2025 Playoff Preferences

 9 MONTHS IS A GOOD BREAK I THINK

YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, THE PLAYOFFS ARE HERE AND I FEEL COMPELLED TO RANK MY PREFERRED TEAMS FROM "ROOTING FOR EM ALL THE WAY" TO "I'D RATHER GET A ROOT CANAL". WHAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE IS ONE OF THESE POSTS WITHOUT THE BRAVES ON TOP. WITH ALL THE STRESS GOING AROUND MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD THING?? AT ANY RATE WE GOT SOME NEW TEAMS, LET'S GOOOO

Milwaukee Brewers

1976 Topps Darrell Porter - blue dots variation

GHOST UECKER SHALL LEAD THE BREW CREW TO THE SERIES. NEW PILOTS MAKE IT TO THE BIG DANCE. MASSIVE CELEBRATORY DRINKING IN WISCONSIN, EVEN MORE THAN USUAL. OR MORE LIKELY THE WINNER OF THE 84 NLCS REMATCH GETS HOT AND KNOCKS EM OUT RIGHT AWAY. RIGHT THIS MOMENT THERE IS STILL HOPE SO I SHALL DREAM OF NICE THINGS

Seattle Mariners

1989 Donruss Ken Griffey Jr.

I REALLY REALLY NEED BIG DUMPER IN THE WORLD SERIES. JUST THE MARINERS THERE AT ALL. GOOD LORD I NEED SOMETHING DECENT TO HAPPEN IN THIS ROTTEN WORLD. JUST ONE NICE THING THIS YEAR. PLEASE UNIVERSE, I BEG YOU. ALL THE COOL KIDS WANT THAT BREWERS - MARINERS SERIES. OF COURSE I'VE JUST CURSED BOTH FRANCHISES EVEN MORE THAN THEY WERE ALREADY CURSED, BUT THEY CAN'T GET BOUNCED IN THE WILDCARD AT LEAST

Chicago Cubs

1954 Red Heart Dee Fondy

I FREELY ADMIT THE CUBS ARE TOO HIGH ON THIS LIST. THEY'VE WON A RING IN THE  PAST DECADE AND DANSBY GETTING A SECOND CHIP WOULD MAKE ME NAUSEOUS. I'M MENTALLY STUCK IN THE 80S THOUGH AND THEY'RE STILL LOVABLE LOSERS IN MY MIND. PLUS THEIR PITCHING STAFF SINGLE HANDEDLY DRAGGED MY ASS TO A THIRD PLACE FINISH IN MY FANTASY LEAGUE SO I'M FEELING SOME GOOD VIBES TOWARD THEM RIGHT NOW. GET NICO HOERNER A RING

Cincinnati Reds

2006 Cracker Jack Ballpark Legends II Johnny Bench

I'M STUCK IN THE 80S BUT THEY WON IN 1990 SO IT DOESN'T REGISTER WITH ME. THE'VE BEEN SO CRUMMY ALL CENTURY I'M JUST HAPPY THEY'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS AT ALL. ESPECIALLY WITH WHO GOT LEFT OUT. REDS IN THE WORLD SERIES WOULD BE OBJECTIVELY HILARIOUS, BUT IF THEY WIN THE THING THEY BETTER VOTE JOEY VOTTO  A WORLD SERIES SHARE

Cleveland Guardians

1987 M&M's Star Lineup Joe Carter

JOSE RAMIREZ WOULD BE SO FUN TO WATCH IN A SERIES. HONESTLY I'D BE SUPER HAPPY IF ANYONE IN THE TOP SIX WON THE PENNANT. CLEVELAND DESERVES IT JUST FOR THE NAME CHANGE. PLUS THEY HAVEN'T WON ONE IN A BILLION YEARS AND I ROOT FOR UNDERDOGS. THERE'S JUST A WHOLE LOT OF UNDERDOGS IN IT THIS YEAR

Detroit Tigers

1968 Topps Game Al Kaline

THEY TRIED TO BLOW IT BUT THEY DIDN'T. THE TIGERS GOT A GOOD TEAM WHEN THEY DON'T SUCK. IT'S A NEW SEASON NOW SO MAYBE THEY'LL GO BACK TO BEING THE FIRST HALF TIGERS. I'M NOT SUPER HAPPY MY TOP THREE AL TEAMS ARE ALL IN THE SAME BRACKET BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE THERE IS GUARANTEED TO BE A TEAM I LIKE IN THE ALCS. PLAYING A HORRIBLE EVIL BASTARD TEAM THAT MAKES ME SAD

Philadelphia Phillies

1981 Topps Coca-Cola Phillies Pack with Mike Schmidt on the back

ANOTHER TEAM THAT IS WAY TOO DAMN HIGH ON THIS LIST. TREA TURNER DON'T NEED NO MORE RINGS. HOWEVER, YOU CAN DO A HELL OF A LOT WORSE THAN SEEING BRUCE HOOPER IN THE WORLD SERIES. PHILLY COULD BRING A LOT OF CHAOS TO OCTOBER AND I'M OK WITH THAT. HAIL ERIS AND THE PHILLIE PHANATIC

San Diego Padres

1991 Score Tony Gwynn All-Star

I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY'RE NOT HIGHER?? THEY'VE NEVER WON A DAMN THING, SAN DIEGO'S SPORTS CURSE MAKES CLEVELAND LOOK LIKE THE YANKEES AND THEY'VE GOT SOME FUN PLAYERS. HOW ARE THEY NOT ON THE UNDERDOG SIDE OF THE RANKINGS? MAYBE I JUST FORGOT ABOUT THEM. MAYBE I COULDN'T FIND A NEAT PADRES ODDBALL CARD IN THE BOX I RAIDED FOR PICTURES TO ADD TO THE POST. I'M TOTALLY COOL WITH THEM WINNING THE PENNANT, I'M JUST COOLER WITH SOME OTHER TEAMS BEATING THEM. JUSTICE FOR YU DARVISH THOUGH

Toronto Blue Jays

1991 Starting Lineup Kelly Gruber

ANOTHER TEAM THAT SHOULD BE AT LEAST TWO SLOTS HIGHER. AN ACTUAL FUN TEAM WITH SOME GREAT PLAYERS! ANOTHER UNDERDOG FRANCHISE! THEY ACTUALLY BEAT THE FUCKIN YANKEES! ON THE OTHER HAND I'M SALTY THAT GAUSMAN DIDN'T PITCH LIKE THAT FOR THE BRAVES AND I'M NOT PLEASED WITH ONE OF THEIR WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES. I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THEM IN THE SERIES BUT I'LL BE THE BIGGEST BLUE JAYS FAN IN THE ALDS

Los Angeles Dodgers

1966 Topps Rub-Offs John Roseboro

BIIIIG DROP OFF HERE. SHOHEI SCHMOEHEI, THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A DECADE IS OBNOXIOUS. THEY CAN WIN ANOTHER ONE IN 2032, GIVE SOMEONE ELSE A CHANCE. AS MY LEAST FAVORITE NL TEAM, THEY'RE A DEAD BOLT LOCK TO WIN THE PENNANT. GET THOSE WAGERS IN NOW KIDS

Boston Red Sox

1953 Bowman Tom Brewer

EVER SINCE THEY DISPELLED THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO I'VE HAD NO USE FOR THIS FRANCHISE. HOW THE HECK DID THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS ANYWAY AFTER ALL THE UNNECESSARY DEVERS DRAMA. AT LEAST THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD AT BEATING THE YANKEES

New York Yankees

1956 Topps Irv Noren (altered)

YUCK THE FANKEES. BASTARD JUDGE IS GONNA STEAL RALEIGH'S MVP AND THE DAMN YANKEES WILL BULLSHIT THEIR WAY TO THE SERIES. I DON'T WANNA HEAR THE NUMBER 28 IN MY LIFETIME. BOOOO HISSSS BLECCCCCH. I CAN'T EVEN ROOT FOR MAX, WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU SIGN WITH THE DODGERS LIKE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO

YOU MADE FREDDIE SAD MAX

THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST WORLD SERIES FOR A WHILE, I HOPE IT'S A GOOD ONE (but we all know it'll be the goddamn dodgers and yankees again)

Dodgers over Yanks in Seven

2025 Topps

2023 COMC BINGE - PART 23: BIG SCHMIDDTY

THE WRITER'S BLOCK IS REAL YO

THIS IS WHY I DUG IN THE DRAFT FOLDERS INSTEAD OF DOING SOME CHRISTMAS POSTS. I STILL DON'T WANNA WRITE ANYTHING SO HERE IS A POST WITH A MINIMAL OF WRITING AND A MAXIMAL OF CARDS

1983 DONRUSS ACTION ALL-STARS MIKE SCHMIDT

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLAYERS FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE SETS SO OF COURSE IT WAS THE LAST CARD I NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE SET. I BOUGHT A BUNCH OF THESE PACKS BACK IN 83 AND THEY WERE WELL LOVED AS YOU CAN NOW SEE BY THE CORNERS. I ALMOST GAVE THEM ALL AWAY TO A COUSIN BUT AT THE LAST SECOND I COULDN'T DO IT, LEADING TO MY LIFE AS A CARD HOARDER. I PICKED UP A BUNCH LATER ON BUT NEVER QUITE TRACKED DOWN THE SCHMIDT. I EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO BUY A COMPLETE SET FOR FIVE BUCKS BUT I DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO FIND THAT DAMN SCHMIDT. YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING ONLINE THOUGH SO WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE COMC BINGE I WENT FOR IT

AND THEN I BOUGHT OVER TWENTY PACKS OF THE STUFF AT A LOCAL CARD SHOP THIS SUMMER LOOKING TO BUILD A SECOND MORE MINTY SET. I STILL HAVEN'T PULLED ANOTHER SCHMIDT

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS DESIGN IS ATTRACTIVE. THE BORDERS THAT GO VERY WELL WITH THE PHILLIES UNI AND THE GRAY BACKGROUND WITH THE TEAM NAME LOOK GREAT TOGETHER. I LOVE THE HUGE PORTRAIT AND THE ACTION SHOT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PASTED IN A SCRAPBOOK. EVEN THE BACKS ARE FANTASTIC, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT MANY STATS ON THE BACK OF A BASEBALL CARD? HIT BY PITCH! TOTAL BASES! FIELDING PERCENTAGE! YOU'D HAVE TO BUY AN ALMANAC TO GET ALL THOSE STATS IN 1983

I DIDN'T COMPLETE ALL THAT MANY SETS IN 2024 BUT I COMPLETED THIS ONE. ENJOY THE CARDS AS YOU RING OUT THE OLD YEAR OR RING IN THE NEW OR STUMBLE UPON THIS POST IN JULY

1953 Topps Smoky Burgess

I BLEW IT YESTERDAY AND I'M ABOUT TO FALL ASLEEP TODAY SO HERE'S A 1953 TOPPS CARD OF SMOKY BURGESS

FIREMAN! DAMN I LOVE THIS SET

2023 COMC BINGE - PART 22: OBLIGATORY RONALD & TRAE ROUND 2: T-MINUS TAROT

 MOAR COMC PICKUPS BECAUSE LONGER DRAFT POSTS ARE INTIMIDATING ME TODAY. HAVE SOME RONALD AND TRAE. THESE ARE TWO WEIRD ONES THAT REFLECT THINGS I LIKE

2021 TOPPS QYSPY GUEEN - TAROT OF THE DIAMOND RONALD ACUÑA JR

QYPSY GUEEN TRADED FORTUNE TELLER CARDS FOR TAROT CARDS IN SOME OF THEIR LATER SETS (HECK, THEY MIGHT'VE DONE BOTH, THAT BRAND IS ALMOST COMPLETELY OFF MY RADAR) AND WHILE I THINK THEY ARE PRETTY COOL, I DID NOT THINK THEM COOL ENOUGH TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO COLLECT THEM. UNTIL I FOUND A RONALD CARD FOR SIXTY-SIX CENTS, THAT IS. THE DESIGN IS... OK. IT FITS WELL WITH THE NEWER STYLE OF ART DECO GQ AND LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH. MOST OF THE CARDS ARE ONES THAT CAN BE FOUND IN AN ACTUAL TAROT DECK. THE THREE OF CUPS MEANS CELEBRATION, WHICH THE BRAVES CERTAINLY DID SOME OF IN 2021 

I LIKE THE BACK. INSERT BACKS ARE USUALLY GARBAGE ANYWAY SO JUST MAKE IT LOOK SOMEWHAT LIKE A FANCY PLAYING CARD AND CALL IT A DAY. TAROT CARDS HAVE HAD SOMEWHAT OF A RESURGENCE RECENTLY AND CAN BE FOUND IN A TON OF POPULAR CULTURE, INCLUDING ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMIC BOOKS AND VIDEO GAMES. EVERY BOOKSTORE NOWADAYS HAS A DISPLAY OF DECKS FOR TWENTY BUCKS A POP WHICH MAY PARTIALLY ACCOUNT FOR THEIR RENAISSANCE. HOORAY FOR MERCHANDIZING! TEN YEARS AGO I WOULD BE HOARDING THESE THINGS TRYING TO BUILD MY OWN TAROT DECK OUT OF THEM BUT I'M TOO OLD AND TOO BROKE TO BE TRACKING THEM DOWN ANYMORE

2022-23 PANINI DONRUSS OPTIC - T-MINUS 3, 2, 1 TRAE YOUNG

A T-MINUS INSERT WAS ONE OF THE TRAE CARDS IN A PREVIOUS RONALD AND TRAE POST. WHILE I PREFER THE OTHER ONE DUE TO THE ACTUAL SPACE SHUTTLE ON IT, THIS ONE IS REALLY NICE AS WELL. ALTHOUGH I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT TRAIL OF SMOKE THERE, THAT LAUNCH LOOKS LIKE IT MAY HAVE GONEA LITTLE WONKY. NEVERTHELESS, SPACE TRAE RULES AND THE CARD WAS SUPER CHEAP

THE BACK EVEN HAS A BUNCH OF LIGHTS AND SWITCHES LIKE THE LAST ONE! THAT'S BOTH TRAES FROM THIS INSERT SERIES AS HE WASN'T IN THE 2019-20 AND 2020-21 SETS. IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE THE 2019-20 BACKS ARE CRAZY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A WHOLE 50S SPACESHIP COCKPIT ON THERE. PANINI DIDN'T MAKE A T-MINUS 3, 2, 1 SET IN 23-24 SO I WILL HAVE TO BE CONTENT WITH THESE TWO EXAMPLES OF SPACE SHUTTLE THEMED TRAE YOUNG CARDS. I GOT ANOTHER PAIR OF TRAE AND RONALD IN THIS YEAR'S COMC BINGE SO YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST TWO MORE OF THESE POSTS COMING ASSUMING I EVER GET CAUGHT UP

BIGGUNS #4

I NEED ANOTHER EASY ONE FOR DRAFTSMAS SO HERE'S A LONG ABANDONED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN SERIES FOR 'BIGGUNS' AKA LARGE UNWEILDY SIZED CARDS THAT ARE COOL. I HAVE A FOLDER WITH LIKE A HUNDRED SCANS IN THERE OF THESE KIND OF CARDS BUT NEVER GOT AROUND TO POSTING THEM. HERE'S A NICE ONE

2018 GYPSY QUEEN GLASSWORKS JOSE ALTUVE

SOMEONE SENT ME THIS YEARS AGO AND I HAVE COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN WHO IT WAS. I THANK THEE, UNKNOWN CARD SENDER, BECAUSE THIS CARD RULES. THE CORNERS ARE A LITTLE MOOSHED BUT WHO CARES BECAUSE THIS CARD IS SHINY AS HECK. IT REALLY DOES LOOKS KIND OF LIKE GLASS, IT'S SUPER THICK AND HAS A VERY SHINY, GLOSSY COATING OVER SOME EXTREMELY BRIGHT HOLOGRAPHIC FOIL. IT'S COMPLETELY DAZZLING AND THE SCAN CANNOT DO JUSTICE. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST REALLY NICE JOSE ALTUVE CARDS I EVER GOT AND I THINK IT KICKED OFF ME ACTIVELY COLLECTING HIS CARDS. NORMALLY THESE KIND OF DESIGNS WHERE A THIRD OF THE CARD IS JUST WIDE OPEN SPACE FOR A LOGO OR A RELIC PIECE COMPLETELY TURN ME OFF BUT IN THIS CASE IT REALLY WORKS GREAT 

THE BACK IS LESS FANTASTIC. CAN'T COMPLAIN THOUGH, THE FRONT MAKES UP FOR IT AND INSERT BACKS USUALLY GET SHORT SHRIFT ANYWAY. IT'S A JUMBO SIZED BOX TOPPER, NO ONE PAYS ATTENTION TOTHE BACK ON THOSE. THESE AREN'T SUPER CHEAP BUT IF YOU CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON ONE I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. EVEN IF YOU CAN'T FIND A TEAM OR PLAYER YOU LIKE IN YOUR PRICE RANGE, GO FOR A CHEAP JABRONI. YOU MIGHT FIND A NEW FAVORITE PLAYER

BOUNTIFUL TRIP TO THE LCS

TODAY'S TWEVE DAYS OF DRAFTSMAS RECOUNTS A TRIP TO THE LCS MANY MONTHS AGO. I CHOSE THIS POST BECAUSE I MIGHT END UP AT A CARD SHOW TODAY IF THE UNIVERSE COOPERATES. I DIDN'T GET MUCH BUT WHAT I GOT IS QUALITY. FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS OF QUALITY AT LEAST. THE BEST QUALITY IS THE QUALITY YOU FIND IN THE BARGAIN BOX BECAUSE THAT QUALITY IS CHEAP

I'VE BEEN A BIT OBSESSED WITH UPPER DECK SPX RECENTLY AND I LOVE FINDING SOME OUT IN THE WILD. EVEN IF IT IS A SCRATCHES UP CARD OF ONE OF MY NOT-SO-FAVORITE PLAYERS. THIS ONE'S A GOLD CARD AND NOT A BASE CARD AS WELL BUT I DOUBT IF MANY PEOPLE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE TWO ANYMORE. THIS PICTURE IS UGLY, I CAN DO BETTER

THAT'S MUCH BETTER. REAL HOLOGRAPHIC SHINY RIGHT THERE

DID YOU KNOW MICKEY MANTLE HAD A BASEBALL HEROES INSERT SET? IT WAS IN THE 1994 SET AND HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DESIGN FROM ALL THE OTHER BASEBALL HEROES BUT HE DID. EARLY UPPER DECK INSERTS ARE ANOTHER OF THOSE THINGS THAT HOLDS MY ATTENTION IN THESE DAYS OF CARDBOARD EXCESS AND I WAS THRILLED TO FIND ONE IN THE BARGAIN BOX

I AM NOT AS OBSESSED WITH LEAF LIMITED AS I AM WITH SOME OTHER HIGH-END 90S CARDS BUT IT REALLY IS A DAMN GOOD LOOKING CARD. FOILBOARD WITH SHINY HOLOFOIL IS VERY LEAF RIGHT DOWN TO THE FOIL LOGO, BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

SERIAL NUMBERS! HELL YEAH. JEFFREY HAMMONDS DIDN'T QUITE  REACH BONDS LEVELS OF STARDOM BUT HE DID PLAY UNTIL 2005. THIS INSERT MISSED ME FOR YEARS BUT ENDED UP IN THE BARGAIN BOX FOR FIFTY CENTS

THE LAST CARD FROM THE BARGAIN BIN WAS THIS 1986 FLEER ALL STAR OF DAN QUISENBERRY. OLD INSERTS JUST HIT DIFFERENT. IT'S GETTING HARD TO FIND THESE THINGS AND EVEN HARDER TO FIND ONE I ACTUALLY NEED. THIS ONE WAS LOOSE IN THE BOX SO I ENDED UP GETTING IT FOUR FOR A BUCK WITH THE NEXT THREE CARDS

THERE'S A COUPLE BOXES FILLED WITH RANDOM BRAVES, FALCONS, HAWKS AND A DEW OTHER ASSORTED ODDS AND ENDS THAT I LIKE TO GO THROUGH WHEN I VISIT THIS SHOP. I KNEW I HAD THIS HEYWARD ALREADY WHEN I SAW IT BECAUSE I BOUGHT THE TARGET EXCLUSIVE BOX OF TOPPS CHROME IN 2010 WITH THIS SET JUST SO I COULD GET MY HANDS ON THE HEYWARD. IT'S SHINY AND PRETTY THOUGH, WHY WOULDN'T I GET A SECOND ONE

SPEAKING OF CHROMEY STUFF I COULDN'T PASS ON THIS 1993 FINEST CARD OF OTIS NIXON. I DON'T HAVE A TON OF FINEST FROM 93 WHICH IS A SHAME SINCE ITS ONE OF THOSE ICONIC FIRST YEAR DESIGNS THAT ARE SO POPULAR TO REPRINT NOWADAYS. EARLY FINEST DESIGNS ARE SO WONDERFULLY STRANGE, IT'S HARD TO PASS THEM UP. THERE WAS ANOTHER FINEST CARD THAT CAUGHT MY EYE IN THE BOX

WHY YES THAT IS A REFRACTOR. I WAS AS SURPRISED AS YOU ARE. THESE THINGS ARE PRETTY SOUGHT AFTER AND THERE'S SUPPOSEDLY ONLY 241 COPIES OF EACH CARD SO IT WAS A BIT OF A SHOCK TO SEE ONE LOOSE IN A BOX OF RANDOM STUFF. MIKE STANTON (AT LEAST NOT THIS ONE) ISN'T REALLY THE KIND OF STAR PLAYER THAT WOULD CAUSE A LOT OF COMMOTION AMONG COLLECTORS BUT A 1993 REFRACTOR IS A 1993 REFRACTOR. I WAS HOPING I COULD GET IT FOR LIKE FIVE BUCKS BUT NAH, 4 FOR A BUCK. IT'S GOOD WHEN THE OWNER OF A SHOP RECOGNIZES YOU AS A REAL COLLECTOR SICKO

SPEAKING OF SICKOS, I LOOKED THROUGH A BINDER OF FALCONS CARDS AND FOUND SEVERAL PAGES OF JESSIE TUGGLE CARDS. WHY, *I* COLLECT JESSIE TUGGLE! I WAS THE #1 JESSIE TUGGLE COLLECTOR ON TCDB FOR A WHILE BUT I GOT PASSED. THIS IS HELPING ME REGAIN MY FOOTING AT LEAST. I WASN'T SURE WHICH ONES I NEEDED AS I FORGOT MY TCDB PASSWORD AND COULDN'T ACCESS IT ON MY PHONE SO I NABBED EVERY ODDBALL I COULD. NO-DISCLAIMER ROOKIES, ACTION PACKED, TOPPS HOLOPARALLEL, SCORE GOLD RUSH, COLOR FOIL IMPACT, FOUR DIFFERENT FLEER GAMEDAYS, A PLAYOFF UNSUNG HEROES INSERT AND ACTUAL FRIDGE MAGNETS. MAN I LOVE OLD ODDBALLS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE OF A PLAYER I COLLECT

MY LAST PICKUP WAS 15 PACKS OF 1983 DONRUSS ACTION ALL-STARS. THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SETS WHEN I WAS A KID AND I COMPLETED IT WITH A COMC PICKUP I STILL NEED TO SHOW OFF. BUT I COULDN'T PASS UP THESE PACKS FOR A BUCK A POP! WHY SHOULDN'T I HAVE TWO SETS? I WENT THROUGH AND TRIED TO PICK AS MANY DIFFERENT PLAYERS ON THE FRONT AND BACK AS I COULD (EXCEPT FOR TWO RICKEYS, I LIKE RICKEY) AND PLANNED TO SEE IF I COULD BUILD A SET ONLY OUT OF PACKS. I DIDN'T EVEN COME CLOSE, BUT THAT'S OK BECAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO RIP THESE CARDS FOR THE EXCLUSIVE MICKEY MANTLE PUZZLE CARDS SO I COULD TRY TO COMPLET THAT SET. I ALSO DIDN'T COME CLOSE. I HAD FUN THOUGH!