BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 12 - THE SECOND PILE OF RANDOM CRAPOLA

 WE HAVE REACHED THE SECOND ROW OF THE BOX WHICH MEANS MORE RANDOM CRAPOLA. TODAY'S CRAPOLA IS SPLIT INTO TWO DIFFERENT DISTINCT SECTIONS: PART 1) THE TRADITIONAL RANDOM NONSENSE. PART 2) SOMEBODY RIPPED SOME PACKS AND DUMPED THEM INTO THE BOX. LET'S BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING

LONG BEFORE PANINI WAS FORCED AT GUNPOINT TO PIVOT TO PROSPECTS, DONRUSS TURNED THE ELITE BRAND INTO A FOILY MINOR LEAGUE SET. I WILL ADMIT TO BUYING A COUPLE PACKS HERE AND THERE AND EVEN PULLED A DUSTIN PEDROIA AUTOGRAPH ONCE. OTHER THAN THAT I COULDN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT THE CARDS. RYAN TATUSKO HERE TOPPED OUT AT TRIPLE-A HERE BUT ALSO PLAYED IN THE KBO AND VENEZUELAN, PUERTO RICAN AND DOMINICAN WINTER LEAGUES

NEW PINNACLE. DID ANYONE EVER COLLECT THIS? I REMEMBER SEEING IT IN 2013 AND IMMEDIATELY THINKING LOL NOPE BUT WAS THAT EVERYONE'S REACTION? THERE WERE SOME PRETTY AWESOME INSERT CARDS IN THERE BUT I FOR ONE HAD NOT ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT BASE CARDS WERE WORTHLESS AS FAR AS THE INDUSTRY WAS CONCERNED YET. IT'S NOT EVEN A BAD DESIGN, JUST A LITTLE OFF WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO THE ORIGINAL BLACK BORDER PINNACLE SETS. IT DEFINITELY COMPARES FAVORABLY TO THE CHONICLES PINNACLE SETS. ANYWAY, HERE'S DAN HAREN  

DIAMOND KINGS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. I'M A BIG FAN OF THE 1987 DONRUSS SET AND BOUGHT A WHOLE HOBBY BOX OF IT WHEN IT CAME OUT. TWENTY-FIVE WHOLE DOLLARS! THAT'S HOW MUCH I PAID FOR ALL THIS CRAP! SINCE I COMPLETED THE SET A COUPLE DECADES AGO I'VE KIND OF IGNORED IT, PERHAPS I SHOULD BUILD A SECOND SET OR AT LEAST LOOK INTO THE VARIATIONS. OH WAIT, THE WHOLE SET IS A VARIATION. THANKS FACTORY SET SHENANIGANS

WOOOO! MORE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR KIDS CARDS. THIS ONE WAS TORN SORT OF COCKEYED AND THERE'S A BIG FLAP ON THE BACK THAT REFUSES TO STAY DOWN. I'M ACCUMULATING A NICE LITTLE PILE OF THESE CARDS SOMEHOW

VINTAGE IN THE TRASH BOX, HELL YEAH. RICHIE ZISK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 70S CARDS I EVER GOT, I THINK IT WAS THE 1977 VERSION. HE WAS A PRETTY GOOD PLAYER TOO! A GOOD START ON THE 70S FOR LITTLE ME

RANDOM 2022 OPTIC CARD OUTTA NOWHERE OF ANOTHER Z-NAMED PLAYER. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY GO INTO THE "NEW" BOX OF STUFF I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH

HOORAY! AN ALLEN & GINTER CARD! I STILL HAVE BARELY ANY OF THE 2022 VERSION AND NONE FROM 2023. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE RHYME OR REASON WAS FOR THROWING THESE CARDS IN THE FRONT OF THE BOX. THE REST ARE ALL ABANDONED PACKS. THIS I'VE SEEN PLENTY OF TIMES ESPECIALLY WITH BORED SELLERS OPENING UP ALL THEIR PROFIT

STARTING OFF WITH TWENTY FOUR 1994 UPPER DECK CARDS. THERE ARE THREE ELECTRIC DIAMOND CARDS SO I GUESS THAT COULD BE THREE EIGHT CARD PACKS WORTH. MY WANTLIST FOR THIS SET IS IN SINGLE DIGITS AND MOST OF THEM ARE STARS SO THERE WERE NONE I NEEDED

THIS ALAN TRAMMELL CARD IS STILL WORTH SHOWING OFF. YER OUT! RANDOM DUDE. I CAN'T TELL WHAT TEAM THE RUNNER IS FROM, I THOUGHT MAYBE ROYALS BUT THE UNI HAS YELLOW TRIM. BREWERS PERHAPS?

NEXT IS TWO-ISH PACKS OF 1994 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE. THERE ARE TWO SILVER SIGNATURES AND ONE SCRATCH OFF INSERT. I DO NOT HAVE A WANTLIST OF THIS AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL. IT'S FUN TO LOOK THROUGH THOUGH, THERE'S A COUPLE HOWARD JOHNSONS, A HAROLD REYNOLDS AND AN UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH JUAN GONZALEZ IN HERE

UPPER DECK TRIED THE SCRATCH-OFF GAME GIMMICK THAT TOPPS USED IN 1970 AND 71 AND ADDED THE EXTRA COMPLICATION OF DEFENSIVE CHECKS. THESE ARE WEIRDLY DIFFICULT TO FIND NOWADAYS AND THERE PROBABLY AREN'T MANY BETTER PLAYER COMBOS THAN THE DODGER-GIANT RIVALRY OF PIAZZA AND BONDS

OH NOEZ! I'VE BEEN BIPPED!

THESE ARE NO SO MUCH RIPPED PACKS AS MINI TEAM LOTS OF THE ANGELS AND PHILLIES. I FOUND A CARD I NEEDED, RENE GONZALES, BUT THE TRUE STAR OF 1993 LEAF IS THE BACKS

I'M NOT SURE WHO WINS THIS MATCHUP, PHILLY'S LIBERTY BELL OR ANAHEIM'S SETTING SUN. YELL OUT THE RIGHT ANSWER IN THE COMMENTS

 NEXT IS NINE CARDS FROM 1993 STUDIO SO IF THIS WAS AN ACTUAL RIPPED PACK THREE CARDS WERE YOINKED. THE SET LOOKS FANTASTIC WITH A PORTRAIT IN FRONT OF A TEAM UNIFORM LOGO PLUS A HOLOFOIL FACSIMILE AUTOGRAPH. EASILY ONE OF THE BEST STUDIO SETS EVER MADE. THIS IS ANOTHER SET WHERE MY WANTLIST IS DOWN TO SINGLE DIGITS SO NO NEEDS IN THIS PILE

STADIUM CLUB IS ANOTHER SET THAT WILL LIKELY NEVER GET A WANTLIST. THEY'RE PRETTY BUT I DUNNO MAN, MAYBE I'D HAVE MORE NOSTALGIA FOR THEM IF THEY DIDN'T COST FIVE BUCKS A PACK IN 1991. THIS PACK INCLUDES THE HOLOFOIL PARALLEL AND INFO CARD BUT ONE CARD IS MISSING FROM A FULL PACK. HIGHLIGHTS ARE THE TURK CARD HERE, A JAY BUHNER CARD AND MARK MCLEMORE PARALLEL

EIGHT 1994 SCORE CARDS ARE UP NEXT AND I DID PRETTY WELL WITH THESE. DOC IS THE STANDOUT BUT THERE'S THREE CARDS IN HERE I NEED FOR THE SET:

CHRIS GOMEZ AND VINNY CASTILLA 1993 ROOKIE CARDS AND A NICE HORIZONTAL SHOT OF RUBEN AMARO JR. THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE FROM TRASH BOXES! MORE SET NEEDS PLEASE!

I JUST FINISHED THIS SET LOL

HERE'S A COUPLE PACKS WORTH OF 1990 BOWMAN COMPLETE WITH ART SWEEPSTAKES CARDS. I HAVE SO MUCH OF THIS CRAP ACCUMULATED FROM PREVIOUS LOTS I'VE PICKED UP THAT I'M MAYBE A COUPLE DOZEN CARDS AWAY FROM NOT ONE BUT TWO COMPLETE SETS OF THE STUFF YET I STILL HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER A LIST TO TRY TO FINISH THEM. WHAT EVEN IS THE BIG ROOKIE IN THESE THINGS? SURELY PEOPLE WEREN'T RIPPING CASES OF THIS STUFF FOR FRANK THOMAS AND SAMMY SOSA, RIGHT? THAT IS A VERY NICE LARKIN HOWEVER

WHAAAAH! MOAR BIPS!

THE STRANGEST INCLUSION IN THE FILLER CRAPOLA WAS THESE RANDOM 2022 HERITAGE HIGH NUMBER CARDS. AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, HEY NICE A PACK'S WORTH OF HERITAGE, BUT NO. AS YOU CAN SEE NOT EVEN TOPPS IS THIS LOUSY WITH THEIR COLLATION

UP NEXT! A GIGANTIC PILE OF FIFTY CENT CARDS. EVEN BIGGER THAN THE LAST TEAM LOT I POSTED. UGH I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE SO MANY PICTURES AND WRITE SO MANY WORDS