APRIL 2024 CARD SHOW PART 3: MORE DIME BOX

WE LEFT OFF THE PREVIOUS POST WITH A BIG GOOF AS I BOUGHT AN ARCHIVES CARD OF RAISEL IGLECIAS WITH A BIG CREASE IN THE MIDDLE. I MADE UP FOR THAT MISTAKE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY MADE A BUNCH MORE. PRO TIP FOR ALL YOU DIME BOX DIGGERS OUT THERE: WHEN YOU MAKE A BUNCH OF WANT LISTS, USE THEM. BONUS TIP: WHEN YOU DO USE THOSE WANT LISTS, KNOW WHAT YEAR THE CARD IS FROM 

HERE'S A 2019 ARCHIVES CARD OF RAISEL WITH NO CREASES WHATSOEVER. I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THE SIMPLICITY OF THIS SET AND I FELT THE NEED TO PICK IT WHEN I SAW IT IN THE BOX. ODDLY, I SKIPPED OVER A COUPLE 2021 HERITAGE CARDS OF IGLESIAS IN THE 1972 DESIGN WHEN I WAS RUSHING THROUGH THE BOX AND DISREGARING ALL HERITAGE I FOUND. WHY'D I STICK MY NOSE UP AT HERITAGE? I DUNNO, THERE WAS SO MUCH OF IT IN THE BOX MY BRAIN TOLD ME WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ALL THIS AND I OBEYED. DON'T WORRY, THERE'S STILL A HERITAGE CARD COMING UP IN A FUTURE POST. I CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT

YAY! VINTAGE FEETSBALL! HERE'S A NICE CARD FROM 1979 TOPPS OF BRONCOS QUARTERBACK CRAIG MORTON. THERE WERE A FEW 70S FOOTBALL CARDS IN THE BOX BUT THIS WAS THE ONLY ONE I NEEDED. ONE 70S FOOTBALL FIND IS GOOD ENOUGH! SOME OF YOU ARE ALREADY TYPING OUT YOUR COMMENTS... BUT MR. JUNK, THAT'S NOT A 1979 TOPPS CARD, THAT IS FROM 1978. YES! YOU ARE CORRECT! GOOD EYE! I HAVE NO IDEA WHY I WAS LOOKING AT MY 1979 WANTLIST FOR A CARD I NEW WAS FROM 1978 BUT I DONE DID IT. SO NO CARD #405 FOR MY 79 SET AND NOW I HAVE A SECOND (AT LEAST) #405 FOR MY 78 SET. WELL I WON'T DO ANYTHING STUPID LIKE THAT AGAIN SURELY

THIS CARD IS FROM THE 2009-10 TOPPS BASKETBALL SET. THIS WAS TOPPS' LAST BASKETBALL BASE SET BEFORE THEY LOST THE LISENCE TO PANINI. IT'S A PRETTY BIG SET AT 330 CARDS AND IT WAS SUPER HARD TO FIND AT THE TIME. I ONLY GOT TWO BLASTERS WORTH OF THE STUFF AND AM MISSING OVER TWO THIRDS OF THE SET. I DIDN'T BOTHER DOUBLE CHECKING IF I NEEDED THIS CARD SINCE I NEEDED SO MUCH OF IT. I GOT THIS ONE ALREADY. NO STEPH CURRY, TWO GERALD HENDERSONS

PRETTY SURE I DON'T HAVE THIS CARD. GREINKE'S A FUTURE HALL OF FAMER BUT I 100% BOUGHT THIS CARD BECAUSE THE LITTLE CAP WITHDIAMONDBACKS WRAPPING AROUND TO THE SIDE PANEL LOOKED ABSURD AND MADE ME LAUGH. OH MAN, THIS DESIGN IS REALLY GOING TO BE A HERITAGE SET IN 2030

ULTRA PRO CARDS! THESE ARE GREAT. THE BACK IS THE BEST

THE SAME HOLOGRAM ON THE BINDER PAGE IS ON THE CARD! THAT'S AMAZING. THAT HOLOGRAM IS BIGGER THAN FIVE OF UPPER DECK'S DINKY HOLOGRAMS. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SQUINT THROUGH A MAGNIFYING GLASS WHEN YOU'RE ADDING CARDS TO TCDB LOOKING FOR BASEBALLS OR HOCKEY STICKS OR THE NUMBER 90 AND WHATNOT. NEXT TIME I'M JUST GONNA LIE AND CHECK OFF ALL THE BOXES. NO ONE CAN PROVE I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THEM! AND IF THEY TRY THEY'LL GO BLIND TRYING TO SEE THOSE DUMBASS VARIATIONS

PROBABLY THE BEST CARD OUT OF THE BOX IF WE'RE BEING HONEST. 80S MINOR LEAGUE TEAM SET TRAINERS ARE PEAK TRADING CARDS. YOU KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE

I TALKED ABOUT HEAVENLY MCCUTCHEN BEFORE SO FORGET ABOUT READING MY NONSENSE AND JUST STARE AT THE CARD UNTIL YOU ARE FILLED WITH PEACE AND TRANQUILITY

PRETTY SURE I HAVE THREE COPIES OF THIS CARD ALREADY. I WILL NOT PASS UP A JASON HEYWARD CARD FROM A DIME BOX EVER, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE DAYS WE'LL STILL BE GETTING NEW HEYWARD CARDS WILL BE COMING TO A CLOSE SOON

MORE TOPPS BASKETBALL, THIS TIME FROM 2005-06. THIS IS ANOTHER SET I DIDN'T BUY ENOUGH OF WHEN IT WAS OUT IN SHOPS. RIGHT NOW YOU'RE THINKING SURELY HE DIDN'T IGNORE THE WANTLISTS AGAIN AND BUY ANOTHER DOUBLE. NO, THIS TIME I DID CHECK THE WANTLIST. NO CLUE WHY I DIDN'T GO AHEAD AND CHECK THAT GERALD HENDERSON WHILE I WAS THERE. BUT I DID CONFIRM THAT I DID INDEED NEED CARD #105. FOR THE 2004-05 SET. SOME DAYS YOU JUST DON'T GOT IT, FOLKS. THANKFULLY THIS WAS THE LAST GOOF, ALL THE REST OF THE CARDS I DON'T NEED FOR DIFFERENT REASONS

LIKE THIS CARD! I DON'T NEED A 2020 TOPPS DEBUT INSERT OF DANIEL JOHNSON.  BUT IT'S COOL LOOKING! THERE'S SPOT GLOSS EVERYWHERE AND IT CELEBRATES THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROMOTION WHERE THE TEAM NAME WAS CHANGED CLIPPERS TO VELEROS WHICH MEANS SAILBOAT BECAUSE CLOSE ENOUGH. THERE WAS ALSO A DJ AND CHIPS, SALSA AND QUESO. MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RULES