Semi Official Scoring

Below are the proposed scoring rules. Please remember that you get points for ANY player on the Favorite Player list, even if they aren't your favorite. The official Favorite Players roster is available via the page links at the top of the blog.

I'll invite comments below. I had a good framework (last years' scoring) to go by, but I assembled this mess on my own. I may or may not make changes to it. When it is done, it will be moved to the 2010 Rules page. I'm sure that I'll be making rulings during the contest.

The ratios below (1:12 or 1:24) indicate the approximate odds per pack of finding any type of card per the Topps wrappers.

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SEMI-OFFICIAL SCORING RULES

(still being tweaked)

Scoring will be based on the player/individual/place/etc named on the front of the card. If it is a card of Reyes sliding into home plate that is covered by one of the Molina boys and Reyes is named on the front, you only get points for Reyes.

Favorite Teams only apply to the MLB teams. The Keokuk Braves do not equal the Atlanta Braves.

BASE CARDS

0 base card
+1 Your Favorite Team base card

+4 Your Favorite Player base card
-1 Any Yankee base card

+1 For any base card of a Yankee on the Favorite Players list

+2 Other Favorite Player list base card

+2 Short Print base card (#301-350)

+2 "Crack the Code" player card (excludes "Crack the Code" promo cards)
-1 points if you pull base card of:

• Carlos Zambrano (#91) (recent dugout actions)
• Milton Bradley (#114) ("negativity" with the organization)
• Johnny Damon (#197) (I didn't like his book)
• A.J. Pierzynski (#198) (I cannot spell his surname correctly)

+1 points for pulling the base for:

• Betelgeuse (#68) (Loved the movie)
• Johannes Gutenberg (#129) ("To heck with Fixed Type")
• Area 51 (#130) (Where all the cool kids play)
• X-Rays (#185) (Röntgen getting some props)

Combine points if it qualifies for multiple categories. Example: Slangon pulls an Angel Pagan base card (#323), which is Short Printed. Angel is in a Mets uniform. How many points does Slangon get for pulling this card?

Short Print player (+2 ) from your Favorite Team (+1) = 3 points

MINI CARDS

-1 Any Yankees
+2 Sherlock Holmes (#110)

+1 Mini of player on your favorite team
+3 Mini of any player from Favorite Players list
+5 Mini of your favorite player

+2 A&G Ad Back Mini Parallel 1:5

+3 Black Bordered Mini Parallel 1:10

+3 Short Print Mini Parallel

1:13

+5 Framed Mini Autographs 1:40

+6 A&G Ad Back Short Print Mini Parallel 1:65
+8 Black Bordered Short Print Mini Parallel 1:130

+10 No Card Number Mini Parallel 1:140

+20 Bazooka Ad Back Mini Parallel 1:280

+40 Framed Mini Parallel Printing Plates 1:799
+60 Wood Mini Parallel 1:3,542

+1 points for pulling the mini of:

• Betelgeuse (#68) (Loved the movie)
• Johannes Gutenberg (#129) ("To heck with Fixed Type")
• Area 51 (#130) (Where all the cool kids play)
• X-Rays (#185) (Röntgen getting some props)

-1 points for pulling the mini of:

• Carlos Zambrano (#91) (recent dugout actions)
• Milton Bradley (#114) ("negativity" with the organization)
• Johnny Damon (#197) (I didn't like his book)
• A.J. Pierzynski (#198) (I cannot spell his surname correctly)

Combine points if it qualifies for multiple categories. Example:

Mini Any Favorite Player (+3 ) with A&G back (+2) = 5 points

OTHER INSERTS

+2 National Animals 1:8

+3 Lords of Olympus 1:12

+3 Monsters of the Mesozoic 1:12

+4 World's Greatest Wordsmiths 1:24

+4 Sailors of the Seven Seas 1:24

+2 Short Print 1:2

+3 Baseball Highlight Sketch Insert 1:10

+20 Rip Card 1:285

+25 Framed Cloth Cards 1:365 (silks, not relic / jersey / pants cards)
+100 Cut Signatures 1:110,000
+125 Book Cards 1:127,825
+175 Monsters of the Mesozoic Relic Redemption Card 1:174,000
+200 Framed DNA Relics 1:200,000

HITS

+8 Relic (Jersey / Pants / etc)
+12 Short Printed Relic (#301-350)

+15 Autograph

MULTIPLIERS FOR HITS
x1.2 If any of those pulls are of a player from your Favorite Team

x1.7 If any hits are of players on the Favorite Players list

x3 If it is your favorite player

Divide by 2 for all Yankee hits, excluding Favorite Players

BOX TOPPERS / LOADERS

+5 N43 Box Topper
+8 Cabinet Card Box Topper
+20 N43 Relics
+30 N43 Autographs
+50 N43 Autograph Relic

+10 N43 of player from Favorite Player list
+20 N43 of your Favorite Player

If your Favorite Player is a Yankee, you get full points for that player only. All other Yankees are worth points as noted.

If the Yankees are your Favorite Team, that is your problem and you must accept any and all penalties for all cards that are not of your favorite player.