WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PLAYOFFS

IT'S PLAYOFFS TIME AGAIN EVEN THOUGH WE STILL DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO'S GOING TO BE IN THEM YET. TIME TO FEEL UNIMAGINABLE STRESS AND AGONY IF YOUR TEAM IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE IN THE GRUELING MONTH LONG SADNESS TOURNAMENT. AND THIS YEAR THE STRESS IS ON TOP OF *WAVES ARMS AROUND WILDLY* EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON! HOORAY! 

LIKE LAST YEAR, HERE'S A POST RANKING THIS YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIP HOPEFULS FROM THE ONE I'M ROOTING FOR MOST TO THE LEAST. WHY YES, I DO HATE YOUR TEAM! THE CARDS CHOSEN FOR EACH TEAM ARE THE SHINIEST, WILDEST LATE 90S CARDS I PICKED OUT OF AN OLD STARS BOX I WAS SORTING THROUGH RECENTLY. I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT MORE SORTING AND ORGANIZING THAN POSTING LATELY IF YOU CAN TELL. AS A BONUS I'LL TALK ABOUT THE CARDS A BIT ALONG WITH MY HATEFUL THOUGHTS ABOUT THE TEAMS. LET'S START OFF WITH THE OBVIOUS

BRAVES

THAT THE BRAVES ARE EVEN STILL IN IT IS UTTERLY ABSURD. THEIR ACE WAS HURT AFTER ONE START, THEIR MVP WAS GONE HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON AND HALF THE TEAM HAS SPENT TWO MONTHS ON THE IL. HOW HAS NO ONE PUT US OUT OF OUR MISERY YET?!? NOBODY CAN HIT ANYMORE BUT THE PITCHING IS ELITE SO MAYBE THEY CAN WIN A BUNCH OF 1-0 GAMES. IF THE 2021 TEAM COULD DO IT, WHY NOT

GAWD THESE 1997 SPX CARDS ARE FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. I REGRET BUYING CRAP LIKE COLLECTOR'S CHOICE INSTEAD OF THESE NOW

BREWERS

HONESTLY I ADOPTED THE BREWERS AS MY ROOTING CHOICE MONTHS AGO WHEN THINGS WERE AT THEIR DISMALEST. THEY MIGHT STILL BE NUMBER ONE ON THIS LIST DEPENDING WHAT HAPPENS. I LIKE HOW THEY TRADED THEIR BEST CLOSER AND PITCHER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND STILL BEAT THE HELL OUT OF THE NL CENTRAL. I WILL ALWAYS ROOT FOR WILLIAM CONTRERAS, GO WILD BILL. AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL? BOB UECKER DESERVES A RING. SEEING HIM LIFT THE TROPHY WOULD MAKE UP FOR A LOT OF TERRIBLE BULLSHIT THIS YEAR

2001 ARCHIVES RESERVE IS WHAT EVERY CHROMIUM PRODUCT SHOULD BE: 100% REFRACTORS. IT REALLY IS A GREAT SET IF YOU CAN FIND IT

ASTROS

YES, YES. EVERYONE HATES THE ASTROS FOR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED SEVEN YEARS AGO. SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER TEAM HAS EVER DONE BEFORE OR SINCE. THEY ARE A BAD TEAM FOR BAD PEOPLE. LUCKILY ENOUGH I AM A BAD PEOPLE! AND I LOVE VILLAINS! AND JOSE ALTUVE WHO IS AWESOME AND COMPLETELY INNOCENT. YOU KNOW IT TO BE TRUE. EXTRA ADDED BONUS: JASON HEYWARD CAN GET HIS SECOND RING WITH THE STROS. THIS FACT HAD ME FLIPPING THE SECOND AND THIRD CHOICES ON THIS LIST RIGHT UP UNTIL POSTING

2000 PACIFIC INVICIBLE IS ONE OF THE MOST RIDICULOUS DESIGNS FROM AN ADMITTEDLY RIDICULOUS ERA. INVICIBLE WAS KNOWN FOR COMBINING PAPER AND PLASTIC ELEMENTS BUT THIS... THIS IS JUST WEIRD. WHAT EVEN IS THIS DESIGN?? MOSES ALOU PARTING THE WRIGLEY WALL? UTTERLY BIZARRE. IT CONFUSED ME SO MUCH I ONLY BOUGHT ONE PACK BACK IN THE DAY, A DECISION I NOW REGRET

GUARDIANS

THE GUARDIANS NOT ONLY HAVE THE LONGEST CHAMPIONSHIP DROUGHT BUT THE LAST TWO WORLD SERIES THEY WERE IN WERE FUCKING AGONIZING. THAT GIVES THEM A BIT OF AN UNDERDOG VIBE TO ME, PLUS THEY DESERVE SOME GOOD FORTUNE WHAT WITH THE OVERDUE BRANDING CHANGE. I ALSO WANT TO SEE JOSE RAMIREZ PLAY AS MUCH BASEBALL AS POSSIBLE. KEEP SLEEPING ON JOSE, I LOVE FINDING HIS CARDS DIRT CHEAP

GALLERY ISN'T TRADITIONALLY SHINY BUT THE 1996 VERSION WAS VERY INNOVATIVE FOR THE TIME WITH THE THICK STOCK AND PAINTERLY THEME. THE CANVAS BACKGROUND AND GILDED FRAME REALLY MAKES EDDIE LOOK LIKE HE'S HANGING IN A MUSEUM

ROYALS

IF YOUR TEAM HASN'T BEENIN THE PLAYOFFS FOR A DECADE I'LL LIKELY BE ROOTING FOR YOU. DOESN'T MEAN THEY'LL MAKE IT VERY FAR BUT IT'S STILL A GOOD STORY. BOBBY WITT JR. IS ALSO THE REAL DEAL. TIME TO SNAG SOME OF HIS CARDS NOW THAT EVERYONE IS OBSESSED WITH SHOHEI

MOAR COLLECTING REGRETS: WHEN I DID BUY PACKS OF HIGHER END STUFF IN THE 90S, IT WAS OF SHIT LIKE BOWMAN'S BEST. THE 1999 VERSION IS NOT GOOD. THE DESIGN HAS MORE YELLOW THAN 1991 FLEER AND THE ROOKIES ARE ALL SHORT PRINTED. BUT THE REFRACTORS REALLY POP. THIS PHOTO DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE

TIGERS

ANOTHER TEAM THAT BEEN TERRIBLE FOR FOREVER WHO INEXPLICABLY SNUCK INTO THE PLAYOFFS. THANKS TWINS! THEY'VE GOT A SOME GOOD YOUNG PLAYERS TOO, SKUBAL AND GREENE LOOK LEGIT. WILL THEY MAKE NOISE IN THE PLAYOFFS? PROBABLY NOT! BUT THIS SEASON HAS BEEN SO DAMN WEIRD ALREADY, WHY NOT?

CROWN ROYALE IS ALWAYS NICE, EVEN IF EVERY SET IS BASICALLY THE SAME THING WITH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOIL. THEY'RE UNWIELDY AND AWKWARD TO STORE BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL

PHILLIES

YOU'D THINK I WOULD HATE THE PHILLIES SINCE THEY KNOCKED OFF THE BRAVES IN EXTRA PAINFUL FASHION TWO YEARS IN A ROW AND THEN STOLE THE DIVISION FROM US. YOU'D BE WRONG! I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY LOATHE THE PHILLIES AS I HAVE FAMILY FROM THERE AND THEY ARE HISTORICALLY SUCH A SHITTY-ASS FRANCHISE THAT WHEN SOMETHING NICE HAPPENS TO THEM IT'S HONESTLY TOO SURPRISING TO CAUSE BITTERNESS. AND I MEAN, IF HARPER GOES HIS WHOLE CAREER WITHOUT A RING WE'LL ALL BE KINDA DISAPPOINTED IF WE'RE BEING HONEST. WHY NOT THIS YEAR? BECAUSE NICE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN TO PHILADELPHIA TEAMS, THAT'S WHY

THIS IS NOT A SHINY CARD! WTF!!? THERE WERE NO SHINY PHILLIES IN THE CARDS I RESCUED FROM THE STAR BOXES EXCEPT A MIKE LIEBERTHAL MINOR LEAGUE INSERT THAT WASN'T VERY SHINY AT ALL AND ONE OF A PITCHER WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED. I'M NOT PUTTING HIS CARDS ON THIS BLOG IF I CAN HELP IT SO HERE'S THE MUCH LESS PROBLEMATIC PETE ROSE. I LOVE 1983 FLEER AND I REALLY LOVE CARDS WITH PLAYERS LEANING ON THAT OLD CIRCULAR NET THINGY. JUST THINK OF THIS AS A CARD OF THAT NET THINGY AND IGNORE EVERYTHING ELSE

ORIOLES

ORIOLES DROPPED FOUR SPOTS FROM LAST YEAR AND WOULD BE MUCH HIGHER IF NOT FOR TWO THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, THEY ARE NO LONGER THE NEW HOTNESS NOW THAT THE SCRAPPY ROYALS AND TIGERS HAVE STOLEN THE UNDERDOG ROLES. THEY ARE A LEGIT GOOD TEAM NOW! BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BEAT THE YANKEES. KNOCK THEM OUT AND YOU'LL MOVE UP IN MY ESTIMATION

FLAIR/SHOWCASE/FLAIR SHOWCASE IS ONE OF THE WEIRDEST BRANDS OF THE 90S AND 2000S. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR THERE WAS A MAJOR DESIGN CHANGE OR NAME CHANGE OR BOTH UNTIL FLEER FINALLY WENT BELLY UP.  1999 FLAIR SHOWCASE EPITOMIZED THIS WITH EACH CARD HAVING NOT ONLY THREE DIFFERENT FRONT DESIGNS BUT THREE DIFFERENT BACK DESIGNS AS WELL, ALL IN DIFFERENT RARITIES. THIS CARD IS THE HARDEST (AND BEST LOOKING IN MY OPINION) TO FIND FRONT WITH THE EASIEST TO FIND BACK. THIS MEANS YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND ONE IN A DIME BOX IF YOU LOOK LONG ENOUGH. IT'S PRETTY THO

PADRES

THE PADRES ARE ANOTHER TEAM THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WAY HIGHER A YEAR OR TWO AGO BUT 1) I'VE GROWN WEARY OF THEIR ANTICS AND 2) IF THE BRAVES ACTUALLY DO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS THEY ARE OUR FIRST ROUND OPPONENT. YU DARVISH IS COOL THOUGH 

THIRTY YEAR OLD 1994 PACIFIC PRISMS LOOK BETTER THAN ANY CARD THAT HAS COME OUT IN 2024. I'LL FIGHT ANYONE WHO DISAGREES. ASSUMING I CAN STOP STARING AT THIS CARD. OOOOOOHHHHH SHIIIIIIINY

DODGERS

DODGERS HAVE BEEN THE PRESUMPTIVE NL PENNANT WINNER EVERY YEAR FOR LIKE EIGHT OR NINE YEARS NOW. I DON'T ROOT FOR TEAMS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO WIN, THAT'S NOT MY STYLE. YES, IT WILL BE FUN TO SEE OHTANI IN THE PLAYOFFS, YES, MOOKIE AND FREDDIE ARE COOL. EVERYONE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM IN THE WORLD SERIES. BUT I'M A GRUMPY JERK. THIS IS THE PLAYOFFS! NO FUN FOR ANYONE! ONLY PAIN

NOW THIS HERE IS WHAT INVINCIBLE IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE! A NICE CARD WITH A RIDICULOUS DESIGN WITH A LITTLE WINDOW WITH A PLASTIC PLAYER INSIDE. I DUNNO HOW PACIFIC WENT FROM THIS TO THAT WEIRD MESS IN JUST ONE YEAR. I ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK THAT LIGHT SPOT ON RAUL'S EAR IS. IT'S NOT ON THE CARD AND I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT REFLECTION COULD HAVE CAUSED THAT. MAYBE THIS CARD IS HAUNTED

METS

I'M AS SURPISED AS YOU ARE! HOW THE HELL ARE THE DISGRACEFUL METS ONLY MY THIRD-MOST DISLIKED TEAM IN THIS COUNTDOWN? I GOT A LOT OF HATE IN ME I GUESS. I REALLY DON'T LIKE THEM AND IF THEY END UP KNOCKING US OUT - OR WORSE - ACTUALLY WINNING IT ALL THE CROWING I WILL HEAR FROM QUEENS WILL ECHO IN MY EARS IN HELL. THEY'RE STILL NOT AS BAD AS THESE NEXT TWO TEAMS I PROMISE

THIS IS A EVRY PACIFIC HEAVY POST BUT CAN YOU BLAME ME? LOOK AT ALL THE SHINY! PACIFIC REVOLUTION IS THE SHINIEST PRODUCT FROM THE SHINIEST COMPANY AND 2000 REVOLUTION IS THE KING OF ALL SHINY. THE GOLD FOIL IS ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE HOLOFOIL FIREWORKS AND THE YEAR 2000 EXPLODING EVERYWHERE. THE BRAND NAME IS EVEN EMBOSSED INTO THE SIDE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. ALL THIS SET NEEDS IS TO BE DIE CUT TO BECOME A BLACK HOLE OF SHINY

DIAMONDBACKS

I'M COMPLETELY SICK OF ARIZONA IN GENERAL. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY, LOOK AT MY PREVIOUS PLAYOFF POST I LINKED UP THERE. PLUS THEY WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES LAST YEAR. BLECCH. AND LOST TO THE RANGERS! DOUBLE BLECCH. ANY OLD TEAM COULD'VE DONE THAT! I'M GRUMPY NOW. GRRRRR 

HERE'S A SHORT PRINTED FINEST ROOKIE CARD OF A PLAYER WHO NEVER PLAYED A SINGLE INNING IN THE BIGS. AND NOT EVEN A SERIAL NUMBERED ROOKIE CARD! IT'S A PROMO! THIS CARD IS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS

YANKEES

I CARE SO LITTLE ABOUT THE YANKEES THAT THE CARD WON'T CENTER AND I CAN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED ABOUT IT. I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO BOLD THE NAME, WHAT'S THE USE. PHOOEY ON THE YANKEES. I WAS SURPRISED THAT THE SNAKES WERE DEAD LAST ON LAST YEARS LIST AND THEN IT DAWNED ON ME THAT THE YANKEES MISSED THE PLAYOFFS  IN 2023 AND WAS SOO HAPPY AND THEN REALIZED THAT THEY WERE IN THE PLAYOFFS THIS YEAR AND I WAS SAD AGAIN. BARF! BLECCCH! PTUI! THE ONLY POSITIVE OUTCOME TO THEM WINNING THE WORLD SERIES IS IF SOTO COLLECTS HIS RING AND THEN BOLTS FOR ANOTHER TEAM

YANKEES SUCK BUT DUFEX IS THE BEST. HOORAY FOR 1996 PINNACLE.

SO THERE YOU GO! I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE BRAVES WHATSOEVER SINCE THEY CAN'T SCORE MORE THAN THREE RUNS A GAME SO MY DREAM WORLD SERIES MATCHUP IS:

BREWERS VS. ASTROS

WINNER GETS TO BE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. I CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS SO THE ACTUAL RESULT WILL BE THE YANKEES DANCING ALL OVER THE METS' FACES. ONWARD TO HELL! PLAY BALL!!!!1

BLOGGER SOMEHOW PASTED IN THIS PICTURE OF BURGERPANTS FROM UNDERTALE THAT I USED IN A BLUESKY POST SO FUCK IT, IT'S STAYING IN. I'M FEELING KINDA BURGERPANTSY AT THE MOMENT ANYWAY

2024 ONLINE BLASTER - PART 14

HAVE I EVEN POSTED SINCE JUNE? OK THAT'S ENOUGH OF A HIATUS. HERE'S SOME EXTRA CHAOTIC CHAOS

1993 SKYBOX MARVEL UNIVERSE DEADPOOL

CATEGORY - NON-SPORTS

I FEEL LIKE I SAY THIS EVERY TIME I POST A COMIC BOOK THEMED CARD BUT HERE WE GO AGAIN. I LOVE COMICS BUT I DO NOT MUCH CARE FOR MOST SUPERHEROES. I DO LOVE TRADING CARD SETS THOUGH AND I OFTEN WANT AT LEAST ONE CARD FROM ALL OF THEM. DEADPOOL IS A FUN CHARACTER AND HIS MOVIES ARE SUPER POPULAR AND THIS CARD LOOKED PRETTY COOL SO I NABBED IT EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO INTEREST IN COLLECTING THE SET. I DO HAVE A SLIGHT INTEREST IN MAYBE COLLECTING A PAGE FROM THE SET AS THE CARDS BLEED INTO EACH OTHER TO LOOK GREAT IN A BINDER

2021 DONRUSS ALBERT PUJOLS

CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

THIS IS A VERY GOOD TIME TO PICK UP ALBERT PUJOLS CARDS BECAUSE PEOPLE REMEMBER HIS STINKY ANGELS YEARS BETTER THAN HIS MONSTER CARDINALS YEARS AND THE THE SLAM DUNK HALL VOTE IS STILL IN THE FUTURE. ALL THE DUDES WITH CRATES OF SLABS JUST WANT OHTANI ANYWAY. GET YOURSELF A NICE CHEAP DONRUSS CARD OF ALBERT WITH A RED UNIFORM SO YOU CAN TAKE OFF YOUR GLASSES AND SQUINT AND PRETEND THE LOS ANGELES ACTUALLY SAYS ST LOUIS. REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES!

2002 SP LEGENDARY CUTS PHIL NIEKRO, DALE MURPHY 

CATEGORY - BRAVES

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SETS I HAVE A WANTLIST FOR THAT I WILL NEVER EVER SERIOUSLY BOTHER COMPLETING. MAYBE IF I HIT POWERBALL AND FINISH UP THREE THOUSAND OTHER SETS FIRST. THE OLD TIMEY SEPIA TONES NEVER DID ANYTHING FOR ME, I LIKE THE SHINY FOILY UPPER DECK LEGENDS SETS MUCH MORE. BUT PHIL THOWING A KNUCKLER IN THOSE EARLY 80S BRAVES BLUE ROAD UNIS AND MURPH WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER ARE NOT CARDS I AM PASSING UP. DANG I WISH THOSE PHOTOS WERE IN COLOR THOUGH 

2001 STUDIO NOMAR GARCIAPARRA

CATEGORY - WANTLIST?

THIS IS ANOTHER SET THAT AIN'T GETTING COMPLETED. I REALLY LOVE THE DESIGN WITH THE CAP LOGO BACKGROUNDS THOUGH, I NEED TO CREATE A COOL SET BINDER TO PUT STUFF LIKE THIS IN

1999 UPPER DECK CENTURY LEGENDS TY COBB CENTURY MEMORIES,  LOU GEHRIG CENTURY MEMORIES

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

THESE CARDS SHOULD'VE GONE IN THE PREVIOUS WANTLIST POST BUT I FORGOT THEY WERE EVEN PART OF THE 1999 CENTURY LEGENDS SET LOL. THEY ONLY HAVE CENTURY PRINTED ON THEM TWICE AND NO BRONZE FOIL AT ALL! HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO TELL? THE LOU GEHRIG CARD IS PRETTY COOL BUT I PUT THESE CARDS AWAY ALREADY AND HAD TO LOOK UP THE CARD BACK ONLINE TO SEE WHAT TY DID ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 1919. IT WAS ANOTHER BATTING TITLE, OF COURSE. DON'T LOOK UP WHAT HE DID ON THE 25TH OF THAT MONTH

1992 FPG CHRISTOS ACHILLEOS MS. AMERICA

CATEGORY - NON-SPORTS

OK, MAYBE I DO LIKE SUPERHEROES

1983 O-PEE-CHEE RON WASHINGTON

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CATEGORY - O-PEE-CHEE

I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO BUILD ANY OF THESE O-PEE-CHEE SETS BUT I STILL LIKE THE CARDS. I LOVE WASH AND AM KINDA BUMMED THAT HE FINALLY GOT THE MANAGER JOB HE RICHLY DESERVED AND IT'S WITH THE ABYSMAL ANGELS. THEY'VE GOT A WORSE RECORD THAN THE A'S! HOW??

1988 TOPPS ALF SERIES TWO STICKER

CATEGORY - NON-SPORTS, STICKER

HE'S BASICALLY A MEME NOW BUT ALF REALLY WAS RIDICULOUSLY POPULAR IN THE LATE 80S. MY FAMILY WATCHED THE SHOW EVERY WEEK AND MY MOM EVEN HAD AN ALF PLUSH DOLL. I BOUGHT A FEW PACKS OF THESE CARDS WHEN I WAS A KID BECAUSE I LIKED THE SHOW BUT I DIDN'T LIKE IT ENOUGH TO NOT TRASH THE CARDS. I MUST'VE ONLY GOTTEN SERIES ONE PACKS THOUGH AS I DON'T REMEMBER THE BLACK STICKERS, ONLY THE BLUE ONES. THOSE ARE ALL LOOOONG GONE THOUGH

2011 QYPSY GUEEN ANDRUW JONES HOME RUN HEROES

CATEGORY - BRAVES

I HAVE NO EARTHLY IDEA WHERE THE HELL MY 2011 QYPSY GUEEN SET IS AND IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS. I THINK I HAD IT IN A BINDER AND THEN EVICTED THE CARDS SO I COULD USE THE PAGES FOR SOMETHING ELSE AND NOW THEY ARE ALL VANISHED. BY VANISHED I MEAN 'PROBABLY IN A BOX NO MORE THAN TEN FEET FROM ME' BUT IF YOU COULD SEE ALL THESE BOXES THAT MIGHT AS WELL MEAN THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN. THIS SUXKS AS IT IS NOT ONLY THE ONLY GQ SET I REALLY CARE ABOUT BUT I ALSO HAD A PACK PULLED CHRIS SALE AUTOGRAPH CARD IN THAT BINDER AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE HECK THAT THING IS

1995 TOPPS VAMPIRELLA

CATEGORY - NON-SPORTS, MONSTERS

I KEEP TELLING MYSELF I AM NOT COLLECTING THIS SET AND I'M JUST GOING TO BUY ONE VAMPIRELLA CARD AND THEN I KEEP PICKING THEM UP. THIS IS A MORE TRADITIONAL POSE FOR VAMPY AND HAS ALREADY BEEN PLACED SNUGLY INTO THE MONSTER CARD BINDER

2023 BOWMAN AARON JUDGE

CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

I DON'T REALLY LIKE AARON JUDGE - OR BOWMAN FOR THAT MATTER - BUT IF HE'S GOING TO INSIST ON HITTING FIFTY DINGERS EVERY COUPLE YEARS I'M GOING TO CONTINUE PICKING UP HIS CARDS WHEN I FIND THEM CHEAP

2016 TOPPS DAVID ORTIZ PERSPECTIVES

CATEGORY - INSERT

I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I FRIGGIN LOVE THESE INSERTS. SOMETHING ABOUT FLOATING TEXT WHERE TEXT SHOULD NOT BE HITS ME IN JUST THE RIGHT WAY. THE TEXT IS GOLD TOO, SO THIS IS AN HONORARY SHINY CARD. IT'S TOO BAD THE '16 BASE SET LOOKED SO TERRIBLE, I MIGHT'VE PULLED MORE OF THESE CARDS OUT OF PACKS OTHERWISE

1997-98 POST JAROMIR JAGR

CATEGORY - ODDBALL

WHEN I SEE AN ODDBALL FOOD ISSUE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED I GRAB ONE FOR POSTERITY. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE SET CONTAINED SEVERAL PLAYERS I ACTUALLY COLLECT AND I SNAPPED THEM UP TOO. I DON'T MIND A FEW RANDOM JAGRS IN MY COLLECTION THO. THIS DESIGN IS WILD, EVERY CARD LOOKS HORRIBLY OFF CENTER EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT. PINNACLE PUT OUT A BUNCH OF TOP QUALITY HOCKEY SETS RIGHT BEFORE THE COMPANY BLEW UP, I MISS THEM TERRIBLY

MY BRAIN ISN'T OVERHEATING ANYMORE SO MAYBE WE'LL GET BACK ON A REASONABLE POSTING SCHEDULE NOW

2024 ONLINE BLASTER - PART 12: 2000'S (MOSTLY) WANTLIST STUFF

NOT AS MUCH RECENT WANTLIST STUFF IN THIS SHIPMENT ALTHOUGH IF I GET INSPIRED BY THE END OF THE POST I MIGHT DIG SOME MORE OUT OF THE BOXES THAT HAVE ARRIVED SINCE THIS ONE AND TACK IT ON TO THE END OF THE POST. LET'S MAYBE WRITE THE POST FIRST BEFORE GETTING AMBITIOUS THOUGH

1999 UPPER DECK CENTURY LEGENDS ROGERS HORNSBY

CATEGORY - THESE ARE ALL WANTLIST CARDS I DON'T KNOW WHY I COPIED THE CATEGORY UNDER EVERY CARD

THIS IS TECHNICALLY A 90S CARD BUT IT FEELS MORE LIKE A SET FROM THE 2000S WHAT WITH THAT DECADE'S OBSESSION WITH LEGENDS SETS. THIS FITS MORE IN THIS POST ANYWAY, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO PAD IT OUT A LITTLE. THIS SET SEEMED TO KICK OFF THE LEGENDS SET CRAZE EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T EVEN THE FIRST LEGENDS SET FROM UPPER DECK. IT WAS A DAMN GOOD LEGENDS SET THROUGH WITH SPORTING NEWS BRANDING, TWO-TONE FOIL STAMPING AND TOP 50 LEGENDS AND CONTEMPORARIES SERIES WITH A FEW SUBSETS FOR GOOD MEASURE. THERE'S A FEW CARDS MISSING DUE TO LICENSING ISSUES WHICHIS A SHAME BECAUSE IT SCREWS UP THE DIVISIBLE BY NINE 135 CARD SET SIZE

2001 TOPPS LANCE BERKMAN

CATEGORY - STILL WANTLIST

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND CARDS FROM THIS SET THAT I ACTUALLY NEED OUT IN THE WILD AND IT'S NICE TO GET A SEMI-STAR LIKE BERKMAN. ACTUALLY IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY EASY TO FIND THEM IF I JUST BOUGHT THEM ONLINE FROM SPORTS LOTS OR COMC OR SOMETHING BUT WHAT'S THE FUN IN THAT. IF THE CARDS DON'T FIND ME, TO HELL WITH THEM

2001 TOPPS VLADIMIR GUERRERO A LOOK AHEAD

CATEGORY - WANTLIST, INSERT

I BOUGHT ENOUGH PACKS OF 2021 TOPPS THAT I ACCUMULATED ENOUGH INSERTS TO HAVE A REASONABLE CHANCE OF COMPLETING SOME OF THE SETS, BUT NOT ENOUGH SO THAT DOING SO WOULD NOE BE AN ENORMOUS PAIN IN THE ASS. ONCE I HAVE TIME AND POSTAGE MONEY PERHAPS I'LL JOIN THE CROWD TRADING ON TCDB AND FINISH OFF ONE OR TWO THAT WAY. UNTIL THEN, I'LL TAKE ALL THE HALL OF FAME FOILBOARD INSERTS I CAN GET. THIS SET IS A MONSTER WITH SEVEN HALL OF FAMERS, A-ROD, NOMAR AND RICK ANKIEL

2001 UPPER DECK RAFAEL FURCAL

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I AM SO CLOSE TO PULLING ALL THE BRAVES OUT OF MY UPPER DECK SETS AFTER 1993 AND DUMPING THEM ALL COMPLETELY OUT OF MY LIFE. THAT DAY IS NOT TODAY HOWEVER AND THIS CARD OF RAFFY LOOKS GREAT

2001 STUDIO FRANK THOMAS

CATEGORY - WANTLIST SUPERSTAR

I'M DEFINITELY NEVER COMPLETING THIS SET BUT A COUPLE BINDER SHEETS FILLED WITH STARS WOULD LOOK GREAT

2002 UPPER DECK PIECE OF HISTORY PEDRO MARTINEZ, NOMAR GARCIAPARRA

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I LOVE THIS DUMB SET EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOT A RIDICULOUS DESIGN, IS 10% SHORT PRINTS AND HAS A BUNCH OF SERIAL NUMBERED CRUMMY PROSPECT CARDS. I DUNNO MAN, I'M A SUCKER FOR HORIZONTAL SETS I GUESS. THE INSERTS FROM THIS SET ALL LOOK PRETTY COOL THOUGH IN THE SAME UGLY WAY THESE LOOK. SEE FOR YOURSELF, INSERT CARDS HSOULD HAVE MORE LISTS

2003 LEAF JEFF BAWELL PASSING THROUGH TIME

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

21ST CENTURY LEAF IS ANOTHER THING WAAAAAAY DOWN ON MY PRIORITY LIST BUT THIS ONE IS COOL FOR THE BACK

HELL YEAH 1993 LEAF REPRINT. WITH A CARD NUMBER ON IT. AND A BUNCH OF LEGALESE. AND THE HOLOFOIL BITS SIMULATED IN INK. EVEN SO, IT STILL HITS THE COLLEGE DAYS COLLECTING NOSTALGIA PRETTY HARD 

2022 TOPPS CORBIN BURNES, TYLER STEPHENSON, JORGE ALFARO "GOLD" 

CATEGORY - NOT REALLY WANTLIST, BUT KINDA

A WHILE BACK I PUT TOGETHER A FRANKENSET OF THE TOPPS PARALLEL SERIAL NUMBERED TO THE YEAR OF RELEASE. I CAN NO LONGER CALL THEM GOLD PARALLELS BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS BRONZE AT BEST. I AM NOT EVEN CLOSE TO HALFWAY COMPLETING THE SET AND I HAD TO CONTINUE THE SET TO INCLUDE THE UPDATE SETS BECAUSE THOSE PARALLELS ARE WAY EASIER TO FIND THAN SERIES ONE OR TWO AND I KINDA WISH I COULD FIND SOMEONE TO JUST BUY THE WHOLE DAMN BINDER SO I COULD BUY CARDS I ACTUALLY WANT. NEVERTHELESS, I KEEP PICKING THESE UP WHEN I SEE THEM. I THINK THESE ARE MY FIRST 2002 PARALLELS AND HOO BOY THEY'RE UGLY 

THEM SERIAL NUMBERS ARE NICE THOUGH

UP NEXT: CHAOS I THINK. POSTING IN GENERAL HAS BECOME CHAOS, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT HAPPENS.

APRIL 2024 CARD SHOW PART 8: DIGGING IN BOXES ON MY WAY OUT THE DOOR

 LAST SHOW I FOUND A NEW SELLER TUCKED AWAY IN THE BACK BOARDROOM WHO HAD TONS OF CHEAP VINTAGE. THE BOARDROOM WAS CLOSED THIS TIME SO HE WAS STUCK OUT IN THE LOBBY. I PLANNED TO CHECK OUT THE LOBBY TABLES ON MY WAY OUT IF UI HAD ANY CASH LEFT FROM MY VINTAGE/DIMEBOX PLANS AND I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THIS SELLER WAS ONE OF THE EXILED. THERE WAS SOME DIFFERENT STUFF THIS TIME AS THE DOLLAR JUNK PACKS WERE NOW TWO DOLLARS, BUT IN CLEAR PACKS SO YOU COULD SEE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLE CARDS. THERE WAS ALSO A LINE OF NEW THREE FOR A DOLLAR BOXES AND YOU KNOW I HIT THOSE HARD. I PICKED UP FIVE BUCKS WORTH AND COULD HAVE EASILY SPENT A TWENTY AS THERE WERE A TON OF COOL INSERTS AND SUCH FROM THE 90S IN THE BOXES. I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN FOCUS HOWEVER AND RAIDED THE VINTAGE INSTEAD

I FOUND ONE MORE 1975 TOPPS CARD TO GO ALONG WITH DICK POLE. I WAS A FAN OF THE BULL WHEN I WAS A KID AS HE PLAYED FOR TWO TEAMS I LIKED, THE PHILLIES AND THE WHITE SOX. HE ALSO HIT DINGERS, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD. I WISH I COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON WITH THIS PHOTO. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE PLOPPED A HARDWARE STORE OUT IN RIGHT FIELD. I'M SURE SOME SABR MEMBER HAS WRITTEN TWO ARTICLES ABOUT THE TRUE VALUE AT THE PHILLIES SPRING TRAINING FACILITY BUT I'VE SQUINTED AT THE THING THROUGH A MAGNIFYING GLASS FOR LONGER THAN I SHOULD'VE AND MY FEELBLE MIND STILL CAN'T COMPREHEND IT

ONCE AGAIN IT WAS WAY EASIER TO FIND 77S I NEEDED. PARTLY BECAUSE I NEED WAY MORE FROM THAT SET AND BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE COMMONS BECAUSE I REFUSED TO BUY THEM FOR A QUARTER EACH A DECADE AGO THINKING I COULD PICK THEM OUT OF DIME OR EVEN NICKEL BOXES. GOOD LORD I'M A DOPE. IF I DIDN'T HAVE MY LIST I WOULD'VE SWORN I HAD ALL THESE CARDS EXCEPT THE MEDICH. THE CARTOON FROM GEORGE'S 1981 TOPPS CARD IMPRINTED IN MY MIND AT A YOUNG AGE AND I KNOW WHEN I HAVE A DOC MEDICH CARD. THE BURLESON I COULD STILL SWEAR I HAVE A FEW COPIES OF SOMEWHERE, MY OLD BRAINS ARE GETTING MORE SCRAMBLED EVERY DAY. AFTER THESE PICKUPS I'M DOWN TO NEEDING 39 CARDS FOR 1975 AND 62 FOR 1977. I GOTTA HIT ANOTHER SHOW SOON TO GET DOWN TO UNDER A HUNDRED COMBINED

I HAD BASKETBALL ON THE BRAIN FROM THE LAST SET OF BOXES AND MADE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE SMALL BUT EXCELLENT PILE OF VINTAGE HOOPS CARDS. THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT 1971-72 CARD. DID YOU KNOW PITTSBURGH HAD A BASKETBALL TEAM? DID YOU KNOW THEY WERE CALLED THE CONDORS? NO ONE TALKS ABOUT HIM NOW BUT STEW JOHNSON IS A LEGEND. HE BROKE THE COLOR BARRIER AT MURRAY STATE AND RECENTLY GOT HIS NUMBER 40 RETIRED BY THE PROGRAM. HIS CAREER LINED UP PERFECTLY WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE ABA AND HE PLAYED FOR TEN DIFFERNT TEAMS: THE KENTUCKY COLONELS, NEW JERSEY AMERICANS, HOUSTON MAVERICKS, PITTSBURGH PIPERS, PITTSBURGH CONDORS, CAROLINA COUGARS, SAN DIEGO CONQUISTADORS, MEMPHIS SOUNDS, SAN DIEGO SAILS AND SAN ANTONIO SPURS. HE ALSO PLAYED FOR THE BALTIMORE CLAWS BEFORE THEY FOLDED IN PRESEASON! SURE SOME OF THOSE WERE THE SAME FRANCHISE WITH BRANDING CHANGES BUT I DOUBT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WHO WORE ELEVEN DIFFERENT ABA JERSEYS. STEW WAS ALSO A THREE TIME ALL-STAR AND IS IN THE TOP TEN ALL TIME FOR MULTIPLE ABA STATS. BIG RESPECT TO STEW

LIKE STEW, BOB PLAYED HIS ENTIRE CAREER IN THE ABA. UNLIKE STEW HE WAS ON THE INDIANA PACERS THE WHOLE TIME EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE YEARS WITH THE DALLAS CHAPARRALS/SAN ANTONIO SPURS. BOB WON A COUPLE ABA TITLES WITH INDIANA AND WAS A FOUR TIME ALL STAR. I LEARNED ABOUT BOB FROM THE SUPER 70S SPORTS PODCAST AND I'D STILL LIKE TO TRACK DOWN HIS BOOK SOME DAY. WHILE I TECHNICALLY PREFER THIS 1972-73 CARD DESIGN OVER 71-72 YOU REALLY CAN'T GO WRONG WITH EITHER ONE

THIS CARD IS THE BEST HOOPS PICKUP OF THE DAY THOUGH AS IT'S A STEALTH JULIUS ERVING CARD. I JUST WISH HE HADN'T BEAT MY FAVORITE TEAM THE KENTUCKY COLONELS. THERE'S ALSO A GEORGE MCGINNIS CAMEO ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CARD. GEORGE NEVER GOT ON A SPALDING AD IN COMIC BOOKS BUT HE'S STILL A  HALL OF FAMER. OH WAIT, NEVER MIND, HE DID

I AM IN LOVE WITH EVERY CRAPPY MARKED UP SCRIBBLED ON VINTAGE CHECKLIST I CAN FIND NOWADAYS. THIS ISN'T EVEN THE BEST ONE I FOUND TODAY AND IT'S PRETTY GREAT. THIS KID MARKED OFF HIS CARDS WITH VERY NEAT X'S EXCEPT FOR THIS VERY CHECKLIST CARD WHERE HE SEEMED TO MOCK THE ABSURDITY OF IT ALL WITH A SMILE. I FEEL BAD THAT HE WAS MISSING DUKE SNIDER AND EARLY WYNN BUT HE DID HAVE MAZEROSKI, ORLANDO CEPEDA AND LUIS APARCIO SO IT'S NOT ALL BAD. 61 TOPPS PUT THE MOST RANDOM ACTION PLAYS POSSIBLE ON THEIR CHECKLISTS AND THIS ONE PARTICULARLY LOOKS LIKE AN ACCIDENTAL RENAISSANCE PAINTING. EVERYBODY INVOLVED IS DOING SOMETHING WEIRD IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY THAN EVERYONE ELSE. I ESPECIALLY ENJOY THE UMP'S "GET A LOAD OF THESE GUYS" BODY LANGUAGE 

THE BACK IS EXTRA GOOD AND NOT JUST BECAUSE THE KID HAD THE HANK AARON MVP CARD. TOPPS GOOFED THE NUMBERING ON THE MILWAUKEE BRAVES TEAM CARD AND THIS IS NOTED PROPERLY ON THE BACK. MOSTLY PROPERLY, THE CARD NUMBER IS CORRECT AND MILKWQUK TEQM IS CLOSE ENOUGH

IT HAD BEEN A VERY LONG TIME SINCE I HAD PICKED UP A 1963 TOPPS CARD WHICH IS A SHAME BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES. THIS IS A NICE LOOKING MANAGER CARD OF BILLY HITCHCOCK WHO WOULD MANAGE THE BRAVES A FEW YEARS LATER IN ATLANTA. I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE 1963 MANAGER CARDS BECAUSE THEY  USE THE COOL OUTLINED LOGOS LAST SEEN IN THE 1960 TOPPS SET. LOOKIT THAT LITTLE BOID

I PICKED UP ALMOST A THIRD OF THE 1964 TOPPS SET CHEAP WHEN I WAS A KID BUT I DIDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CHEAP COMMONS WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE SO I DON'T EVEN HAVE HALF THE SET NOW. MY CHANCE TO BUILD THE THING HAS PASSED BUT IT'S STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE 60S SETS SO I'LL HAPPILY TAKE WHAT I CAN GET. I FOUND A TRIO OF A ROOKIE CUP WINNER, A BRAVES LEGEND AND SOME GUY NAMED JIM

THE PETE WARD CARD ALSO HAS A SECRET AUTOGRAPH ON THE BACK! SOME CALL ME... TIM?

I'M PRETTY SURE I HAVE THIS 1966 CARD OF DENNIS MENKE IN MY TEAM SET BUT HOW COULD I PASS UP THAT FLAT TOP. THE 1966 SET MIGHT HAVE THE GREATEST PORTRAIT PHOTOS IN ANY TRADING CARD SET. BONUS FACT: MY GRANDFATHER CONSTANTLY CALLED MARK LEMKE DENNIS MENKE WHEN HE WAS WATCHING BRAVES BASEBALL IN THE 90S. I AM 100% CONVINCED HE DID IT ON PURPOSE TO BE FUNNY

THE LAST CARD OF THE BUNCH IS MAYBE THE BEST. AN EVEN MORE MARKED UP 1968 CHECKLIST WITH THE HEAD OF ORLANDO CEPEDA. NO NEAT X'S THIS TIME, EACH BOX IS AGRESSIVELY MARKED IN PENCIL, THEN PEN, THEN MOST OF THE NUMBERS ARE CROSSED OUT IN RED PEN FOR GOOD MEASURE. I THEORIZE THIS IS SOME SORT OF DOUBLES TRACKER OR WAY TO USE ONE CHECKLIST FOR MORE THAN ONE SET. OR MAYBE THE KID JUST HATED NUMBERS. GET THOSE DANG THINGS OUT OF HERE *SCRIBBLE SCRIBBLE*

I'M A LITTLE SAD I DON'T GET TO VICARIOUSLY ENJOY SOME KID HAVING ONE OF THE BIG '68 ROOKIES ON THIS CARD. I DO ENVY THOSE ALL-STARS,E SPECIALLY AARON. AFTER PICKING OUT FIFTEEN CARDS I STILL HAD A COUPLE BUCKS LEFT. AFTER PASSING ON THE JUNK PACKS AND NOT FINDING ANYTHING COMPELLING IN THE DOLLAR BOXES I FINALLY SETTLED ON A COUPLE 1987 FLEER BOX BOTTOMS WITH DALE MURPHY AND BOB HORNER. BUT I'VE ALREADY PUT THEM AWAY AND I CAN'T FIND THE DAMN PHOTOS ANYWHERE. IT WAS THESE TWO, IF I EVEN FIND THE THINGS I'LL DO ANOTHER POST

THUS ENDETH THE APRIL CARD SHOW. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW, MAYBE I'LL GO AND GET SOME MORE POSTS