BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 8 - ANGELS

I SKIPPED THIS POST TOO. I'M A MESS RIGHT NOW

EIGHTY-SEVEN ANGELS IN THIS BOX O' CRAP. CAN YOU BELIEVE THE ANGELS WON A WORLD SERIES DECADES AGO? HOW'D THAT EVEN HAPPEN?

THE TOPPS TRADED ANGELS ARE HEADLINED BY GREG MINTON COMPLETELY SLATHERED IN AIRBRUSH PAINT. THIS CARD HAS SLOWLY BECOME AS INFAMOUS AS HIS 1978 ARTWORK CARD. NOTICE THE GIANTS' TRON SEATS IN THE BACKGROUND. ALSO IN THE BOX IS MARK MCLEMORE WHO PLAYED EVERYWHERE FOR A MILLION YEARS AND DEWAYNE BUICE WHO MADE A MINT OFF OF UPPER DECK

1987 TOPPS TRADED COUNT: 14/132

WE'VE GOT SEVENTEEN MORE CARDS FOR THE 2002 SECOND SET. HIGHLIGHTS THIS TIME ARE TIM SALMON, GARRET ANDERSON, TROY PERCIVAL AND MANAGER MIKE SCIOSCIA

2002 TOPPS COUNT: 80/718

A DIFFERENT TRADED SET! I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY TOPPS WENT WITH THIS ODD MIX OF COLORS ON THEIR TRADED SET BUT YOU SURE CAN'T MISTAKE THEM FOR THE BASE SET

EVERY TIME I SEE THIS CARD I THINK IT'S A SCREENSHOT FROM THE FILM THE NAKED GUN. I CAN ENVISION FRANK DREBIN PULLING AN AXLE GRINDER OUT MIKE WITT'S POCKET AT ANY MOMENT

A 1981 FLEER JOE RUDI CARD WITH THE PUPPY DOG EYES. WEIRDLY ENOUGH I HAVE PULLED THIS CARD OUT OF A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GRAB BAG EARLIER THIS YEAR. I AM NOW DOWN TO NEEDING ONLY ONE CARD TO COMPLETE THIS SET AND IT'S A CARD I PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE HIDING SOMEWHERE. NOW I JUST NEED ANOTHER 472 CARDS TO COMPLETE THE SET WITH ALL THE VARIATIONS

HELL YEAH 1995 DONRUSS. I DON'T NEED THIS GARY DISARCINA CARD BUT 1995 DONRUSS KICKS ASS 

DAVE WINFIELD IS TOO GOOD TO BE IN GARBAGE BOXES AND THIS CARD IS LEGIT GREAT. THE BACK SHOWS DAVE INTERVIEWING DARRYL STRAWBERRY HOW COOL IS THAT

KEN HILL IS THE ANGELS' REPRESENTATIVE PACIFIC RED FOIL PARALLEL CARD

I'M NOT SURE WHY FLEER GAVE UP ON THE MATTE CARD STOCK IN 1999. THE DESIGN LOOKS LIKE THEY PLANNED TO USE THAT STOCK FOR A THIRD YEAR BUT GOT COLD FEET. THIS JARROD WASHBURN CARD IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW CARDS I'VE FOUND SO FAR THAT I ACTUALLY NEED ON MY WANTLIST

AND FINALLY WE GET TO THE JUNK. I'M PRETTY SURE THERE ARE MORE 1992 UPPER DECK CARDS IN THIS BOX THAN EVEN 2002 TOPPS BUT I STILL NEED EXACTLY ZERO OF THESE CARDS. OUR SECOND CHANCE GEMS THIS TIME ARE A NICE LOOKING 1989 WALLY JOINER CARD AND A CARD OF GREG MINTON WHERE HE'S NOT SLATHERED IN PAINT

BACK TO THE 50 CENT CARDS NEXT TIME, WE'VE GOT SOME MORE DOOZIES TO SHOW OFF

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 2

LOL I WROTE THIS OUT AND FORGOT TO POST IT SO NOW EVERYTHING'S OUT OF ORDER. OH WELL AT LEAST IT'S ALREADY WROTE

2003 TOPPS BOBBY COX

CATEGORY - BRAVES, WANTLIST

I'D BE HAPPY WITH A BOBBY COX CARD FROM MY FAVORITE TOPPS DESIGN OF THE 00S IN ANY CASE BUT THIS ONE IS AN ACTUAL WANTLIST NEED. I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT IS FOR THE SET OR THE TEAM SET BUT IT'S ON ONE OF THEM. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M CHECKING THE TEAM BINDER NOW HOLD UP

NOPE IT'S FOR THE SET SET, NOT THE TEAM SET. ASSUMING I HAVEN'T ALREADY GOTTEN THREE OTHER COPIES OF THE CARD THAT I'VE BEEN TOO LAZY TO PUT AWAY. I ALSO DISCOVERED I'M MISSING A TON FROM MY 2002 BRAVES TEAM SET WHICH MAKES ME EXCITED FOR A FUTURE BIRTHDAY BULLSHIT BLASTER POST

1997-98 STADIUM CLUB STACEY AUGMON

CATEGORY - HAWKS

HE'S IN A BLAZERS UNI BUT AUGMON IS FOREVER A HAWK IN MY HEART. LATE 90S STADIUM CLUB CARDS LOOK AWESOME WITH THE HOLOFOIL AND THICK CARD STOCK AND FULL BLEED BORDERS AND SUPER GLOSSY FINISH THAT IS GOOD ABOUT NOT BRICKING. THIS WAS ONE OF MANY PICKUPS WHERE I SAW IT AND JUST WENT FOR IT WITHOUT CONFIRMING THAT I DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE A COPY.I AM BEING MUCH MORE CAREFUL ON MY DOLLAR CARD PICKUPS

1989 PACIFIC LEGENDS SERIES 2 ROGER CRAIG, PHIL CAVARRETTA, RICH REESE, SMOKY BURGESS, EWELL BLACKWELL

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I KNOCKED OUT A BIG CHUNK OFF MY PACIFIC LEGENDS WANTLIST AND MIGHT HAVE FUCKED AROUND AND COMPLETED SERIES ONE. SERIES TWO I AM NOT NEARLY AS CLOSE TO FINISHING BUT HERE'S 4.5% OF THE SET. HERE'S A SENTENCE FOR EACH CARD:

• ROGER CRAIG IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH A FEW TEAMS BUT THE CINCINNATI REDS IS NOT ONE USUALLY I THINK OF
• PHIL'S NAME IS MISSPELLED ON THIS CARD, VERY DISRESPECTFUL FOR AN MVP
• RICH REESE WAS THE VICTIM FOR NOLAN RYAN'S RECORD BREAKING STRIKEOUT IN 1973 AND I HAD TO LOOK THIS UP BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT RICH REESE
• I LIKED PICKING UP SMOKY BURGESS CARDS WHEN I WAS A KID AND AN ASSHOLE WHO WORKED AT A CARD SHOP MADE FUN OF ME WHEN I BOUGHT HIS 1959 CARD WHICH IS AN AWESOME CARD ACTUALLY
• EWELL BLACKWELL WAS A REALLY GOOD PITCHER WHO WOULD HAVE WON A CY YOUNG AWARD IN 1947 IF IT HAD EXISTED, AND ALSO HAD THE SAME FIRST NAME AS A FRIEND WHO LIVED DOWN THE STREET

1998 PACIFIC REVOLUTION JASON KENDALL

CATEGORY - SHINY

I HAVE THROWN THE HIGH-END CATEGORY OUT THE WINDOW BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH ALL THE CARDS THAT FIT I BOUGHT FOR THEIR SHINY IF I'M BEING HONEST. HIGH-END IN THE 90S DOES NOT MEAN THE SAME THING AS HIGH-END IN THE 2010S AND BEYOND ANYWAY. I TRIED TO BUY ALL THE REVOLUTION CARDS I COULD FIND BUT THESE THINGS GOT SNATCHED UP QUICK. I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE GOTTEN KENDALL. THIS THING IS BLINDING IN PERSON, PACIFIC CARDS ARE SOOO GOOD

1992 ACTION PACKED MINNIE MINOSO

CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION, WANTLIST

I DID NOT HAVE A WANT LIST FOR ACTION PACKED WHEN I PUT THIS IN MY CART BUT AFTER THE FACT I DID DISCOVER THAT IS IS ON THERE. MINNIIE MINOSO CARDS ARE USUALLY AN AUTOMATIC GET THOUGH AND IF I SEE THIS CARD IN A FUTURE DIME BOX I MIGHT GET IT AGAIN. THESE CARDS ARE SO GREAT BUT IN 1992 THEY REALLY WERE $2.69 A PACK FOR FIVE CARDS AT K-MART AND THAT WAS JUST TOO MUCH

2021-22 DONRUSS BOGDAN BOGDANOVIC

CATEGORY - HAWKS

I MORE OR LESS GOT ONE HAWKS CARD OF EACH OF THE STARTING LINEUP AND THIS IS THE ONE FOR BOGI. MOST OF MY BOGDANOVIC CARDS HAVE HIM IN A KINGS UNI SO IT'S NICE TO GET ONE IN RED. THE HAWKS HAVE STARTED OUT SUPER SLOWLY THE PAST TWO YEARS AND COINCIDENTALLY BOGDAN WAS HURT IN THE OFFSEASON BOTH OF THOSE YEARS. THIS YEAR BOGI IS HEALTHY SO I HAVE UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS THAT MIGHT ALREADY BE BLOWN UP BY THE TIME THIS POST IS UP

NOTE FROM THE FUTURE: YEP, KABLOOEY

2020-21 PRIZM KEVIN HUERTER

CATEGORY - HAWKS

THE HAWKS ARE OBVIOUSLY MY #1 TEAM BUT IN 2024 THE KINGS ARE RIGHT UP THERE WITH THEM. MAINLY BECAUSE THIS IS THE YEAR WE GET THEIR FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK IF - AND THIS IS A BIG IF - THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. I LOVE RED VELVET AND I HOPE HE DROPS THIRTY A GAME ON THEIR WAY TO THE NUMBER SIX SEED. LORD KNOWS WE DESPERATELY NEED THAT FIRST ROUNDER AFTER THE DEJOUNTE TRADE

2020-21 PRIZM DE'ANDRE HUNTER

CATEGORY - HAWKS

THERE WERE LIKE FOUR OTHER DE'ANDRE CARDS I WAS WATCHING BUT COULD NEVER PULL THE TRIGGER ON BECAUSE I HONESTLY WAS NOT SURE IF HE'D EVEN BE WITH THE TEAM BY OPENING DAY. THIS DID NOT DISSUADE ME FROM GETTING THREE JOHN COLLINS CARDS AFTER HE WAS SALARY DUMPED TO THE JAZZ. THE HAWKS NEED DE'ANDRE TO PLAY LIKE THE NUMBER FOUR OVERALL PICK HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY QUICK IF THE HAWKS ARE REALISTICALLY GOING TO DO ANYTHING THIS YEAR. UNLESS JALEN JOHNSON OR AJ GRIFFIN WALLY PIPPS HIM AT LEAST

UP NEXT: FEETSBAWL, HAWKEY AND SOME O-PEE-CHEE

BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 9 - 50 CENT REJECTS N-O-P

THE CARD SHOW WAS INSANELY SUCCESSFUL, I GOT SO MUCH COOL SHIT FOR CHEAPS AS HELL. BUT I HAVE A HUNDRED PICS TO TAKE AND CROP AND UPLOAD AND THEN I ACTUALLY HAVE TO TYPE WORDS AND THAT WILL TAKE FOREVER SO YOU GET SOME JUNK BOX GARBAGE TODAY. BUT YOU'RE IN LUCK! IT'S SHINY JUNK BOX GARBAGE. HERE ARE THE N, O, AND P NAME CARDS THAT GOT NOPED OUT OF THE FIFTY CENT BOX

GRAIG NETTLES

POOR GRAIG GOT SCREWED. HE'S ONE OF THE BEST THIRD BASEMAN OF ALL TIME BUT ONLY ONE THIRD BASEMAN IS ALLOWED IN THE HALL OF FAME PER DECADE. TWO TOPS AND HE WAS THE THIRD BEST. THERE WERE A BUNCH OF GRAIG CARDS GETTING THE CHOP AND THIS ONE FROM 2000 YANKEES LEGENDS SET IS THE SHINIEST

THERE WERE SOME EXTRA LEGENDS CARDS OF NETTLES IN THERE INCLUDING 2003 ARCHIVES FAN FAVORITES AND 1993 TED WILLIAMS, TWO SETS I JUT COMPLETED. AWW YEAH, THAT'S FORESHADOWING BABY. YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT IN MAYBE SIX MONTHS. 2006 FLEER GREATS OF THE GAME I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH. I THINK SOMEONE LEFT A COMMENT OFFERING SOME IN TRADE BUT MY LIFE IS COMPLETE CHAOS AT THE MOMENT AND I BARELY HAVE TIME TO TYPE, TRADES ARE WAY ON THE BACK BURNER, SORRY

PAUL O'NEILL 

MOAR 1965 PRISTINE! I'M HOPING TO ACCUMULATE A BINDER PAGE FULL OF THESE

THERE WAS AN ODD MIX FOR PAUL, AS I ALSO GOT A COUPLE STADIUM CLUB AND SWEET SPOT CLASSIC CARDS OF THE DUDE. I'M NOT CERTAIN IF THESE WERE FROM THE O'S OR THE YANKEES SECTION OF THE FIFTY CENT BOXES

JOHN OLERUD

METAL UNIVERSE CARD BACKGROUNDS DO NOT ALWAYS MAKE SENSE BUT THEY USUALLY LOOK REALLY COOL. THAT IS DEFINITELY THE CASE WITH THIS CARD AS OLERUD IS BEING SURROUNDED BY LIGHTNING SWIRLS. IT IS UNCLEAR IF JOHN IS BEING ATTACKED BY AN ELECTRIC TORNADO OR IF HIS MIGHTY SWING IS CAUSING A LOT OF STATIC ELECTRICITY ON HIS POLYESTER UNIFORM

THERE'S ALSO A BIG PILE OF JUNK WAX ROOKIES, WHICH ARE ALMOST WORTH AS MUCH AS THE PENNY SLEEVES THEY ARE IN. IF YOU'RE WONDERING IF OLERUD IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PLAYER PILES IN THE BOX THE ANSWER IS NO, NOT EVEN CLOSE. JUST WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO THE LETTER H

BOB OJEDA

THIS BOB OJEDA 2002 ARCHIVES CARD MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE FIFTY CENT BOX SINCE 2002. IT WAS IN ONE OF THE SLEEVES THAT IS STARTING TO CRUMBLE TO BITS. I ONLY NEED FOUR CARDS TO COMPLETE THIS SET AND SADLY BOB IS NOT ONE OF THEM

ROY OSWALT

YAY! ROY ADDS TO MY EVER INCREASING SUPER THICK HIGH-END CARD COLLECTION PICKED UP FOR PENNIES. ROY WAS SO GOOD THEN FELL OFF A CLIFF. I'VE GOT A LITTLE OSWALT COLLECTION HIDING IN A STAR BOX SOMEWHERE, HE WAS ON A TON OF INSERTS IN THE 00S

TONY PENA

THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE ROOM OFF IN A CORNER AT THE HALL OF FAME DEDICATED TO CATCHERS WHO WERE ABLE TO BE AN EFFECTIVE STARTER FOR OVER A DECADE. TONY SHOULD HAVE HIS OWN DISPLAY IN THAT ROOM. THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE VERY FEW OF THESE FIFTY CENT CARDS THAT FILL A NEED OFF A WANTLIST

ALEJANDRO PENA

THERE ARE INFURIATINGLY NO BRAVES IN THE 2004 TIMELESS TEAMS SET BUT ALEJANDRO IS A BRAVES LEGEND SO I'M CLAIMING HIM. SORRY DODGER FANS, HE WON A WORLD SERIES WITH US. I KNOW HE WON TWO WITH YOU, JUST SHUT UP AND LET ME HAVE THIS

DAVID PRICE

MAN DAVID PRICE REALLY IS A WASHED UP FIFTY CENT BOX REJECT ISN'T HE. MAN I'M SO OLD. HE'S GOT A CY AND A RING THOUGH, YOU CAN KICK HIM OUT OF THE STAR BOX BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HIM. I DONT' CARE WHAT THE LABEL SAYS, THE NEWFANGLED GOLD LABEL CARDS ARE NOT GOLD LABEL WORTHY. THEY NEED TO BE PLASTIC AND EXTRA SHINY AND THICK AS A PACK OF CHROME. THE CORNERS OF THESE THINGS CAN ACTUALLY GET DINGED! UNACCEPTABLE

HUNTER PENCE

AWW YEAH THIS IS THE GOOD STUFF. I HAVE AN UNNECESSARY GRUDGE TOWARDS LINEAGE BUT DAMN DID THEY GET THEIR INSERTS RIGHT. THIS 1964 STAND-UPS DESIGN HAS BEEN SWIPED FOR MANY INSERT SETS BUT 2011 LINEAGE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT DID IT ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THE ONLY WAY IT COULD BE BETTER IS IF THE CARD STOCK WASN'T GLOSSY

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 6

IF THINGS WORK OUT RIGHT I'LL BE AT A CARD SHOW WHEN THIS POST GOES UP. IF THINGS DON'T WORK OUT RIGHT I'LL BE BLOWING THE LAST CHANCE I HAVE TO GO THIS YEAR. NO PRESSURE, ME. THANKFULLY I STILL HAVE AN ABSOLUTE PILE OF CARDS I CAN SHOW OFF FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, SHOW OR NO SHOW. ON WITH THE SHOW 

1994-95 UPPER DECK MCDONALDS PATRICK ROY

CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR, SHINY

THIS CARD JUST MIGHT BE THE QUINTESSENTIAL DIME BOX GEM. AN EXTREMELY SHINY ODDBALL FOOD-ISSUE CARD OF A LEGIT SUPERSTAR THAT LOOKS GREAT BUT IS A LITTLE BANGED UP SO IT IS AVAILABLE AT A GOOD PRICE. WHEN I GOT THIS CARD IN HAND I WAS AMAZED BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ETCHED LIKE A TOPPS CHROME CARD. I HAD NO IDEA UPPER DECK WAS USING THAT TECHNOLOGY ON HOLOFOIL CARDS IN 1994! TURNS OUT THEY WEREN'T, SOMEONE OUTLINED ROY IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE BALLPOINT PEN. I ONLY NOTICED WHEN I REALIZED THE OUTLINE AROUND PATRICK'S NAME WAS A LITTLE JANKY. THIS ONLY MAKES ME LIKE THE CARD EVEN MORE, NO ONE ELSE IN THE WORLD HAS AN ETCHED MCDONALDS ALL-STAR CARD OF PATRICK ROY. AT LEAST UNTIL ONE OF YOU PICKS UP A COPY AND DOES IT YOURSELF

1995-96 SKYBOX E-MOTION KEITH PRIMEAU X-CITED

CATEGORY - INSERT

I LOVE THE 1995 SKYBOX E-MOTION SETS AND WAS HAPPY TO FIND AN INSERT FROM THE SET. I'M NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN WHAT THE THEME OF THIS SET IS BUT IT LOOKS NICE ENOUGH. I HAVE A BUNCH OF CARDS FROM THE BASEBALL, BASKETBALL AND HOCKEY VERSIONS OF THIS SET BUT I'M NOWHERE NEAR COMPLETING ANY OF THEM. MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR A NEW FRANKENSET

2003-04 UPPER DECK HONOR ROLL ED BELFOUR

CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION

I HAD NO CARDS OF EDDIE IN A TORONTO UNIFORM AND I CORRECTED THAT OVERSIGHT. HONOR ROLL IS ONE OF THE MANY EARLY-00S BRANDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORGOTTEN

1991 TOPPS FLIPPER ANDERSON, BARRY WORD 1000 YARD CLUB

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

THESE WERE THE LAST TWO 1991 1000 YEARD CLUB INSERTS I HAD SHOWING ON MY FOOTBALL WANTLIST BUT WHEN I PUT THE CARDS AWAY THERE ARE A LOT MORE MISSING FROM THE BOX SO NO COMPLETE SET PHOTO THIS TIME UNFORTUNATELY. ONCE I GET MY ACT TOGETHER AND FIND THE REST I'LL TRY TO SHOW IT OFF SOMEHOW

1991 DONRUSS TERRY PENDLETON MVP

CATEGORY - BRAVES, INSERT

I HAVE GOT TO GET MY BRAVES COLLECTION INTO SOME SORT OF ORDER. I AM 99% CERTAIN I HAVE THIS CARD ALREADY BUT WHO KNOWS WHERE IT IS. THIS WILL LIVE IN THE DONRUSS INSERT BOX IN THE MEANTIME. I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TERRY WON THE MVP OVER BONDS BUT BARRY HAS LIKE SEVEN OTHER MVPS SO HE WON'T MISS THIS ONE

1993 FLEER ULTRA KEVIN YOUNG ALL ROOKIE

CATEGORY - INSERT

GOODNESS GRACIOUS THESE EARLY FLEER ULTRA INSERTS WERE SO DECADENT. LOOK AT THIS DESIGN, IT'S COMPLETE INSANITY. EVERYTHING IN EXCESS, THERE'S NO REASON FOR THIS CARD TO GO SO HARD BUT IT DID

IT EVEN HAS FOIL STAMPING ON THE BACK! ABSOLUTELY UNNECESSARY. FLEER JUST WENT ALL OUT IN THE 90S AND I LOVE THEM FOR IT 

1993 PINNACLE STERLING HITCHCOCK TEAM 2001

CATEGORY - INSERT

STERLING HITCHCOCK IS A HELLUVA NAME. I HAVE A TON OF PINNACLE TEAM 2000 CARDS FROM 1992 AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE LATER. THE FOLLOWUP TEAM 2001 CARDS, NOT SO MUCH. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY ARE MORE SCARCE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S SET OR IF I'VE JUST BEEN IGNORING THEM FOR DECADES BUT I NABBED THIS ONE TO TRY TO BEGIN CATCHING UP. THE THEME OF TEAM 2000 WAS A BUNCH OF YOUNG PLAYERS WHO WOULD STILL BE STARS IN THE YEAR 2000, SO I GUESS THEY JUST MOVED THE WINDOW THE NEXT YEAR. THERE IS NO TEAM 2002

THIS ONE HAS FOIL ON THE BACK TOO! THINGS WERE WILD BEFORE THE STRIKE BOOGERED EVERYTHING UP

2023 TOPPS MARCELL OZUNA

CATEGORY - BRAVES

BACK WHEN I PICKED UP THIS CARD MARCELL WAS HITTING LIKE .180 WITH THREE HOMERS AND EVERYONE WAS SCREAMING FOR HIM TO GET RELEASED. THEN THE GUY JUST WENT OUT AND HIT FORTY DINGERS SOMEHOW. OZUNA FROM THE BRAVES IS A BIT INFURIATING BUT I'M A LITTLE CLOSER TO THAT 2023 TEAM SET NOW

2022 CHRONICLES CRUSADE LUIS FRIAS

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

AFTER BUYING A BUNCH OF CARDS TWICE I STARTED CATALOGUING ALL MY PICKUPS FROM THE SITE IN AN ATTEMPT TO CUT THAT OUT. WHEN LOGGING THIS ONE I ACCIDENTALLY TYPED IT OUT AS 'CHRONICLES - CRUSADE ARIAS' AND WHEN I GOT THE CARD I WAS BAFFLED TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THIS FRIAS GUY WAS BEFORE I FIGURED IT OUT. DESPITE MY EFFORTS I STILL ALMOST BOUGHT A SECOND COPY OF THIS CARD LATER ON 

2022 CHRONICLES CLASSICS JOSIAH GRAY

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

JOSIAH PITCHED PRETTY WELL FOR A CRUMMY WASHINGTON TEAM THIS YEAR. BEST OF ALL, HE DIDN'T BEAT THE BRAVES. THESE CLASSICS DESIGNS ARE VERY APPEALING AND I'M CONSTANTLY TEMPTED TO PICK UP SOME FOOTBALL PACKS BUT I'VE HELD STRONG SO FAR

2021 MOSAIC MAX FRIED

CATEGORY - BRAVES

FINISHING UP THE BATCH WITH A SHINY MAXIMILLIAN CARD. HE'S PROBABLY SIGNING A GIGANTIC CONTRACT WITH AN L.A. TEAM IN 2025 BUT I SHALL ENJOY HIS PITCHERY UNTIL THEN. I STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHERE MOSAIC FITS IN THE PANINI PECKING ORDER. PRISM IS OBVIOUSLY THE KING, AND OPTIC IS CLOSE BEHIND BUT MOSAIC ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE IN THE JUNK PILES. IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE THE RED HEADED STEPCHILD OF CHROMIUM CARDS LIKE BOWMAN PLATINUM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE SETS ARE MASSIVE TOO, WHO'S COLLECTING THESE THINGS

UP NEXT: MAYBE A LITTLE CURVEBALL? IF NOT JUST MORE HOCKEY AND CHRONICLES AND ASSORTED JUNK

BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 7 - TIGERS

BACK TO THE JUNK BOX AFTER LIFE GOT DERAILED A SMIDGE. THE TIGERS PILE IS PRETTY BIG AT 92 CARDS TOTAL

THE TRADED SET GIVES US SOME PRETTY GOOD TIGERS. BILL MADLOCK IS A VERY UNDERRATED PLAYER AND WAS THE LAST CARD I NEEDED FOR MY 1992 KELLOGG'S SET. EMPHASIS ON WAS - MY COMC SHIPMENT IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE ON JANUARY 3RD. HENNEMAN AND ROBINSON ARE DECENT PITCHERS AND THAT MATT NOKES CARD HAS TO BE WORTH A BUNCH NOW, RIGHT? BECKETT'S HOT LIST WOULDN'T LIE TO ME

1987 TOPPS TRADED COUNT: 11/132

THE TIGERS ALSO ADD A BIG CHUNK TO MY SECOND 2002 SET, PROBABLY BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T MANY STARS TO PICK OUT. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE JOSE LIMA, ASTROS RADIO GUY STEVE SPARKS AND MANAGER PHIL GARNER 

2002 TOPPS COUNT: 63/718

THERE WERE A COUPLE SURPRISES IN THERE TOO. FIRST HERE'S A SHINY GOLD DAMION EASLEY

CHECK OUT THE PLACEMENT ON THAT SERIAL NUMBER. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE DESIGNERS KNEW TO SAVE A BUNCH OF DEAD SPACE ON EACH CARD FOR SERIAL NUMBERING, RELICS AND AUTOGRAPHS

THE OTHER BIG SURPRISE IS THIS FACTORY SET EXCLUSIVE DRAFT PICK CARD OF SCOTT MOORE. THIS ADDS TO MY SUSPICION THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THIS BOX BOUGHT A FACTORY SET TO STRIP FOR PARTS. WE'LL HAVE TO BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THE OTHER FOUR DRAFT CARDS FROM THIS SET AS NONE OF THE PLAYERS PANNED OUT ENOUGH TO BE CHERRY PICKED OUT OF THE BOX

CECIL FIELDER JUST CHILLIN WHILE THE SAN DIEGO CHICKEN WORSHIPS AT HIS FEET. FIND ME A BETTER CARD PRINTED THIS YEAR, I DARE YOU

I WAS NOT A FAN OF TOPPS KIDS WHEN IT CAME OUT BUT I'VE COME AROUND ON IT. IT'S NICELY GOOFY

YEAAAAAH SHINIES! LOVE FINDING THE PACIFIC PRISM CARDS

TONY CLARK ON THE MLB SHOWDOWN COMMON CARD BEFORE HE STARTED WITH ALL THE UNION BUSINESS

MOAR PACIFIC! THE 2001 FLAGSHIP DESIGN IS PRETTY OK BUT I BOUGHT WAY MORE OF THE NFL VERSION BACK IN THE DAY CHASING MICHAEL VICK CARDS

SOME MORE JUNKBOX GOLD WITH A 1985 DONRUSS CARD OF DARRELL EVANS.  A GUY WITH 400 HOMERS AND 1600 WALKS WOULD BE WAY MORE RESPECTED IN TODAY'S GAME. DARRELL ALSO BOOKENDED HIS CAREER IN ATLANTA

CROWN CARD OF DEAN PALMER. GOTTA SHOW OFF ALL THE PACIFIC

70S CARD IN THE JUNK BOX! I LOVE 1978 TOPPS BUT BECAUSE I LOVED IT SO MUCH I COMPLETED THE SET A FEW YEARS AGO AND NOW WHEN I SEE ONE I AUTOMATICALLY THINK 'GOT IT' AND MOVE ON LOOKING FOR 77S AND 75S. I AM TRYING TO BREAK OUT OF THIS HABIT AND APPRECIATE THE NICE CARDS FROM SETS I HAVE LIKE THIS ONE WITH A VERY HAPPY AURELIO RODRIGUEZ

SKYBOX MOLTEN METAL IS A WEIRD ONE BECAUSE IT WAS A HIGHER-END PRODUCT BUT LOOKED NOTHING LIKE THE COOL METAL UNIVERSE CARDS SO IT WAS A BIT OF A LETDOWN. UNLESS YOU PULLED ONE OF THE ACTUAL METAL CARDS OUT OF A PACK, WHICH WERE REALLY COOL. THESE CARDS ARE PRETTY COMMON IN DISCARDED BOXES OF TRASH SINCE THEY WERE HEAVILY RIPPED FOR THE INSERTS

DEAN MAKES ANOTHER APPEARANCE ON A FINEST CARD. I REALLY LIKED THIS DESIGN AND BOUGHT A LOT OF IT AND AM STILL NOT ANYWHERE CLOSE TO EVEN BEGINNING TO ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THIS SET. GETTING MY FINEST IN ORDER NEEDS TO BE A 2024 COLLECTING GOAL

YOU MAY BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT I HAVE DECIDED TO NOT THROW ALL THE JUNK IN THE TRASH AND HAVE INSTEAD PUT THEM AWAY BACK IN THE BOX SO THEY DON'T CAUSE ANY NEW CATASTROPHES. SADLY ONCE AGAIN I NEED NONE OF THESE CARDS. HOWEVER I FOUND A FEW MORE SECOND CHANCE GOODIES TO SHOW OFF

A 1990 UPPER DECK CARD OF ALAN TRAMMELL MADE THE JUNK PILE BECAUSE AS MUCH AS MY BRAIN BLIPS BY 1978 TOPPS NOW IT DOESN'T EVEN PERCIEVE 1990 UD ANYMORE, A TONY CLARK ULTRA CARD TO REPLACE MY CURRENT WATERLOGGED ONE, JIM WALEWANDER, FOREVER THE DEAD MILKMEN GUY THANKS TO THE BACK OF A SCORE CARD AND THE LATE GREAT WILLIE HERNANDEZ. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND GEMS IF YOU JUST KEEP DIGGING