My Latest & (not so) Greatest PC Idea

[sanjosefuji]

It's funny... I started it b/c I had a bunch of these autos in my tradebait... and nobody wanted them. There's actually several other people out there that have similar PC's. If enough of us get on board, maybe we'll drive up some of their values. WISHFUL THINKING

Very unique PC idea! I'll definitely be following!

[sanjosefuji]

PC Addition - Sports Card Bust #17, 18, & 19: Pitcher Edition


Originally posted on my blog: The Chronicles of Fuji

I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but I'll say it again. I love checkoutmycards.com. I've purchased hundreds of cards off of there at well below eBay prices. The ability to combine shipping allows me to build up my inventory and ship at my convenience.

Recently, I purchased ten new cards for my Sports Card Bust PC for a total of $17 ($5 was spent on a single card... the most I've paid for a sports bust to this date). If I bought these off of Beckett or eBay the price would have easily been double. So, if you buy singles and you haven't checked out the site... what are you waiting for?


Now... onto my newest additions to my Sports Card Bust PC. All three of today's additions were highly touted pitchers, who never lived up to the hype.

In 1994, the New York Mets had the first pick in the MLB amateur draft and they selected Florida State's Paul Wilson. Back in 1994, I was busting tons of Signature Rookies packs in search for Paul Wilson's autograph, because I though he would become the next big superstar. Well... 17 years later, we can officially label him a bust. He had a career record of 40 wins & 58 losses, with a 4.86 era. Sure, he lasted seven seasons in the MLB, which is a respectable amount if you're a 15th round pick. But not if you're the number 1 pick in the draft.

Then in Y2K, Adam Johnson was selected by the Minnesota Twins with the 2nd overall pick in the MLB amateur draft (Adrian Gonzalez was the #1 pick, chosen by the Marlins). Out of the three pitchers highlighted today, he pitched the fewest amount of games. During his 2 years in the bigs, he pitched in 9 games for a total of 26.1 innings. Luckily for the Twins, they drafted Joe Mauer with the #1 overall pick the following season. However, this still doesn't keep Mr. Johnson from being added to this PC.

Finally, we'll finish things off with Bryan Bullington, who was drafted by the Pirates with the 1st overall pick in the 2002 MLB amateur draft. He's the only one out of these three pitchers who's still playing baseball. In fact, Mr. Bullington has pitched in 3 games this year. He is 0 - 6 in his career with a 5.57 era. As of right now, he's definitely a bust for being a number 1 pick in the draft. However, maybe this is the year that he'll turn things around.

[sanjosefuji]

Originally posted on my blog: The Chronicles of Fuji



Well it's been a few weeks since my last Sports Card Bust post... and since then one of my "busts" has been signed by a new team via free agency. The Denver Nuggets recently signed Shelden Williams to a one year contract to help back up Kenyon Martin and Chris Anderson, who are both coming back from knee surgeries.

Williams was drafted 5th overall in the 2006 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks, ahead of Brandon Roy and Rudy Gay. Since then, he's also played for the Kings, Timberwolves, and the Celtics. It's debatable, but it looks like his best season was his rookie year when he averaged just under 19 minutes per game, 5.5 ppg, and 5.4 rpg.

Some may argue that it's too early to call him a bust, but in my mind he was the 5th pick overall and he hasn't produced very much. Maybe, he'll turn his career around playing under Coach Karl. If not... I'd call him a Sports Card Bust.

Then again... at least this guy is still playing in the NBA. Shawne Williams who was drafted by the Indiana Pacers with the 17th pick in the same draft was recently charged with driving under a suspended license.

Which brings the question... which is the bigger bust? On one hand, Shawne is out of the NBA and Shelden is still playing. But on the flip side, Shawne wasn't a top 5 draft choice and Shelden was. It's these kind of questions that made C+C Music Factory create songs like, "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm".

[lambeauleap87]

Nice addition. Personally, I'd say Sheldon is the bigger bust, as there really isn't a whole lot expected from guys not drafted in the Lottery spots as compared to guys that are.

Also, not sure if there is one or not, but a dual auto of the two would be pretty sweet for your bust PC!

[sanjosefuji]

Lol... never thought about hunting down dual autos of busts. Thanks for the idea.

-Fuji

Nice addition. Personally, I'd say Sheldon is the bigger bust, as there really isn't a whole lot expected from guys not drafted in the Lottery spots as compared to guys that are.

Also, not sure if there is one or not, but a dual auto of the two would be pretty sweet for your bust PC!