ONLINE DIME CARDS BATCH TWO - PART 1

 I'VE BEEN STARING AT THAT LAST DIME CARD POST DRAFT FOR A MONTH AND I CAN'T WRITE SHIT SO HERE'S SOME CARDS FROM THE SECOND BATCH I GOT FROM BASEBALL CARD STORE DOT CA

I'M TWOOTING OUT CARDS FROM THE THIRD BATCH DAILY ON MY TWITTER ACCOUNT. GO THERE TO SEE MOAR COOL CHEAP CARDS AND TO GET A FIREHOSE OF SPEWING ELECTION HORSESHIT STRAIGHT IN THE FACE

ALSO FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK PLEASE VOTE FOR THAT ROTTEN CROOKED SENILE OLD BASTARD BIDEN AND END THIS GODDAMN NIGHTMARE WE'RE TRAPPED IN

OH NOEZ I WENT POLITICAL ON MAH BLAG. FUCK IT THEN. BLACK LIVES MATTER, TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS, FUCK THE PROUD BOYS, WEAR A GODDAMN MASK AND ANIME IS REAL. NOW THAT I'VE CHASED OFF ALL MY READERS I CAN TYPE ANY OLD BULLSHIT ABOUT BASEBALL CARDS AND NOT FEEL SELF CONSCIOUS ABOUT IT. HERE WE GOOOOOOOO

1991 SPORTS CARD NEWS TOM GLAVINE

ODDLY, THIS IS THE ONLY CARD IN ALL THREE ORDERS THAT WAS SENT IN A TOPLOADER. AND IT WAS SENT UPSIDE DOWN. IS THIS A CHOICE? DO PEOPLE REALLY STORE CARDS LIKE THIS? I'VE ALWAYS STORED CARDS WITH THE BOTTOM GOING IN THE SLOT FIRST BUT NOW I THINK ABOUT IT IF YOU  STORE THEM LIKE THIS DUST AND CRUMBS AND SCHMUTZ CAN'T FALL IN THE TOP OF THE HOLDER. I GUESS THIS IS WHY PEOPLE PREFER CARD SAVERS INSTEAD. I'M TOO OLD AND MY CARDS ARE TOO SHITTY TO WORRY ABOUT THAT NOW, CRUMBS FOR EVERYONE. 

OH YEAH THE CARD. THIS IS SOME PROMO FROM A CARD MAGAZINE AND IS ONE OF THE FEW OLD-SCHOOL ODDBALLS I'VE SEEN WITH FOIL. THE CARD IS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN A NORMAL CARD BUT THE EDGES ARE VERY STRAIGHT SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS RELEASED LIKE THIS OR CUT FROM A MAGAZINE. I SUPPOSE I COULD DO SOME RESEARCH AND FIND OUT BUT NAH

I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ALLEN KAYE'S SPORTS CARDS NEWS AND PRICE GUIDES AND I LIVED THROUGH THAT ERA OF FLY BY NIGHT SPORTS CARD INVESTING RAGS AND I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN IT ALL. THERE ARE A LEAST 32 CARDS IN THIS SET SO EITHER THIS MAG WAS AROUND FOR A WHILE OR THEY JUST RELEASED THEIR OWN PROMO CARDS AS A SET OR SOMETHING. I COULD EASILY FIND OUT JUST BY HIGHLIGHTING ALLEN KAYE'S SPORTS CARDS NEWS AND PRICE GUIDES, RIGHT CLICKING AND CHOOSING 'SEARCH GOOGLE FOR:' BUT I REALLY DON'T CARE ENOUGH TO DO THAT. IT'S A COOL TOM GLAVINE CARD THAT I HADN'T SEEN BEFORE AND THAT'S ENOUGH

THE PACKAGING OF THESE ORDERS HAS BROUGHT ME ALMOST AS MUCH ENTERTAINMENT AS THE CARD THEMSELVES. THIS ORDER WAS SHIPPED IN A 1991 SCORE NHL ROOKIE AND TRADED BOX WRAPPED INSIDE RECYCLABLE PUBLI-SAC BAGS IN ALL FRENCH AND PLACED IN A BCW 300 COUNT STORAGE BOX THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE REPURPOSED. THE FILLER CARDS THIS TIME WERE UPPERDECKREWARDS.COM ADS WHICH WERE NOT AS FUN AS THE FILLERS IN THE FIRST OR THIRD ORDERS BUT WHICH DID HIT ME WITH A LITTLE BOT OF EARLY 00S PACK RIPPING NOSTALGIA. I NEVER EVER WENT TO UPPERDECKREWARDS.COM EVEN ONCE SO THESE ADS WERE SUPER EFFECTIVE

2002-03 UPPER DECK LEGO ALLEN HOUSTON

I SAW THIS CARD AND WAS IMMEDIATELY ALL 'WHAT THE HECK IS THIS??' I CARE NOTHING ABOUT THE KNICKS OR ALLAN HOUSTON FOR THAT MATTER BUT LEGO BASKETBALL CARDS?? THAT'S THE STUFF RIGHT THERE. THESE WERE INSERTED INSIDE MINIFIG PACKAGES THAT HAD THREE PLAYERS EACH. ALLAN WAS GROUPED UP WITH CHRIS WEBBER AND TRACY MCGRADY. OF COURSE THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO HAWKS IN THE SET BUT THERE IS A VINCE CARTER CARD WHICH I WILL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NOW. OF COURSE THERE WERE RANDOMLY INSERTED IMPOSSIBLE AUTOGRAPHS BECAUSE 21ST CENTURY CARDS CAN'T JUST BE FUN. THIS CARD DESIGN IS EXTREMELY EARLY 00S BUT I APPRECIATE THE LEGO BRICK PATTERN ON THE BOTTOM LEFT. ALBETCHA THE MINIFIGS ARE WAAAAY MORE COLLECTIBLE (READ: PRICEY) THAN THE ACTUAL CARDS NOWADAYS

AAAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOOKIT THE LITTLE MINIFIG DUDE SLAM DUNKING AT THE BOTTOM. THAT'S ADORABLE

2010 TOPPS TURKEY RED INSERTS ROD CAREW

I HAVE A WEIRD HISTORY WITH TURKEY RED CARDS. I WENT ABSOLUTELY BATSHIT INSANE FOR THE SET IN 2006 OR WHENEVER THEY FIRST RELEASED AND COLLECTED THE HELL OUT OF THE FIRST TWO SETS, THEN THE THIRD SET WITH THIS DESIGN CAME OUT AND GOT RID OF THE PARALLELS AND ADDED CHROMES AND CRAP AND I COOLED ON THE SET AND THEN IT TURNED INTO INSERTS AND THEN FUCKING ONLINE EXCLUSIVES AND I COMPLETELY GAVE UP ON THE WHOLE MESS AND NOW ALL THE CARDS HAVE BEEN BOOTED OUT OF THEIR BINDERS AND JUMBLED UP IN A RANDOM ASS BOX TO ROT IN THE BASEMENT UNTIL I'M FORCED TO SELL THEM FOR FOOD. THIS IS A SHAME BECAUSE THEY ARE/WERE A VERY UNIQUE SET. ROD CAREW IS THE BEST THOUGH SO I'LL TAKE ONE OF HIS CARDS ANYTIME EVEN IF IT'S ON A STUPID-ASS BRAND THAT TOPPS RUINED

2019-20 HOOPS KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS

KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS IS A STAR AND YOU DON'T OFTEN FIND BASKETBALL STARS IN DIME BOXES. I MEAN, HE'S A STAR LIKE JOEL EMBIID OR KEVIN DURANT AND NOT A STAR LIKE LEBRON OR STEPH OR EVEN GIANNIS BUT STILL, YOU SEE A STAR IN A DIME BOX YOU GRAB IT. I LIKE THIS HOOPS DESIGN EVEN THOUGH ALL HOOPS DESIGNS KINDA BLUR TOGETHER AFTER A WHILE

2011 ALLEN & GINTER MINDS THAT MADE THE FUTURE CHARLES DARWIN

THIS MIGHT BE MY FAVORITE FULL SIZED GINTER INSERT SET. I SAY THIS ABOUT HALF THE GINTER SETS I POST ABOUT BUT I MIGHT BE TELLING THE TRUTH THIS TIME. IT'S A BIG SET AS GINTER INSET SETS GO BUT I AM SLOWLY BUT SURELY CHIPPING AWAY AT IT. YES, I COULD EASILY COMPLETE ALL THE SETS BY SWIPING THE DEBIT CARD AND GOING HAM ON EBAY AND COMC AND SPORTSLOTS ONE AFTERNOON BUT I THINKS IT'S MORE FUN TO PICK THEM OFF HERE AND THERE ORGANICALLY. HERE'S A VERY STEAMPUNK CARD OF FAMOUS OLD DEAD WHITE GUY CHARLES DARWIN WHO MADE A MONKEY OUT OF ALL OF US. REMEMBER BACK WHEN THE BIG CONTROVERSY AMONG CONSERVATIVE POLITICIANS WAS 'EVOLUTION IS JUST A THEORY AND SHOULDN'T BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL' INSTEAD OF TODAY'S 'VIRUSES AREN'T EVEN REAL, SEND YOUR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL'. AHH THOSE WERE GOOD TIMES

2020 TOPPS MIKE SOROKA

SO THIS IS MY FIRST 2020 TOPPS CARD. THE BRAVES STRATEGY OF DRAFTING ALL THE PITCHERS FINALLY PAID OFF WITH A LEGIT ACE. HE'S GOT A ROOKIE CUP AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN HE BROKE. AND NOW THE BRAVES HAVE THEIR BEST OFFENCE AND BULLPEN IN ALMOST 20 YEARS AND THEY'VE GOT TO START ROOKIES IN THE PLAYOFFS BECAUSE EVERYONE BUT FRIED FELL APART. NEXT YEAR MY FIRST 2021 TOPPS CARD IS GOING TO BE ENDER OR MARKAKIS

 

DESPITE ALL THE ANGLES THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE, ELEGANT LOOKING SET. THE TEXT IS TOO SMALL BUT IF I SCAN THE CARD AND BLOW IT UP I CAN READ IT OK. MAYBE IN 2021 I COULD JUST COLLECT CARD SCANS

1992 BASEBALL ACES TOM GLAVINE

I HIT THE GLAVINE ODDBALL CARDS PRETTY HARD IN THIS ORDER. I HAVE TO SAY, I DON'T REALLY SEE TOM GLAVINE AS A JOKER. I GET IT, HE'S THE CY YOUNG WINNER SO HE GETS A 'SPECIAL' CARD BUT JOKER? NAH. MAYBE THEY MEAN JOKER AS IN A BATMAN VILLAIN. MAYBE LIKE A STONE-FACED MASTERMIND WITH THE POWER OF MIND CONTROL. HE THROWS A SLIDER FIVE INCHES OFF THE PLATE AND USES HIS PSYCHIC POWER TO ORDER THE UMP TO CALL IT A STRIKE. GOES INTO A BANK AND WITH HIS STEELY GAZE CONVINCES THE TELLER INTO GIVING HIM BIG MONEYBAGS FROM THE VAULT WITH $$$ STAMPED ON HIM. BATMAN DRAGS HIS ASS TO COURT STILL HOLDING THE MONEYBAGS AND *ZAP* THE JUDGE SETS HIM FREE WITH ONE LOOK FROM STONEFACE. I KNEW THIS BIT WAS FAILING MISERABLY THREE SENTENCES AGO BUT I CAN'T BE ARSED TO START OVER

MAN, THERE WERE A SHITLOAD OF LICENSED PLAYING CARD DECKS FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS AND THEN THEY JUST STOPPED AND NEVER CAME BACK. I STILL HAVE TO TRACK DOWN ABOUT THREE PLAYING CARDS FOR MY LEMKE COLLECTION AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO FIND ANY OF THEM OTHER THAN SEARCHING RANDOM ANTIQUE MALLS FOR DECKS. I MEAN, I KNOW WHY THEY STOPPED GETTING MADE IN 1994 BUT I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY NEVER CAME BACK? PROBABLY BECAUSE BY THE TIME BASEBALL HAD RECOVERED ENOUGH FOR PLAYING CARD MANUFACTURERS TO BE INTERESTED AGAIN THE LICENSE FEES HAD GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL SO IT WASN'T WORTH IT. I DON'T LIKE THIS ERA WHERE ONE COMPANY MAKES A SHITLOAD OF PRODUCTS INSTEAD OF A BUNCH OF COMPANIES MAKING A SHITTON OF PROBUCTS

2016 TOPPS CUBS TEAM SET JASON HEYWARD

YAY, A HEYWARD CARD FROM THE PAST 6 YEARS THAT ISN'T A BASE CARD. MY HEYWARD COLLECTION AFTER 2014 IS KINDA SPARSE AND IT'S NICE TO FILL UP SOME OF THOSE PAGES. AT THE TIME OF THE IS POST THERE IS STILL NO CARD IN THE 2019 PAGE ALTHOUGH I ALMOST CERTAINLY HAVE A HEYWARD FROM THAT YEAR LYING AROUND SOMEWHERE. I REALLY LIKE THIS CARD BECAUSE 1) JASON IS SO DAMN HAPPY AFTER SIGNING THAT BIG CONTRACT 2) TIES UNDERNEATH JERSEYS ARE AN UNDERRATED LOOK 3) BUDDY GOT A RING THIS YEAR. YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT ABOUT JASON'S CONTRACT AND CAREER WITH THE CUBS BUT THEY HADN'T WON SHIT IN A CENTURY AND HEYWARD SHOWED UP AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK THEM TO THE PROMISED LAND

AS THE YEARS GO ON 2016 TOPPS DOESN'T LOOK AS BAD TO ME ANYMORE. MAYBE I'M JUST USED TO IT NOW. JUST PLEASE NEVER EVER FOG UP YOUR CARDS WITH CLOUDS EVER AGAIN TOPPS

2005 IN THE GAME DAN BOUCHARD

I HAD NO IDEA ATLANTA FLAMES CARDS WERE STILL BEING PRINTED IN THE 21ST CENTURY. THIS CARD IS AMAZING. THE FAKE-70S O-PEE-CHEE DESIGN IS DOPE, I KINDA WANT TO COLLECT A WHOLE SET OF IT. THAT OLD-SCHOOL FLAMES SWEATER MAKES MY HEART FILL WITH BLOOD AND THAT MASK IS *CHEF'S KISS*. DAN BOUCHARD WAS LEGIT MY FAVORITE HOCKEY PLAYER AS A LITTLE TINY BABY KID BEFORE I I BECAME A DERANGED SPORTS-OBSESSED HOARDER. I NEVER LEARNED HOW TO PROPERLY PRONOUNCE HIS NAME BUT I'M PRETTY SURE I SAW THE GUY WITH THE COOL MASK AND WAS LIKE AWW YEAH, THAT'S THE DUDE RIGHT THERE. I GOT TO GO TO A FEW FLAMES GAMES WAY BEFORE I COULD REALLY APPRECIATE THEM AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST GAME I WENT TO WAS AGAINST WINNIPEG WHOSE NAME CONFUSED ME. MY CLOSEST FRAME OF REFERENCE WITH WINNIE THE POOH SO I CALLED THEM WINNIEPIG. THE CITY OF WINNIE PIG WOULD BECOME A CRUEL IRONY DECADES LATER. MAN I MISS NOT LOATHING HOCKEY

DAN BOUCHARD IS MR. ATLANTA FLAMES. ALL 8 SEASONS AND WAS DAMN GOOD BESIDES. NO ONE MADE IT THROUGH ALL 11 THRASHERS SEASONS ALIVE. THE FRONT OF THIS CARD IS GREAT BUT THE BACK IS TRASH. AND 300+ CARDS?? I DON'T WANT TO COLLECT THIS SET ANYMORE

1992-93 SKYBOX DAVID ROBINSON FLAGSHIP SERIES R3 - COLLEGE

DAVID ROBINSON IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAYER IN SPURS HISTORY. NOT ONLY WAS HE A GREAT PLAYER BUT HE GOT HURT AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT TIME TO ALLOW THEM TO GET THE #1 PICK AND SNAG TIM DUNCAN. THE SPURS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LOW-KEY MY #2 FAVORITE TEAM AFTER THE HAWKS DUE TO MY OBSESSION WITH ARTIS GILMORE AND I WOULD PROBABLY BE MUCH HAPPIER NOW IF I HAD SWAPPED THOSE RANKINGS AS A CHILD. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE NOWADAYS UNDERSTAND JUST HOW BIG A DEAL THE ADMIRAL WAS IN THE LATE 80S EARLY 90S. OTHER THAN THE RIDICULOUS 86-87 FLEER SET, HIS HOOPS ROOKIE CARD WAS THE FIRST BASKETBALL ROOKIE TO CAUSE MASS COLLECTOR INSANITY. HE WAS A BIG ENOUGH DEAL TO GET HIS OWN EXTREMELY 90S PEOPLE MAGAZINE LIFESTYLE INSERT SET IN SKYBOX. I HAD TO GET THIS ONE BECAUSE COLLEGE TO ME ABSOLUTELY MEANS SLEEPING ALL DAY

DIFFERENT PHOTOS ON THE FRONT AND BACK. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SUBJECTS! THAT'S SOME EXTREMELY HIGH- CLASS SHIT RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE SKYBOX BASKETBALL - IMPEL STAR TREK CONNECTION ON TH BACK OF THIS CARD AS WELL. IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THAT SET LOOK IT UP, IT'S A TOP-TIER NON-SPORTS SET. THINK I'M GONNA TRY TO BUILD THIS SET, NOW I JUST NEED TO FIND THE ONES I PULLED IN 1993

*NO FOOTNOTES IN THIS POST, I JUST WANT TO GET THIS ONE FINISHED AND OUT THERE

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