ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 31

CHAOS POST! WE START OFF WITH A COUPLE THEMES BUT THE PROCESS RUNS COMPLETELY OFF THE RAILS SOON ENOUGH. MANAGING TO SNAG THESE FIRST THREE CARDS BEFORE ANYONE ELSE GOT TO THEM WAS ONE OF MY HAPPIEST MOMENTS OF 2023

2022 ALLEN & GINTER JORGE SOLER BANNER SEASON

CATEGORY - ALLEN & GINTER, INSERT, BRAVES, HIGH FLY BALL TO LEFT AND GOOD. BYE.

THIS IS THE CARD I WANTED THE MOST FROM 2022 ALLEN & GINTER AND I ABOUT LOST MY MIND WHEN I SAW IT POP UP ON THE SITE. GINTER CARDS GO QUICK TOO BUT I MANAGED TO NAB IT. JORGE PROBABLY HAS THE HIGHEST "AMOUNT OF LOVE I HAVE FOR THE GUY/NUMBER OF GAMES PLAYED FOR THE BRAVES" RATIO OUT THERE

THREE GIGANTIC HOMERS IN THE WORLD SERIES WILL GET YOU AN MVP TROPHY IT SEEMS. I'VE WATCHED THAT THIRD HOME RUN A THOUSAND TIMES, LET'S MAKE IT 1001

2022 ALLEN & GINTER TOM GLAVINE BANNER SEASON

CATEGORY - ALLEN & GINTER, INSERT, BRAVES

THE OTHER BRAVES WORLD SERIES MVP OF MY LIFETIME. SORRY LEW, I AIN'T THAT OLD. TOM GOT HIS MVP BY PREVENTING HOMERS INSTEAD OF MASHING THEM. GAME 6 IN 1995 WAS SO MUCH MORE NERVE WRACKING THAN THE ONE IN 2021

I REALLY LIKE THAT THESE FULL SIZED GINTER PLAYER INSERT SETS ARE NOW 50 CARDS INSTEAD OF 100. IT GIVES ME HOPE THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO FINISH ONE OF THEM BEFORE I DIE

2022 ALLEN & GINTER AUSTIN RILEY MINI

CATEGORY - ALLEN & GINTER, MINI, BRAVES

MOAR MINIS YEEHAW. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NOW. THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER AUSTIN WILL GET IN THE FRANKENSET BUT WHO WILL GET BUMPED OUT. LET'S CHECK THIS IS CARD NUMBER 135. HUH, THAT NUMBER SEEMS FAMILIAR

DID AUSTIN GET IN THE FRANKENSET?

YES

I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS BECAUSE PELE IS CARD NUMBER 130 AND WHILE RILEY WILL BOUNCE 99.9% OF OTHER CARDS OUT OF THE BINDER, PELE IS NOT ONE OF THEM. SADLY 2011 KYLE PETTY HAS LOST HIS SPOT IN THE SET BUT I DON'T CARE THIS CARD LOOKS TOO GOOD

1998-99 UPPER DECK ANFERNEE HARDAWAY SUPER POWERS

CATEGORY - INSERT

PENNY WOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME IF ONLY HE HAD TWO GOOD KNEES. THIS IS AN INSERT FROM A TIME WHERE I HAVE VERY FEW BASKETBALL INSERTS SO IT WAS AN EASY GET

1993-94 UPPER DECK PENNY HARDAWAY TOP PROSPECTS

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

THIS CARD ALWAYS CONFUSES ME AS I THINK IT IS AN INSERT CARD BUT IS ACTUALLY A SUBSET. THAT LITTLE TOP PROSPECT LOGO ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS EMBOSSED FOR SOME REASON

HERE'S A TERRIBLE PHOTO WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE EMBOSS. WHY DID UPPER DECK TO THIS TO A BASE CARD IN A SET THAT DOESN'T EVEN USE FOIL? EVEN PENNY LOOKS CONFUSED

1993-94 UPPER DECK PENNY HARDAWAY RC

CATEGORY - ROOKIE CARD

HERE'S PENNY'S ACTUAL ROOKIE CARD UNLIKE THAT FAKE SUBSET CARD ABOVE. NEITHER OF THEM HAVE A ROOKIE LOGO SO I'M NOT SURE IF EITHER OF THEM COUNT IN TODAY'S WORLD. THIS IS NOT THE MOST ICONIC ROOKIE CARD OUT THERE BUT IT'S A FUN ONE TO HAVE IN THE COLLECTION

1997-98 PINNACLE BE A PLAYER BRUCE GARDINER

CATEGORY - AUTOGRAPH

I DUNNO WHO GARDINER IS BUT IT'S A CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPH FROM THE BEST LOOKING BE A PLAYER SET. WHY WOULDN'T I PICK THIS UP

1981 FLEER HERE'S BO! "STAND WHERE I SHOWED YOU!"

CATEGORY - WANTLIST, NO REALLY

THIS IS A PRETTY BIZZARE PICKUP EVEN FOR ME BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A WANTLIST CARD. I BOUGHT A BUNCH OF BULK NON-SPORTS CARDS AT THE FLEA MARKET YEARS AGO AND INCLUDED WERE A TON OF THESE BO DEREK CARDS. SO MANY THAT I AM NOT ONLY SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO A COMPLETE SET, BUT I'M IN THE RUNNING FOR A COMPLETE SET WITH VARIATIONS. AND THERE ARE AN INSANE NUMBER OF VARIATIONS IN THIS SET. THANKS TO DIFFERENT PUZZLE AND TEXT BACKS SOME CARDS HAVE UP TO FIVE DIFFERENT VERSIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 198 CARDS IN THE MASTER SET. THE SET SHOWS OFF BEHIND THE SCENES ACTION FILMING JOHN DEREK'S VERSION OF TARZAN WITH LOTS OF CHEESECAKE PHOTOS OF BO DEREK AND TONS OF MONKEYS AND OTHER ANIMALS. SO BASICALLY MY PERFECT SET. THE BORDER EVEN REMINDS ME OF 1983 FLEER. THERE'S TONS OF THIS STUFF EVERYWHERE AND I KEEP FINDING IT IN UNEXPECTED PLACES. YOU CAN EVEN GET A PACK OF IT ON FRITSCH FOR THREE BUX

1998 TOPPS JUAN ENCARNACION ROOKIE CLASS

CATEGORY - INSERT, WANTLIST

I HAVE VERY FEW 1998 TOPPS INSERT CARDS AND NOW I HAVE ONE MORE THAN I PREVIOUSLY HAD. JUAN HAD A PRETTY GOOD CAREER AND GOT HIMSELF A COUPLE WORLD SERIES RINGS

2001 EX NOMAR GARCIAPARRA

CATEGORY - SHINY

THE 2001 VERSION OF EX ISN'T MY FAVORITE BUT IT IS VERY UNIQUE AT LEAST. IT'S A WELL MADE CARD, IT'S SUPER THICK AND SORT OF KEEPS UP THE CLEAR ACETATE TRADITION OF THE BRAND AS THOSE GRAY BITS ON THE LEFT AND BEHIND THE LOGO HAVE THE FEEL OF A WINDOW. THERE'S ALSO LITTLE GLITTERY PARTICLES EMBEDDED IN THE PLASTIC

I TOOK THE PICTURE AGAIN TO SHOW OFF THE GLITTER AND ACCIDENTALLY POSTED BOTH PHOTOS LOL. IT'S NOT AS FLASHY AS THE EARLIER ACETATE/HOLOFOIL VERSIONS OF EX BUT IT'S A GOOD LOOKING SET AND NOHTING ELSE REALLY LOOKS LIKE THIS

1997 UD3 EDDIE MURRAY

CATEGORY - SHINY WANTLIST

I LOVE UD3 CARDS WHICH IS NOT SURPRISING GIVEN MY FONDNESS FOR SETS THAT INCORPORATE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT UNIQUE DESIGNS LIKE CHRONICLES AND FUSION. I ALWAYS LIKED THE 1998 VERSION OF UD3 BEST BECAUSE I BOUGHT A BUNCH OF PACKS TO CHASE THE SERIAL NUMBERED DIE CUTS. BUT I REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS SET RECENTLY THANKS TO THE COOL DESIGNS AND THE FACT THAT IT IS A VERY COMPLETABLE 60 CARDS IN SIZE. I MEAN, I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT A SHINY HOLOFOIL EDDIE MURRAY CARD REGARDLESS BUT IT'S EVEN BETTER WHEN I TECHNICALLY NEED IT

2023 TOPPS AUSTIN RILEY

CATEGORY - BRAVES

HELL YEAH, ANOTHER RILEY CARD. I'M MAKING SOME GOOD PROGRESS ON MY RECENT TOPPS TEAM SETS LATELY. AUSTIN KEEPS HITTING THE CRAP OUT OF THE BALL DIRECTLY AT FIELDERS THIS YEAR, BUT WHEN THEY START FALLING, WATCH OUT 

2003 TOPPS NOMAR GARCIAPARRA BLUE BACK

CATEGORY - INSERT, WANTLIST

THIS IS MAYBE MY LEAST FAVORITE INSERT SET OF ALL TIME BUT I HAVE SO MUCH OF IT I FEEL OBLIGATED TO BUILD THE DUMB SET. THE STUPIDITY OF THIS SET INCLUDES:

1) RED BACK AND BLUE BACK VERSIONS WITH A BUNCH OF OVERLAPPING PLAYERS ON THE CHECKLIST

2) 40 CARD SETS INSTEAD OF THE ORIGINAL 52

3) NO CARD NUMBERS. LIKE, PERIOD. NOT EVEN THE STUPID INTIALS NUMBERING SYSTEM TOPPS FELL IN LOVE WITH IN THIS ERA, JUST NOTHING

NO ONE'S PLAYING AN ACTUAL GAME WITH THESE, TOPPS. YOU COULDA SLAPPED 51BB-NG ON THERE SOMEWHERE. I HAVE THESE DUMB THINGS IN A BINDER, I NEED TO RESCUE THOSE PAGES AND USE THEM FOR SOMETHING GOOD LIKE 1997 UD3

2023 TOPPS TRAVIS D'ARNAUD

CATEGORY - BRAVES

ANOTHER BRAVE FOR THE TEAM SET BINDER. WE ARE SO, SO LUCKY TO HAVE A DUDE LIKE TRAVIS AS THE BACKUP CATCHER. HE HAS BEEN ON FIRE WITH SEAN MURPHY OUT

2023 DONRUSS KEVIN HARVICK UNDER THE LIGHTS

CATEGORY - SHINY, INSERT

I THINK I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MY RACING CARD COLLECTION CONSISTS OF RICHARD PETTY, BILL ELLIOTT AND NEAT INSERTS. I WILL PROBABLY BREAK THESE RULES IN AN UPCOMING POST BUT THAT'S THE WAY OF DIME BOX DIGGING. THIS CARD IS UTTERLY INSANE LOOKING IN PERSON AND THE PIZZA AD ON THE CAR IS COOL TOO. I SHOULD TRY HUNT BROTHERS PIZZA SOMETIME, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE BUT THERE ARE APPARENTLY A COUPLE DOZEN LOCATIONS NEAR ME

2019-20 DONRUSS RUI HACHIMURA

CATEGORY - ROOKIE

THIS GUY HAS ALWAYS STUCK IN MY MIND BECAUSE WASHINGTON PICKED HIM #9 OVERALL IN THE 2019 DRAFT ALLOWING THE HAWKS TO GET CAM REDDISH. RUI HAS HAD THE BETTER CAREER SO FAR AND BOTH OF THEM HAVE SOMEHOW ENDED UP ON THE LAKERS BUT CAM'S PICK MADE ME VERY HAPPY AT THE TIME. I DIDN'T HAVE A RUI ROOKIE SO WHY NOT HAVE A DRAFT KEEPSAKE

1998 BOWMAN'S BEST JEFF BAGWELL

CATEGORY - SHINY, SUPERSTAR

I ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF THIS SET SO THIS WAS A RISKY GET BUT IT'S A GOOD LOOKING CARD THAT LOOKS EVEN BETTER WITH THE PHOTO CHOICE. IF IT'S A DOUBLE, IT'S A DOUBLE. NICE CARDS MAKE ME HAPPY 

2022-23 DONRUSS JIMMY BUTLER

CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

I LOVE PICKING UP RANDOM FUTURE HALL OF FAMER CARDS ON THE CHEAP, EVEN IF THEY DO MURDER MY POOR HAWKS ON A REGULAR BASIS. JIMMY WASN'T ABLETO REPEAT A RIDICULOUS PLAYOFF RUN BUT HIS LEGACY IS SECURED 

2022 FINEST WWE NAOMI

CATEGORY - SHINY

I AM RANDOMLY PICKING UP FINEST CARDS THAT ARE NEW TO ME AS I SEE THEM. I LOVE THE WILD DESIGNS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE WILDER ONES. I GOT THIS PARTICULAR CARD FOR NAOMI'S OUTFIT. NOT ONLY IS IT EVEN WILDER THAN THE BACKGROUND IT KINDA MATCHES. THIS IS LIKE A TOP TEN SHINY CARD JUST IN TERMS OF OVERALL EYE DAZZLING. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT RECENT WRASSLING DRAMA SO IF NAOMI CHEATS ON HER TAXES OR STEALS CANDY FROM ORPHANS OR SOMETHING I DON'T WANNA HEAR ABOUT IT. I WILL ENJOY THAT SKINNED CHARACTER FROM MONSTERS INC. FUR COAT IN BLISSFUL IGNORANCE

2023 PANINI LEGACY MICHAEL VICK AND HINES WARD LEGENDS 

CATEGORY - NOSTALGIA

I KEEP SAYING I DON'T COLLECT FOOTBALL CARDS THEN I KEEP BUYING THEM. A TON OF LEGACY CARDS HIT THE SITE ALL AT ONCE AND I ENDED UP PICKING OFF A FEW COOL INSERTS AND STARS HERE AND THERE. A CARD EACH FROM MY FAVORITE TEAM AND THE TEAM I LOVE TO HATE WERE A NICE PAIR. HINES IS ALSO A GEORGIA BULLDOGS LEGEND, SO BONUS

UP NEXT: WE'RE IN THE HOME STRETCH AND IT GETS STUPIDER FROM HERE

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 22

 

START WITH BRAVES AND END WITH SHINY. LET'S GO

2023 TOPPS MATT OLSON

CATEGORY - BRAVES

I GOT TWO OF THESE, ONE FOR THE SET AND ONE FOR THE TEAM. MAN, IT FELT SO GOOD LAST YEAR WHEN ALL THE FREDDIE COMPLAINERS HAD TO WATCH MATT BREAK THE TEAM HOME RUN RECORD. LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING THIS DUDE HIT BOPS FOR THE REST OF THE DECADE

1983 O-PEE-CHEE BIFF POCOROBA

CATEGORY - BRAVES

SPEAKING OF TEAM SETS I NEED TO GET MY O-PEE-CHEE HOUSE IN ORDER. I WAS LOOKING THROUGH MY 80S SETS THE OTHER DAY AND DISCOVERED I HAD A COMPLETE 1984 O-PEE-CEE TEAM SET. WHEN THE HECK DID THAT HAPPEN?? I HAVE A SMALL NOTEBOOK I USE FOR ORGANIZING BLOG POSTS AND IDEAS AND I JUST ADDED A NEW TO-DO LIST PAGE WITH 'GET O-PEE-CHEE IN ORDER' RIGHT AT THE TOP. I WILL FORGET ABOUT IT IN TWO DAYS BUT IT'S IN THERE. IN THE MEANTIME I CAN CHECK RECEVEUR BIFF ON MY 83 NEEDS LIST THAT I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY WRITTEN UP YET

2019 BOWMAN PLATINUM SEAN MURPHY

CATEGORY - BRAVESISH

MURPHY NOW HAS A FEW BRAVES CARDS OUT THERE IN THE WILD WHICH IS GREAT BUT I'LL STILL PICK UP A FEW GOOD LOOKING A'S CARDS OF THE DUDE. BOWMAN PLATINUM IS SUCH AN INESSENTIAL SET THAT IT TOOK ME FOUR GUESSES TO FIGURE OUT THAT THIS CARD IS FROM 2019. IT'S A TOP PROSPECT CARD TOO, NOT EVEN A BASE CARD. WHO CARES, IT'S SHINY

2019 BOWMAN EDDIE ROSARIO

CATEGORY - BRAVESISH

EDDIE ROSARIO IS NO LONGER ON THE BRAVES AND AS OF WHEN I'M WRITING THIS HASN'T EVEN BEEN SIGNED YET. BUT FOR A WEEK IN 2021 HE WAS WILLIE MAYS TIMES FRANK ROBINSON AGAINST THE DODGERS SO ANY EDDIE CARD WILL FOREVER MAKE ME SMILE. TWINS, GUARDIANS, BRAVES OR TO BE DETERMINED, DOESN'T MATTER

2021 BOWMAN BRADEN SHEWMAKE

CATEGORY - BRAVES

POOR BRADEN SHEWMAKE. HE WAS OUR PRESUMED DANSBY REPLACEMENT FOR YEARS, THEN GOT WALLY PIPP'D BY VAUGHN GRISSOM AND ULTIMATELY SENT TO THE WHITE SOX IN THE GREAT 40-MAN ROSTER DUMP OF 2023. MY BRAVES BOXES ARE LITTERED WITH THIS KIND OF PROSPECT SO BRADEN WILL FIT RIGHT IN. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE HE'LL GIT GUD IN CHICAGO LIKE TYLER FLOWERS DID YEARS AGO AND MAKE A HOMECOMING A DECADE FROM NOW

2001 UPPER DECK JOHN DALY STAT LEADERS

CATEGORY - LEGEND

GOLF IS BELOW RACING, BOWLING AND CRICKET IN THE LIST OF SPORTS CARDS I COLLECT. THE ONLY GOLFER I REALLY CARE ANYTHING ABOUT IS TIGER AND GOOD LUCK FINDING HIS CARDS. BUT JOHN DALY IS NOT A GOLFER, HE IS A GODDAMN LEGEND. I SAW THIS INSERT OF DALY AND BROKE MY MOUSE CLICKING ADD TO CART. YEAH HE'S A GREAT GOLFER BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST GOLF MOMENTS OF ALL TIME. FAR SUPERIOR TO ANY OF TIGER'S MEMES AND THAT'S WHAT A LEGEND MAKES

1988 PACIFIC LEGENDS MEL STOTTLEMYRE AND BOB LEMON

CATEGORY - COMPLETED SET, HEEEELLLLLLL YEAAAAAAHHHHHHH

I'VE BEEN PICKING OFF PACIFIC LEGENDS CARDS OFF THE SITE FOR A WHILE NOW. AFTER THE LATEST PACKAGE I RECEIVED I WAS DOWN TO ONLY NEEDING BOB LEMON TO COMPLETE SERIES ONE. IN A FIT OF ORGANIZATION I WENT THROUGH MY PREVIOUS BOXES TO PUT AWAY SOME INSERT CARDS AND REALIZED I MISSED THESE TWO PREVIOUSLY. SERIES ONE COMPLETE, BAYBEE! ONLY TOOK ME THIRTY SIX YEARS! I WONDER IF THE MICKEY MANTLE CARD STILL SELLS FOR TWENTY FIVE BUCKS LIKE IT DID WHEN THE SET FIRST CAME OUT. NOW I GOTTA GET WORKING ON THE 1989 AND 1990 SERIES, I'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO ON THEM 

1998-99 TOPPS DIKEMBE MUTOMBO

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

DEKE'S PUTTING A HURTIN' ON THAT RIM. I BOUGHT A DECENT AMOUNT OF THIS SET IN 1999 BUT NOT ENOUGH TO GET CLOSE TO THE SET. HALL OF FAME WANTLIST GETS ALWAYS MAKE ME HAPPY BUT A HAWKS LEGEND AT THAT? YESSIR, I LIKE IT

2020-21 CHRONICLES BASE SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

CHRONICLES CARDS HAVE BEEN TAKING A BACK SEAT LATELY TO WANTLIST AND EXTRA SHINY CARD PICKUPS NOW THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING ORGANIZED BUT I STILL LIKE TO PICK UP STAR CARDS HERE AND THERE WHEN I CAN. SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER IS DEFINITELY A STAR CARD AND WOULD PROBABLY BE A SUPERSTAR IF HE DIDN'T PLAY IN OKLAHOMA. CHECK HIS STATS, HE'S TAKEN IT UP TO A NEW LEVEL IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS AND PEOPLE MIGHT FINALLY NOTICE IF THE THUNDER MAKE SOME NOISE IF THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR

SOME KINDA UPPER DECK HOCKEY INSERT

CATEGORY - SHINY INSERT

I HAVE NO IDEA WHO THIS DUDE IS OR EVEN WHAT YEAR IT'S FROM BUT I PASSED BY THIS EXTRA SHINY INSERT CARD A COUPLE DOZEN TIMES ON THE SITE AND FINALLY COULDN'T RESIST. IT'S EVEN SHINIER IN PERSON THAN THE PHOTO WAS ON THE SITE!

2021 ELITE MATT RYAN

CATEGORY - SHINY

IF I CAN'T PASS UP A SHINY HOCKEY INSERT HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO PASS UP A SHINY MATTY MELT CARD. CHECK OUT MY BIG GREASY THUMBPRINT AT THE BOTTOM LOL. DON'T STEAL MY BIOMETRICS, BRO 

2020-21 MOSAIC CLINT CAPELA

CATEGORY - HAWKS

CLINT, I LOVE YA, BUT OKONGWU NEEDS TO BE STARTING NOW. PLEASE GET TRADED IN THE OFFSEASON

UPDATE - OKONGWU MESSED UP HIS TOE RIGHT AFTER I WROTE THIS. UUUUGGGGGHHHH

UP NEXT: MOAR ODDBALL JUNK

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 16

MOARER CARDS! POSTS LIKE THIS IS WHY I QUIT PULLING CARDS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX AND STARTED GROUPING THEM INTO THEMES WHEN I COULD. YOU'LL SEE THOSE POSTS IN A FEW MONTHS. FOR NOW, ENJOY THE CHAOS

2019 TOPPS NATIONAL BASEBALL CARD DAY JUSTIN VERLANDER

 CATEGORY - INSERT? ODDBALL? SCREW IT, SUPERSTAR

I REFUSE TO PAY TWENTY BUCKS FOR TOPPS PACKS I DON'T WANT TO GET A FREE PACK OF CARDS SO I HAVE TO GET THESE 'FREE' CARDS OUT OF DIME BOXES AND WHATNOT. VERLANDER'S A GOOD ONE TO GET, HE MIGHT BE THE LAST PITCHER EVER ELECTED TO THE HALL OF FAME AT THIS RATE. I HAD A BIG HALL OF FAME VOTER RANT WRITTEN IN MY MIND BUT NOW THAT I'M AT A KEYBOARD I JUST DON'T CARE ANYMORE. COOPERSTOWN IS NOW IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS THE ATLANTA FALCONS, THE TRIPLE-A VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY AND THE SENATE AS ORGANIZATIONS SO FUCKED UP IT'S NOT WORTH EVEN GETTING ANGRY AT THEM ANY MORE

2021-22 PANINI CONTENDERS JAMES HARDEN

 CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

NOT GONNA LIE, JAMES SEEMS MUCH LESS OF A SUPERSTAR TWO TEAMS LATER NOW THAT HE'S A CLIPPER. HE STILL HAS THOSE HOUSTON YEARS THOUGH AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO HAVE A HARDEN CARD EVENTUALLY

2021-22 PANINI CONTENDERS JOHN COLLINS

 CATEGORY - HAWKS

HERE'S ANOTHER DUDE THAT GOT TRADED SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CARD BUT I STILL LOVE COLLINS EVEN THOUGH HE LOOKS AS OUT OF PLACE IN UTAH AS HE WAS IN ATLANTA LAST YEAR. I THINK JOHN COLLINS HAS BECOME THE NEW JASON TERRY WITH ME. I'LL BE PICKING UP HIS CARDS HERE AND THERE UNTIL I DIE. I'VE PASSED ON A DOZEN DE'ANDRE HUNTER CARDS ON THE SITE BUT PICKED UP COLLINS' SELECT CARD THE WEEK BEFORE THIS GOT WRITTEN

1988 FLEER STICKERS GEORGE BELL

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T MANAGE TO FINISH ANY REGULAR-ASS FLEER SETS FROM THE 80S I STILL INSIST THAT I AM COLLECTING THE STICKER SETS. I ONLY SEE MAYBE A DOZEN OF THESE CARDS IN THE WILD A YEAR AND INEVITABLY I ALREADY HAVE THEM ALL. THIS GEORGE BELL IS A GREAT GET, IT'S BEEN A HOT MINUTE SINCE I'VE PUT A STICKER IN THE 1988 FLEER BINDER. THIS BEING SAID, CIRCUS STARS ON BEIGEY GRAY IS MAYBE THE WORST FLEER DESIGN EVER, AND THEY'VE HAD SOME REAL STINKEROOS

1991 LEAF GOLD ROOKIES ANTHONY YOUNG

 CATEGORY - INSERT

A COUPLE OF THESE LEAF CARDS WEREN'T GROUPED UP WITH THE OTHERS SO THEY GET SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE POSTS FOR FLAVOR. I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR ANTHONY YOUNG. ONE OF THE BEST YOUNG PITCHERS IN THE WORLD AND HE ENDS UP STUCK WITH THE DISMAL METS AND LOSES TWENTY STRAIGHT GAMES. AND THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE. ANTHONY DESERVED BETTER

2022 CHRONICLES CRUSADE COLTON WELKER AND REISS KNEHR

 CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

LIKE I SAID LAST POST, I LOVE THESE CRUSADE CARDS AND I JUST PICK UP WHATEVER ONES THAT SHOW UP REGARDLESS OF PLAYER. COLTON WELKER HURT HIS SHOULDER AND IS NOW IN THE GIANTS' ORGANIZATION. REISS KNEHR WAS THE SPECIAL PINK FLASHY PRISM CARD I PULLED IN MY FIRST CHRONICLES PACK SO NOW I GET MAD WHENEVER I SEE HIS CARDS. I WILL CONTINUE TO RANDOMLY COLLECT PILES OF CHRONICLES CARDS FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE HOWEVER SO GET USED TO IT

20022 CHRONICLES SPECTRA CHARLIE BLACKMON

 CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

I WAS UNSURE ABOUT SPECTRA WHEN I FIRST PULLED THAT LOGAN WEBB CARD OUT OF MY FIRST PACK BUT IT'S BECOME ONE OF MY FAVES. THE CARDS ARE SUPER THICK AND SHINY AND COLORFUL AND HAVE A GREAT VARIETY OF PLAYERS ON THE CHECKLIST SINCE IT'S A HUNDRED CARD SET. SO MANY CHRONICLES SUBSETS ARE FILLED WITH THE SAME COUPLE DOZEN ROOKIE CARDS (GRRR REISS KNEHR) AND IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME ACTUAL MLB PLAYERS FOR A CHANGE. 

1996 SELECT CERTIFIED MANNY RAMIREZ

 CATEGORY - SHINY, SUPERSTAR

SELECT CERTIFIED IS ONE OF THSE SETS I'LL NEVER COLLECT BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH OTHER COOL STUFF FROM THE 90S OUT THERE BUT I'LL HAPPILY PICK UP ONE OF A GREAT PLAYER. MANNY LOOKS SO HAPPY ON THIS CARD, I LIKE HAPPY MANNY

2023 TOPPS NL ERA LEADERS

 CATEGORY - BRAVES

SLOWLY BUT SURELY BUILDING UP THESE TOPPS TEAM SETS INSTEAD OF BUYING THEM ALL AT ONCE LIKE A SANE PERSON. 2023 WAS A PRETTY BRUTAL YEAR FOR ALL THREE OF THESE PITCHERS. I'M HOPING MAX HAS A CY YOUNG CALIBER YEAR FOR THE BRAVES IN 2024 TO JACK UP THE AMOUNT OF DEFERRED SALARY HE GETS FROM THE DODGERS NEXT OFFSEASON

2021 TOPPS A PLAYFUL BOUT OF JUNIORS CHECKLIST

 CATEGORY - RONALD

AT SOME POINT I SEARCHED RONALD ACUÑA ON THE SITE AND BOUGHT EVERY SINGLE ONE I FOUND. THIS ONE COUNTS AS AN ACUÑA CARD. I AM GLAD THIS CONFRONTATION DIDN'T END UP LIKE TIM ANDERSON AND JOSE RAMIREZ. POOR VLAD WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN WHAT HIT HIM

UP NEXT: KINGS AND THINGS

BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 10 - BRAVES

I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE A BRAVES TEAM PILE IN THE CRAPOLA BOX. I EXPECTED MOST OR ALL OF THE BRAVES TO BE YOINKED OUT AND PUT IN THE 50 CENT BRAVES BOXES BUT I GUESS THOSE WERE GETTING A LITTLE FULL AS WELL SO I GOT A NICE PILE OF THIRTY SEVEN BRAVES. IT'S NOT EVEN THE SMALLEST TEAM PILE IN THE BOX!

ONLY ONE OF THE FOUR BRAVES IN THE 87 TRADED SET MADE IT INTO THE BOX. I NEED IT FOR THE SET, SO THAT'S NICE AT LEAST

1987 TOPPS TRADED COUNT: 15/132

THERE WERE TWELVE 2002 TOPPS CARDS IN THE PILE BUT I'M ONLY ADDING SIX OF THEM TO THE SECOND SET BECAUSE HALF THE PILE IS NEEDED FOR MY TEAM SET

SINCE I ALREADY HAVE THE ENTIRE 2002 BASE SET, A SECOND TEAM SET IS KIND OF A LUXURY, BUT IT MAKES THE TEAM BINDERS LOOK NICE. LOOKING AT MY SET WANT LIST AND TEAM WANT LIST I COULD PROBABLY COMPLETE A FEW SETS IF I RAIDED MY BINDERS. HMMMM

2002 TOPPS COUNT: 86/718

SO THERE'S NOT ONLY BRAVES IN THE BULLSHIT BLASTER BUT VINTAGE BRAVES. 1978 IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SETS BUT I'VE COMPLETED THE BASE SET AND THE TEAM SET SO IT'S HARD TO JUSTIFY PICKING UP RANDOM CARDS FROM THE SET WHEN I SEE THEM. I WILL ABSOLUTELY TAKE THEM JUST OUTTA NOWHERE THOUGH. THIS IS A GOOD MIX OF PLAYERS TOO, ALL STAR WILLIE MONTANEZ, GOOD OL' CHANNEL 17, LONG TIME UTILITY GUY JERRY ROYSTER AND ROOKIE OF THE YEAR GARY MATTHEWS. IF WE PLAY THE GAME ON THE BACK OF THE CARDS WE GET A GROUND OUT AND STRIKEOUT BOOKENDED BY GAME INSTRUCTIONS. THAT'S HOW IT GOES SOMETIMES

THERE'S ALSO A TEAM CARD IN THERE AND IT ISN'T EVEN MARKED UP OR NOTHIN. THERE IS A COOL ARTICLE FROM SPORTS COLLECTORS DAILY ON THE SURPRISING PLAYERS THAT TURNED UP ON TEAM CARDS OVER THE YEARS THAT'S WELL WORTH A READ. I'D LOOK UP WHO IS ON THIS CARD BUT I AM TRYING TO GET THIS WRITTEN BEFORE I HAVE TO GO RUN ERRANDS THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON SO THERE'S NO TIME. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE FORD FRICK AWARD YEARS AGO ERNIE JOHNSON SR. ON THE LEFT OF THE TOP ROW THOUGH

I ALSO LOVE 1980 CARDS AND WE HAVE A BRUCE BENEDICT ROOKIE CARD RIGHT HERE. I'M GLAD MY LCS COMPLETELY DISREGARDS VINTAGE TOPPS AFTER ABOUT 1974

SINCE THERE'S SO FEW CARDS IN THE PILE I'M SHOWING THEM ALL OFF EVEN IF I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY. MAN, THERE'S A LOT OF COLORS ON THIS CARD

THIS PHOTO IS NOT ONLY OUT OF FOCUS BUT I ALSO FORGOT TO CROP IT. I RETOOK THE PICTURE OF THE 1978 CARDS BECAUSE THEY DESERVE TO LOOK NICE BUT I CAN'T BE ARSED WITH THIS ONE

NOW WE REACH THE BIG STACK OF UPPER DECK COMMONS THAT WE GET WITH EVERY TEAM. THESE ARE JUNK BUT I WILL ALWAYS APPRECIATE FRANCISCO CABRERA'S CONTRIBUTION TO HUMANITY

I'M TEMPTED TO COMPARE THE GIANT STACK OF 1992 UPPER DECK TO 2002 TOPPS WHEN THIS IS ALL SAID AND DONE, BUT UPPER DECK'S CARD STOCK IS THINNER SO TOPPS WILL END UP WINNING NO MATTER WHAT. IT DOES IRK ME THAT I STILL HAVE NOT FOUND A 1992 CARD I NEED TO FINISH THE SET OUT OF THEM ALL. JUST ONE IN THE BOX AND I WILL BE HAPPY

1993 UPPER DECK IS NOT JUNK EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN THE RIGHT ERA AND PROBABLY HAD JUST AS MANY CARDS PRINTED. YES, THERE ARE MILLIONS OF THIS BRIAN HUNTER CARD BUT HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE PERMANENTLY BRICKED OR HAVE THE DREADED 93 UPPER DECK SNOW FROM CARDS STICKING TOGETHER? JUST COMPARE THIS CARD COMMEMORATING THE DEMISE OF A POOR BAT TO THAT BRIAN HUNTER TOPPS CARD ABOVE THAT I COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO CORP. JUNK 1993 UPPER DECK DOES NOT EXIST. EXCEPT FOR THE ONES YOU CAN BUILD A HOUSE WITH

LEMKE!!! FROM MY FAVORITE DONRUSS SET!!! LE EPIC WIN!!! 

WE WIND UP THE PILE WITH A COUPLE ROYAL ROOKIES. STEVE TORREALBA MADE IT TO THE BIGS WITH THE BRAVES IN 2001 AND 2002 AND WAS A GOOD ENOUGH PROSPECT TO GET A COUPLE SHORT PRINTED ROOKIE PROSPECT CARDS. I HAD NO IDEA WHO KENNY NELSON SO I LOOKED HIM UP AND DISCOVERED THIS ISN'T KENNY NELSON IT'S BUBBA NELSON. BUBBA WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE IN PROSPECT SUBSETS IN THE EARLY 00S. IN ADDITION TO THE GAWDAWFUL CARD DESIGN ROYAL ROOKIE DEPRIVED US OF A BUBBA CARD. UNFORGIVABLE. I HAVE ABOUT SIX COPIES OF BOTH THESE CARDS AS THESE PACKS WERE RIPPED LIKE CRAZY FOR AUTOGRAPHS AND NO ONE WANTS THE BASE

THAT WAS A NICE LITTLE PILE OF BRAVES AND THE NEXT BULLSHIT BLASTER POST IS EVEN NICER BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO DO A LOT OF WRITING