National League Contender Tolerance Rankings

Phillies

World Series Wins:  2

Most Recent:  2008

World Series Appearances:  8

Most Recent:  2022

Cubs 

World Series Wins:  3

Most Recent:  2016

World Series Appearances:  17

Most Recent:  2016

Brewers

World Series Wins:  0

World Series Appearances:  1

Most Recent:  1982

Reds

World Series Wins:  5

Most Recent:  1990

World Series Appearances:  9

Most Recent:  1990

Players to Watch:

Padres

World Series Wins:  0

World Series Appearances:  2

Most Recent:  1998

Dodgers

World Series Wins:  8

Most Recent:  2024

World Series Appearances:  25

Most Recent:  2024

-  The only problem team here is the Dodgers.

American League Contender Tolerance Rankings

Seattle Mariners

World Series Wins:  0

World Series Appearances: 0

Players to Watch:

Detroit Tigers

World Series Wins:  4

Most Recent:  1984

World Series Appearances:  11

Most Recent:  2012

Players to Watch:

Cleveland Guardians 

World Series Wins:  2

Most Recent:  1948

World Series Appearances:  6

Most Recent:  2016

Players to Watch:

  

Boston Red Sox

World Series Wins:  9

Most Recent:  2018

World Series Appearances:  14

Most Recent:  2018

Players to Watch:

New York Yankees

World Series Wins:  27

Most Recent:  2009

World Series Appearances:  41

Most Recent:  2024

Players to Watch:

Toronto Blue Jays

World Series Wins:  2*

Most Recent:  1993*

World Series Appearances:  2

Most Recent:  1993

Players to Watch:

-  There's a chasm between the top three and the bottom three.      

Scoring from My Dealer

 

I bought a blaster of 2025 Score Football at Barnes & Noble.  

Let's look at some highlights.

-  Not the best season for a Burrow card.  Oh well. 

-  Still weird seeing Jacobs in a Packers uniform, but okay I guess.

-  Carter's an excellent player.  Also, a bit of a moron. 

-  Jones is an excellent player.  Also, a bit of a moron.

-  Excellent agent.

-  I prefer the Houston throwbacks for Tennessee over the Dallas throwbacks for Sucksville. 

-  Super Bowl Champion.

-  Up there with Raquel Welch and Joe Gibbs on the list of notable Aztecs.

-  Also:  A Budda Baker Lava parallel (SN799) and a Zach Charbonnet relic card.  

Time Traveling

 

Another trade with Matty K:

 

-  Holland won the Rolaids Relief Award in 1983 and was an All-Star in '84 - both with the Phillies.  It was as a Phillie that he waved to me from the bullpen after warming up but not being needed at Candlestick. 

-  Hall of Famer Sutton was a 4x All-Star and won 324 games. 

-  Still the Aztecs leader in career Assists, Assists in a season, and Assists in a game.

Scoring from My Dealer

 

I need to catch up on these, so I'm combining a couple.

First, another 2025 Topps Baseball fat pack:

-  Two Phillies legends works for me.

-  4x All-Star and NL MVP in 2016

-  Kind of a goofy design, but Judge is elite.

-  Langford's off to a good start.

-  Duran had a big 2024 but has regressed this season. 

2025 Score Football blaster:

-  Greene looking east, thinking he could've won 5 Super Bowls if he had played for the Eagles.

-  Eagles legend.  Obvs.

-  Not my favorite First Ballot design, but I like FB cards.

-  Adams has bounced around a bit since leaving Green Bay. 

-  Irving in the throwback Bucs uni.

-  Jeudy hot box:  Base, Green parallel, and Circular parallel with a print run of 299.  The pics of the parallels aren't up yet on TCDB. 

-  Green parallel of CeeDee Lamb, but the pic isn't up yet.

2025 Score-a-Treat:

-  Mahomes got picked off twice in his last game.

-  Saquon is the great-nephew of boxing legend Iran Barkley.

-  Mailata was a rugby star.

-  McBride might play for a bad team, but he has a great agent.