The View from the Third Floor

Monday, November 10, 2025

Time Traveling

Another trade with Matty K.

- 3x All-Star. 442 Home Runs. A few Strike-Outs as well.

- Dominant.

- Won 5 consecutive Grey Cups with Edmonton. 9 Pro Bowls.

Friday, November 7, 2025

Scoring from My Dealer

I bought a 2025 Topps Holiday baseball box at Target. Let's peruse some highlights.

- Short print Skubal. I also got the base.

- Trout was a big deal back in the day.

- Acuna would be a big deal if he could stay healthy.

- Julio played for Modesto.

- Kershaw was a big deal.

- Soto had an impressive statistical season but the Mets missed the playoffs.

- Shohei didn't pitch much this season.

- Phillies legend Wheeler striking out Ohtani.

- Phillies legend Harper had a good season, but he's been better.

- Tatis was a big deal, but a season-long suspension put a damper on that.

- I liked Lindor more when he wasn't a Met.

- Merrill in the City Connect uni. I also got a fancy parallel but the image isn't up on TCDB yet.

- Phillies legend Realmuto is a free agent.

- Wood has the potential to be a big deal.

- With 200 cards in the base set, it's easy to get stars. I had less luck with the parallels and the Christmas ornament. Garret Crochet is probably the second best parallel.

- Unfortunately, there's an H in front of the card numbers so they aren't frankenset eligible. Still a fun set for a one-and-done though.

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Contest Winners and Prize Instructions

Home Runs plus Steals: Shohei Ohtani (or Ohtani Shohei)

RBI plus Runs: Ohtani Shohei (or Shohei Ohtani)

Wins plus Saves: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (or Yamamoto Yoshinobu)

World Series MVP: Yamamoto Yoshinobu (or Yoshinobu Yamamoto)

There was a tie for first with 1 point. If your name is on this list, you get a prize:

Brett Alan

Johnny's Trading Spot

RJ Sahl

Fuji

I have Fuji's address.

I have a Bo in Oceanside.

I have a Brett in Hackettstown.

I have a Randy in Pease.

I don't seem to have an address for Johnny's Trading Spot.

morganyud at protonmail dot com for corrections or if you're JTS

Here are your options:

2025 Topps

2025 Topps Holiday

2025 Topps Heritage

2024 Topps

2024 Topps Holiday

2023 Topps

Mascots

Minor Leaguers Who Became Major Leaguers

Team Cards

League Leaders / Award Winners

Mystery Pack

The named sets are commons, so you should only pick one of those if you're building the set.

The last couple have the best players.

So go ahead and reply below with what you want. Maybe post your top two or three options. Especially if you were one of the later entries, as I'll be going in order.

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

World Series I Guess

U.S. addresses only.

Entry Deadline: First pitch of the first game.

Playing for a PWE of baseball cards.

Pick the following:

1. Leader in Home Runs plus Steals

2. Leader in RBI plus Runs Scored.

3. Leader in Wins plus Saves.

4. Official MVP of the World Series.

Friday, October 10, 2025

Time Traveling

Another trade with Matty K.

- 3x All-Star. 3 Gold Gloves.

- Phillies legend. 3x All-Star. 16 Gold Gloves. Hall of Famer.

- 19x All-Star. 2x AL MVP. 2 Gold Gloves. 8 Silver Sluggers. Hall of Famer.

Friday, October 3, 2025

Casting My Ballots

My top three for each MVP and Cy Young Award.

A.L. MVP

- Judge shouldn't cause much controversy.

- Julio Rodriguez, Bobby Witt Jr., and Jose Ramirez all had cases for the third spot. Julio wasn't the most valuable player on his own team, so I bumped him. Witt vs Ramirez was a tough one, but I went with the better WAR over the guy who made the playoffs.

A.L. Cy Young Award

- This was the opposite of the A.L. MVP Award. Skubal edged out Crochet by a nose. But I thought Brown was the obvious choice for third.

N.L. MVP

- This season was a mess in the N.L. A pitcher finished with the highest WAR. A guy who mostly played DH was second. Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth didn't make the playoffs.

- I went with Ohtani over the Phillies legend. Still not a fan of voting for a pitcher to be MVP. DH isn't much better, but Ohtani also pitched 47 innings with a 2.87 ERA.

- The Diamondbacks, Braves, and Pirates finished with losing records, so that eliminated Geraldo Perdomo, Matt Olson, and Paul Skenes. Hoerner and PCA kind of cancelled each other out. Juan Soto had a better OPS while Tatis was better defensively. It shook out to Soto having a slightly higher WAR but Tatis made the playoffs while the former was part of an epic collapse.

N.L. Cy Young Award