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Showing posts with label Hobby exclusive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hobby exclusive. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Found Today at Wal-Mart


A Pack of 2008 Donruss Elite Extra.

At Wal-Mart.

Does Hobby Exclusive mean something different from what it used to?

Does it now mean "This pack is exclusively purchased by people who collect baseball cards and not people who collect WebKins, stamps or beer cans" instead of "This pack is exclusively found at hobby stores"? I don't understand this business any more. Gimme a minute and I'll rip the sucker and see what we got.

7 Beau Mills - One of Cleveland's top 5 prospects according to Baseball America.
82 Rolando Gomes - 11th round pick of the Angels. This is the first '08 Draft pick in two packs for me.
37 Gerardo Parra - Top outfield prospect for the D-Backs, he played in this year's Futures game.
33 Edgar Olmos - Third round pick of the Marlins. He chose Florida over a scholarship to Arizona. His family is still proud since he got $500,000 to sign.
87 Scott Green - 3rd round pick of Detroit. He rejected a $800,000 offer from Boston to go back to Kentucky for his Junior year. Oops.

Well, this pack was a lot better than the one I busted on A Pack A Day, that's for sure. This is the last pack I buy of this stuff. There are only three Braves in the checklist and the Gordon Beckham card that I want is autograph-only. That's probably a good safety tip for Draft Pick sets this year since the exclusives are so goofed up. Don't buy any of 'em without going over the checklist first.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Seen at the local Wally World this morning

Blister packs of "Hobby Exclusive" 2008 Donruss Elite football.

I almost wish I hadn't sworn off football cards so I could have visual proof while mocking it on the internet.