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Friday, March 8, 2024

2023 COMC BINGE - PART 6: FULL DECK

WE'RE ON THE SECOND BATCH OF COMC PICKUPS NOW WHERE WE HAVE STUFF I WANTED TO TARGET BUT WASN'T QUITE SOMETHING THAT I WAS GOING TO INSTA-BUY THE MOMENT THE SALE STARTED. THE FIRST HALF OF THIS BATCH WERE SET-COMPLETING CARDS FOR INSERTS AND SOME SMALLER ODDBALL SETS. TODAY'S CARD HAD ELUDED ME FOR THIRTY YEARS

1993 UPPER DECK CECIL FIELDER ON DECK


I'VE BEEN SLOWLY WORKING ON MY 1993 UPPER DECK INSERTS COLLECTION FOR A WHILE NOW AND HAD MANAGED TO COMPLETE FOUR OF THE SETS BY THE TIME OF THE SALE. I KNOCKED OUT THE THEN AND NOW SET LAST YEAR AND WAS FOCUSED ON ANOTHER WITH ONE CARD LEFT. THE ON DECK INSERT SET WAS FOUND ONE PER PACK IN SERIES TWO JUMBO PACKS. I RIPPED ENOUGH OF THAT STUFF TO GET A TON OF THESE CARDS AND THEY ARE STILL PRETTY EASY TO FIND SO I WAS ABLE TO PICK OUT ONES I NEEDED OUT OF QUARTER AND FIFTY CENT BOXES. THE CECIL FIELDER CARD DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ANYWHERE THOUGH. IT WASN'T IN CHEAPO BOXES AND THERE AREN'T MANY CECIL FIELDER SECTIONS IN STAR BOXES. I'M SURE THERE'S A BUNCH ON EBAY BUT I HAVEN'T USED THAT SITE IN FIFTEEN YEARS. COMC HAD ONE FOR FIFTY CENTS AND I NABBED IT


THE GIMMICK WITH THIS SET WAS THE PERSONAL QUESTIONS TO THE PLAYER ON THE BACK LIKE YOU'D SEE ON SETS LIKE STUDIO AND TRIPLE PLAY. CECIL'S ANSWERS ARE PRETTY GENERIC BUT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CONTROVERSY ON THE BACK OF THESE CARDS. THE GREATEST PERSONAL INFLUENCE ANSWER ON EVERY CARD IS FAMILY MEMBERS WITH PARENTS AND WIFE AS THE TOP TWO ANSWERS AND A MENTION OF A BROTHER AND GRANDMOTHER ON A COUPLE CARDS. CECIL IS ONE OF THE MOST RESERVED PLAYERS AS HIS ANSWERS ARE VERY SHORT AND TO THE POINT. ROGER CLEMENS, GRIFFEY JUNIOR AND CHIPPER JONES' ANSWERS FILLED UP THE ENTIRE BACK OF THE CARD. THERE'S NOT MUCH CONTRVERSIAL ON THE BACKS EITHER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ALBERT BELLE SEEMINGLY WANTING TO PLAY ANY SPORT OTHER THAN BASEBALL, A PROTO-TEA PARTY RANT FROM ANDY VAN SLYKE AND JOSE CANSECO STATING THAT IF HE WASN'T PLAYING BASEBALL HE'D PROBABLY BE AN ALIEN. THAT'S HONESTLY SOME EXTREME SELF-AWARENESS FROM JOSE. I ONLY TOOK PICTURES OF THE FRONT BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO READ THE TEXT FROM MY SHAKYPHONE PICTURES SO CHECK OUT ALL THE ANSWERS ON TCDB. HERE'S MY COMPLETE SET WITH A COUPLE CAMEOS FROM HOMERUN HEROES



Thursday, March 7, 2024

2024 ONLINE BLASTER - PART 5: THE FIRST PILE OF CHRONICLES

I STILL LOVES THE CHRONICLES AND STILL KEEP PICKING OFF NEW CARDS FROM THE SET AS THEY POP UP. I HAVE NOT EXACTLY FIGURED OUT HOW I AM COLLECTING THE SET YET, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD ALL THE SETS, THERE'S 25 DIFFERENT DESIGNS WITH AS MANY AS 100 CARDS IN A SET AND I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN A CARD FROM EVERY DESIGN YET! I THINK I DO WANT TO GET AT LEAST A PAGE WORTH OF MOST OF THE SETS WHILE TRYING TO GET AS MANY DIFFERENT PLAYERS AS POSSIBLE. ONCE THE NEXT BATCH OF CARDS COMES IN I'LL HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON HOW EXACTLY TO DO THAT. *NOTE - THIS HAPPENED IMMEDIATELY AFTER I WROTE THIS POST. HERE'S THE FIRST OF THREE POSTS OF INCREASINGLY SHINY CHRONICLES CARDS

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

2022 BASE DESIGN - MANNY MACHADO, LUIS ROBERT


IT'S KINDA RIDICULOUS HOW MUCH MANNY'S STAR HAS FADED SINCE HE JOINED THE PADRES. HE'S STILL A GREAT PLAYER ON A HALL OF FAME TRAJECTORY WHO IS STILL VERY PRODUCTIVE. OK, SURE, HE'S IN HIS THIRTIES NOW AND COULD FALL OFF A CLIFF AT ANY MOMENT BUT STILL. THIS DUDE IS A GOOD PLAYER! 


ON THE OTHER HAND, LUIS ROBERT IS A GREAT PLAYER ON A GARBAGE TEAM. HE HAD THIRTY-EIGHT DINGERS LAST YEAR! I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT LUIS CAN DO THIS YEAR AS HE STARTS TO ENTER HIS PRIME. WHO KNOWS, THE AL CENTRAL IS PRETTY STINKY, HE MIGHT MESS AROUND AND LEAD THE SOX TO THE PLAYOFFS. 74 WINS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO WIN THE CENTRAL

ODDLY ENOUGH THE BASE SET ONLY HAS 50 CARDS WHEN SOME OF THE SHINER ONES THAT ARE TOUGHER TO PULL OUT OF A PACK ARE 60 AND EVEN 100 CARDS IN SIZE. PART OF ME WANTS TO COMPLETE THE BASE SET JUST BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COMPLETE BASE SETS FOR FOREVER BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY COMMITTED TO IT YET. WE'LL SEE

2022 LUMINANCE DESIGN - MARCUS STROMAN


I DON'T REALLY LIKE THE LUMINENCE DESIGNS SO THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE SETS I ONLY COLLECT THREE CARDS FROM, WHICH MEANS I NEVER HAVE TO TINK ABOUT IT AGAIN STINCE STROMAN'S MY THIRD CARD. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT'S ONLY A 20 CARD SET SO ALL IT WOULD TAKE FOR ME TO COLLECT THE WHOLE THING IS TO SEE A PILE OF THEM IN A DIME BOX

2022 THREADS DESIGN - CODY BELLINGER


I DON'T LIKE THREADS EITHER BUT I ALREADY HAVE MORE THAN THRE OF THEM SO A COMPLETE PAGE WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE WORKS. A FORMER MVP IS A NICE ADDITION, AND I DID NOT HAVE A BELLINGER FOR THE SET YET WHICH IS A BONUS. LET'S HOPE HE CAN KEEP UP HIS CUBS PRODUCTION IN 24

2022 LIMITED DESIGN - JOSE ABREU


ANOTHER MVP! IM NOT SUPER CRAZY ABOUT THE LIMITED DESIGN BUT IT'S KINDA GROWING ON ME. I STILL WISH THERE WAS A BUNCH OF HOLOFOIL STAMPING ON FOILBOARD LIKE OLD LEAF LIMITED SETS BUT THERE'S ENOUGH OF THAT ON THE OTHER DESIGNS

2022 PINNACLE DESIGN - JOE RYAN


I REALLY LIKE THESE CARDS THANKS TO THE (MOSTLY) AUTHENTIC LOOKING PINNACLE DESIGN BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF THEM AROUND. JOR RYAN'S A PRETTY GOOD RC TO GET, YOU GOTTA LOVE AN INNINGS EATER IN TODAY'S GAME. THERE'S ONLY TWENTY CARDS IN THIS SET, I'M TEMPTED TO COMPLETE THE WHOLE THING AND PUT IT IN THE PINNACLE BOX

2022 ELITE DESIGN - RILEY ADAMS


THE ELITE SET HAS FIFTY CARDS AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S SHINY, IT'S PRETTY BORING WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT. THERE'S JUST NOTHING TO IT! I KNOW I MADE FUN OF ALL THE RANDOM ANGLES EVERYWHERE PANINI DESIGNS ON A LOT OF THESE CARDS, BUT THERE'S JUST NOTHING HERE! FULL BLEED CARDS WITH A MINIMAL DESIGN ONLY WORK WITH A BACKGROUND AND I DON'T MEAN A FUNHOUSE REFLECTION OF MY FACE STARING BACK AT ME THROUGH THE RAINBOW FOIL

2022 CERTIFIED DESIGN - JOSE ABREU


THE MORE I LOOK AT IT THE MORE I LIKE THE CERTIFIED CARDS. YES, THE DESIGN IS OVERWORKED ALMOST TO THE POINT OF ABSURD, BUT IT DOES FIT WITH THE WEIRD HISTORICAL DONRUSS VERSIONS. HERE'S ANOTHER JOSE ABREU. I KNOW I SAID I WANTED TO GET AS MANY DIFFERENT PLAYERS AS POSSIBLE BUT SOMETIMES YOU JUST GO FOR THE BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE

2021 REVOLUTION DESIGN - KRIS BRYANT


I FRIGGIN LOVE THE REVOLUTION SET NO MATTER IF IT'S PACIFIC OR PANINI. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE 2021 VERSIONS SO THIS IS A REALLY NICE PICKUP. HOW IN THE WORLD DID KRIS BRYANT GO FROM THE SAVIOR OF CHICAGO TO A PRISON SENTENCE IN DENVER. MAYBE HE CAN HAVE A BELLINGER BOUNCE BACK THIS SEASON

2022 CLEARLY DONRUSS DESIGN - JAVIER BAEZ


I STILL FEEL THIS DESIGN WORKS BETTER ON PLAIN OL PAPER CARDS BUT CLEAR CARDS ARE TOO APPEALING TO ME TO CARE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LARGER SETS AT 65 CARDS SPLIT UP BETWEEN BASE AND RATED ROOKIES. BAEZ SEEMS TO BE SUFFERING FROM A COMBINATION OF MACHADO'S NO ONE CARES ANYMORE NOW THAT HE SIGNED A BIG CONTRACT WITH THE TIGERS AND BRYANT'S THE MOJO IS GONE NOW THAT HE'S NOT IN CHICAGO CURSES

2021 CLEAR VISION DESIGN - IAN ANDERSON


CLEAR CARDS WITH HOLOFOIL ARE MY CATNIP AND THIS ONE IS A BRAVES ROOKIE TO BOOT! IAN MISSED LAST SEASON WITH TOMMY JOHN AND WILL PROBABLY BE PRETTY LOW ON THE DEPTH CHART WHEN HE FINALLY GETS BACK. EVERY TEAM NEEDS LIKE EIGHT DECENT STARTERS MINIMUM NOWDAYS TO GET THROUGH A SEASON THOUGH SO HE'LL PROBABLY GET HIS CHANCE SOONER OR LATER

THE NEXT THREE ARE NOT CHRONICLES CARDS BUT IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT I AM ALLOWED TO PICK UP CARDS WITH DESIGNS SIMILAR TO THE CHRONICLES CARDS I LOVE EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT FROM THE CHRONICLES SETS. OR EVEN BASEBALL. YOU CAN PUT THE FOLLOWING IN CATEGORY - INSERTS IF YOU PREFER

2021 ILLUSIONS JOSH JACOBS ILLUSIONISTS INSERTS


I DUNNO WHO JOSH JACOBS IS BUT DAMN THIS CARD IS VERY CLEAR AND HAS SOME GREAT LOOKING GOLD FOIL HIGHLIGHTS. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH TELLS ME JOSH IS A VERY GOOD RUNNING BACK WHO IS A FREE AGENT AT A TIME WHERE TEAMS DON'T WANT TO PAY RUNNING BACKS SQUAT. POOR JOSH. I HOPE YOU FLEECE SOME TEAM AND GET YOUR MONEY

2021 ILLUSIONS DARIUS LEONARD AND JAMES HARRISON CLEAR SHOTS INSERTS


DAMN, ILLUSIONS DOES SOME GREAT INSERT SETS. WE HAVE A COUPLE LINEBACKERS HERE WITH DARIUS LEONARD AND JAMES HARRISON. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF SHINY AS THE LEONARD CARD HAS A TON OF HOLOFOIL WHILE HARRISON GETS THE GOILD FOIL TREATMENT LIKE THAT ILLUSIONIST CARD UP THERE. I'M PUTTING THEM BOTH IN THE CHRONICLES BOX ANYWAY BECAUSE ILLUSIONS ISN'T A REAL SET ANYWAY


UP NEXT: IT'S CHAOS TIME AGAIN

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

2024 ONLINE BLASTER - PART 22: COMPLETED SETS FROM A NEW BOX

 I GOT MY SECOND BOX FROM BASEBALLCARDSTORE DOT CA AND I'M ONLY ON POST FOUR FROM THE FIRST BOX LOL. I'VE RUN OUT OF CUTE NAMES FOR THESE BOXES SO WE'RE JUST SWITCHING TO 2024 ONLINE BLASTER NOW UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF CARDS OR RUN OUT OF YEAR. I ALSO HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO SORT THIS BOX INTO POSTS BUT I AM STICKING TO MY 2024 GOAL OF POSTING THINGS AS SOON AS THEY ARRIVE SO HERE'S A POST OF THE STUFF THAT COMPLETED SOME INSERT SETS FOR ME


THERE'S LOTS OF NEAT STUFF I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SHOWING OFF IN THERE AND THAT TEAM TIMBER ON TOP APPEARS TO BE SOME LAGNIAPPE AS I DO NOT REMEMBER BUYING IT ON THE SITE

1991 FLEER ULTRA BARRY BONDS ULTRA TEAM

I THINK I SHOWED THIS OFF ON A WEEKLY RECAP POST BUT NOW IT'S HERE SO I CAN SHOW OFF THE WHOLE SHEBANG


THIS IS A REAL SNAPSHOT OF 1990. FOUR HALL OF FAMERS, ONE SHOULD BE A HALL OF FAMER, ONE COULD HAVE BEEN HALL OF FAMER, ONE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE WITH FRIENDS ON THE VETERAN'S COMMITTEE HALL OF FAMER AND THREE HAD A CAREER YEAR IN 1990. WITH THIS I NOW HAVE THE MASTER SET OF 1991 ULTRA. EXCEPT FOR A FEW LOGO STICKERS. AND ABOUT HALF OF THE UPDATE SET. I DO NOT HAVE A MASTER SET OF FLEER ULTRA, BUT THIS INSERT SET IS DONE AT LEAST. 

1991-92 UPPER DECK BRETT HULL HOCKEY HEROES


IN A PREVIOUS POST I MENTIONED THAT I'M RUNNING OUT OF BASEBALL UPPER DECK HEROES INSERT CARDS TO COLLECT AND I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO START WORKING ON OTHER SPORTS. WELL, I STARTED. THIS SET IS A LITTLE ODD BECAUSE ALL THE BASEBALL HEROES SETS PAID TRIBUTE TO AN ALL-TIME GREAT WITH A CAREER'S WORTH OF HIGHLIGHTS, BUT HOCKEY CHOSE A 5TH YEAR PLAYER. IT WAS A VERY GOOD CHOICE AS HULL WON PRETTY MUCH ALL THE AWARDS BY 1991 AND ENDED UP IN THE HALL OF FAME WITH A COUPLE STANLEY CUPS. THANKS TO THE SHORT CAREER AT THIS POINT WE GET COLLEGE AND MINOR LEAGUE CARDS OF HULL IN THE HEROES SET WHICH IS PRETTY NEAT. HERE'S THE WHOLE THING WITH HEADER CARD


THIS IS A NICE LOOKING SET! UP NEXT FOR HOCKEY HEROES IS WAYNE GRETZKY (WHY DIDN'T THEY DO HIM FIRST??) AND GORDIE HOWE AND AFTER THAT I HAVE NO CLUE. I AM EQUALLY CLUELESS ABOUT THE BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL HEROES SETS. I'VE GOT SOME RESEARCH TO DO IF I'M REALLY DOING THIS HEROES COMPLETIONIST THING

2008 UPPER DECK PRESIDENTIAL PREDICTORS


THIS IS A CRUMMY THING TO POST NOW THAT WE'RE ENTERING MAYBE THE MOST MISERABLE ELECTION SEASON OF OUR LIVES BUT BACK IN 2008 THINGS WERE MORE WHIMSICAL*. UPPER DECK GAVE US A SET OF PREDICTOR CARICATURE CARDS FOR MOST OF THE TOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN SERIES ONE AND FOLLOWED IT UP WITH OBAMA VS. MCCAIN CARDS WITH HILLARY VARIATIONS SINCE THINGS WERE STILL A BIT UP IN THE AIR WHEN THE CARDS WERE BEING PRINTED. THE VERSUS CARDS ALL WERE PARODYING FAMOUS BASEBALL FIGHTS WITH THE CANDIDATES. THE ARTWORK WAS THE PERFECT MIX OF HILARIOUS AND HORRIFYING AS YOU CAN SEE BY THAT CARD OF HILLARY'S BADONKADONK WITH MCCAIN COPPING A FEEL IN THE SCRUM. AS AN OG CARD BLOGGER I WAS CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO BUY WAY TOO MUCH 2008 UPPER DECK AND HAD MOST OF THE SET ROTTING AWAY IN A BINDER. THESE TWO CARDS FILLED UP THE LAST TWO OPEN POCKETS AND NOW I HAVE TWO COMPLETED PAGES 


EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE SINCE BEEN DISGRACED TO SOME LEVEL SINCE THIS - JESUS, IT IS SIXTEEN YEARS NOW?? - SET WAS RELEASED AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CARDS WITH PALIN AND BIDEN. I WILL NEVER COMPLETE THE ENTIRE SET AS THERE'S THE VP INSERTS THAT WERE IN SP AUTHENTIC AND AN OBAMA VICTORY CARD WHERE HE'S GETTING GATORADE DUMPED ON HIM THAT WAS A MAIL-IN EXCHANGE CARD I THINK AND THE ORIGINAL HILLARY CARD WHERE SHE WAS PORTRAYED AS MORGANNA THE KISSING BANDIT GOT YANKED AND I'M NOT EVEN CERTAIN IT ACTUALLY EXISTS OR IF IT WAS JUST A GIMMICK TO GET SUCKERS TO RIP MOAR PACKS. I'M ALSO MISSING ONE OF THE HILLARY VARIATIONS AS YOU CAN SEE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?  WITH TWO FULL PAGES THIS SHIT IS COMPLETE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. THESE PAGES ARE BACK IN THE BINDER AND I NEVER HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THEM AGAIN. HOORAY! 

A GET WELL SOON TO STEVEN, THE PROPRIETOR OF THE SITE WHO IS UNDER THE WEATHER AT THE MOMENT. HANG IN THERE BUDDY

UP NEXT: I HAVE NO IDEA! I STILL NEED TO SORT ALL THIS STUFF

*THEY WERE NOT, EVERYTHING WAS TERRIBLE AND WE WERE ALL A NERVOUS WRECK. THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 24

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PREFACE THESE EXTREME CHAOS POSTS ANYMORE. HERE'S SOME CARDS, SOME ARE NICE, OTHERS ARE STRANGE

2001 STUDIO ANDRUW JONES


CATEGORY - BRAVES, WANTLIST

2001 STUDIO LOOKS SO DAMN GOOD AND IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND. DONRUSS RE-ENTERED THE BASEBALL WORLD VERY TENTATIVELY AND THEIR FIRST FEW SETS FROM 2001 DIDN'T SEEM TO BE RECEIVED TERRIBLY WELL SO FINDING ANY OF THEM IS A CHORE NOWADAYS. THESE CARDS WERE ALSO TEN BUCKS FOR A SIX CARD PACK! I LIKE PICKING THESE OFF WHEN I CAN AND AM SUPER HAPPY WITH ANDRUW

2020-21 CHRONICLES PHOENIX ZACH LAVINE


CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

ANOTHER RANDOM CHRONICLES CARD TO FEED MY ADDICTION. ZACH LAVINE'S FORTUNES HAVE GONE THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF LY LAST PICKUP, SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER AS HIS BULLS ARE FLOPPING AND ZACH HIMSELF IS OUT FOR THE YEAR. THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES SOMETIMES

1992 IMPEL US OLYMPICARDS TERESA EDWARDS


CATEGORY - BULLDOGS

TERESA PLAYED COLLEGE BALL AT GEORGIA SO SHE GOES RIGHT IN THE BULLDOG BINDER. THIS IS HER SECOND CARD AS SHE HAD AN SI FOR KIDS CARD IN 91. HER ACTUAL INDUSTRY ACCEPTED ROOKIE CARD* WAS A DECADE LATER IN A WNBA SET. WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAKES AS MUCH SENSE AS ANYTHING DEALING WITH ROOKIE CARDS NOWADAYS

2021 TOPPS HOLIDAY JASON HEYWARD


CATEGORY - J-HEY

JASON HEYWARD CARDS ARE GETTING HARDER TO FIND NOW THAT HE'S IN THE PLATOON OUTFIELDER STAGE OF HIS CAREER BUT I STILL LOVE FINDING THEM WHEN I CAN. THIS EXTREMELY GOOFY LOOKING HOLIDAY THEMED CARD PUTS MY CARD COUNT UP BY ONE ON TCDB. I'M STILL IN THE TOP TEN OF LUNATICS WHO HAVE ADDED ALL THEIR JASON HEYWARD CARDS TO THE SITE, BUT I DOUBT I WILL EVER PASS ALL THE CUBS COLLECTORS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST

2008 UPPER DECK DOCUMENTARY GAME 69


CATEGORY - BRAVES

HEH HEH, NICE. THIS SET WAS TERRIBLE, IS TERRIBLE AND WILL ALWAYS BE TERRIBLE. EVEN AS A BRAVES COLLECTOR I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH A RECAP OF THE 2007 SEASON. IT STILL HAS SOME SURPRISES THOUGH, I FOUND SOMETHING INTERESTING ON THE BACK:


THIS GAME WAS THE MLB DEBUT OF CHARLIE MORTON WHO BEAT THE ANGELS IN AN INTERLEAGUE MATCHUP. SO DOES THAT MAKE THIS A CHARLIE MORTON ROOKIE CARD?? NO! HE HAD CARDS IN 2002 DRAFT PICK SETS. THIS IS JUST KINDA NEAT

2022-23 HOOPS JOHN COLLINS


CATEGORY - HAWKS

MOAR JOHN COLLINS CARDS. I'LL KEEP BUYING THEM! I DON'T CARE THAT HE'S A JAZZ NOW! I... MIGHT START ONLY GETTING SUPER SHINY INSERT COLLINS NOW THOUGH, I THINK I HAVE PLENTY OF BASE CARDS AT THIS POINT

2022 FINEST BRANDON CRAWFORD


CATEGORY - SHINY

THIS WAS THE FIRST 2022 FINEST CARD I HAD STUMBLED ACROSS AND I WANT AT LEAST A PAGE'S WORTH OF EVERY FINEST BASEBALL SET SO I GOT IT. DEPENDING ON WHEN THIS POST IS FINALLY POOSTED YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SEEN/WILL SEE VERY SOON QUITE A FEW MORE OF THESE THINGS


I ALSO FELT COMPELLED TO GIVE HOOPS BACKS AN APOLOGY FOR CALLING THEM VERY BORING WITH THEIR MONOCHROMATIC DESIGN SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST. THAT FINEST BACK BARELY HAS COLOR ON IT AND MOST OF IT IS CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED. NOT TO MENTION THE RATHER MINIMALIST BACKS OF 2024 TOPPS, A SET WHICH I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NONE OF AT TIME OF WRITING BUT WILL BE/HAS BEEN POSTED TO THE BLOG THE VERY NANOSECOND I GET MY GRUBBLY LITTLE HANDS ON A PACK

1995 TOPPS TRADED JEFF BAGWELL AT THE BREAK


CATEGORY - INSERT WANTLIST

I DID IT AGAIN. FOR THE LONGEST TIME I THOUGHT THESE CARDS WERE AN INSERT SET FROM 1996. IT'S NOT MY FAULT! LOOK AT THESE BACKS!


FANCY DESIGN! NUMBER 8! 1995 STAT LINE! 1995 COPYRIGHT DATE! BACK THEN SERIES ONE WAS RELEASED IN DECEMBER! IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE SOME ODDBALL INSERT SET THAT WAS RELEASED ONLY IN SPECIALLY MARKED WAL-MART VALUE PACKS OR SOME SHIT! NOPE, IT'S A SUBSET IN THE 1995 TRADED SET. THANKFULLY I HAVE ALMOST NO CARDS FROM THAT SET. WELL, UNTIL NOW AT LEAST, I THINK I'VE BOUGHT A HALF DOZEN OF THESE THINKING THEY WERE INSERTS

1996 STADIUM CLUB JEFF BAGWELL TEAM TSC


CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR, SHORT PRINT

I MENTIONED THESE EARLIER IN ONE OF MY 2024 BASEBALLCARDSTORE DOT CA POSTS OF DUDES I CAN'T PASS UP WHEN I SEE THEM. BAGWELL KINDA IS ONE OF THOSE DUDES BUT IN A TIER LOWER THAN RICKEY, BARRY AND JUNIOR. BAGS IS IN THE FRANK THOMAS, GARY SHEFFIELD, LARRY WALKER TYPE TIER. THIS CARD IS ALSO A ONE-PER-PACK SHORT PRINT SO I'M DRAWN TO THEM LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME. THERE ARE 90 CARDS IN THAT SUBSET SO 

1992 SCORE NOLAN RYAN


CATEGORY - WANTLIST

RYAN ONCE AGAIN BEING ONE OF THE LAST CARDS I NEED FOR A SET. THIS CARD KNOCKS ME DOWN TO NEEDING ONLY FIVE CARDS FROM THE SECOND SERIES TO COMPLETE THE 92 SCORE SET. FOUR HALL OF FAMERS AND MIKE GARDINER. I'M 90% CERTAIN THE GARDENIER CARD WILL BE THE SET COMPLETER

UP NEXT: OMG AN ACTUAL THEMED POST

 *THE ONE WITH THE LITTLE RC SYMBOL ON COMC

Monday, March 4, 2024

BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTAR - PART 18: CARDINALS

CARDINALS UP, AND THEY HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE LAST SOLO TEAM. I'M DOUBLING UP TEAMS FROM NOW ON BECAUSE THIS IS TAKING TOO LONG AND I NEED TO PUT ALL THESE CARDS AWAY SO I CAN REPURPOSE THE BOX. SOME OF THE TEAMS HAVE INTERESTING PAIRINGS AND OTHERS ARE AS RANDOM AS YOU CAN GET. THERE WILL EVEN BE A TRIPLE TEAM POST! AWAY WE GO


THE CARDNALS HAD 69 CARDS IN THE BOX INCLUDING THREE CARDS ADDED TO THE TOPPS TRADED PILE. FEEL FREE TO SPAM THE COMMENTS WITH 'NICE' LIKE IT'S 2012 AGAIN. THESE CARDINALS (SPRING TRAINING?) JERSEYS ARE EXTREMELY RED AND SOMEWHAT SEE-THROUGH. JIM LINDEMAN DEFINITELY HAS SOMETHING PRINTED ON HIS T-SHIRT UNDERNEATH THE JERSEY BUT I CAN'T QUITE MAKE IT OUT. I'M ALSO PRETTY SURE THAT StL LOGO IS AN IRON ON PATCH. MAYBE FANATICS IS JUST LOOKING TO THE PAST FOR THIS YEAR'S UNIFORMS? 

1987 TOPPS TRADED COUNT: 27/132


NO COMPLETE TEAM SET FOR 2002 OBVIOUSLY AS THERE'S NO WAY ANY SECOND YEAR PUJOLS CARDS WERE GETTING DUMPED. ALSO MISSING FROM THE TEAM SET ARE MARK MCGWIRE, JIM EDMONDS AND THE TONY LARUSSA MANAGER CARD. THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF GOOD PLAYERS IN HERE INCLUDING EDGAR RENTERIA, TINO MARTINEZ AND A SO TAGUCHI ROOKIE CARD

2002 TOPPS COUNT: 191/718


WHILE THE ROOKIE CUP AND ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER ALBERT PUJOLS CARDS WERE MISSING, THESE STEALTH PUJOLS CARDS REMAINED IN THE BOX. ALBERT GETS SOME HUG TIME FROM LARUSSA AS THEY WIN THE WILDCARD AND FROM BUD SMITH AFTER HIS PERFECT GAME. THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF HIDDEN GEMS RIGHT HERE


OZZIE IS A CLASSIC JUNK BOX HALL OF FAMER. BACK WHEN THERE WERE CHEAP JUNK GRAB BAGS SOLD AT TARGET AND DOLLAR TREE SOME OF THEM ADVERTISED 'A HALL OF FAMER IN EVERY PACK!' AND IT WAS ALWAYS EITHER ONE OF THOSE OLD CMC GRREN BORDER HALL OF FAMER CARD OR A JUNK WAX CARD OF A GUY LIKE OZZIE OR SANDBERG OR BOGGS. TONY GWYNN IF THEY WERE FEELING GENEROUS


MOARER METAL, HOORAY! ELI MARRERO GOT TRADED TO THE BRAVES IN THE JD DREW DEAL THAT SENT ADAM WAINWRIGHT TO THE CARDINALS. I KNOW I'VE PROBABLY SAID THIS THREE TIMES ALREADY BUT IT'S NUTS HOW MUCH WORK MUST'VE WENT INTO DESIGNING AND PRINTING THESE CARDS. THE ETCHING AND EMBOSSED STAMPING WAS ALREADY A LOT AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PLAYER OUTLINE. I WANT A DOCUMENTARY ON JUST HOW THE HELL THEY MADE THESE CARDS


QUIZ AS A CARDINAL IS COOL EVEN IF HE DIDN'T HAVE THE GREATEST STAT LINE ON THE BACK. AND IS THAT VINCE COLEMAN PHOTOBOMBING THE SHOT?


ANOTHER REASON I'M GOING TO START DOUBLING UP TEAMS ON THESE POSTS. I AM RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT STUFF LIKE 2002 UPPER DECK. IT'S A GOOD LOOKING CARD OF A GOOD PITCHER. OTHER THAN THAT I GOT NOTHIN


THERE'S PLENTY TO SAY ABOUT THIS CARD. ANOTHER WONDERFUL PACIFIC CARD, THIS TIME FROM THE 1993 SPANISH SET. THIS SET WAS THE SWAN SONG FOR PACIFIC'S DISTINCTIVE 'GRADIENTS EVERYWHERE' DESIGN PHILOSOPHY FROM THEIR EARLY 90S SETS AS THE 1993 FOOTBALL SET PIVOTED TO A COLORFUL MARBLED DESIGN. THOSE OLD FOOTBALL SETS REALLY HIT MY NOSTALGIA NERVE SO IT'S NICE TO SEE ON A PROPER BASEBALL CARD RELEASE


WHO REMEMBERS OZZIE CANSECO ON THE CARDINALS? HE PLAYED MORE GAMES WITH ST LOUIS THAN WITH OAKLAND BUT HE WASN'T GETTING BOOTLEG CARDS IN A CARDINALS UNI. AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A FULL SPANISH LANGUAGE PRODUCT SO PACIFIC COULD GET A LICENSE. NO O-PEE-CHEE DUAL LANGUAGE STUFF HERE! IT'S A NICE LOOKING SET AND I'M GLAD I GOT A SECOND SERIES CARD AS I RIPPED A BOX OF THE FIRST SERIES YEARS AGO AND GOT THE SET


I MISS COLLECTOR'S CHOICE. THERE, I SAID IT. I WISH THERE WAS SOME CHEAP-ASS WORTHLESS CARDS OUT THERE WHERE I COULD BUY A BUNCH OF PACKS AT WAL-MART FOR LIKE TEN BUCKS AND RIP AWAY AND HAVE A GOOD STACK OF JUNK AFTERWARDS. TEN BUCKS WON'T GET YOU A HANGER ANYMORE, SCREW THAT. GIMMIE JACKED UP RON GANT MASHING A BALL ON A LOW-RENT UPPER DECK CARD IN A PACK THAT COSTS A BUCK


LEAF ROOKIES AND STARS MEANS NOTHING TO ME BUT I GOTTA SHOW OFF A JD DREW CARD. YES, WE TRADED WAINWRIGHT FOR HIM, WHICH WASN'T GREAT, BUT DREW HAD AN ABSOLUTELY INSANE 2004 SEASON FOR THE BRAVES. THREE GUYS HAD 8 OR MORE WAR FOR THE BRAVES IN THE 00S AND FANGRAPHS DOESN'T AGREE ON ANDRUW JONES AND BASEBALL-REFERENCE DOESN'T AGREE ON BRIAN MCCANN. BOTH AGREE ON 04 DREW AND FOR A TEAM THAT WAS DESPERATELY TRYING TO MAKE NOISE IN THE PLAYOFFS IT WAS A GOOD MOVE AT THE TIME. WAINWRIGHT WILL EVENTUALLY BE ON THE 'VETERANS COMMITTEE TO RE-EVALUATE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PITCHERS THAT DROPPED OFF THE BALLOT BECAUSE VOTERS DIDN'T REALIZE HOW GOOD THEY WERE' BALLOT BUT SOMETIMES PROSPECTS THAT GET TRADED HIT, THAT AIN'T JD'S FAULT


ANOTHER OZZIE! NO RESPECT FOR THE WIZARD. THAT GIGANTIC DINGED CORNER IN THE WORST POSSIBLE SPOT MIGHT'VE ALSO PLAYED INTO THE DECISION TO LEAVE THIS CARD IN TEH JUNK BOX, BUT OZZIE, MAN. THIS IS A GREAT PHOTO TOO


🚨🚨🚨VINTAGE IN THE JUNK BOX ALERT🚨🚨🚨

YEAAAAH THIS IS WHY I KEEP BUYING BOXES OF CRAP. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CARD IS FUCKIN AWESOME. THE PICTURE, THE BORDER, THE SIGNATURE, THE SWING, ALL THE BANGED UP CORNERS AND EDGES THAT GOT THIS CARD IN THE BOX IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE CASE HIT OF JUNK BOXES


THIS SORT OF LOOKS LIKE AN INSERT BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A SUBSET FROM 1999 UPPER DECK. I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS PLAYER IS BECAUSE I NEEDED THE CARD AND HAVE ALREADY PUT IT AWAY AND I'M NOT DIGGING THROUGH THE BOX TO FIND OUT. WHO WAS GOOD ON THE CARDINALS IN 1998? IT'S PROBABLY HIM


AND THE LEFTOVER JUNK IS JUST THAT, JUNK. IV'E GOT ALL THESE CARDS ALREADY AND NOW I HAVE TO DO SOMETHIGN WITH THEM. WORTH IT JUST FOR THAT PACIFIC CANSECO THOUGH