ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 14

BACK TO THE NONSENSE. NONE OF THESE CARDS HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON EXCEPT THE GROUP OF FOUR INSERTS. I GUESS THEY ARE ALL MADE OF PAPER. THAT'S SOMETHING IN COMMON

1988 FLEER ALL-STAR TEAM ERIC DAVIS INSERT

 CATEGORY - INSERT

I THINK I HAVE THIS CARD ALREADY BUT I DO NOT PASS UP EARLY FLEER INSERTS, ESPECIALLY ERIC DAVIS

1982 TOPPS MANU TUIASOSOPO

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

40 YEARS LATER I HAVE STILL NOT COMPLETED A SINGLE TOPPS FOOTBALL SET. I NEED TO COMPLETE ONE OF THEM THIS YEAR, I'M JUST NOT SURE WHICH ONE YET. JUST GOTTA PICK ONE AND ATTACK IT LIKE I DO WITH THE BASEBALL SETS BECAUSE THE STRATEGY OF WAIT FOR CARDS I NEED TO FALL INTO MY LAP AIN'T WORKING. MANU'S THE POPS OF NEW BRAVES THIRD BASE COACH MATT TUIASOSOPO AND I THINK THAT'S NEAT

1998 PINNACLE MINT ANDY PETTITTE

 CATEGORY - SHINY

EVERY TIME I SEE ONE OF THESE MINT CARDS ON THE SITE I SNAP IT UP BEFORE I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. I SHOULD MAYBE GET A WANTLIST TOGETHER??? PETTITTE SHOULD BE A HALL OF FAMER BY NOW BUT HE'S GOT THE ONE THING WRONG WITH HIM THAT ALLOWS VOTERS TO DISREGARD HIM. NOW THAT THE BALLOT IS STARTING TO GET BLOATED AGAIN IT'LL BE A WHILE FOR OL ANDY

1992 PINNACLE TEAM 2000 ERIC KARROS, ROBIN VENTURA, GREGG JEFFERIES, TOMMY GREENE

 CATEGORY - INSERT, WANTLIST

ONE SUMMER IN 1992 I TOOK A PAYCHECK FROM STOCKING SHELVES AT WINN-DIXIE AND WALKED ACROSS THE STREET AND BOUGHT A JUMBO BOX OF 92 PINNACLE FROM THE MOM AND POP SUPERMARKET WHO WERE SELLIGN HOBBY BOXES FOR SOME REASON FOR SIXTY-FIVE BUCKS. I HAD PLANNED TO SELL IT AT SOME POINT BUT ENDED UP RIPPING IT ON WINTER BREAK INSTEAD. THUSLY I GOT A LARGE PILE OF THESE TEAM 2000 INSERTS AND NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A BASE SET. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE 90S INSERT SETS I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLETE FOR THE NOSTALGIA VALUE. SPEAKING OF TEAM 2000, HOW DID THESE PLAYERS FARE THAT YEAR?

ERIC KARROS STARTED HIS DECLINE BUT WAS STILL A LEAGUE AVERAGE HITTER WHO BOPPED 31 DINGERS. ERIC HAD A PRETTY GOOD RUN FROM 1995-2000 THOUGH

ROBIN VENTURA HAD MOVED ON TO THE METS AND WAS ALSO PRETTY AVERAGE BUT HAD ONE WHOLE WAR IN VALUE OVER ERIC THANKS TO PLAYING A TOUGHER POSITION. HE WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES TOO!

GREGG JEFFERIES WAS FINISHING UP HIS CAREER AS A UTILITY GUY OFF THE BENCH IN DETROIT. HE HAD POSITIVE WAR WHICH IS ALL YOU REALLY WANT FROM THAT ROLE

TOMMY GREENE WAS WELL INTO RETIREMENT DUE TO A BUM SHOULDER BUT HE PITCHED A NO HITTER AND STARTED THE PENNANT CLINCHING GAME FOR THE PHILS IN 1993 SO YA GOTTA GIVE HIM HIS PROPS

THREE OUT OF FOUR WERE PLAYING IN 2000! THAT AIN'T BAD PROGNOSTICATION FROM PINNACLE

2006-07 FLEER ULTRA ED BELFOUR

 CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION

THE BELFOUR COLLECTION INCREASES BY EXACTLY ONE. THIS WAS FROM UPPER DECK'S FLEER NOT FLEER FLEER BUT IT'S STILL A PRETTY NICE LOOKING CARD. I DON'T LIKE THE TEAM BUT THAT PANTHERS LOGO IS AMAZING

2021 BOWMAN JUAN SOTO

 CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

I WILL ALWAYS PICK UP JUAN SOTO CARDS FOR CHEAPS. WELL, ALMOST ALWAYS. I'VE BEEN SLOW ON THE PICKUP EVER SINCE HE BECAME A YANKEE AND HAVE LOST A FEW ON THE SITE. I STILL LIKE THE WASHINGTON SOTOS

1992 O-PEE-CHEE BIP ROBERTS

 CATEGORY - OH NOEZ

PART OF ME WANTS TO PUT ALL MY BIPS IN A BINDER AND GET TOGETHER A HAVE LIST SO I KNOW WHAT ALL I'VE GOT. ANOTHER PART OF ME WANTS TO NEVER EVER DO THIS AND JUST ACCEPT THE BLESSINGS OF BIPPAGE AS THEY ENTER MY LIFE. I THINK I'LL EMBRACE THE CHAOS

1988 PACIFIC LEGENDS SAM JETHROE

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I AM ONE CARD AWAY FROM FINISHING 1988 PACIFIC LEGENDS SERIES 1 BUT SERIES 2 NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. SAM JETHROE GETS ME A LITTLE CLOSER BUT I WOULD HAVE GOT THIS CARD EITHER WAY. JET IS ALWAYS A NICE FIND FOR THE BRAVES COLLECTON

NEW BATCH OF FIFTY CENT CARDS

WHEN I BOUGHT MY TOPPS HOBBY PACKS I ALSO PICKED UP FIVE BUCKS WORTH OF THE 50 CENT CARDS. WHILE I AM ENJOYING RIPPING THE OCCASIONAL PACK AGAIN, CHEAPO ODDBALLS ARE THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF MY COLLECTING NOW. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE GOLD I WAS ABLE TO MINE

THREE 1992 KELLOGG'S HALL OF FAMERS

LOVE FINDING CHEAP KELLOGG'S EVEN IF THEY ARE THE 90S VERSION. THREE HALL OF FAMERS TOO! I AM NOW VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETING THE 92 SET, I'M ONLY MISSING MADLOCK AND QUIZ. I'M FINDING THE 1991 SET TO BE MUCH MORE CHALLENGING, EVERY TIME I FIND ONE, IT'S STILL IN THE WRAPPER AND WHEN I LOOK IT UP ON THE CHECKLIST IT TURNS OUT I ALREADY HAVE IT. SPEAKING OF ALREADY HAVING IT, I PULLED OUT THE BINDER TO PUT THESE AWAY AND DISCOVERED JIM PALMER STARING BACK AT ME. I'M NOT MAD AT HAVING EXTRAS OF JIM THOUGH

1998 PINNACLE MINT RANDY JOHNSON WITH GOOBERED UP FOIL

LATE 90S ODDBALL ISSUES ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND NOW, AND GOOFED UP CARDS OF HALL OF FAMERS ARE INCREDIBLY SCARCE. PINNACLE MINT CARDS HAD TWO VARIATIONS: ONE WITH A FOIL STAMP IN THE MIDDLE AND ONE WITH THAT BIT PUNCHED OUT WITH A DIE CUT SO YOU COULD SQUEEZE IN A PLAYER COIN. THIS FOIL MISHAP IS EXTRA INTERESTING AS THERE'S A BLANK WHITE CIRCLE UNDERNEATH THE STAMPING. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S POSSIBLE BOTH FOIL STAMPED AND DIE CUT CARDS WERE PRINTED THE SAME AND JUST FED INTO DIFFERENT MACHINES. IF THEY HAD THOUGHT UP THIS IDEA A FEW YEARS EARLIER THEY COULD HAVE SOLD THE LEFTOVER DIE CUT TRASH AS POGS AND MADE A MINT

1985 DRAKE'S REGGIE JACKSON

LAST TIME I RAIDED THE FIFTY CENT BOXES I PICKED UP THE 1982, 1983, AND 1984 REGGIE DRAKE CARDS. I'M NOT SURE IF I JUST MISSED THIS ONE OR IF IT WAS NEW TO THE BOX, BUT I DIDN'T PASS IT UP THIS TIME. I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO COMPLETE ALL THESE DRAKE'S SETS BUT IN 1986 THEY TRANSITIONED FROM THESE TOPPS WITH A DIFFERENT FRONT CARDS TO CARDS YOU HAVE TO CUT OFF THE BOX AND THEY SEEM TO BE MUCH HARDER TO FIND. I GUESS IN THE 80S NO ONE WAS THROWING AWAY TOPPS CARDS BUT THEY HAD NO PROBLEMS TOSSING A SNACK CAKE BOX

2018 HERITAGE HIGH NUMBER REGGIE JACKSON HIGHLIGHTS

I WAS COMPLETELY CHECKED OUT ON HERITAGE AFTER 2014 OR SO AND I THINK I SAW THESE JACKSON HIGHLIGHTS CARDS ONCE OR TWICE ONLINE AND THOUGHT 'COOL!' AND IMMEDIATELY FORGOT ABOUT THEM. I'M OK WITH THIS BECAUSE MY BRAIN GOT TO EXPLODE ALL OVER AGAIN ONCE I REDISCOVERED THIS CARD IN THE CHEAPO BOX. I'M NOT SURE I HAVE ANY OTHER CARDS OF REGGIE WITH A KANSAS CITY A'S LOGO ON THE UNIFORM SO THIS IS EXTRA COOL. LIKE THE 1993 UPPER DECK CLARK BAR SET, THIS ONE'S ONLY FIVE CARDS SO I THINK I NEED TO TRACK DOWN THE OTHER FOUR NOW

THREE UPPER DECK INSERTS OFF MY WANTLISTS

1992 HOMERUN HEROES MARK MCGWIRE

I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT COMPLETING INSERT SETS BUT I'VE BEEN PUTTING SOME EFFORT IN FINISHING UP MY 1993 UPPER DECK INSERTS LATELY. THE HOMERUN HEROES CARDS WERE INSERTED ONE PER SERIES ONE JUMBO PACK. THIS IS ONE OF THE NICER INSERT SETS OUT THERE WITH A VERY CLEAN DESIGN FEATURING AN EMBOSSED BASEBALL BAT THAT WORKS MUCH BETTER THAN IT SHOULD

1992 BASEBALL HEROES BENCH & MORGAN

I WAS CRAZY ABOUT THE UPPER DECK BASEBALL HEROES SERIES, ESPECIALLY THE HANK AND REGGIE SETS, BUT I FELT IT STARTED TO JUMP THE SHARK WHEN THEY SPLIT THIS ONE BETWEEN JOHNNY BENCH AND JOE MORGAN. AS A RESULT I STILL NEED A BUNCH OF THESE TO FINISH OUT MY BASEBALL HEROES RUN. SADLY I AM JUST FINDING OUT NOW THAT THERE WAS ONE LAST ONE-PER-BOX BASEBALL HEROES SET OF BABE RUTH FROM 1995 SERIES TWO THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND ARE QUITE EXPENSIVE

1991 SILVER SLUGGER EDDIE MURRAY

ANOTHER ONE-PER JUMBO PACK INSERT. I GOT QUITE A FE OF THESE IN 1991 BUT AM STILL MISSING SOME. IT'S AN 18 CARD SET TO MATCH THE NUMBER OF SILVER SLUGGER WINNERS, SOMETHING MY INSERT BINDER APPRECIATES. EDDIE MURRAY CARDS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

2020 ARCHIVES FRED MCGRIFF

MY FIRST FRED MCGRIFF CARD AFTER HE WAS ELECTED TO TEH HALL OF FAME. I HAD TO GET THIS CARD WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE DESIGNS, IT'S FRIGGIN BEAUTIFUL. I DON'T EVEN MIND THE SKINNY LETTERING ON THE NAME OR THE GOOFY FAKE AUTOGRAPH ON THE BACK. EVERYTHING IS IS SO PERFECT RIGHT DOWN TO THE 1994 ALL STAR MVP CARTOON THAT THE FLAWS JUST ENHANCE THE ENJOYMENT

1994 MOUND MARVELS MIKE MUSSINA UNPEELED

ANOTHER ORIOLES CARD I LIKELY ALREADY HAVE, THIS WAS FOUND WHILE SCROUNGING THROUGH THE M'S LOOKING FOR THE 1992 KELLOGG'S BIL MADLOCK. I DIDN'T FIND IT BUT THIS WAS A NICE CONSOLATION PRIZE. I REMEMBER PULLING SOME OF THESE FROM PACKS IN 1994. PROTECTIVE FILM WAS A BRAND NEW THING AND DONRUSS DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH IT SO THEY SLAPPED THIS GIGANTIC WARNING LABEL TO REMOVE THE FILM SO PEOPLE WOULDN'T GET CONFUSED. IT WAS FUNNY AS HELL THEN AND IS STILL FUNNY TODAY. WHILE I HAVE NOT PEELED THIS CARD YET, I AM 90% CERTAIN I HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THE MUSSINA MOUND MARVELS CARD SOMEWHERE AND YOU MAY REST ASSURED WHEN I FIND IT ONE OF THEM IS GONNA GET PEELED