BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTAR - PART 19: 50 CENT REJECTS - J

 TIME FOR MORE ABANDONED CHEAP-BUT-NOT-QUITE-DIME-BOX-CHEAP CARDS. THIS TIME WE'VE GOT PLAYERS FROM THE J SECTION OF THE BOX. THERE WEREN'T AS MANY OF THESE AS I EXPECTED, NAMES STARTING WITH J ARE PRETTY COMMON

ONE OF THE REASONS I HAVE SO MUCH 1992 DONRUSS TRIPLE PLAY CARDS (BUT STILL NO COMPLETE SET, GRUMBLE GRUMBLE) IS BECAUSE THE JUMBO PACKS HAD ONE OF THESE DIAMOND KING SPINOFF CARDS PER PACK. THESE LOOKED REALLY GOOD IN 1992 AND WERE SUPER EASY TO GET AT ONE IN SIX PACKS FOR A SMALLISH TWELVE CARD SET. WALLY JOYNER WAS A FAVE OF MINE SINCE HE WENT TO A HIGH SCHOOL NEAR WHERE I GREW UP AND EVENTUALLY PLAYED A SEASON AT FIRST BASE FOR THE BRAVES. I NEVER COMPLETED THE GALLERY OF STARS SET EITHER DESPITE ALL THOSE PACKS I RIPPED AND ALREADY HAVE TWO OR THREE WALLYS. THAT'S HOW JUNK BOXES WILL DO YOU SOMETIMES

DAVID JUSTICE CARDS GETTING PURGED BY A CARD SHOP IN ATLANTA IS A LITTLE ODD, BUT NOT WHEN HE'S IN A CLEVELAND UNIFORM. I REMEMBER LOOKING UP TRADE DETAILS ON A COMPUTER IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE AT MY UNIVERSITY WHEN A BUDDY OF MINE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT WHILE WE WERE DEALING WITH SOME SORT OF COLLEGE PAPERWORK. I'M NOT SURE IF WE WERE ACTUALLY AUTHORIZED TO USE THE COMPUTER BUT WE DIDN'T GET BUSTED AND I WAS SAD WHEN I FOUND OUT MARQUIS GRISSOM GOT TRADED TOO. I THINK I ACTUALLY NEEDED THIS CARD FOR MY LEAF SET WHICH MAKES UP FOR THE SAD MEMORIES

I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS CARD WAS MIXED UP WITH THE REST OF THE PLAYERS WHOSE NAMES START WITH J? I GUESS IT WAS MIXED IN WITH THE RANDY JOHNSON CARDS BUT RANDY IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN ON THIS CARD. HE WAS WEARING A JACKET DURING THE CELEBRATION. MAYBE SOMEONE FIGURED THAT OUT AND GAVE IT THE BOOT. I DOUBT THERE'S A HUGE MARKET FOR A SUBSET CARD FROM THE UPDATE SERIES OF A COMPLETELY DEFUNCT RETRO-STYLE SET

AHH, HERE'S AN ACTUAL RANDY JOHNSON CARD. YOU ALL ARE CHASING HIS 1989 CARD WITH THE MARLBORO AD BUT HERE'S A CARD FROM 1983! DIDN'T KNOW RANDY WAS ORIGINALLY AN OUTFIELDER ADN ABOUT A FOOT SHORTER DIDJA. OK, SO IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RANDY JOHNSON BUT YOU ONLY NEED TO FOOL ONE COLLECTOR TO GET THAT SWEET, SWEET FIFTY CENTS

ADAM JONES OFFICIALLY RETIRED LAST YEAR WHICH MADE ME A FEEL A LITTLE SAD AND A LOT OLD. I LIKED SEEING HIM PLAY AND WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE PHOTO OF HIS INSANE CATCH IN THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC THAT LOOKED LIKE A RENAISSANCE PAINTING WITH ALL THE FANS IN THE BACKGROUND. THIS IS A GREAT LOOKING CARD BUT THE DESIGN REALLY HITS HOME JUST HOW MUCH HEAVY LIFTING THE RED STRIPES WERE DOING IN THE ORIGINAL 1985 DONRUSS DESIGN

GREGG JEFFERIES ROOKIE CUP!!! TOPPS WITH THE DEFINITIVE JEFFERIES ROOKIE CARD. TWO YEARS AFTER EVERY OTHER BRAND PUT HIM IN THEIR BASE SET. AND A YEAR AFTER TOPPS' OWN GREGG JEFFERIES FUTURE STARS CARD. NOT TO MENTION BOWMAN. STILL, ROOKIE CUPS ARE RAD. NOT FIFTY CENTS FOR A 1990 TOPPS CARD RAD BUT THAT'S HOW IT GOT INTO THE JUNK BOX

WHILE THERE WEREN'T MANY PLAYERS WHOSE NAMES START WITH J IN THIS PILE THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WAS A SMALL PILE OF CARDS. EVERYONE'S FAVORITE BLAZING SADDLES REFERENCE HOWARD JOHNSON WAS REPRESENTED QUITE WELL IN THE BOX. FROM TRASH (1987 TOPPS, 1991 FLEER) TO HIGH END CLASSY STUFF (STADIUM CLUB, LEAF, 1989 UPPER DECK) TO ODDBALL (1987 DONRUSS UHHH THE ROOKIES? OPENING DAY ROSTERS? WHICH IS THE BLUE BORDER ONE). DECENT STUFF. BUT THAT'S NOT THE BEST STUFF

DENNY'S HOLOGRAM FOR THE WIN! THIS ONE IS FROM THE INAUGURAL 1991 SET AND IS SO SHINY I WAS UNABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITHOUT AN UNINTENTIONAL HAND SELFIE. THESE EARLY HOLOGRAM CARDS ARE UNDERRATED IN MY OPINION AND I ENJOY PICKING THEM UP WHEN I CAN. I DIDN'T DISCOVER DENNY'S EVEN HAD A BASEBALL CARD PROMOTION UNTIL ABOUT 1995 SO THERE AREN'T MANY CARDS FROM THESE THESE EARLY SETS IN MY COLLECTION. LITTLE GEMS LIKE THESE ARE WHY I KEEP BUYING BOXES OF JUNK

BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTAR - PART 18: CARDINALS

CARDINALS UP, AND THEY HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE LAST SOLO TEAM. I'M DOUBLING UP TEAMS FROM NOW ON BECAUSE THIS IS TAKING TOO LONG AND I NEED TO PUT ALL THESE CARDS AWAY SO I CAN REPURPOSE THE BOX. SOME OF THE TEAMS HAVE INTERESTING PAIRINGS AND OTHERS ARE AS RANDOM AS YOU CAN GET. THERE WILL EVEN BE A TRIPLE TEAM POST! AWAY WE GO

THE CARDNALS HAD 69 CARDS IN THE BOX INCLUDING THREE CARDS ADDED TO THE TOPPS TRADED PILE. FEEL FREE TO SPAM THE COMMENTS WITH 'NICE' LIKE IT'S 2012 AGAIN. THESE CARDINALS (SPRING TRAINING?) JERSEYS ARE EXTREMELY RED AND SOMEWHAT SEE-THROUGH. JIM LINDEMAN DEFINITELY HAS SOMETHING PRINTED ON HIS T-SHIRT UNDERNEATH THE JERSEY BUT I CAN'T QUITE MAKE IT OUT. I'M ALSO PRETTY SURE THAT StL LOGO IS AN IRON ON PATCH. MAYBE FANATICS IS JUST LOOKING TO THE PAST FOR THIS YEAR'S UNIFORMS? 

1987 TOPPS TRADED COUNT: 27/132

NO COMPLETE TEAM SET FOR 2002 OBVIOUSLY AS THERE'S NO WAY ANY SECOND YEAR PUJOLS CARDS WERE GETTING DUMPED. ALSO MISSING FROM THE TEAM SET ARE MARK MCGWIRE, JIM EDMONDS AND THE TONY LARUSSA MANAGER CARD. THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF GOOD PLAYERS IN HERE INCLUDING EDGAR RENTERIA, TINO MARTINEZ AND A SO TAGUCHI ROOKIE CARD

2002 TOPPS COUNT: 191/718

WHILE THE ROOKIE CUP AND ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER ALBERT PUJOLS CARDS WERE MISSING, THESE STEALTH PUJOLS CARDS REMAINED IN THE BOX. ALBERT GETS SOME HUG TIME FROM LARUSSA AS THEY WIN THE WILDCARD AND FROM BUD SMITH AFTER HIS PERFECT GAME. THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF HIDDEN GEMS RIGHT HERE

OZZIE IS A CLASSIC JUNK BOX HALL OF FAMER. BACK WHEN THERE WERE CHEAP JUNK GRAB BAGS SOLD AT TARGET AND DOLLAR TREE SOME OF THEM ADVERTISED 'A HALL OF FAMER IN EVERY PACK!' AND IT WAS ALWAYS EITHER ONE OF THOSE OLD CMC GRREN BORDER HALL OF FAMER CARD OR A JUNK WAX CARD OF A GUY LIKE OZZIE OR SANDBERG OR BOGGS. TONY GWYNN IF THEY WERE FEELING GENEROUS

MOARER METAL, HOORAY! ELI MARRERO GOT TRADED TO THE BRAVES IN THE JD DREW DEAL THAT SENT ADAM WAINWRIGHT TO THE CARDINALS. I KNOW I'VE PROBABLY SAID THIS THREE TIMES ALREADY BUT IT'S NUTS HOW MUCH WORK MUST'VE WENT INTO DESIGNING AND PRINTING THESE CARDS. THE ETCHING AND EMBOSSED STAMPING WAS ALREADY A LOT AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PLAYER OUTLINE. I WANT A DOCUMENTARY ON JUST HOW THE HELL THEY MADE THESE CARDS

QUIZ AS A CARDINAL IS COOL EVEN IF HE DIDN'T HAVE THE GREATEST STAT LINE ON THE BACK. AND IS THAT VINCE COLEMAN PHOTOBOMBING THE SHOT?

ANOTHER REASON I'M GOING TO START DOUBLING UP TEAMS ON THESE POSTS. I AM RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT STUFF LIKE 2002 UPPER DECK. IT'S A GOOD LOOKING CARD OF A GOOD PITCHER. OTHER THAN THAT I GOT NOTHIN

THERE'S PLENTY TO SAY ABOUT THIS CARD. ANOTHER WONDERFUL PACIFIC CARD, THIS TIME FROM THE 1993 SPANISH SET. THIS SET WAS THE SWAN SONG FOR PACIFIC'S DISTINCTIVE 'GRADIENTS EVERYWHERE' DESIGN PHILOSOPHY FROM THEIR EARLY 90S SETS AS THE 1993 FOOTBALL SET PIVOTED TO A COLORFUL MARBLED DESIGN. THOSE OLD FOOTBALL SETS REALLY HIT MY NOSTALGIA NERVE SO IT'S NICE TO SEE ON A PROPER BASEBALL CARD RELEASE

WHO REMEMBERS OZZIE CANSECO ON THE CARDINALS? HE PLAYED MORE GAMES WITH ST LOUIS THAN WITH OAKLAND BUT HE WASN'T GETTING BOOTLEG CARDS IN A CARDINALS UNI. AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A FULL SPANISH LANGUAGE PRODUCT SO PACIFIC COULD GET A LICENSE. NO O-PEE-CHEE DUAL LANGUAGE STUFF HERE! IT'S A NICE LOOKING SET AND I'M GLAD I GOT A SECOND SERIES CARD AS I RIPPED A BOX OF THE FIRST SERIES YEARS AGO AND GOT THE SET

I MISS COLLECTOR'S CHOICE. THERE, I SAID IT. I WISH THERE WAS SOME CHEAP-ASS WORTHLESS CARDS OUT THERE WHERE I COULD BUY A BUNCH OF PACKS AT WAL-MART FOR LIKE TEN BUCKS AND RIP AWAY AND HAVE A GOOD STACK OF JUNK AFTERWARDS. TEN BUCKS WON'T GET YOU A HANGER ANYMORE, SCREW THAT. GIMMIE JACKED UP RON GANT MASHING A BALL ON A LOW-RENT UPPER DECK CARD IN A PACK THAT COSTS A BUCK

LEAF ROOKIES AND STARS MEANS NOTHING TO ME BUT I GOTTA SHOW OFF A JD DREW CARD. YES, WE TRADED WAINWRIGHT FOR HIM, WHICH WASN'T GREAT, BUT DREW HAD AN ABSOLUTELY INSANE 2004 SEASON FOR THE BRAVES. THREE GUYS HAD 8 OR MORE WAR FOR THE BRAVES IN THE 00S AND FANGRAPHS DOESN'T AGREE ON ANDRUW JONES AND BASEBALL-REFERENCE DOESN'T AGREE ON BRIAN MCCANN. BOTH AGREE ON 04 DREW AND FOR A TEAM THAT WAS DESPERATELY TRYING TO MAKE NOISE IN THE PLAYOFFS IT WAS A GOOD MOVE AT THE TIME. WAINWRIGHT WILL EVENTUALLY BE ON THE 'VETERANS COMMITTEE TO RE-EVALUATE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PITCHERS THAT DROPPED OFF THE BALLOT BECAUSE VOTERS DIDN'T REALIZE HOW GOOD THEY WERE' BALLOT BUT SOMETIMES PROSPECTS THAT GET TRADED HIT, THAT AIN'T JD'S FAULT

ANOTHER OZZIE! NO RESPECT FOR THE WIZARD. THAT GIGANTIC DINGED CORNER IN THE WORST POSSIBLE SPOT MIGHT'VE ALSO PLAYED INTO THE DECISION TO LEAVE THIS CARD IN TEH JUNK BOX, BUT OZZIE, MAN. THIS IS A GREAT PHOTO TOO

🚨🚨🚨VINTAGE IN THE JUNK BOX ALERT🚨🚨🚨

YEAAAAH THIS IS WHY I KEEP BUYING BOXES OF CRAP. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CARD IS FUCKIN AWESOME. THE PICTURE, THE BORDER, THE SIGNATURE, THE SWING, ALL THE BANGED UP CORNERS AND EDGES THAT GOT THIS CARD IN THE BOX IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE CASE HIT OF JUNK BOXES

THIS SORT OF LOOKS LIKE AN INSERT BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A SUBSET FROM 1999 UPPER DECK. I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS PLAYER IS BECAUSE I NEEDED THE CARD AND HAVE ALREADY PUT IT AWAY AND I'M NOT DIGGING THROUGH THE BOX TO FIND OUT. WHO WAS GOOD ON THE CARDINALS IN 1998? IT'S PROBABLY HIM

AND THE LEFTOVER JUNK IS JUST THAT, JUNK. IV'E GOT ALL THESE CARDS ALREADY AND NOW I HAVE TO DO SOMETHIGN WITH THEM. WORTH IT JUST FOR THAT PACIFIC CANSECO THOUGH

BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTAR - PART 17: PADRES

PADRES ARE UP AND WAIT - TWO RICKEYS?? SOMEONE STRIPMINED A SET OF 2002 TOPPS AND LEFT TWO RICKEYS??? THE FOOLS!

THEY'RE FOILBOARD CARDS TOO! THAT'S SUPPOSED TO MEAN THEY'RE SPECIAL OR SOMETHING. I HIT THE JACKPOT HERE. DIDN'T DO TOO BADLY ON THE TRADEDS EITHER

FOUR MORE TRADED CARDS WHICH SOUNDS GOOD BUT I MADE THE MISTAKE OF LOOKING UP THE CHECKLIST AND THAT'S ONLY HALF THE TEAM SET. THE GOAL HERE IS NOT TO GET A COMPLETE SET OUT OF THE BOX BUT TO KNOCK CARDS OFF THE WANTLIST. I'M TOO SCARED TO CHECK THAT YET, MY LUCK HASN'T BEEN GREAT LATELY

1987 TOPPS TRADED COUNT: 24/132

THE 2002 PADRES TEAM SET IS ALSO MISSING A COUPLE, GWYNN AND BASE RICKEY, OF COURSE. TREVOR HOFFMAN DIDN'T GET CHERRY PICKED THOUGH WHICH SEEMS DISRESPECTFUL

IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I TOOK THE PHOTOS I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT I WAS THINKING. THERE COULD BE A BRAVES THEME TO THIS PIC, BUT WHY DIDN'T I INCLUDE RON GANT? I'M NOT AT THE TOP OF MY GAME RIGHT NOW BUT WHO CARES, HERE'S MORE CARDS

2002 TOPPS COUNT: 166/718

VINTAGE IN THE JUNKBOX! WOO HOO! THIS SET IS COMPLETE SO I REFUSE TO BUY MORE OF THEM ON PURPOSE WHEN I HAVE A HUNDRED OTHER SETS TO FINISH BUT I LOVE HAVING THEM TURN UP ACCIDENTALLY. THIS IS A PRETTY FASCINATING PHOTO CHOICE, THOSE OUTFIELD PADS LOOK LIKE THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME SHIT. THIS PHOTO IS SO FAR AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED ON A 2024 CARD. IT'S KINDA AWESOME 

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT 1995 DONRUSS. I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A CLEAN UP OF MY OLD SET BOXES BUT I DO NOT REMEMBER IF THESE WERE NEEDED OR NOT. THAT PROJECT MAY END UP TAKEING UNTIL 2025 AT THIS RATE IF NOT LONGER

OH NOEZ! MY BIP COLLECTION INCREASES BY ONE. I HAVE DECIDED I WILL NEVER EVER TRACK WHICH BIP ROBERTS CARDS I HAVE BUT WILL MERELY APPRECIATE THEM ALL AS THEY ENTER MY LIFE. A BIPLESSING SO TO SPEAK

2002-2005 UPPER DECK ALL BLURS TOGETHER FOR ME BUT I'VE DUG THROUGH SO MUCH OF IT LATELY TO KNOW THAT THIS KOTSAY IS FROM 2002. EVERYONE IS BITCHING ABOUT ALL THE BORING TOPPS DESIGNS FROM THE 21ST CENTURY NOW THAT FANATICS HAS DAZZLED US WITH FLASHY NEON. BUT HONESTLY, IS SOMETHING LIKE 2014 ANY WORSE THAN THIS? 2017? 2020? OK, 2016 IS WORSE, BUT WHAT'S THE POINT OF ALL THESE LINES? IT'S NOT EVEN A BAD LOOKING CARD, BUT WHY ALL THE LINES? HALF OF THOSE LINES ARE FOIL STAMPING TOO, JUST WHY. IF I WERE STILL A REAL BLOGGER AND NOT JUST A BASE CARD SHITPOSTER I'D WRITE A GIANT ARTICLE OVERTHINKING ALL THE UPPER DECK DESIGNS LIKE PEOPLE DO WITH THE TOPPS DESIGNS. I'D ALSO ADD ALL THE NEW HOCKEY DESIGNS THAT REALLY ALL BLUR TOGETHER AS WELL

IT'S 1989 APPRECIATION YEAR, SO LET'S ALL APPRECIATE THIS JOHN KRUK CARD BEFORE WE ALL GET COMPLETELY SICK OF IT. IF THAT HASN'T ALREADY HAPPENED, THANKS KEN GRIFFEY JR. TRIBUTE SET

AND HERE'S THE CRAP. A NICE ASSORTMENT OF CRAP BUT CRAP NONETHELESS

THERE WAS ACTUALLY A CARD I NEEDED IN THE PILE OF JUNK THOUGH! A 1988 FLEER UPDATE KEITH MORELAND CARD. I DON'T ACTUALLY TRACK THE 80S UPDATE SETS FROM FLEER AND DONRUSS SO IT WAS A SURPRISE TO SEE ONE POP UP IN THE PILE. I'M ALSO JUST NOW FINDING OUT THAT THERE'S A JODY DAVIS ERROR ON KEITH'S 88 FLEER BASE CARD?? HOW HAVE I GONE, UH, (MENTALLY CALCULATES HOW LONG AGO 1988 WAS) 97 YEARS WITHOUT KNOWING 88 FLEER HAD ERROR CARDS? I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO DIGGING THROUGH MY SETS TO SEE WHAT I HAVE BUT IT'S GOING TO BUG ME NOW. THE CUBS ARE UP IN FOUR POSTS SO MAYBE WE'LL SEE KEITH AGAIN THERE

BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 16 - 50 CENT REJECTS YANKEES

 DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A DEDICATED YANKEES SECTION IN THE FIFTY CENT BOX? THAT SECTION GOT CLEARED OUT TOO AND I WAS THE, UH, BENIFICIARY. APOLOGIES TO THE YANKEE HATERS, ESPECIALLY THE OLD-SCHOOL ONES

 

NO ONE CAN HATE DON BAYLOR THOUGH. I MEAN I GUESS YOU COULD, BUT WHY. 

THESE ARE FROM 2004 UPPER DECK YANKEES CLASSICS, A SET I HAVE NO CARDS FROM SO THESE ARE ALL NEW TO ME. IT'S A DECENT COLLECTION OF CHARACTERS AT LEAST. THE MAIN REASON I HAVE NONE OF THESE CARDS AND NEVER REALLY CARED TO IS BECAUSE OF THESE:

THESE ARE 2003 UPPER DECK YANKEES SIGNATURE SERIES. A WHOLE ASS SET OF JUST YANKEES. TWO YEARS AFTER A WHOLE ASS SET OF JUST NEW YORK TEAMS. THIS SET WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY AWESOME THOUGH AS IT WAS ABSOLUTELY PACKED WITH GREAT AUTOGRAPH CARDS AND WAS FULL OF SIGNATURES OF GUYS WHO WERE WAY BETTER KNOWN ON OTHER TEAMS. LEW BURDETTE AND AL DOWNING HERE WERE INVOLVED IN PRETTY SIGNIFIGANT BRAVES MOMENTS, AND THIS SET IS WHERE I ULTIMATELY GOT MY BOBBY COX AUTOGRAPH

THE SET LOOKS BETTER, HAS A BETTER CHECKLIST AND BETTER AUTOGRAPHS THAN THE 2004 VERSION, WHICH LOOKS LIKE A CHEAP KNOCKOFF OF THIS SET WITH FEWER AUTOS AND UNWANTED PARALLELS. 2004 SEEMS TO BE AROUND THE TIME THE COOL STUFF OF THE EARLY 00'S STARTED TO DEVOLVE INTO MUCK ANYWAY AND TWO STRAIGHT YANKEES SETS WAS A BIT MUCH. I WOULD CONSIDER COLLECTING THIS 2003 VERSION. NOT INTERESTED AT ALL IN 2004

I WILL ALWAYS TAKE TOPPS PRISTINE CARDS THOUGH. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE TENTH BUCKY FUCKIN' IN THE BOX BUT I DON'T RECALL GETTING A GUIDRY YET. I DON'T EVEN COLLECT PRISTINE, I JUST LIKE TO HAZ THEM

2004 LEGENDARY CUTS I HAVE A WANTLIST FOR, BUT I HONESTLY DON'T NEED IT. THERE'S LIKE THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE OLD UD LEGENDS SETS I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO FINISH. STUFF LIKE 1999 LEGENDS, 2001 70S, MAYBE ONE OF THE REALLY NICE SWEET SPOT CLASSIC SETS. THIS... EH, I'LL TAKE IT BUT I WON'T HUNT IT OUT. I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER IF I NEEDED LOU HERE OR NOT

AWWW YEAAAAH. I LOVE THESE 2020 TOPPS DECADES' BEST CARDS. I'VE ALREADY GOT A COUPLE IN THE BOX AND I WELCOME MORE, EVEN YANKEES. THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE INSERT SETS I WOULDN'T MIND COLLECTING, AT LEAST UNTIL I DISCOVERED THAT THE DAMN THING IS 100 CARDS IN SIZE. I'LL MERELY HOARD THEM FOR NOW

THE LAST YANKEE IN THE BATCH IS THIS BERNIE WILLIAMS ROOKIE (? I THINK) CARD IN AN ANCIENT PENNY SLEEVE THAT FEELS LIKE THE PLASTIC THAT IS WRAPPED AROUND NEW MATRESSES WHEN THEY ARE DELIVERED. IT'S EVEN GOT A 30 CENT PRICE TAG ON IT! I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WAS AN ACTUAL REJECT FROM THE FIFTY CENT BOX OR IF IT WAS SIMPLY IN A SLEEVE AND GOT MIXED IN SOMEHOW BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING END TO THE YANKEE PORTION OF THE FESTIVITIES. I CAN PROMISE THE NEXT BATCH WILL HAVE FEWER YANKEES, ALTHOUGH I HONESTLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS IN THERE AS THESE POSTS ARE TAKING WAY LONGER TO WRITE THAN I EXPECTED. IT WILL BE A SURPRISE TO US BOTH!

BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 15 - ROCKIES

TIME FOR THE ROCKIES. THERE'S ONLY 37 CARDS IN THIS PILE BUT THE LACK OF QUALITY IS MADE UP FOR IN QUALITY. LOOKEE HERE, SOME HOFFERS 

OVER HALF THE PILE WAS 2002 TOPPS AS WELL

NO BASE WALKER OR HELTON BUT A COMPLETE TEAM SET OTHERWISE. THERE'S A FEW NICE PLAYERS HERE TOO, JUAN PIERRE, DENNY NEAGLE, TODD HOLLANDSWORTH, JUAN URIBE. BUNCHA GOOD NAMES HERE

2002 TOPPS COUNT: 147/718

I LIKED THE TODD JONES GRIP PIC AND MIKE HAMPTON'S MIGHTY SWING SO I THOUGHT I'D SHOW THOSE OFF TOO. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW OFF ALL THE CARDS AGAIN ANYWAYS TO HAVE A HALF DECENT POST SO WHY NOT

THE 2002 HELTON GOT YOINKED BUT THE 2003 ONE STAYED IN THE BOX FOR SOME REASON. I AIN'T COMPLAINING THOUGH

THERE WERE A FEW MORE 03S BUT EH, WHATEVER

ANOTHER RED FOIL PACIFIC POPPED UP, THIS TIME IT'S KIRT MANWARING. THIS IS A CAREER CAPPER CARD FOR KIRT, I NEED TO FINISH WRITING THESE DAMN POSTS ALREADY TO SEE IF I GOT A FULL PACK OF THESE THINGS OUT OF THE BOX

LEAF ROOKIES AND STARS I CARE NOTHING FOR, BUT BRAVES LEGEND MIKE HAMPTON IS ALWAYS WELCOME

THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER BIG SHOW CARD OF DANTE BICHETTE IN HERE. AS MUCH AS I AM DISINTERESTED WITH DEALING WITH THE COUPLE BOXES OF COLLECTOR'S CHOICE I'VE ACCUMULATED, I SHOULD PROBABLY DIG THESE UP AND SEE HOW CLOSE TO A SET I'VE GOT

THIS... IS NOT A ROCKIE. I'M NOT EVEN CERTAIN COLORADO WAS A STATE WHEN MILLER PLAYED BALL. THIS MINI SOMEHOW SNUCK INTO THE ROCKIES PILE WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING, INCLUDING ME. ALL MINI'S ARE APPRECIATEDNI THIS HOUSE SO I DON'T MIND

IT'S AN AMERICAN CARAMEL BACK TOO! I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS IS A PARALLEL OR IF IT'S SCARCE OR WHAT BUT IT'S NIFTY

THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG PRIZE CARS OF THE BOX, AN ODD LOOKING VINNY CASTILLA CARD. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS  A 1994 O-PEE-CHEE CARD, THEN REALIZED THAT COULDN'T BE RIGHT AND WAS CONFUSED FOR A BIT AND THEN I REALIZED I COULD JUST LOOK AT THE BACK

ODDBALL POLICE CARD! I DON'T KNOW WHAT A DECKER IS BUT I KNOW WHAT A COP IS. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAD COP CARDS IN DENVER. I LOVE FINDING THE ODDBALLS

AND WE FINISH UP WITH MORE VICTORY TO CHUCK IN THE BIN. ENDING ON A BUM NOTE BUT WE GOT SOME MORE FIFTY CENT REJECTS COMING UP NEXT SO STAY BAT-TUNED TO THIS SAME BAT-CHANNEL FOR SOME, SAY WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT ANYWAY

OH. UH OH. OOOOH. 

SORRY IN ADVANCE, WE GOT A CURVEBALL COMING