryan H – Commish Bob beat you to the Orioles by about a half hour, so I put you down as the backup for the Orioles. If you want to claim a different team, please do.
@Zach – Thanks for commenting and reading! Welcome to the community. Unfortunately, I’m a terrible host, because both the Orioles and the Twins were taken. Dawg Bones got his request in early this morning. If you have a third team you’re interested in, please let us know! I have you as the Twins backup until then.
@yrrcwc – Thanks for pointing that out. Somehow I had the Diamondbacks listed twice. I put you down for the Royals. If you didn’t want to claim them and were just pointing out the error, let me know and I’ll free it up.
Thanks to all for the incredible feedback so far. It’s been amazing!
I’ll take the A’s if they’re still available
Thanks for the welcome! How about the Tigers? or whichever team is left
Can I get the Devil Rays?
[…] Absolutely Free 2003 Leaf Baseball Box Group Break […]
I missed this announcement. If the Rockies are still open I’ll take them.
Ooh, I’m late to the game! Curses to business travel!
I’ll take the Padres or – if Padres are taken by now – the Pirates.
Thanks!
Marlins please!
[…] Free box giveaway question #1: What terms do you hate in the hobby? Any suggestions as to what you’d prefer instead? If not, I’ll try to think of something for a later post. March 13th, 2012 | Tags: collecting, commentary, regs, schwing, Terms I Hate, trendsetting | Category: Hobby Commentary […]
Whoa, looks like I missed the boat on this one. Not into the remaining teams, so I’d like to back up the Yankees.
i calim the washington nationals!
what no nationals??
where are the Nats??
i would like the nats if they are available
if not i will back up the mariners (Ichiro!)
whoops!
sorry there were no nats then in 2003!
orioles back up please!
I’ll take the brew crew please!!
Can i have the pirates please!!!!!!
I’m a wee late on this… but could you put me as back up for the Bravos? thanks.
[…] where am I going with all of this? It all leads into our next FREE BOX BREAK QUESTION: Forget about Ebay, if you’re using Sportlots and/or Check Out My Cards, what do you like […]
[…] just realized that I haven’t asked 5 questions for the Free Box Break like I said I would in my initial post. We need to rectify that in the next 8 minutes! Let’s make this a really easy […]
Back up for Red Sox
backup for Reds, then Tigers – if this is possible… thanks!