Card of the Week - 2/12/14

Sometimes in Showdown, a card just works for you.  It doesn't necessarily fit your style of play, but when on your team, that card is just pure awesomeness.  For me, I despise having slow guys on my teams.  No matter how much a guy can mash, if he is speed C, I don't put him on my team.  Unless, that is, he is the Crime Dog.

Card of the Week - 2/5/14

In the aftermath of the Seattle Seahawks drubbing of the Denver Broncos, I was both amazed and encouraged by the number of Facebook/Twitter posts by sportswriters and fans who posted about their excitement for football to be done and for baseball to start.  In a time period in America where the NFL gets more and more attention, I am glad to see that 'America's Pastime' hasn't gone the way of Netscape and completely fallen into oblivion.  Baseball fans are the greatest fans in the world!

New Year, New Features

It is a month late, but welcome to 2014 everyone!  I am very excited for the upcoming season, and it is coming quick as the first pitchers and catchers report in 5 days...

As those of you who are regular visitors to this blog know, we have a new card design coming out with our new set of cards.  Well, the design isn't new, as the cards look similar to the 2000 set, but it is new to us.  We are already looking at design updates for the 2014 set as well, but we'll wait on that .  But we have several other new features for the blog this year that we are excited about.

30 Man Draft League

We need drafters for a fantasy GM league. It will be a 00/01/09/10/11/12/customs league. You just draft and someone else will play. You and anyone else you know is welcome to join. We are doing this in conjunction with our friends at httpmlbshowdown2014.blogspot.com/  . We are hoping to have 600 different players in the draft. So there will be no duplicate player names. We would like everyone to complete a ranking sheet of 600 players before we do the draft. That way we don't need everyone to actually be there if not possible. E-mail me at redsoxman2011@gmail.com with the words "30 man draft" as the title.

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MLB Showdown Strategy Card Poll

Which strategy card style do you prefer?
	Deck Draw (build a deck and draw from it)
	Stud (start with a hand of X pre-selected cards, no draw)
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2013 MLB Showdown Set Preview

Update on the 2013 MLB Showdown set