Rocco was a huge prospect in the early 2000s and was a first round pick. One of those cautionary tales of Prospecting (like 90% of the Bowman autos will be worth $1 in 10 years). He's currently the manager for the Twins and won AL Manager of the Year.
This was essentially the same message I was going to post. Like Ben Grieve and Geoff Jenkins and Brooks Kieschnick….and so many more. So many prospects of those days would be worth 1’000’s if they had Bowman 1st nowadays. I remember Kieshnick hit like 25 homers and threw like 98 mph in college. Legit 2 way player (who had an mlb career as a hitter…then 4 years later as a late inning reliever). If he had cards in 2020 his cards would’ve been worth more than Dominguez or Witt! 😂
@@josephdill3776 Remember Travis Lee? I tend to open older late 90s and 2000s prospect boxes, and i would flip through them, and be like WOW, 80 percent of these guys never made it. Also opened up a case of 2000 Bowman Draft sets and actually pulled a Baldelli. I was actually super happy because I've been following his career. Really surprise Dad didn't know who Rocco is. He was a pretty big deal.
Was just about to post this. He was at a Bobby Witt Jr or Julio Rodriguez level hype when he debuted. Has a couple good years then tore his ACL, had tommy john surgery, then a bunch of other injuries. They found he has a rare cell disorder which affects his muscles making his muscles more fatigued and more prone to injury.
@@chiwhitesox7 Do you know I always wondered what exactly the problem was with him. Because there were multiple years you could tell that he had an amazing amount of talent. It just seemed like the injury bug hit him harder than anyone. Which makes a lot more sense after you say that!
@@kenchan4774 I actually just opened a 2000 Bowman chrome draft picks and prospects set so that I could get the Adam Wainwright and Mark Buerhle rookies out of it. Now that I think about it I’m pretty sure that balldelli may have been in there!
You guys should check out Ralph Kiner's stats. Led the National League in Home Runs his first seven seasons. Imagine the media attention if a player soon gets near that Home Run record. Good luck on your Card Store. Peace!
Great break! Love that Ichiro!! Also Baldeli is not a terrible auto. Cool parallels and hopefully I will find this for about 150 I know I saw one on Ebay for 147.
Thanks Ron for the info on Gwynn! That's so cool your mom went to school with Tony. Too bad he is not with us any longer, such a good guy and great ball player!
Rocco is the current Twins manager and was a stud player until he started having health problems. Edit: Just bought a box off Topps at 9:30pm CST for those interested
Beautiful cards, thanks for the video! Will that Bregman /75 be going up on either of your eBay stores in the coming days, or are you taking it for the shop, Luke?
Great looking cards, but the odds of getting value are super tough with the massive base and auto checklist. Even if you get 6 numbered parallels, odds are most or all won't be of much value. You guys definitely lucked out with your ichiro. Most people who pull that parallel probably pull someone like Mike Moutsakas.
Rocco was a huge prospect in the early 2000s and was a first round pick. One of those cautionary tales of Prospecting (like 90% of the Bowman autos will be worth $1 in 10 years). He's currently the manager for the Twins and won AL Manager of the Year.
This was essentially the same message I was going to post. Like Ben Grieve and Geoff Jenkins and Brooks Kieschnick….and so many more. So many prospects of those days would be worth 1’000’s if they had Bowman 1st nowadays. I remember Kieshnick hit like 25 homers and threw like 98 mph in college. Legit 2 way player (who had an mlb career as a hitter…then 4 years later as a late inning reliever). If he had cards in 2020 his cards would’ve been worth more than Dominguez or Witt! 😂
@@josephdill3776 Remember Travis Lee? I tend to open older late 90s and 2000s prospect boxes, and i would flip through them, and be like WOW, 80 percent of these guys never made it. Also opened up a case of 2000 Bowman Draft sets and actually pulled a Baldelli. I was actually super happy because I've been following his career.
Really surprise Dad didn't know who Rocco is. He was a pretty big deal.
Was just about to post this. He was at a Bobby Witt Jr or Julio Rodriguez level hype when he debuted. Has a couple good years then tore his ACL, had tommy john surgery, then a bunch of other injuries. They found he has a rare cell disorder which affects his muscles making his muscles more fatigued and more prone to injury.
@@chiwhitesox7 Do you know I always wondered what exactly the problem was with him. Because there were multiple years you could tell that he had an amazing amount of talent. It just seemed like the injury bug hit him harder than anyone. Which makes a lot more sense after you say that!
@@kenchan4774 I actually just opened a 2000 Bowman chrome draft picks and prospects set so that I could get the Adam Wainwright and Mark Buerhle rookies out of it. Now that I think about it I’m pretty sure that balldelli may have been in there!
Fantastic cards! Love the nostalgia of some older players too. Great video and looking forward to more! Take care!
You guys need to learn more about pre-2005 baseball
Baldeli is the Twins manager. Was an early day Tampa Bay Ray who was part of the pennant winning team
Thanks Mike for that info!
Baldelli was huge prospect, injuries did him in but he did have a year or two where his potential showed.
Thanks for the info on Baldelli!
He’s from my home state also played for the Red Sox 🤙🏻 Rocco
Nice looking set.
Kirloff is actually having a good year He’s doing well if he can stay healthy
Rocco is our current Minnesota Twins Manager
You guys should check out Ralph Kiner's stats. Led the National League in Home Runs his first seven seasons. Imagine the media attention if a player soon gets near that Home Run record. Good luck on your Card Store. Peace!
That Ichiro 👀
Got an Acuna Jr auto out of one of my two boxes.
Sweet hit!!! Love Ichiro
That Ichiro...dang I almost died
That ichiro is legit! Awesome pull! Love this set.. might be a topps pack promo pack at the national.. feel like they made a good amount.
Nice box! I love the Lindor card on this set, I will definitely try to get those variations of him.
Congrats on the Ichiro! 💪🏻
Ralph Kigh-ner
Great break! Love that Ichiro!! Also Baldeli is not a terrible auto. Cool parallels and hopefully I will find this for about 150 I know I saw one on Ebay for 147.
YEP, the old timers take the Cake
Love the Maris 💰💰💰💰?
Are all of them off more Left & Right thin ?
@rungoodlife , they hit a Seattle Ichiro 1/5
Nice cards but just keep those printing presses rolling so many cards being printed when will the bubble burst??
Valid concern, but still the set is pretty nice!
Nice rip. Congrats on the hits 👍
Rocco was the bobby witt of the early 2000s he had so much hype as a prospect
Thanks for the info on Rocco!
Got a Hank Aaron red/black 70th mini diamond #5/5. What do u think the value is?
I hope there is a Dwight Gooden card in the set
Congrats on opening a shop Luke!!! That’s awesome! And yes Tony Gwynn, who my mom went to high school with, is in this product!
Thanks Ron for the info on Gwynn! That's so cool your mom went to school with Tony. Too bad he is not with us any longer, such a good guy and great ball player!
Much better than the box I opened.... nice....
Live as of 11:01 pm on the Topps site
Rocco mn twins head coach?
BEAUTIFUL SET! 🔥🔥
Rocco is the current Twins manager and was a stud player until he started having health problems.
Edit: Just bought a box off Topps at 9:30pm CST for those interested
Yeah he was solid for the Rays and now is with the Twins as their manager. He’s a solid manager too.
Crushed it in pack #1!!! Congrats fellas!
Mint/NM Hank Aaron black/red 70th mini diamonds 5/5 how much?
At my LCS they have a case
Rocco Baddelli ouch
Baldelli came out around the same time as Crawford and Longoria. Just had a lesser career. Cool nickname though. The "woonsocket rocket"
Great info, thanks for letting us know!
@@UpNorthCollectors You're welcome!
I nearly made the show myself, a long time ago. I love baseball.
The cards looks so clean also love the content guys keep it up 💪🏼
Rocco has been the manager of the Twins for like 4 seasons now…
Sorry not a Twins fan, knew the name but couldn’t place him.
This is an awesome looking set! The size is a bit ridiculous, tho.
Congrats on the first pack magic!!! What a pull!
True the size is large, maybe 500 cards lol not 700??
@@UpNorthCollectors Hahaha! When I heard you say 700 I kinda tripped out.
These are awesome I might have to Ante up and purchase great rip guys sweet ichiro
Good price and fun rip, hard to beat that combo!
For all sports card manufacturers. LABEL THE FUCKING PARALLELS. Great video. Lol
awesome cards i like them
Beautiful cards, thanks for the video! Will that Bregman /75 be going up on either of your eBay stores in the coming days, or are you taking it for the shop, Luke?
Massive checklist but cool cards
Let me know if you want to sell the Ichiro. Thanks
Woah woah, no love for Dylan Carlson?
1/5 just got cornered
Baldelli has mitochondrial channelopathy. He played for Boston in2009. I think he could only play every 2 or 3 games because of it.
you should know the manager of the twins......come on!!!! if your gonna break know the players
We know the players lol 😂, but managers?? 😊
@@UpNorthCollectors lol only busting chops love the channel hope the grand opening was grand!!!
Great looking cards, but the odds of getting value are super tough with the massive base and auto checklist. Even if you get 6 numbered parallels, odds are most or all won't be of much value. You guys definitely lucked out with your ichiro. Most people who pull that parallel probably pull someone like Mike Moutsakas.
Kid rips pulled an ichiro auto in their box.
SWEET RIP GUYS👍. GUYS ETHAN SPORTS CARDS ARE 50AWAY FROM 11K LET'S GRT HIM THERE. THX
Ethan has a great channel!
No offense but kinda bummed the dad didn't know who Ralph Kiner was. Lol
Pronounced just like kind-er without pronouncing the d, kigh-ner
No offense taken, I know the name but not the pronunciation!
That is one weak auto! Sorry! This set has so many no-names in my opinion. Should have been a shorter set. Good luck on the store!