Random Card of the Day



Monday, January 15, 2018

Year: 2000

Set: MLB Showdown Unlimited (Rate)

Card: #237 Marquis Grissom


“ Could that card number be any smaller? A big difference in only 113 years after the Card of the Day visible when writing about this one. ” -Billy Kingsley

“ This is a set that gets a lot of wrong scans, because it looks nearly identical to 1st Edition. Somebody will probably say "At least it's not soccer." ” -switzr1

“ Oh sweet a card game that no one knows how to play/use. ” -carthage44

“ I liked these Showdown sets because they usually featured a pretty deep checklist for each team. For us team collectors, that's kind of a big deal. ” -mkaz80

“ Not a card game fan. This reminds me of European soccer cards...lot's of meaningless numbers. ” -cnangle

“ This card is the mullet of baseball cards. "Party in the front, all business in the back." There is way too much going on on the front for how little the back is being used. The rules needed to be on a different card or on the back. If you took those away, the front of the card would be pretty cool. ” -parsley24

“ MLB Game Card time. 2000 the first year of these crazy things. Not much of a good design. looks real crowded. I guess that first year the game was more complicated. ” -captkirk42

“ I was going to question this card in the database at all but looking at it more closely, this seems like a pretty high quality product. I see there are nearly 500 of these in the set. How were they obtained? Did a starter pack come with the game and further cards could be purchased individually? ” -OCHawkeye

“ i never understood this game ” -Bargunmaster

“ The front looks like a back. Oh, but it's a game card. Never mind. Good classic pose. ” -Sportzcommish

“ Poor Marquis...cannot hit a triple. Apparently in this card game, the right fielder will never misplay a ball off the wall. ” -kents_stuff

“ I assumed from RCOTD that only soccer had gaming type cards. ” -rmpaq5


Additional Comments

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SunDevilCollection

Posts: 1745
Joined: Jul 2015
Monday, January 15, 2018 12:13 AM

Which was a better card game, MLB Showdown or Topps Attax?


   

TOPPSJK09

Posts: 5
Joined: Apr 2017
Monday, January 15, 2018 7:09 AM

Absolutely love MLB Showdown! I still play it to this day! Grissom will be at Tribefest this Saturday in Cleveland!


   

sahal694

Posts: 1075
Joined: May 2016
Monday, January 15, 2018 9:39 AM

Oh man MLB Showdown was so much fun back in the day.  My friend and I played it all the time.  Neither of us had any money to spend normally so we normally could only buy a pack here and there to upgrade our team.  This made it really exciting when we pulled a superstar and showed up with them in our lineup.  If I remember right,  there were point limitations on how you could make your team so there was some strategy involved.

Unfortunately, this game really got the life sucked out of it when they decided to release a 2002 all star game box.  My friend’s mom got this for him as a present and it really killed the experience.  All of a sudden he had every single all star in his collection so the whole chase for superstars was over.  Gone was the excitement of throwing out a lineup or rotation with a recently pulled stud. 


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-Shannon


   


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