THIS POST HAS MORE COHESION THAN THE LAST ONE BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT DEEPLY STRANGE. CASE IN POINT:
1992 NAC BRANSON ON STAGE SHOJI TABUCHI
CATEGORY - NON-SPORT
PROBABLY THE ODDEST AND DEFINITELY THE MOST OBSCURE CARD IN THE LOT, BUT THIS ONE LEGIT MEANS SOMETHING TO ME. STORY TIME: A FRIEND OF MINE INTRODUCED ME TO THE RED LETTER MEDIA MR. PLINKETT STAR WARS REVIEWS. THEY WERE AWESOME AND I STARTED WATCHING ALL THEIR REVIEWS. MY FAVORITE SHOW OF THEIRS IS BEST OF THE WORST WHERE THEY WATCH THE CRUMMIEST SHIT THEY CAN FIND AND MAKE FUN OF IT. ON SOME OF THE SHOWS THEY PICK THE MOVIES RANDOMLY USING THE "WHEEL OF THE WORST" AND WATCH JUST VILE AWFUL CRAP LIKE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS, DIRECT TO VHS CASH-IN SLOP AND STRAIGHT UP SCAMS.
ONE EPISODE FEATURED A JAPANESE GUY WITH AN ACT IN BRANSON, MISSOURI. IT WAS GREAT! SHOJI WON BEST OF THE WORST! SOME TIME LATER MY FRIEND TOLD ME ABOUT HOW HIS GRANDMOTHER HAD A WEIRD VIDEOTAPE SHE LOVED TO WATCH ABOUT JAPANESE GUY WITH AN ACT IN BRANSON, MISSOURI. IT WAS THE SAME TAPE THEY WATCHED ON THAT SHOW WE LIKED! MY HEAD ASPLODE! I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS A GOOD STORY, JUST THAT IT MEANT SOMETHING TO ME. NOW I HAVE A CARD THAT REMINDS ME OF MY FRIEND THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE THE PLAGUE HAPPENED. I SHOULD REMEDY THAT
2020 ALLEN & GINTER WILSHIRE GRAND CENTER REACH THE SKY
CATEGORY - WANTLIST, NON-SPORT
I LOVE ALLEN & GINTER AND I LOVE ALLEN & GINTER INSERTS AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE OR HOW TO GET THEM NOW THAT I DON'T BUY AN ASSLOAD OF PACKS ANYMORE. THEY FLY OFF THE SITE QUICK BUT I MANAGED TO GET A FEW SOMEHOW! I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT IT THOUGH - THIS IS A BUILDING. I THINK MAYBE THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE INSERTS WHERE THE BACKGROUNDS ARE CONTINUOUS BUT THIS IS MY FIRST ONE
2020 ALLEN & GINTER SILO DOWN ON THE FARM
CATEGORY - WANTLIST, NON-SPORT
YAY! MORE GINTER! THIS IS A GRAIN SILO. DID YOU KNOW THE DUST IN A GRAIN SILO IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE? AND POCKETS OF AIR CAN BUILD UP IN THE GRAIN MAKING IT ACT LIKE QUICKSAND IF YOU STAND ON TOP OF IT? THESE THINGS ARE DEATHTRAPS!
2020 DECADE'S BEST PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
CATEGORY - INSERT
DICK ALLEN ON A 70S RETRO INSERT! THIS CARD COUNTS AS A CASE HIT FOR THE ONLINE BLASTER. ANOTHER INSERT TYPE CARD IS CHECKED OFF AS WELL ALTHOUGH I MIGHT WANT THIS ENTIRE SET
2022 CHRONICLES SPECTRA JOSE RAMIREZ HOLO PARALLEL
CATEGORY - CHROINICLES
I AM SLOWLY WORKING ON WIPING OUT THE CHRONICLES CARDS FROM THE SITE. (I DIDN'T BUT I GOT ENOUGH) I PICKED UP ALL THE REALLY GOOD ONES UP RIGHT AWAY LIKE THIS SHINY CARD OF JOSE RAMIREZ. THESE SPECTRA CARDS LOOK REALLY NICE WITH THE RIGHT COLOR SCHEME AND SOME HOLOFOIL. JOSE IS A LEGIT GREAT PLAYER AND HE MIGHT HAVE A CAREER IN BOXING AWAITING HIM AFTER HIS PLAYING DAYS
2020 ALLEN & GINTER 432 PARK AVENUE REACH THE SKY
CATEGORY - WANTLIST, NON-SPORT
WOOO! ANOTHER BUILDING! THE BACKGROUNDS DON'T MATCH UP BUT THEY ARE CARDS 3 AND 6. MAYBE CARD 2 4 5 OR 7 WILL SOLVE THIS MYSTERY. OR JUST LOOKING IT UP ONLINE? NAH, I'LL NEED THE ACTUAL CARDS. ONLY WAY TO MAKE SURE
ALSO, IS IT JUST ME OR DOES THIS BUILDING LOOK REALLY RICKETY
1980 BASEBALL IMMORTALS HARRY HOOPER, THOMAS MCCARTHY, TOM YAWKEY
CATEGORY - WANTLIST
MOAR IMMORTALS! THESE ARE PROBABLY CONSIDERED COMMONS AS FAR AS HALL OF FAMERS CAN BE COMMON BUT YOU NEED ALL OF THOSE TO COMPLETE THE SET. THESE THREE HAVE A BOSTON THEME
HARRY HOOPER WON FOUR WORLD SERIES WITH THE RED SOX AND WAS ONE OF THE VERY FEW PLAYERS TO ONLY PLAY FOR BOTH THE RED SOX AND WHITE SOX THEIR ENTIRE CAREERS. HE WAS THE ONLY PLAYER BESIDES RICKEY HENDERSON TO HIT A LEADOFF HOMER IN BOTH GAMES OF A DOUBLE HEADER AND BOPPED TWO HOME RUNS IN A WORLD SERIES GAME ON MY NEGATIVE 57TH BIRTHDAY
TOMMY MCCARTHY WAS AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY STAR AND PLAYED FOR MY BRAVES BEANEATERS BASEBALL-REFERENCE KILLED THE BEANEATERS NICKNAME SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE ANYMORE. HIS STATS WEREN'T GREAT BY ANY STRETCH AND HE'S ONE OF THE GUYS THE STATHEADS POINT TO WHEN THEY START DISCUSSING CHUCKING PEOPLE OUT OF THE HALL OF FAME. HOWEVER, HE APPARENTLY EITHER INVENTED OR AT LEAST POPULARIZED THE HIT AND RUN AND STATS BE DAMNED THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT
EVERYTHING I'VE EVER READ ABOUT TOM YAWKEY HAS BEEN HORRIBLE AND I DO NOT WISH TO DISCUSS HIM AT THIS TIME. CARD NUMBER 173 HAS BEEN CHECKED OFF MY WANTLIST. IF THE STATHEADS REALLY WANT TO START CHUCKING PEOPLE MAYBE PEEP AT THE OWNERS AND COMMISSIONERS FIRST
1979 TCMA RENATA GALASSO ERNIE LOMBARDI
CATEGORY - ODDBALL
RENATA GALASSO CARDS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME IN MY LIFE. I DON'T HAVE NEARLY ENOUGH TO THINK ABOUT WORKING ON THE SET AND IF YOU ASK YOUR AVERAGE CARD DEALER IF THEY HAVE ANY YOU'LL GET A LOOK AS IF BLUE LOBSTERS JUST EMERGED FROM YOUR NOSTRILS WIELDING SWITCHBLADES BUT IF I CAN PICK ONE UP I WILL. ERNIE LOMBARDI SHOULD BE WAY MORE KNOWN THAN HE IS. HE WAS A LEGIT GREAT CATCHER, HAD A TOP-TIER NICKNAME (SCHNOZZ) AND WON BATTING TITLES DESPITE RUNNING SLOWER THAN I DO. HE WON THE BATTING TITLE AND MVP IN 1938, A WORLD SERIES RING IN 1940 AND A SECOND BATTING TITLE FOR MY BRAVES IN 1942. AND WAS COMPLETELY FUCKING IGNORED BY THE HALL OF FAME UNTIL HE WAS IN THE GROUND FOR A DECADE. READING ABOUT ERNIE'S STORY IS WHAT REALLY GOT ME RADICALIZED AGAINST THE HALL OF FAME VOTERS. SCHNOZZ DESERVED BETTER
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ALSO:
THIS ISN'T SO MUCH AN ONLINE BLASTER AS AN ONLINE MEGA BOX. BY MY COUNT THERE ARE 36 MORE POSTS IN THIS BOX, HOPE YOU LIKE 'EM
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You got some cool stuff from that site that I didn't know they had. That Dick Allen insert.
I love A&G inserts like Down On The Farm that seem like they're for little kids: "this is a doggie and this is a cowie". I got to add more of those.
Did some digging. Looks like Shoji just recently passed away. He must have been quite the talent, because he performed at the White House and actually has another card in that Branson set (w/his wife).
When I was in high school back in the 90s, the family went down to Branson. The kids' goal was to see Yakov Smirnoff. My parents' goal was to see Shoji. Shoji was on vacation, Yakov was not. My parents were bummed out when I told them he died.
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