TIME FOR MORE ABANDONED CHEAP-BUT-NOT-QUITE-DIME-BOX-CHEAP CARDS. THIS TIME WE'VE GOT PLAYERS FROM THE J SECTION OF THE BOX. THERE WEREN'T AS MANY OF THESE AS I EXPECTED, NAMES STARTING WITH J ARE PRETTY COMMON
I have no idea how to create pages but I'll figure it out eventually godammit
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTAR - PART 19: 50 CENT REJECTS - J
Monday, March 25, 2024
2024 ONLINE BLASTER - PART 6: MOAR CHAOS
OOPS! TWO WEEK HIATUS DUE TO RUNNING OUT OF BUFFER DRAFT POSTS AND AN UNEXPECTED CASE THE OF BRAINSNAKES. I NEED A NICE, EASY CHAOS POST TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING GETS POSTED THIS WEEK. HOORAY! HERE'S THAT POST!
2019 TOPPS CHROME JOSH ROGERS AUTOGRAPH
AS A LONG SUFFERING GEORGIA SPORTS FAN THERE ARE FIVE MOMENTS OF JOY PERMANANTLY ETECHED IN MY BRAIN:
SID SLID
GRISSOM CATCHING THE FINAL OUT IN 1995
TRAE SHUSHING MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
JORGE SOLER MASHING A HOME RUN OVER THE TRAIN
KELEE RINGO'S INTERCEPTION
A SHINY BOWMAN U CARD OF THE GUY WHO MADE KIRBY SMART JUMP FOUR FEET IN THE AIR WAS A NO-BRAINER EVEN THOUGH IT'S PRINGLED LIKE A 2010 CHROME CARD AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTO. THE TOP LOADER IT'S IN NOW SOLVES THAT AND THE CARD LOOKS GREAT
UP NEXT: WHO KNOWS? PROBABLY MORE VIBES
Friday, March 22, 2024
2023 COMC BINGE - PART 7: GLORIOUS GLOSSIES
RACK PACK GLOSSY ALL-STARS WERE THE FIRST REAL INSERT CARDS I PULLED FROM PACKS AND I'VE BEEN OBSESSED WITH THEM FOR A WHILE. I GUESS DONRUSS PUZZLE PIECES AND STICKER CARDS WERE TECHNICALLY THE VERY FIRST INSERTS I CAME ACROSS BUT THOSE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE INSERTS. THESE WERE THE FIRST CARDS I CAME ACROSS THAT HAD THAT SPECIAL SHINY FEEL. I FOUND THE TOUGH 1991 MAIL-IN GLOSSY ALL STAR SET AT AN ANTIQUE MALL LAST YEAR SO I AM NOW IN THE STRETCH RUN ON COMPLETING THE ENTIRE SERIES. HERE'S TWO MORE SETS CHECKED OFF THE LIST
1985 TOPPS CAL RIPKEN JR. GLOSSY ALL STAR
ONCE AGAIN WE GET A MANAGER AND THIS COMPLETE PAGE'S UNDERRATED ALL-STAR IS JACK CLARK. ANOTHER GUY WHO PLAYED IN THE 70S WHO DIDN'T HAVE EYE-POPPING STATS OTHER THAN HIS 35 HOMER SEASON IN 87 BUT WAS WAY BETTER THAN WE REMEMBER. HERE'S A FUN GAME: RANK CHET LEMON, JACK CLARK AND DARRYL STRAWBERRY BY WAR AND THEN GO CHECK THEIR STATS AND SEE HOW YOU DID.
I NOW AM DOWN TO NEEDING FIVE CARDS TO COMPLETE THE RUN AND THE ONLY HALL OF FAMER IS KIRBY PUCKETT. NO WAIT, TED SIMMONS IS IN THE HALL NOW TOO. TEDDY HIGUERA IS NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME, I'M SURE OF THAT. I COULD KNOCK THEM ALL OUT CHEAP ONLINE RIGHT NOW BUT I STILL HAVE A DREAM OF FINDING A RACK PACK WITH A CARD I NEED ON THE FRONT. YOU CAN'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS!
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
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
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
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
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