2023 COMC BINGE - PART 13: OBLIGATORY RONALD & TRAE ROUND 1: SHIIIINY

 RONALD ACUÑA JR. AND TRAE YOUNG ARE MY FAVORITEST PLAYERS AT THE MOMENT AND I LOVE PICKING UP THEIR CARDS. PROBLEM: IN ATLANTA THEY ARE VERY SPENDY. MORESO FOR RONALD FOR OBVIOUS REASONS BUT TRAE CARDS AIN'T CHEAP IF YOU CAN EVEN FIND THEM. ON THE INTERWEBS THOUGH? IF THEY AREN'T PSA 10 AUTORELIC ROOKIE CARDS NO ONE CARES. THIS MEANS CHEAP CARDS FOR A CHEAP SKATE AND I PICKED UP SIX OF THEM FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF BUCKS. THAT'S NORMALLY WHAT I'D PAY FOR ONE CARD EACH AT THE LCS, AND THAT'S ONLY IF I BOUGHT THE ABSOLUTE CHEAPEST CARDS IN THE SHOP. I'M SPLITTING THESE UP IN PAIRS TO SPREAD THEM OUT. WE'LL START WITH THE SHIIIINY ONES

2023 TOPPS CHROME - CHROME TITANS #CT-5 RONALD ACUÑA JR.

THESE CARDS ARE FRIGGIN AMAZING LOOKING. I FOUND AN ALTUVE IN A DOLLAR BOX LAST YEAR AND I KNEW I WAS GETTING THIS ONE DURING THE BINGE. I WAS READY TO PAY ACOUPLE BUCKS FOR IT BUT IT WASN'T EVEN THE MOST EXPENSIVE ACUÑA CARD I BOUGHT AT ONLY SIXTY-ONE CENTS. I SHOULDN'T BE THAT SURPRISED AS TRUCKLOADS OF CHROME ALWAYS GETS RIPPED EVERY YEAR AND ANYTHING THAT ISN'T AN AUTOGRAPH OR SUPERFRACTOR GETS THROWN IN THE BIN. THANKS, BREAKERS! I REALLY LIKE THIS PHOTO OF TRUIST PARK, I AM NOT SURE IF I HAD A CARD OF THE NEW STADIUM YET

THE BACK'S NOTHING TO LOOK AT BUT THAT'S PAR FOR THE COURSE NOWADAYS. WE MAY AS WELL GO BACK TO PASTING CARDS INTO SCRAPBOOKS. THIS IS AN INTERESTING FACTOID AT LEAST THAT MADE ME CHECK RONALD'S 2023 SPLITS. NOT THAT BIG A DIFFERENCE, HIS OPS IS A LITTLE BETTER AT HOME THANKS TO A FEW MORE WALKS. RONALD HAS SUCKED AT HOME SO FAR THIS YEAR BUT WE'RE BARELY A QUARTER WAY THROUGH THE YEAR

2019-20 PANINI DONRUSS OPTIC - EXPRESS LANE - HOLO #17 TRAE YOUNG

.I'M OLD SO A SHINY TRADING CARD WITH A RUSTING OLD BOWLING ALLEY SIGN FROM THE 1960S AS THE MAIN DESIGN ELEMENT IS CATNIP FOR MY NOSTALGIA ADDLED BRAIN. THE AREA WHERE I LIVE HAS BEEN BUILT UP TO HELL IN THE PAST 25 YEARS SO ANY COOL OLD SIGN WE HAD MOLDERING IN FRONT OF A FAILING BUSINESS HAS ALREADY BEEN PAVED OVER AND REPLACED WITH A STRIP MALL, BUSINESS PARK OR CAR WASH. THE LACK OF DILAPIDATED OLD TRASH IN MY LIFE HAS CAUSED ME TO LOOK UP AMAZING OLD BUILDINGS AND SIGNS ONLINE LIKE THIS WONDERFUL BEAUTY PARLOR SIGN I SAW ON BLUESKY RECENTLY. WHEN I SAW THIS RUSTY OLD MESS AND IT WAS A HOLO? INSTABUY

I HAVE NEVER BEEN A BIG FAN OF OPTIC BUT DAMN THEY HAVE SOME WILDASS INSERTS. THIS IS A SECOND YEAR INSERT SO TRAE YOUNG IS STILL YOUNG. NOW HE IS TRAE OLD AND THE HAWKS ARE BACK IN THE LOTTERY AND EVERYONE HAS THEIR KNIVES OUT FOR POOR TRAE. I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SUMMER OF TRADE RUMORS. IF TRAE GOES, I HOPE IT'S TO SAN ANTONIO SO HE CAN WIN A BUNCH OF TITLES WITH WEMBY. I KNOW THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN SO IT WILL BE THE WORST CASE SCENARIO WHERE HE'S TRADED TO THE LAKERS AND GETS BLAMED WHEN THEY DON'T IMMEDIATELY GO TO THE FINALS. FUCK IT DUDE, LET'S GO BOWLING