A year ago, you may remember that Topps pushed back the release date for Allen & Ginter to August because some skateboarder broke his arm and couldn't sign all of those cards by the deadline this is a true story stop looking at me so oddly. I am still paying for this decision. August is a wretched month full of bills and no money. And because of that I still haven't completed 2013 A&G and don't know when I will. This year, Topps returned A&G's release to July -- a month that is reserved for frivolous things like buying cards -- and because of this I found and bought a blaster three days after the release date. This is the way it should be. Topps, take note. Also, because I'm still 34 cards short of my goal to complete A&G for a sixth straight year, I grabbed one of these: If, nothing else, it would get me some minis for the binder. Here are some of those very fine minis: Unfortunately, I struck out on my reason for buying the bla...
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