2009 Topps Ticket to Stardom 14-card pack [$4.99 each / one pack]
182 Gordon Beckham
114 Bronson Arroyo
153 Troy Glaus
170 Russell Martin
81 Joey Votto
29 Francisco Liriano
193 Robinson Cano
37 Kenji Johjima - deckle edges
116 Jorge Posada
147 Hanley Ramirez
35 Felix Hernandez
99 Paul Maholm
80 Scott Rolen
8 Justin Morneau
I wouldn't normally touch this stuff, but was looking for a card fix at a local Target and through the somewhat see-through cello wrapper - I could make out the letters of Chicago White Sox star rookie Gordon Beckham's name, so I bought the pack.
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
2009 Topps Ticket to Stardom 14-card pack
Sunday, May 03, 2009
2003 Donruss Hobby
Pack #1
#83 Troy Percival
#43 P.J. Bevis
#10 Randy Johnson Diamond King subset - from what is listed in the pack, there is a version numbered to 2,500.
#2 of 20 Jim Palmer Donruss Anniversary 1983 insert
#111 Mark Buehrle - gives up a ton of hits because that is the type of pitcher that he is, but has been consistent innings eater, who works quickly and has won a lot of games [not to mention throw a no-hitter and win a World Series].
#130 Wendell McGee
#119 Jim Thome
#190 Kazuhiro Sasaki
#254 Juan Cruz
#235 Byun-Hyun Kim
#268 Ryan Dempster
#365 Kevin Young - I remember him tossing me a ball once coming in from batting practice either in 1996 or 1999.
#385 Reggie Sanders
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Fairfield Baseball Blister Pack Madness - Part 1
Oh, Fairfield. Your inexpensive jumbles of cheap old cards redeem my faith in the hobby. I like getting a random sampling of stuff without having to spend actual money on full packs or boxes. This way, if I find something I particularly like in the mix, I can focus my future collecting dollars on that. Getting five random wax packs is also fun, especially when one of my favorite sets is included.
But first, we turn to stack one. Your face cards in this episode are Edgar Renteria ('04 Skybox LE) and Miguel Tejada ('99 Victory). I'm not a huge fan of Tejada, but I'll take any card featuring an A's player.
These are listed in order first by year, then by set. I'm not going to attempt to go card-by-card here, as it's simply too many cards to do quickly. Also, a note: my scanner likes to crop white borders, so you'll know why some of the pics look funky.
1987 Topps:
16 Pat Clements (Pirates)
16 Pat Clements (Pirates). Is it too much to ask to not give me doubles for my $6.99? Yeah, it probably is.
19 Matt Young (Mariners). "He enjoys handball as a means of relaxation."
75 Ron Darling (Mets). "Ron is co-chairman of New York State Youth Drug Prevention Campaign. He played 2 years of football at Yale while working on Degree in History."
539 Reid Nichols (White Sox)
552 Larry Sheets (Orioles)
559 Lance McCullers (Padres)
564 Larry McWilliams (Pirates)
566 Tim Hulett (White Sox). Damn, those old ChiSox uniforms were odd.
587 Eric Plunk (Athletics). This has to be an RC, even though Beckett doesn't list it as such. Not an auspicious debut for Plunk, who went 4-7 in 1986 with a 5.31 ERA. And yet, "Eric was All-California pitcher in high school."
632 Rob Woodward (Red Sox)
647 Tom Lawless (Cardinals)
1988 Fleer:
299 Jeff Calhoun (Phillies)
1988 Topps:
711 Bill Gullickson (Yankees)
1988 Topps American Baseball (I love this set and I don't know why):
1 Harold Baines (White Sox)
3 George Bell (Blue Jays)
3 George Bell (Blue Jays). Yep, more doubles.
51 Lloyd Moseby (Blue Jays). "Lloyd was nicknamed 'Shaker' in high school."
56 Larry Parrish (Rangers). "Larry is the owner of 50 head of cattle in Florida."
75 Dave Stewart (Athletics). Did you ever see the man pitch? Pure, unmitigated EVIL. Just nasty stuff. Followed up by the closing skills of Dennis Eckersley, this was a combo that made the A's a team to be rightly feared during the late 1980s.
75 Dave Stewart (Athletics). So nice, they gave him to me twice. I'll accept that double.
75 Dave Stewart (Athletics). Okay, now it's getting ridiculous.
75 Dave Stewart (Athletics). Seriously? Four times? Honestly, I like this card, but come on!
81 Andy Van Slyke (Pirates). Fairfield packs seem to be full of Van Slyke cards; this is possibly because he was heavily hyped during the 1980s and then kinda fell off the hobby's map.
1989 Fleer:
366 Craig Reynolds (Astros)
390 Pascual Perez (Expos)
448 Ken Dayley (Cardinals)
1989 Topps:
93 Ken Howell (Dodgers). "Also pitched for Cotuit, champions of 1981 Cape Cod League."
437 Andy Benes "#1 Draft Pick" (Padres). Lots of good rookies in the 1989 Topps set.
761 Dante Bichette (Angels). Rookie issue for one of the original Blake Street Bombers. So this stack is instantly a winner.
3 of 22 Tim Belcher "1988 Rookies" (Dodgers)
14 of 22 Ricky Jordan "1988 Rookies" (Phillies)
16 of 22 Melido Perez "1988 Rookies" (White Sox)
17 of 22 Chris Sabo "1988 Rookies" (Reds)
1990 Score:
159 Bob Welch (Athletics). Welch was 17-8 in 1989 as he helped the A's to their "Earthquake Series" victory that year. Score says that Bob was "strong and durable". I'd agree with that.
1990 Star Lakeland Tigers:
20 Dan Raley (Lakeland Tigers). Having not heard of Raley, I am forced to Wiki him...and I find nothing. Another "interesting" curiosity for my big ol' box of unsorted cards.
1990 Topps:
523 Jay Bell (Pirates). Jay began his MLB career with the Indians, then bumped around the league for quite some time before finally landing with the D-Backs, proving to be a pivotal player in their World Series win against the Yankees in 2001. Though never regarded as an impressive fielder, Bell did earn a Gold Glove in 1993 while still with the Pirates.
1990 Upper Deck:
787 Matt Young (Mariners)
1991 Donruss:
206 Bryan Harvey (Angels)
1991 Fleer Ultra...Football? (Yay! Random football cards!)
127 Gary Plummer (Chargers)
1991 Topps Toys 'R Us Rookies (this kind of set is the reason I even bother with Fairfield packs)
8 Travis Fryman (Tigers)
9 Marquis Grissom (Expos)
21 Chris Nabholz (Expos)
1992 Topps Stadium Club
706 Tony Pena (Red Sox)
1993 Topps:
379 Mike Munoz (Tigers)
1996 Pinnacle:
364 Tim Raines (Yankees)
1996 Score:
192 Roberto Hernandez (White Sox). Score managed to remain relatively consistent with their proven methods throughout the 1990s, while other card brands went nuts with over-amped designs and card backs stuffed with useless filler. Score retained large obverse photos, full statistics, and well-written copy that actually told you something about the player. For instance, Roberto "comes right at batters with an intimidating overhand 95-mph sinking fastball". I miss that kind of quality in a basic product these days.
1999 Upper Deck:
203 Kevin Young (Pirates)
1999 Victory:
282 Miguel Tejada (Athletics)
2004 Skybox Limited Edition:
83 Edgar Renteria (Cardinals). Pictured in a throwback uniform, which is cool. The die-cut design of this set is also nice, but the multi-line border is distracting.
Coming up next: Section 2 of the blister pack. I like to save the wax in the middle for last.
But first, we turn to stack one. Your face cards in this episode are Edgar Renteria ('04 Skybox LE) and Miguel Tejada ('99 Victory). I'm not a huge fan of Tejada, but I'll take any card featuring an A's player.
These are listed in order first by year, then by set. I'm not going to attempt to go card-by-card here, as it's simply too many cards to do quickly. Also, a note: my scanner likes to crop white borders, so you'll know why some of the pics look funky.
16 Pat Clements (Pirates)
16 Pat Clements (Pirates). Is it too much to ask to not give me doubles for my $6.99? Yeah, it probably is.
19 Matt Young (Mariners). "He enjoys handball as a means of relaxation."
75 Ron Darling (Mets). "Ron is co-chairman of New York State Youth Drug Prevention Campaign. He played 2 years of football at Yale while working on Degree in History."
539 Reid Nichols (White Sox)
552 Larry Sheets (Orioles)
559 Lance McCullers (Padres)
564 Larry McWilliams (Pirates)
566 Tim Hulett (White Sox). Damn, those old ChiSox uniforms were odd.
587 Eric Plunk (Athletics). This has to be an RC, even though Beckett doesn't list it as such. Not an auspicious debut for Plunk, who went 4-7 in 1986 with a 5.31 ERA. And yet, "Eric was All-California pitcher in high school."
632 Rob Woodward (Red Sox)
647 Tom Lawless (Cardinals)
1988 Fleer:
299 Jeff Calhoun (Phillies)
1988 Topps:
711 Bill Gullickson (Yankees)
1 Harold Baines (White Sox)
3 George Bell (Blue Jays)
3 George Bell (Blue Jays). Yep, more doubles.
51 Lloyd Moseby (Blue Jays). "Lloyd was nicknamed 'Shaker' in high school."
56 Larry Parrish (Rangers). "Larry is the owner of 50 head of cattle in Florida."
75 Dave Stewart (Athletics). Did you ever see the man pitch? Pure, unmitigated EVIL. Just nasty stuff. Followed up by the closing skills of Dennis Eckersley, this was a combo that made the A's a team to be rightly feared during the late 1980s.
75 Dave Stewart (Athletics). So nice, they gave him to me twice. I'll accept that double.
75 Dave Stewart (Athletics). Okay, now it's getting ridiculous.
75 Dave Stewart (Athletics). Seriously? Four times? Honestly, I like this card, but come on!
81 Andy Van Slyke (Pirates). Fairfield packs seem to be full of Van Slyke cards; this is possibly because he was heavily hyped during the 1980s and then kinda fell off the hobby's map.
1989 Fleer:
366 Craig Reynolds (Astros)
390 Pascual Perez (Expos)
448 Ken Dayley (Cardinals)
93 Ken Howell (Dodgers). "Also pitched for Cotuit, champions of 1981 Cape Cod League."
437 Andy Benes "#1 Draft Pick" (Padres). Lots of good rookies in the 1989 Topps set.
761 Dante Bichette (Angels). Rookie issue for one of the original Blake Street Bombers. So this stack is instantly a winner.
3 of 22 Tim Belcher "1988 Rookies" (Dodgers)
14 of 22 Ricky Jordan "1988 Rookies" (Phillies)
16 of 22 Melido Perez "1988 Rookies" (White Sox)
17 of 22 Chris Sabo "1988 Rookies" (Reds)
159 Bob Welch (Athletics). Welch was 17-8 in 1989 as he helped the A's to their "Earthquake Series" victory that year. Score says that Bob was "strong and durable". I'd agree with that.
20 Dan Raley (Lakeland Tigers). Having not heard of Raley, I am forced to Wiki him...and I find nothing. Another "interesting" curiosity for my big ol' box of unsorted cards.
523 Jay Bell (Pirates). Jay began his MLB career with the Indians, then bumped around the league for quite some time before finally landing with the D-Backs, proving to be a pivotal player in their World Series win against the Yankees in 2001. Though never regarded as an impressive fielder, Bell did earn a Gold Glove in 1993 while still with the Pirates.
1990 Upper Deck:
787 Matt Young (Mariners)
1991 Donruss:
206 Bryan Harvey (Angels)
1991 Fleer Ultra...Football? (Yay! Random football cards!)
127 Gary Plummer (Chargers)
8 Travis Fryman (Tigers)
9 Marquis Grissom (Expos)
21 Chris Nabholz (Expos)
1992 Topps Stadium Club
706 Tony Pena (Red Sox)
1993 Topps:
379 Mike Munoz (Tigers)
1996 Pinnacle:
364 Tim Raines (Yankees)
192 Roberto Hernandez (White Sox). Score managed to remain relatively consistent with their proven methods throughout the 1990s, while other card brands went nuts with over-amped designs and card backs stuffed with useless filler. Score retained large obverse photos, full statistics, and well-written copy that actually told you something about the player. For instance, Roberto "comes right at batters with an intimidating overhand 95-mph sinking fastball". I miss that kind of quality in a basic product these days.
1999 Upper Deck:
203 Kevin Young (Pirates)
1999 Victory:
282 Miguel Tejada (Athletics)
2004 Skybox Limited Edition:
83 Edgar Renteria (Cardinals). Pictured in a throwback uniform, which is cool. The die-cut design of this set is also nice, but the multi-line border is distracting.
Coming up next: Section 2 of the blister pack. I like to save the wax in the middle for last.
2008 Topps Allen & Ginter
My first post on APAD! Thanks to Ben for letting me in - I've been an on-and-off baseball card collector since the early 1990s (after the A's won the Series and the Rockies came to town), and now I'm back in again.
Generally, my tastes run toward the cheap and overproduced cards of the 1980s and early 1990s, since I like to try and build base sets. Unless they're really special, insert cards have never held much interest for me. This could possibly be because I have horrible luck in pulling them...
...but I digress. Let's move on to the topic at hand: New cards that look like old ones! I've been a fan of the concept since Topps and Bowman went crazy with their 2001 Heritage releases - I love the audacity of using black-and-white photos and rough brown card stock on a brand new set of cards. (Also, gum that isn't brittle is a bonus.) Not all "old-school" releases have worked quite as well - Fleer Tradition, I'm looking at you - but the idea is still sound.
Normally, I'm not a fan of any pack that costs $2.99, but I had to satisfy my curiosity about the new Topps Allen & Ginter set. Let's see what happens.
4 - Roy Halladay (Blue Jays). Well, the design of the cards is certainly clean - other than the typefaces and the nigh-unreadable obverse layout, however, it doesn't seem particularly vintage. (Then again, I guess printing such expensive cards on lower-quality stock wouldn't make much sense.) The back tells me that Roy is a resident of Arvada, Colorado - always nice to see a fellow Coloradan in the big leagues.
258 - Eric Chavez (Athletics). A quality A's player, something I appreciate. It would have been more appropriate to this set to put him in a Philly A's uniform, but that's asking too much.
152 - Lyle Overbay (Blue Jays). Two Jays in a pack of six cards. Meh. This one also came with its very own dented corner - nice quality control, fellas.
316 - Ervin Santana (Angels)
(mini) 16 - Hiroki Kuroda "Rookie Card" (Dodgers)
US38 - Ken Griffey Jr. "Pennsylvania" (Reds). Good for thickening up a three-buck pack, but not much else unless you're a big fan of the Pennsy state flag. Exactly the kind of lame insert card I despise. The back tells me, in regal tones, that Griff was born in Donora exactly 49 years to the day after Stan Musial. Also, now that Junior is playing in South Chicago, this card has become instantly outdated. (Adding insult to injury, this is another card from the pack with a dent on its lower edge.)
208 - Bruce Jenner (Olympian). Now this I like - the occasional non-baseball sports star in a pack of cards. If nothing else, I hope this concept gets more play in the future.
Final thoughts (after the obligatory David Wright promo card): Unless I find it cheaply at some point in the future, I probably won't be tempted to delve further into the set.
More to come - I also picked up one of Fairfield's boxes-o-randomness on the same trip to Target, so look out for that.
Generally, my tastes run toward the cheap and overproduced cards of the 1980s and early 1990s, since I like to try and build base sets. Unless they're really special, insert cards have never held much interest for me. This could possibly be because I have horrible luck in pulling them...
...but I digress. Let's move on to the topic at hand: New cards that look like old ones! I've been a fan of the concept since Topps and Bowman went crazy with their 2001 Heritage releases - I love the audacity of using black-and-white photos and rough brown card stock on a brand new set of cards. (Also, gum that isn't brittle is a bonus.) Not all "old-school" releases have worked quite as well - Fleer Tradition, I'm looking at you - but the idea is still sound.
Normally, I'm not a fan of any pack that costs $2.99, but I had to satisfy my curiosity about the new Topps Allen & Ginter set. Let's see what happens.
4 - Roy Halladay (Blue Jays). Well, the design of the cards is certainly clean - other than the typefaces and the nigh-unreadable obverse layout, however, it doesn't seem particularly vintage. (Then again, I guess printing such expensive cards on lower-quality stock wouldn't make much sense.) The back tells me that Roy is a resident of Arvada, Colorado - always nice to see a fellow Coloradan in the big leagues.
258 - Eric Chavez (Athletics). A quality A's player, something I appreciate. It would have been more appropriate to this set to put him in a Philly A's uniform, but that's asking too much.
152 - Lyle Overbay (Blue Jays). Two Jays in a pack of six cards. Meh. This one also came with its very own dented corner - nice quality control, fellas.
316 - Ervin Santana (Angels)
(mini) 16 - Hiroki Kuroda "Rookie Card" (Dodgers)
US38 - Ken Griffey Jr. "Pennsylvania" (Reds). Good for thickening up a three-buck pack, but not much else unless you're a big fan of the Pennsy state flag. Exactly the kind of lame insert card I despise. The back tells me, in regal tones, that Griff was born in Donora exactly 49 years to the day after Stan Musial. Also, now that Junior is playing in South Chicago, this card has become instantly outdated. (Adding insult to injury, this is another card from the pack with a dent on its lower edge.)
208 - Bruce Jenner (Olympian). Now this I like - the occasional non-baseball sports star in a pack of cards. If nothing else, I hope this concept gets more play in the future.
Final thoughts (after the obligatory David Wright promo card): Unless I find it cheaply at some point in the future, I probably won't be tempted to delve further into the set.
More to come - I also picked up one of Fairfield's boxes-o-randomness on the same trip to Target, so look out for that.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Topps Heritage Pack-Akkake! Target Blaster, Packs #6 & #7 (AND #8)
Wait, what's this? An eighth pack of Topps Heritage in a seven-pack Target Blaster? SCORE!!!
Pack #6
Base: P. Hughes, A. Ramirez, L. Milledge, F. Garcia, R. Sexson, R. Zimmerman
Variations: D. Lee, D. Willis
Pack #7
Base: R. Hill, J. Damon, A. Cook, J. Fogg, Y. Gallardo, F. Thomas (SP)
Variations: J-Roll, M. Ordonez
Pack #8
Base: Young & Zimmerman, O. Cabrera, B. Zito, D. Roberts, Delmon Young, Delwyn Young, K. Suzuki, J. Bartlett
What are the odds of getting a Delmon Young and a Delwyn Young in the same pack?
Blaster Stats
Base Cards: 54 (3 SPs)
Variations: 8
Parallels: NONE
Inserts: 1 Frank Robinson Baseball Flashback, 1 Antarctica News Flashback
Autogamers: NONE
Pack #6
Base: P. Hughes, A. Ramirez, L. Milledge, F. Garcia, R. Sexson, R. Zimmerman
Variations: D. Lee, D. Willis
Pack #7
Base: R. Hill, J. Damon, A. Cook, J. Fogg, Y. Gallardo, F. Thomas (SP)
Variations: J-Roll, M. Ordonez
Pack #8
Base: Young & Zimmerman, O. Cabrera, B. Zito, D. Roberts, Delmon Young, Delwyn Young, K. Suzuki, J. Bartlett
What are the odds of getting a Delmon Young and a Delwyn Young in the same pack?
Blaster Stats
Base Cards: 54 (3 SPs)
Variations: 8
Parallels: NONE
Inserts: 1 Frank Robinson Baseball Flashback, 1 Antarctica News Flashback
Autogamers: NONE
Monday, March 24, 2008
Topps Heritage Pack-Akkake! Target Blaster, Packs #4 & #5
Pack #4
Base: S. Marshall, F. Hernandez, J. Werth, N. Morgan RC, J. Reyes, Maine & Randolph, D. McGowan
Variation: S. Stewart
Pack #5
Base: T. Hudson, J. Bergmann, K. Greene, P. Fielder, C. Monroe, J. Estrada, J. Logo (SP)
Variation: T. Gwynn, Jr.
This is the fourth Blaster box of Topps Heritage I've thus far ripped. Add that to the Hobby box I ripped a few weeks ago, and I've opened 52 packs of '08TH.
In those 52 packs I've now received three Shannon Stewart black-back variations.
I've yet to pull a Shannon Stewart base card.
Base: S. Marshall, F. Hernandez, J. Werth, N. Morgan RC, J. Reyes, Maine & Randolph, D. McGowan
Variation: S. Stewart
Pack #5
Base: T. Hudson, J. Bergmann, K. Greene, P. Fielder, C. Monroe, J. Estrada, J. Logo (SP)
Variation: T. Gwynn, Jr.
This is the fourth Blaster box of Topps Heritage I've thus far ripped. Add that to the Hobby box I ripped a few weeks ago, and I've opened 52 packs of '08TH.
In those 52 packs I've now received three Shannon Stewart black-back variations.
I've yet to pull a Shannon Stewart base card.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Topps Heritage Pack-Akkake! Target Blaster, Packs #2 & #3
Pack #2
Base: J. Beckett, J. Cust, S. Smith RC, Dice-K & Beckett, Lofton Baseball Thrill, R. Wolf, K. Lohse (SP)
Variation: H. Kendrick
Pack #3
Base: V. Guerrero, J. Posada, J. Weaver, A. Harang, H. Blalock, C. Crawford, C. Duffy
Insert: Antarctica News Flashback (1:12)
I never thought I'd say this, but if I had to pull a baseball card of an inanimate object, I'm glad it was a mountain in the Antarctic -- as opposed to a guitar or a windmill.
OBTW, I already pulled this card.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Topps Heritage Pack-Akkake! Target Blaster, Pack #1 & Bonus Pack
Because you just can't get enough of 2008 Topps Heritage, here's another Blaster box. This one's from Target.
Bonus Pack: M. Holliday, C-L Hu, Ichiro, W. Balentien
These T-205 cards are the same as the ones that were exclusive to Topps series one Target Blasters. The only difference being the size of the cards. The Topps cards were 2.5" X 3.5", whereas these are T-205 sized.
Pack #1
Base: L. Hernandez, B. Myers, B. Roberts, I. Kinsler, R. Johnson, F. Gutierrez
Variation: J. Jennings
Insert: Frank Robinson Baseball Flashbacks (1:12)
The only card in this pack I need is the Jason Jennings black-back. (Trade anyone?)
The format's the same as the Wal-Mart Blasters, but the "BONUS PACK" contains four T-205 mini cards. Speaking of which:
Bonus Pack: M. Holliday, C-L Hu, Ichiro, W. Balentien
These T-205 cards are the same as the ones that were exclusive to Topps series one Target Blasters. The only difference being the size of the cards. The Topps cards were 2.5" X 3.5", whereas these are T-205 sized.
Pack #1
Base: L. Hernandez, B. Myers, B. Roberts, I. Kinsler, R. Johnson, F. Gutierrez
Variation: J. Jennings
Insert: Frank Robinson Baseball Flashbacks (1:12)
The only card in this pack I need is the Jason Jennings black-back. (Trade anyone?)
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Dueling Blasters: 2008 Topps Heritage Target Blaster
Looks like Kevin and Chris and I all found our blasters at the same time... Here's the Target counterpoint to his Wal-Mart box. Quick, someone go out and get a K-Mart blaster tonight so by the end of the week everyone will be completely sick and tired of Heritage forever!
Bonus pack:
HTCP5 Alex Rodriguez
HTCP2 Clay Buchholz
HTCP9 Joba Chamberlain
HTCP3 Matt Holliday
Joba: Aw geez. Not Clay again.
Clay: HAY GUISE WHATS GOIN ON IN THIS BOX
Matt: (to Joba) Let's ditch this guy and go check out Thorzul's Juicy Honey collection.
Joba: Right. Hey Clay, look! Over there! It's a 2006 Allen & Ginter Jennie Finch card!
Clay: WOOHOO HAY JENY
(Joba and Matt ditch Clay)
Clay: LOL WHUT
SCENE 2: At Thorzul's house
Matt: Hey ladies... The shoulda been NL MVP is here, let's get this party starte- A-Rod???
Alex: Too late fellas, The actual MVP is here and the honeys are already taken.
Joba: Awww, man!
Alex: Heh heh... Too bad, suckers!
Heavily censored Juicy Honey: Actually, I'm only modeling so I can pay my tuition at University. I'm working on my PHD in Biogenetics.
Alex: Yeah baby, you know lots of big words.
Heavily censored Juicy Honey: You're an ass.
Pack 1:
151 Sammy Sosa
199 Russell Martin
410 Mark Buehrle
258 BJ Upton
68 Derek Jeter
358 Hideki Okajima
394 Ryan Spilborghs
481 Derrek Lee All-Star SP
EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to complaints, the part of "Juicy Honey" will now be played by a pack of Hamtaro cards.
Really Heavily censored Juicy Honey: Forget you, Alex. I'm going dancing with Derek.
Derek: (holds up four fingers and smiles at Alex)
Alex: Awww maaaaan.
Derek: So tell me more about recombinant DNA, baby.
Really Heavily censored Juicy Honey: Oh Derek, you're so dreamy...
(Derek and Juicy Honey exit)
Joba: Nice work, you tool.
Matt: Dork.
(Alex blames Scott Boras)
Clay: HAY GUISE I GOT A BJ
Melvin: Howdy.
(with apologies to The Dugout)
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Fairfield Guaranteed Memorabilia Pack
As being a part of this blog has already made me do on earlier occasions, I found myself buying something I normally wouldn't buy for the sake of ripping it open and posting it here. And as a sane, rational human being, I realize that what I would most likely pull from a Target Fairfield box like this won't be that great. Take the box cover for instance:
Looks to me like I've got a chance of pulling a game-used Mantle, a Jose Reyes autograph, a game-used David Wright, or a Jackie Robinson swatch.
Let's tear in.
Hmmm, looks like I get to open a little more stuff. The memorabilia card is in an envelope, and I got a pack each of 2004 and 2005 Topps baseball, both series 2.
Let's not eff around here...I'm going for the good stuff first.
But before we get any further, I need to point out my realization that, if cropped effectively, the skin of my hand can be made to look positively pornorific.
Oh. Great. Sammy Sosa.
I'll try to contain my excitement
Why? Why a stinking, dirty Cub? And a cheater at that? Why did I get a card with a built-in glue stain?
For those of you counting at home, this is a 2003 Fleer Platinum Scouting Report, #030/250.
How come it doesn't say, "Uses steroids" underneath attributes? This thing will be on eBay within a matter of hours, unless someone wants to offer something better in trade.
Oh, and here's the other packs.
2004
439 Darrell May
697 Bengie Molina Gold Glove Award
409 Paul Wilson
686 Ryan Wagner Draft Pick
394 Chris Woodward
2005
569 Willie Harris
663 Mariners Team
BB101 Barry Bonds Home Run History #101
552 Jeff Cirillo
652 Dodgers Team
692 Dodgers Prospects Chad Billingsley/Joel Guzman
Don't buy these things, people.
Looks to me like I've got a chance of pulling a game-used Mantle, a Jose Reyes autograph, a game-used David Wright, or a Jackie Robinson swatch.
Let's tear in.
Hmmm, looks like I get to open a little more stuff. The memorabilia card is in an envelope, and I got a pack each of 2004 and 2005 Topps baseball, both series 2.
Let's not eff around here...I'm going for the good stuff first.
But before we get any further, I need to point out my realization that, if cropped effectively, the skin of my hand can be made to look positively pornorific.
Oh. Great. Sammy Sosa.
I'll try to contain my excitement
Why? Why a stinking, dirty Cub? And a cheater at that? Why did I get a card with a built-in glue stain?
For those of you counting at home, this is a 2003 Fleer Platinum Scouting Report, #030/250.
How come it doesn't say, "Uses steroids" underneath attributes? This thing will be on eBay within a matter of hours, unless someone wants to offer something better in trade.
Oh, and here's the other packs.
2004
439 Darrell May
697 Bengie Molina Gold Glove Award
409 Paul Wilson
686 Ryan Wagner Draft Pick
394 Chris Woodward
2005
569 Willie Harris
663 Mariners Team
BB101 Barry Bonds Home Run History #101
552 Jeff Cirillo
652 Dodgers Team
692 Dodgers Prospects Chad Billingsley/Joel Guzman
Don't buy these things, people.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Target Value Pack (One Memorabilia Card, One Pack, and 25 Cards)
I'll follow the lead of dayf by posting my opening of one of those "Value Packs" that promises one memorabilia card. I've been running into some pretty sour luck lately opening loose old packs that Target scoops up, so I figured, "Hey, at least I'll get one good card, right?" My hopes for the game-used card are not high. Let's just say that it probably won't be a Hall of Famer.
This is one of those situations where I've ended up buying something I normally wouldn't buy, if not for the blog. Like I have done before, I am recruiting some help for this lovely item. Guards, bring in the pack!
Well, they do a good job of doing as they're told, but these guys don't have too much to say. Basically they're following the directive of this guy:
Grand Moff Tarkin! (Out of focus like a mug!) But he doesn't have one of those hovering droids that are used to give people shots with giant needles. And he doesn't seem the type to like getting his hands dirty. He has a trusty blaster at his side, but that will damage the cards. What will he do?
Ahhh, he seems to have a captive. It's the Beast. We might be mixing mythologies here, but who cares? When this captive X-Man was being brought to the opening area, someone was heard to remark, "Where are you going with this...thing?"
Well, at least he has a giant hand, good to rip this blister pack open, albeit at gunpoint.
It also looks like these guards are not fronting on maintaining the integrity of these cards. Word on the street is that they are planning on sending something off to BGS to get graded one this mission is completed.
The Beast has done his job. Lucky for the Moff, the good people at Fairfield (the guys who chose 25 crappy cards to include in this package) were kind enough to include an entrance ramp to help with the extraction of the cards.
When Beast sees the stinker of a promised memorabilia card, he suggests getting the heck out of there. Grand Moff Tarkin, however, holds steadfast: "Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you underestimate its quality."
Not quite, Tarkin. I don't think I could have pulled a poorer card from this pack. Plus, one of its corners is all shot to hell. Let's see what else is in here.
Let's allow Beast to tear in.
Top to Bottom:
2005 Fleer Rookies Classic Clippings #116 Ryan Rabrun
1994 The Sporting News Conlon Collection #1155 Sammy Hale
2004 Upper Deck #39 Miguel Tejada
1991 Upper Deck #507 Dana Kiecker
1989 Fleer #509 Melido Perez
1989 Topps #623 Fred Toliver
2007 Topps #CHC11 Derrek Lee
2007 Topps #CHC12 Mark DeRosa
2007 Topps #MIN6 Boof Bonser
1987 Topps #324 Dave Palmer
2007 Fleer #56 Jarrod Washburn
2007 Topps #CHC10 Mark Prior
2006 Upper Deck #152 Travis Hafner
2007 Fleer #211 Hanley Ramirez
2007 Fleer #154 Geoff Jenkins
1978 Topps #256 Joe Altobelli
1987 Fleer Update #U-99 Luis Polonia
2007 Fleer #244 Cliff Lee
2007 Topps #CHC4 Jacque Jones
2003 Donruss #315 Ruben Quevedo
2007 Fleer Ultra #74 Brad Lidge
1986 Fleer Update #U-41 Scott Fletcher
2006 Fleer #416 Chad Billingsley
1986 Fleer Update #U-75 Joel McKeon
2007 Topps #NYM2 Jose Reyes
2006 Bazooka Rewind #BR-JB Jason Botts (Game-Used Bat)
Not great, but I expected as much. As a Brewers fan, I'll keep the Jenkins. Maybe the Toliver will help me complete my 1989 Topps set. A Melido Perez is always an added bonus. I'm surprised that something as old as the Altobelli manager card snuck into this thing. And to top it off, I must be receiving my punishment for being so hard on the Cubs as I received four of what must be their team-set cards.
If anyone's interested in a trade, everything but the Jenkins, Toliver, Altobelli, and the Botts bat card (Jason Botts Every-Flavor Bats?) are on the table. You can get in touch with me at bill13boehm@yahoo.com. I'll take anything interesting in trade, not limited to cards.
Oh, and there's the 2004 Upper Deck First Pitch pack, too:
143 Andruw Jones
44 Barry Zito
58 Rocco Baldelli
5 Miguel Cabrera Star Rookies
27 Mark Teixeira Star Rookies
Spell and Win Letter C
Wow, vast improvement. I'll hold onto Cabrera and Teixeira. Pretty nice cards. If you're interested in Jones, Zito, and Baldelli, those are on the trading block as well.
This is one of those situations where I've ended up buying something I normally wouldn't buy, if not for the blog. Like I have done before, I am recruiting some help for this lovely item. Guards, bring in the pack!
Well, they do a good job of doing as they're told, but these guys don't have too much to say. Basically they're following the directive of this guy:
Grand Moff Tarkin! (Out of focus like a mug!) But he doesn't have one of those hovering droids that are used to give people shots with giant needles. And he doesn't seem the type to like getting his hands dirty. He has a trusty blaster at his side, but that will damage the cards. What will he do?
Ahhh, he seems to have a captive. It's the Beast. We might be mixing mythologies here, but who cares? When this captive X-Man was being brought to the opening area, someone was heard to remark, "Where are you going with this...thing?"
Well, at least he has a giant hand, good to rip this blister pack open, albeit at gunpoint.
It also looks like these guards are not fronting on maintaining the integrity of these cards. Word on the street is that they are planning on sending something off to BGS to get graded one this mission is completed.
The Beast has done his job. Lucky for the Moff, the good people at Fairfield (the guys who chose 25 crappy cards to include in this package) were kind enough to include an entrance ramp to help with the extraction of the cards.
When Beast sees the stinker of a promised memorabilia card, he suggests getting the heck out of there. Grand Moff Tarkin, however, holds steadfast: "Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you underestimate its quality."
Not quite, Tarkin. I don't think I could have pulled a poorer card from this pack. Plus, one of its corners is all shot to hell. Let's see what else is in here.
Let's allow Beast to tear in.
Top to Bottom:
2005 Fleer Rookies Classic Clippings #116 Ryan Rabrun
1994 The Sporting News Conlon Collection #1155 Sammy Hale
2004 Upper Deck #39 Miguel Tejada
1991 Upper Deck #507 Dana Kiecker
1989 Fleer #509 Melido Perez
1989 Topps #623 Fred Toliver
2007 Topps #CHC11 Derrek Lee
2007 Topps #CHC12 Mark DeRosa
2007 Topps #MIN6 Boof Bonser
1987 Topps #324 Dave Palmer
2007 Fleer #56 Jarrod Washburn
2007 Topps #CHC10 Mark Prior
2006 Upper Deck #152 Travis Hafner
2007 Fleer #211 Hanley Ramirez
2007 Fleer #154 Geoff Jenkins
1978 Topps #256 Joe Altobelli
1987 Fleer Update #U-99 Luis Polonia
2007 Fleer #244 Cliff Lee
2007 Topps #CHC4 Jacque Jones
2003 Donruss #315 Ruben Quevedo
2007 Fleer Ultra #74 Brad Lidge
1986 Fleer Update #U-41 Scott Fletcher
2006 Fleer #416 Chad Billingsley
1986 Fleer Update #U-75 Joel McKeon
2007 Topps #NYM2 Jose Reyes
2006 Bazooka Rewind #BR-JB Jason Botts (Game-Used Bat)
Not great, but I expected as much. As a Brewers fan, I'll keep the Jenkins. Maybe the Toliver will help me complete my 1989 Topps set. A Melido Perez is always an added bonus. I'm surprised that something as old as the Altobelli manager card snuck into this thing. And to top it off, I must be receiving my punishment for being so hard on the Cubs as I received four of what must be their team-set cards.
If anyone's interested in a trade, everything but the Jenkins, Toliver, Altobelli, and the Botts bat card (Jason Botts Every-Flavor Bats?) are on the table. You can get in touch with me at bill13boehm@yahoo.com. I'll take anything interesting in trade, not limited to cards.
Oh, and there's the 2004 Upper Deck First Pitch pack, too:
143 Andruw Jones
44 Barry Zito
58 Rocco Baldelli
5 Miguel Cabrera Star Rookies
27 Mark Teixeira Star Rookies
Spell and Win Letter C
Wow, vast improvement. I'll hold onto Cabrera and Teixeira. Pretty nice cards. If you're interested in Jones, Zito, and Baldelli, those are on the trading block as well.
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