BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 6 - 50 CENT REJECTS: M

THE M'S TAKE UP A PRETTY HUGE CHUNK IN THE 50 CENT BOX SO I CAN SEE WHY SOME SPACE NEEDED TO BE FREED UP. THERE'S A NICE MIX OF SHINY STUFF AND RETRO STUFF IN THIS PILE. LET'S SEE WHO GOT THE CHOP

GARRY MADDOX

GARY MATTHEWS

THESE TWO GUYS ALWAYS GET CONFUSED IN MY HEAD BECAUSE THEY BOTH PLAYED FOR THE PHILLIES AND THEY HAVE THE SAME NAME IF I TAKE OFF MY GLASSES. ONLY ONE-R GARY PLAYED FOR THE BRAVES THOUGH WHICH KINDA SUCKS BECAUSE TWO-RR GARRY WAS COOL. MY FLEER LEGENDS GAME IS PRETTY WEAK DUE TO BEING OBSESSED WITH THE UPPER DECK LEGENDS AND MINOR FLOOD MISHAPS SO IT'S GOOD TO PICK UP A COUPLE MORE EXAMPLES. IRONICALLY THESE 2006 GREATS OF THE GAME CARDS ARE FROM THE UPPER-DECK ERA FLEER LEGENDS SETS SO I GUESS I'M JUST ADDING MORE OF THOSE? LATE 00S TRADING CARDS ARE CONFUSING

KEVIN MITCHELL

THERE WERE A TON OF MITCHELL CARDS AS YOU CAN SEE WHICH IS A SHAME SINCE HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE GAME FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. A WORLD SERIES CHAMPION AND MVP AND NOW RELEGATED TO A JUNK BOX.  THERE WAS ALSO A 1986 FLEER UPDATE CARD IN HERE BUT THE JUXTOPOSITION OF THE 86 DONRUSS ROOKIES CARD WITH THE PILE OF 2020 RETRO CARDS AMUSED ME. ALSO SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW ON COMC THE TOPPS TRADED CARD IS A ROOKIE CARD BUT THE DONRUSS ROOKIES AND FLEER UPDATE CARD ARE ROOKIE YEAR CARDS. SHENANIGANS. ROOKIE CARDS ARE FAKE AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN

MANNY MOTA

I LOVE GETTING ACTION PACKED CARDS AND IT'S EXTRA GOOD TO GET ONE WHO GOT A CALL OUT IN THE MOVIE AIRPLANE. THIS ONE IS ANOTHER CARD CHECKED OFF MY WANTLIST AS WELL WHICH IS ALWAYS NICE

WIL MYERS

SHINY CHROME ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WINNER. I SEEM TO REMEMBER ONLINE CHATTER ABOUT HOW WIL WAS A BAD PLAYER THAT COST TOO MUCH MONEY BUT HIS STATS SEEM FINE? EVERYONE STINKS ONCE THEY GET PAID I GUESS

JESUS MONTERO

MOARER SHINYS. A DIE CUT HOLOFOIL INSERT CARD OF A CATCHER WHO PLAYED ONE FULL SEASON IN THE BIGS. NOT MUCH MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE

BILL MADLOCK

MAN, BILL WAS GOOD. LED THE LEAGUE IN BATTING FOUR TIMES! KEEP YOUR HALL OF FAME, THE HALL OF VERY GOOD PLAYERS ARE MUCH MORE INTERESTING FOR US BASEBALL SICKOS. I ALSO GOT TWO TOPPS PRISTINE CARDS IN THE BOX BUT NEEDED TO SHOW OFF THIS 2005 DONRUSS SIGNATURE INSERT SINCE ODDBALL SET INSERTS AREN'T SEEN OFTEN AND BECAUSE THIS IS SO 2005. TINY PICTURE OF THE PLAYER, GIGANTIC DEAD AREA WHERE A RELIC OR AUTO STICKER CAN GO, SILVER INK BECAUSE CLASSY, FOIL ACCENTS EVERYWHERE. IT'S SO DAMN UGLY BUT 2005 IS OBJECTIVELY BETTER THAN 2023 SO THE NOSTALGIA HIT HARD FOR ME

JACK MCDOWELL

I WAS A BOG FAN OF THE WHITE SOX IN THE EARLY NINETIES AND HAD A DECENT MCDOWELL COLLECTION GOING BACK THEN. THERE A GUY ONLINE WHO REALLY COLLECTS MCDOWELL CARDS AND ONE TIME HE PUT UP A WANT LIST AND I LOOKED AT IT FOOLISHLY THINKING I COULD HELP OUT AND IT WAS ALL SUPER SCARCE PARALLELS AND LOW SERIAL NUMBERS AND MY PLASTIC SHEETS FULL OF UPPER DECK AND FLEER ULTRA FELT VERY INADEQUATE. THIS CARD IS FROM 2013 PANINI USA BASEBALL CHAMPIONS AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A BASE CARD OR AN INSERT. I DON'T CARE ENOUGH TO LOOK IT UP BUT IT IS A NICE TAKE ON A PATCH CARD. IT'S FUNNY, THIS CARD IS EVERY BIT AS UGLY AS THAT MADLOCK INSERT BUT IT IS UGLY IN A VERY SPECIFIC PANINI WAY JUST LIKE THE MADLOCK IS UGLY IN A VERY SPECIFIC DONRUSS WAY. NOW I'M WONDERING WHAT TYPICAL TOOPS, FLEER AND UPPER DECK UGLINESS IS. THERE IS NO SCORE UGLINESS, SCORE IS ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL AND PURE

RUDY MAY

YAY! ANOTHER TIMELESS TEAMS CARD. THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT WAS SITTING IN A CASE  UNDER FLUORESCENT LIGHTS FOR TWENTY YEARS BUT I GUESS IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THAT. RUDY'S ONE OF THOSE GREAT 70S GUYS WHO PLAYED FOREVER AND CAPPED OFF HIS CAREER WITH AN ERA TITLE IN 1980

JEFF MCNEIL

THIS BUM. I PICKED HIM UP IN MY FANTASY LEAGUE DRAFT BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WANTED HIM AND I GUESS HE COULD HELP MY AVERAGE STAT AND THEN HE SUCKED AND WAS CUT BY MAY. I BARELY HAVE ANY TOPPS INSERTS FROM THE PAST FIVE YEARS THOUGH SO IT'S NICE TO ADD ONE, EVEN IF IT WAS A REHASH

STEVEN MATZ

NO CLUE WHY THIS WAS IN THE 50 CENT BOX. HE'S NEVER BEEN A STAR AND THERE'S NO ROOKIE LOGO ON THIS CARD OR NOTHIN. I LOVE GINTER BUT I DON'T NEED THIS ONE

NICK MADRIGAL

FUTURE STAR! HE'LL BE 27 NEXT YEAR SO THE FUTURE BETTER COME QUICK. I INEXPLICABLY FOUND A BOBBLEHEAD OF THIS DUDE ON SALE AT GOODWILL LAST YEAR AND I STILL DON'T KNOW WHY. GOOD: I NEED THIS CARD SINCE I'VE BARELY BOUGHT ANY RECENT TOPPS. BAD: I GOT TWO BOWMAN CARDS OF HIM TOO

MITCH MORELAND

FIRST BOWMAN CARD, ANOTHER FUTURE STAR! BUT HIS FUTURE IS IN THE PAST. MITCH WAS AN ALL-STAR, WON A RING AND PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE FOR A DOZEN YEARS. HE'LL PROBABLY BE ON THE HALL OF FAME BALLOT IN A FEW YEARS. AND NOW HIS FIRST BOWMAN CARDS ARE IN THE DISCARD PILE. THINK ABOUT THAT THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING DROPPING A HUNDO ON A COUPLE BOWMAN BLASTERS

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 4

TODAY WE HAVE SEVEN SPORTS AND THREE CARS AND WE START WITH TWO SPORTS IN ONE

1990 COLLECT-A-CARD KINGPINS CURTIS ODOM

CATEGORY - FRIGGIN HILARIOUS

THIS CARD WAS ONE I TRIED TO GET A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN THE SITE DROPPED THE PRICE TO FIVE CENTS A CARD AND I GOT GREEDY AND TRIED TO PUT THREE HUNDRED CARDS IN MY CART AND BROKE THE SITE. I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHICH CARD WAS THE FUNNY BOWLING CARD I WANTED WHEN I JUMPED BACK INTO THE DIME BOX SO I LOOKED AT THE GALLERY ON TCDB AND IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED THIS AS THE ONE. THIS IS CURTIS' ONLY CARD AS FAR AS I CAN TELL AND IT'S PROBABLY THE GREATEST ONE-HIT WONDER IN TRADING CARD HISTORY 

2012 OPENING DAY SUPERSTAR CELEBRATIONS MARTIN PRADO

CATEGORY - BRAVES, INSERT

I KINDA FEEL LIKE I BOUGHT THIS CARD BEFORE FROM THIS SAME SITE BUT IT HAS JASON HEYWARD WITH A CAMEO SO IF I DO HAVE TWO OF THEM THIS WILL SIMPLY GO INTO THE HEYWARD BINDER

AS A SIDE NOTE - I COMPLETELY REGRET ALL MY YEARS OF OPENING DAY SLANDER. THE BASE SET SUCKS BUT I REALLY REALLY MISS THE INSERTS

2008 INDIANA JONES HERITAGE DRIVING BY SHORT ROUND

CATEGORY - NON-SPORTS

THIS SET CAME OUT IN 2008 AND COMPLETELY PASSED ME BY SOMEHOW EVEN THOUGH I WAS RAGING HERITAGE FANBOY BUYING UP EVERY SPORT AND EVEN THE MARS ATTACKS AND STAR WARS VERSIONS. MAYBE IT WAS HOBBY ONLY? IN ANY CASE I REALLY LIKE TEMPLE OF DOOM AND I APPRECIATE SHORT ROUND HERE WITH HIS NEW YORK GIANTS HAT AND PICKED OUT THIS CARD OF AN OSCAR WINNER

1991 LIME ROCKDREAM MACHINES 1968 FORD MUSTANG

CATEGORY - HORSIE

WHOOPS - I ALREADY BOUGHT THIS CARD, IT CAME IN THE LAST BATCH I POSTED. OH WELL, NOW I HAVE TWO. MAYBE I'LL TAKE A GREEN MARKER TO THIS ONE AND PRETEND IT REALLY IS THE BULLITT CAR

2013 SCORE MATT RYAN AIRMAIL

CATEGORY - I DON'T LIKE THE FALCONS STOP SAYING THAT

MY METHODOLOGY FOR PICKING UP CARDS IN THESE LOTS FOR A WHILE WENT LKE THIS: I HAD A FOLDER FULL OF BOOKMARKED CARDS I WAS INTERESTED IN. I PICKED OUT ABOUT 50 OR SO COOL ONES I WANTED THE MOST AND PUT THEM ASIDE IN A SEPERATE FOLDER. THEN WHEN A TON OF NEW CARDS GOT POSTED, I PICKED OUT THE ONES I WANTED BUT DIDN'T BUY UNTIL I SAW A CARD I COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT. THEN I MADLY ADDED 40 CARDS TO MY CART PLUS SHIPPING AND TRIED TO CHECK OUT. AND LOST LIKE TWO OR THREE CARDS IN THE TIME IT TOOK TO ADD EVERYTHING SO I HAD TO TAKE THOSE OUT AND ADD A COUPLE MORE TO GET BACK TO 40 CARDS. AND THEN LOST TWO OR THREE MORE CARDS AND HAD TO REPEAT UNTIL I COULD FINALLY PAY WITHOUT GETTING SNIPED. EVENTUALLY I LOST TOO MANY CARDS AND THEN FINALLY FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS AND JUST DID SMALLER ORDERS WITH THE NEW CARDS I WANTED. AT ANY RATE, A WHOLE PAGE OF A CERTAIN PLAYER'S CARDS CAME UP AND MATTY ICE HERE WAS IN LINE TO BE A FILLER CARD BECAUSE I SAW IT AT ONE POINT AND IT LOOKED COOL. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INSERT BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A BASE CARD. OR MAYBE A SUBSET CARD? THERE'S FULL STATS ON THE BACK SO I'M NOT SURE. I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND SCORE FOOTBALL AT ALL AFTER ABOUT 1992

2021 CHRONICLES TITAN DANIEL LYNCH

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES 

I HAVE GONE ABSOLUTELY APESHIT ON THE CHRONICLES CARDS ON THIS SITE. AT FIRST I WAS BEING PICKY AND ONLY GETTING THE BEST PLAYERS AND MY FAVORITE DESIGNS BUT I'VE GONE OVERBOARD LATELY. THE TITAN DESIGN IS ONE OF MY TOP FAVORITES SO I SNAGGED THEM WHEN I COULD. DANIEL LYNCH IS STILL PITCHING FOR THE ROYALS WHICH IS MORE THAN I CAN SAY FOR A LOT OF THE CHRONICLES ROOKIES IN THE SET

1998-99 SKYBOX METAL UNIVERSE MAURICE TAYLOR NEOPHYTES

CATEGORY - INSERT

IT'S REALLY HARD TO PASS UP ON SKYBOX METAL INSERTS. THIS IS THE SECOND NEOPHYTES CARD I PICKED UP. I THINK THE FIRST ONE WAS ANTONIO DANIELS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY ANTONIO GOT PICKED BEFORE MAURICE. THEY'RE BOTH NICE AND SHINY THOUGH AND VERY METAL

2001-02 PACIFIC HEADS UP RAY FERRARO

CATEGORY - SHINY

THE THRASHERS MAKE ME SAD BUT PACIFIC MAKES ME HAPPY AND CRAZY PATTERNED HOLOFOIL CARDS REALLY MAKE ME HAPPY. FERRARO WAS A COOL DUDE AND I'M GLAD HE GOT TO PLAY ON MY DEAD TEAM FOR HALF A MINUTE

1997 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE BILL ELLIOTT CC600 GAME CARD

CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR, WEIRDNESS

THIS ONE'S A REAL ODD ONE. I DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER THERE BEING A COLLECTOR'S CHOICE RACING SET AND I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A COLLECTIBLE RACING GAME INSERTED IN THE PACKS. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE GAME WOULD EVEN WORK BUT IT WAS A NEAT ODDBALL OF AWESOME BILL SO IT WENT IN MY CART

1984 TOPPS WILLIE TULLIS

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

ANOTHER NUMBER CROSSED OFF MY 80S TOPPS FOOTBALL WANTLIST. I ONLY NEED ABOUT 50 OR SO CARDS TO COMPLETE THE 1984 SET BUT WHO OF THEM ARE THAT GUY AND YOU-KNOW-WHO SO I'M ESSENTIALLY AS CLOSE AS I AM WITH MY 1952 TOPPS SET. I REALLY DIG THE OILERS COLORS ON THIS CARD AND I REALLY WISH THEY'D STRIKE OIL IN GALLATIN SO NASHVILLE COULD JUST GO BACK TO THESE UNIFORMS

1994 FLEER ULTRA MARK LANGSTON STRIKEOUT KINGS

CATEGORY - INSERT

THIS CARD WAS THE IMPETUS TO FINALLY PUT TOGETHER A FLEER/ULTRA INSERT WANTLIST. FLEER'S INSERT OFFERINGS IN THE 90S WERE THE BEST IN MY OPINION, THEY ALWAYS LOOKED GOOD AND FLEER DID THEIR BEST TO MAKE SURE YOU PULLED THEM FROM PACKS. THIS STRIKEOUT KINGS SET FROM 1994 IS FANTASTIC WITH THE MULTIPLE PHOTOS AND GAUDY LOGO. I STILL THINK OF MARK LANGSTON AS A MARINER THOUGH

2000-01 TOPPS DAN MAJERLIE

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I'M STILL KICKING MYSELF FOR NOT BUYING A SINGLE PACK OF TOPPS BASKETBALL CARDS IN 2000-2001. WHY DID I SKIP THIS PURPLE NIGHTMARE OF A SET? PROBABLY BECAUSE THE HAWKS WERE ASS AND I WAS FALCONS FOOTBALL CRAZED AT THE TIME. I WILL STILL PICK UP ANY SINGLES I SEE AND WILL PROBABLY COMPLETE THE SET AROUND 2078 JUST BY PICKING OFF RANDOM CARDS FROM CHEAPO BOXES AS I FIND THEM

UP NEXT: THE FIRST OF MANY THEMED POSTS

EMMAVUPPS

 

BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 5 - RANGERS

MY SCHEDULE HAS BEEN HECTIC LATELY SO THIS ONE IS GOING OUT WITH NO PROOFREADING, ENJOY THE EXTRA TYPOS

WORLD CHAMPION TEXAS RANGERS IS A VERY STRANGE PHRASE FOR ME BECAUSE I STILL THINK OF THEM AS THAT HAPLESS TEAM FROM THE 80S WITH THE ARBY'S HAT LOGO. THERE ARE 77 CARDS IN THIS PILE, LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING GOOD

ONLY ONE 1987 TRADED CARD OF MIKE STANLEY IN THE PILE, CONFIRMING THAT THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE SET. I'M STILL INTERESTED TO SEE HOW CLOSE I GET, AND MORE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW MANY OF THE SEVENTY OR SO CARDS I STILL NEED ARE IN HERE

1987 TOPPS TRADED COUNT: 9/132

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF 2002 CARDS EITHER, ONLY 16 NOT COUNTING DOUBLES. THE BIG NAMES ARE GABE KAPLER AND HANK BLAYLOCK PROSPECTS CARDS. SEE WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE RANGERS? THEY WERE BAD FOR A LONG TIME

2002 TOPPS COUNT: 37/718

A BIG PILE OF 2002 FLEER TRADITION SHOWED UP UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS IS GOOD BECAUSE I STILL NEED A BUNCH FROM THIS SET.  I NEEDED EXACTLY ZERO OF THESE CARDS. FLEER TRADITION WAS IN ITS RIP OFF OLD SETS PHASE OF EXISTANCE AND WAS DOING A 1934 GOUDEY THING.THEY PULLED IT OFF REASONABLY WELL BUT THE TINY AMERICAL FLAG ON EVERY CARD IS STILL A BIZARRE RELIC OF THE TIMES

MOAR PACIFIC 7-ELEVEN CARDS. ROBERTO KELLY ONLY PLAYED ABOUT HALF A SEASON WITH THE BRAVES BUT DUE TO HIM BEING INVOLVED IN TRADES WITH DEION SANDERS AND MARQUIS GRISSOM HE'S BECOME A BRAVES LEGEND IN MY MIND

THESE RECORD BREAKER CARDS HAVE THE SAME BACK DESIGN AS THE CARDS YOU CUT OFF THE BOX AND IT'S CONFUSING THE HELL OF ME WHEN I LOOK AT THIS CARD. MY BRAIN INSISTS THIS IS A BOX CARD BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY A NORMAL CARD AND NOT EVEN THE SAME SIZE AS THE BOX CARDS. THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY DATA POINTS CONFIRMING TO ME THAT MY BRAIN HAS GONE WRONG IN THE PAST FEW YEARS

THESE SHOWDOWN CARDS WERE FRIGGIN EVERYWHERE IN 2000 AND ONCE WIZARDS OF THE COAST FIGURED OUT THEY COULDN'T MILK THEM LIKE MAGIC: THE GATHERING FOR CONSTANT PROFIT THEY GOT DROPPED LIKE A HOT ROCK. THESE FIRST EDITION CARDS ARE STILL PRETTY COMMON FINDS IN JUNK BOXES. I CANNOT REMEMBER HOW TO PLAY THE GAME BUT I DO REMEMBER CLEARLY THAT THE POINTS SEEN UNDERNEATH THE POSITION WERE A SORT OF SALARY CAPFOR YOUR DECK SO YOU DIDN'T CRAM TOO MANY GOOD PLAYERS IN. I'M NOT SURE HOW ACCURATE THIS GAME WAS AS A BASEBALL SIMULATION BUT IT WAS GOOD FOR ALL THE BABY GENERAL MANAGERS OUT THERE

JON MATLACK HAD A PRETTY INTERESTING TOPPS RUN OF CARDS AND THIS 83 CARD SHOWING OFF HIS HIGH LEG KICK IS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES. IT'S NO 1982 TOPPS THOUGH

IT'S STILL WILD TO ME THAT UPPER DECK MADE A DEDICATED INSERT SET BASED ON ESPN HOSTS IN 1997. CABLE NETWORKS WERE SUCH A BIG DEAL IN THE 90S. I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE NAME OF A SINGLE SPORTSCENTER HOST NOWADAYS. IS SPORTSCENTER EVEN STILL ON THE AIR? 

MAYBE THE EXACT MOMENT SCORE JUMPRED THE SHARK. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS TO MAKE THE UPDATE SET TO THEIR VERY CLASSY UNDERSTATED BLUE BORDERED FLAGSHIP RELEASE LOOK LIKE THIS. IT'S NOT EVEN THE COLORS! WHY IS THAT ODD ETCHED-LOOKING PATTERN ON THERE? EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS JUST SO WEIRD. COMPUTERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE, Y'ALL

AAH, A NICE CARD. THIS STUDIO DESIGN WITH THE PORTRAIT IN FRONT OF A LOCKER IS VERY UNIQUE. A LITTLE BUSY PERHAPS, BUT UNIQUE. I'LL ALWAYS LOVE KENNY FOR HIS NLCS-ENDING SHRIMP

THE IMMORTAL JULIO FRANCO LOOKS GREAT ON THIS CHECKLIST CARD PAINTED BY VERNON WELLS. 1990 UPPER DECK DOESN'T GET A LOT OF LOVE FROM ME BUT THIS ONE IS AN EXCEPTION

HOORAY! DIE CUT SHINY FOIL PACIFIC CROWNS! I'M NOT SURE WHY PACIFIC DECIDED THAT VERTICAL CROWN CARD = INSERT AND HORIZONTAL CROWN CARD = BASE SET CARD BUT THEY PAID A MILLION BUCKS FOR THE DIE SO THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. I HAVE DIFFERNEING FEELINGS ON THESE TWO PLAYERS AS WETTELAND SHOVED IT UP THE BRAVES' ASS IN THE 1996 WORLD SERIES AND I GOT A SOUVENIER CUP WITH RUSTY GREER'S FACE ON IT WHEN I WENT TO A GAME AT ARLINGTON ONCE. I REALLY LIKE THE SHINY DIE-CUTTIES AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MORE TO COME IN THE BOX

FINALLY WE HAVE THE ALSO-RANS AND SADLY THERE WERE NONE NEEDED OFF OF MY WANT LIST. EVEN MORE TRAGICALLY, DUE TO AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE ENTIRE PILE OF DOUBLES ON MY DESK GOT KNOCKED OVER ALONG WITH A DRINK AND THEN RUN OVER WITH AN OFFICE CHAIR (INSERT BENNY HILL MUSIC HERE) I GOT COMPLETELY FED UP AND THREW THE WHOLE PILE INTO THE BIN. A 1989 TOPPS RUBEN SIERRA WITH A CHAIR ROLLER CREASE ACROSS THE FACE CAUSED ME TO SNAP AND I MAY HAVE OVERREACTED. I HAVE SOME REGRETS NOW ESPECIALLY AS I LOOK AT OIL CAN HERE BUT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE BEST MOVE FOR  MY SANITY AND I NEED TO CONSIDER DOING THIS GOING FORWARD. IF I DO FINALLY START CHUCKING THE CHAFF I WILL DEFINITELY BE A LITTLE MORE PICKY ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO THE DISCARD PILE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO YELL AT ME AGHAST IN HORROR/EXCITEDLY ENCOURAGING IN THE COMMENTS TO SAVE/KILL THE FUTURE JUNK

BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 4 - GIANTS

BACK TO THE TEAM LOTS. UP NEXT IS THE GIANTS, THERE'S A WHOPPING 85 CARDS IN THIS PILE. LET'S DIVE RIGHT IN

THERE'S A TON OF 87 TRADED THIS TIME INCLUDING THE SURPRISING MATT WILLIAMS XRC. I FIGURED GUYS LIKE HIM WOULD BE PICKED OUT OF THIS BOX BUT SEEING HIM IN HERE MAKES ME THINK I MIGHT GET EVERYONE BUT MADDUX. KEVIN MITCHELL'S ANOTHER GUY I'M SOMEHAT SURPRISED TO SEE. POOR MATT REALLY GOT KNEECAPPED BY THE STRIKE. WHO KNOWS IF HE HITS 61 BUT HE MIGHT NOT BE AS FORGOTTEN NOWADAYS IF HE MADE A RUN. ALSO: ALL THESE CARDS LOOK GREAT IN THEIR OWN WAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE BETTER CARD STOCK OR THE FACT THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL THESE PICTURES A HUNDRED TIMES ALREADY BUT ALL THESE CARDS LOOK PRETTY SLICK. JIM GOTT SPECIFICALLY LOOKS LIKE HE'S BECOME TRAPPED IN A TRON-LIKE CYBER WORLD. MEANWHILE CHRIS SPEIER JUST LAUGHS AS IF TO SAY "FIRST TIME?"

1987 TOPPS TRADED COUNT: 7/132

OUR LARGE WAD OF 2002 TOPPS NETS US 19 MORE CARDS FOR THE SET. EVEN THIS EARLY ON IT IS OBVIOUS I WILL NOT COME ANYWHERE NEAR A COMPLETE SET BUT I'M STILL INTERESTED IN JUST HOW CLOSE I CAN GET. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE ERIC DAVIS, JASON SCHMIDT AND A BOOF BONSER PROSPECT CARD

2002 TOPPS COUNT: 40/718

HERE'S THE GOOD CARDS. WE WILL START WITH 2000 PACIFIC BECAUSE ALL PACIFIC CARDS ARE GOOD CARDS. THIS ONE OF MARVIN BENARD IS A PARALLEL WITH RUBY RED FOIL. THIS WAS NOT AN INSERT, THIS WAS A BASE CARD IN A SPECIAL PACK YOU COULD ONLY GET AT 7-ELEVEN STORES. SOMEONE BOUGHT ONE OF THESE PACKS AND THEY ALL ENDED UP IN THIS BOX. YES, YOU WILL SEE THEM ALL BECAUSE ALL PACIFIC CARDS ARE GOOD CARDS. PROVE ME WRONG.IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO REALIZE THE NY LOGO IN THE BACKGROUND WAS METS, NOT GIANTS. I THOUHGT WE WENT BACK IN TIME FOR A MOMENT

I KNOW I SAID IN THE LAST POST I WOULD ONLY BE SHOWING OFF ONE OF THESE VICTORY CARDS BUT THE LOOK ON JT SNOW'S FACE IS TOO GOOD. HE IS PONDERING A DEEP MYSTERY. SOMETHING LIKE, "WHY DOES UPPER DECK VICTORY EXIST"

HELL YEAH PRISM SHINY CARD. THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER PRISM DESIGNS WITH THE LIGHTNING SHATTER EXPLOSION TEXTURE BEHIND ROBB NEN. THIS IS ALSO A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE PITFALLS OF LATE 90S CARDS: HOLOFOIL MANGE. A LOT OF 25 YEAR OLD CARDS WITH HOLOFOIL ON THEM HAVE STARTED TO EITHER SHED FOIL OR THE FOIL HAS STARTED TO BECOME CORRUPTED AND TURN BLACK. THIS IS NOT JUST A PACIFIC ISSUE IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE ESPECIALLY ON FLEER AND PLAYOFF CARDS. IT DOES GIVE THE CARD A LITTLE PERSONALITY THOUGH

CHROME. I DON'T LIKE CHROME. I LIKE FINEST, THEY HAVE WEIRD DESIGNS. CHROME IS BORING. IT'S TOPPS BUT CHROME. AND TOPPS WAS CHICKENSHIT ON THE 2002 DESIGN AND GAVE IT SILVER INSTEAD OF GOLD BORDERS. EXTRA BORING

FLEER ULTRA ISN'T BORING ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEIR BETTER DESIGNS. THAT FOIL STAMP ON THE BOTTOM WITH THE NAME AND TEAM LOGO IS JUST AS HARD TO READ IN REAL LIFE AS IT IS IN A PHOTO. THE PICTURE IS GREAT THOUGH. JT SNOW UNDERHANDS A RELAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. ALL THAT PONDERING ON THE VICTORY CARD DEVELOPED THE MENTAL TOUGHNESS NEEDED TO SURVIVE IN SUCH HARSH CONDITIONS

EVERY BOX HAS A HIT AND THIS IS OUR BEEG MOJO HITZ OF THE BULLSHIT BLASTER. A BARRY BONDS 2001 UPPER DECK TWIZZLERS BIG LEAGUE CHALLENGE ODDBALL. BIG LEAGUE CHALLENGE WAS SOME MADE FOR TV THING THAT IS LONG FORGOTTEN AND UPPER DECK COMMEMORATED IT BY INSERTING ONE CARD IN SPECIALLY MARKED PACKS OF TWIZZLERS. A LOT OF FOOD ODDBALL CARDS HAVE ROUGH EXISTENCES DUE TO BEING STUFFED IN PACKAGING WITH OTHER MORE ROBUST ITEMS BUT TWIZZLERS ARE PRETTY FLAT AND STIFF SO THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN HOW THIS CARD GOT MULTIPLE CREASES ON IT. I THINK THIS IS JAMMED IN A BACK POCKET DAMAGE RATHER THAN JOSTLED BY A WAXY ROPELIKE TREAT DAMAGE. NEVERTHELESS IT IS AN ODDBALL CARD OF BARRY BONDS FROM A SET I PREVIOUSLY HAD NO CARDS FROM. SPOILER ALERT: I'M PRETTY SURE THIS REALLY IS THE BEST CARD IN THE BOX.  THERE'S STILL A LOTTA COOL STUFF TO COME BUT YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO GO DO OTHER THINGS FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS WHEN I'LL BE DONE WITH ALL THESE POSTS

GOOD LOOKIN 80S'S CARDS ARE JUST GOOD LOOKIN 80S CARDS. 1983 TOPPS IS THE BEST OF THE DECADE AND THAT JIM WOHLFORD PORTAIT WITH A BACKGROUND OF PURE AZURE IS WONDERFUL. 1986 TOPPS IS JUST GORGEOUS AND JOSE URIBE IS CONFIDENT ABOUT HOW GOOD HIS CARD LOOKS. FINALLY WE HAVE THE ETERNALLY UNDERRATED 1988 SET FEATURING DAVE DRAVECKY AND HIS GIGANTIC HAT. IS IT A REAL HAT? IS IT A REMBRANDT? NO MATTER, IT IS SURELY A MAJESTIC HAT FOR A MAJESTIC CARD

AND NOW THE RANDOM JUNKWAX CARDS. YOU WILL NOTICE THE 1987 TOPPS CARD IN THERE. THIS IS A PURPOSEFUL CHOICE. THERE IS A TON OF 1992 UPPER DECK IN HERE WHICH IS ODD BECAUSE THERE WAS NONE IN THE METS PILE. SADLY NONE OF THE 92 UPPER DECK CARDS WERE NEEDED AS MY WANTLISTS FOR MOST 88-95 SETS ARE GETTING PRETTY SMALL BUT WE DIDN'T GET SHUT OUT THIS TIME! BEHOLD: A CARD I DIDN'T HAVE YET - 

1988 FLEER UPDATE DONNELL NIXON. UPDATE SETS ARE THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE. AS MUCH OF A MESS AS MY TOPPS TRADED SETS ARE THE DONRUSS FLEER AND SCORE UPDATE SETS ARE EVEN WORSE. AT LEAST THE TOPPS CARDS HAVE A WANTLIST. AND A BOX TO GO IN. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE REST OF MY FLEER UPDATE CARDS ARE. OH WELL, THERE'S NEVER AN END TO SORTING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KEEP PICKING UP LARGE PILES OF GARBAGE