Turk-Off Cabinet Card

Cabinet Card:

OK, I still don't know who won or if this will have any bearing. But, the Cavs have already started so this will be brief.

Here is the wrapper (If anyone cared)



#DPJS Johan Santana 7pts (Cabinet) x 3 (Star) = 21pts




It's not a Perez auto but it's about as good as it gets otherwise. I'd like to thank my esteemed friend, colleague, and opponent...the Beardmeister.

For now I'll just leave you with this:

Welp, that about does her, wraps her all up. Things seem to've worked out pretty well for Beady 'n Motherscratcher. And, it was a pretty good Turk-Off, dontcha think? Made me laugh to beat the band. Parts, anyway. Course, I didn't like seein' those A-Rod cards. But then, I happen to know that there's another Turk-Off on the way. I guess that's the way the whole durned baseball card comedy keeps perpetuatin' itself, down through the generations, westward the wagons, across the sands a time until...Aw,look at me. I'm ramblin' again.

Wal, uh hope you folks enjoyed yourselves. Catch ya further on down the trail.


...say friend, ya got any more a those good Indians refractors?...

Turk-Off Packs 21 & 22

It's tied up and it's on. I've talked to Beardy and we want to finish this tonight. It will be a miracle but I think we might pull it off. I actually have to work on Saturdays so those first posts today were done between patients. Then it was off to another obligation. I just got home and have about 10 minutes to plow through the rest of these before the Cavs start.

I saw that Beardy has posted the next set already. I don't know what he got. I actually finished yesterday busting the wax yesterday and scanned and added new posts ready to go. SO I know what is coming to a certain extent. It's hard to remember when you do a bunch of posts at a time.

OK, enough chit chat. Let's finish it

Pack 21:

#72 Chris Carpenter 0pts
#133 Jason Bay 0pts
#102 Elijah Dukes 0pts
#76 Nick Markakis 3pts (I've got to say. Beardaslaw Turkinov couldn't have picked a better player to collect. Love this guy. Wish he was on the Tribe.)_


#113 Randy Johnson 0pts
#158 Jeff Kent Chrome 3pts (Every one loves Jaggoff)


#132 Jamie Vermilyea 0pts
#26 Frank Thomas 0pts

Pack 21 Total: 6 points

Not strong. I don't feel good about this one. Looks like a let down after my mighty triumph. Getting Kent Chrome isn't enough bad karma to cancel out the Makakis sweetness.

Pack 22:

#137 Jason Schmidt 0pts
#99 Dustin Moseley 0pts
#91 Delmon Young 0pts
#34 Mickey Mantle 1pts (Will wonders never cease?)


#159 Johan Santana 2pts


#109 The Captain Checklist 0pts
#118 Hideki Matsui -1pts


#184 Matt Holliday 0pts

Pack 22 Total: 2 points

Not good times. I fear I've taken all of my momentum and given it all back to Beardy.

But have no fear. The Bearded One was the unanimous Hansel on the poll. That makes me Zoolander. I have one more pack to shoot Blue Steel and pull my underwear out of my ass. I know what's coming. I'll set the next one to drop between 9:30 and 10.

See you then.

Turk-Off Packs 19 & 20

Beardy is throwing these posts up at an accelerated rate. He understandably wants to get this done with before the weekend is over to bask in all of his glory. Apparently, Bready and the boys down at the crime lab will be working in 12 hour shifts all next week leaving precious little time for turking off.

Do you want to know what I think? (Of course you do. Who wouldn't want to know what I think?) I think that the Bearded Wonder is starting to crack under the pressure of leading this thing since the early going. This is his lame attempt to "run out the clock" so to speak, as if there is less chance for me to catch fire the sooner it ends.

Will Wonderbeard's plan succeed? Or, will I stage an incredible Cleveland style comeback that will be talked about for ages? Only time will tell, but I'm hoping for an exciting finish.

Pack 19:

#115 Prince Fielder 0pts
#170 Hanley Ramirez 2pts (Hanley Ramirez, the fantasy titan , envy of all roto players. Thank you for the 2 points.)


#111 Fransisco Rodriguez 0pts
#117 Mickey Mantle 1pts (Mickey mantle again. I swear I've pulled 39 Mantles in this box. I'll count them up in the end. It will be a lot, but it won't be nearly as many as it feels like.)


#137 Jason Schmidt Chrome Refractor 5pts (Like Beardly McGoo said, "What happened to this guy?" Never did quite live up to his rep. I can't help it, though. I still get a little excited when I see one of his cards. kind of like Gregg Jeffries or Todd Van Poppel. I guess it isn't fair to lump him in with Van Poppel. Schmidt still had some really good seasons.)


#168 The Streak Checklist 0pts
#116 Vladdy Goes Yard Checklist 0pts
#14 Ivan Rodriguez 0pts

Pack 19 Total: 8 points

8 points is pretty strong here and is just enough to pull out a squeaker over Beardmeister. Can the Infamous Scratch Man climb his way back in?

Pack 20:

#141 Kevin Kouzmanoff 0pts
#186 Yovani Gallardo 0pts
#95 Derek Jeter 1pts (Did I mention how much I'm sick of pulling Yankees...even if they do give me a point?)


#167 Mickey Mantle 1pts (Once again I am Beardy's total lack of surprise. It is a big conspiracy to make people hate Mickey Mantle...and people shouldn't hate Mickey Mantle. I'm getting close, though. If these weren't worth a point I would be going out of my mind.)


#15 Ichiro 0pts
#TRP23 Benjamin Harrison +5pts (President) x2 (Harrison) = 10pts (How about Big Ben Harrison coming though in the clutch?! A double pointer Pres! That's what I like about the Turk-Off. Half of our rules make no sense at all, but I'll take it.)


#80 Craig Biggio 0pts
#161 Trevor Hoffman 0pts

Pack 20 Total: 12 points

A clean sweep for the Motherscratcher (or Fatheritcher, as seems to be starting to catch on). How about that? Coming down to the wire we are now neck and neck.

Buckle your seatbelts. It might be a wild ride!

Turk-Off Packs 17 & 18

I like to write these up before I know what Beardy got. I like the surprise better. I have to admit, though, that I just snuck a peek at his post and I dodged another bullet. We will once again be splitting these 2 packs but it could have easily been another sweep for the Bearded Wonder if either one of us had pulled the packs out of the box in opposite order.

Here's how it shakes out on this one.

Pack 17:

#126 JD Drew -1pts (What a typical way to start a pack. Another JD Drew card. Will the horror ever end?)


#100 Gary Sheffield 0pts
#114 Gary Matthews 0pts
#24 Akinori Iwamura 0pts
#45 Billy Butler 0pts
#40 Chipper Jones Chrome 3pts (I keep feeling even worse that we did not include Chipper in the Major Stars list. To tell the truth, that list was thrown together without much thought at all (the way I live most of my life). There are a lot of players who were left off that should be on there. But, when the checklist is only about 200 players, most of them are going to be very good. Still, Chipper got the shaft. It won't happen again. Apologies to the Commish.)


#176 Turning Two Checklist 0pts
#53 Swiping Second Checklist 0pts

Pack 17 Total: 2 points

A weak pack when I needed it. You can't win them all and the worst thing I could do there would be to lose 17-16 instead of 17-2. I would feel bad if Beardy had lost after pulling a sweet Vlad Chrome Refractor. I'd get over it, I'm sure.

Pack 18:

#31 Andrew Miller 0pts
#29 Alex Gordon 0pts
#70 David Wright 2pts (I know there has been a lot of gnashing of Dayf's teeth over the inclusion of Wright but not Chipper. The only explanation I have is that Wright is young and Chipper is an old old man. Either way, I'm glad to have the 2 points.)


#TRRDWW Dontrelle Willis Relic 10pts (About the worst relic you could possibly pull. Although, I should say that Dontrelle pitched very well in a recent game. I have no idea if he's pitched since then and I'm way too lazy to look it up. What I will say is I'm pulling for the guy. Baseball is better when Dontrelle is pitching well...except against the Indians.)


#156 Travis Hafner 1pts (Pronk should be back in the lineup after this weekend. Finger's crossed.)


#86 David DeJesus 0pts
#145 Jim Thome 0pts

Pack 18 Total: 13 points

Dontrelle and a couple of Yankees (Beardy's this time) helped me pick up a pack here to stay clinging to any hope of pulling this thing out. With 6 packs left I need to win 4 just to tie. I think I still have hope of that. I have to play for the tie and send it into overtime and wrap things up with the total tally, which I'm also losing. Who knows...maybe I'll pull a Perez auto Cabinet. Wouldn't that be something?

Everyone knows that us Cleveland boys have a special knack for pulling things out in the end.