THE TWELVE DAYS OF CARDMAS: LAUNDRY EDITION - DAY 7

 STARTING TO REALIZE I HAVE HAD AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF GOOD LUCK RIPPING PACKS WITH SOME OF THESE CARDS EVEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT I USED TO RIP WAY TOO MANY PACKS. WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF CARDMAS NOW, WITH MAYBE THE BEST CARD OF THE BUNCH

2005 UPPER DECK ALL-STAR CLASSICS WAS KIND OF THE POINT WHERE SPECIAL THEME SETS STARTED GETTING SERIOUSLY PLAYED OUT. A RETAIL ONLY 100 CARD SET OF PLAYERS WHO WERE IN ALL STAR GAMES? I GUESS? WITH TOO MANY INSERTS AND OF COURSE THERE WAS A PARALLEL AND THERE WERE NO ROOKIES. THIS SET WAS NOT POPULAR AT ALL BUT I STILL BOUGHT A BUNCH OF THEM AND THAT WAS BEFORE A TON OF PACKS WENT INTO THE  $1.49 CLEARANCE BOX AND I BOUGHT A BUNCH MORE. THE LAST TWENTY-FIVE CARDS OR SO WERE ALL HALL OF FAMERS AND I'M AN IDIOT FOR LEGENDS SETS SO I HAD TO BUY SOME. I WAS HAPPY WHEN I SAW ONE OF THE PACKS HAD A RELIC CARD IN IT. I WAS EVEN HAPPIER TO SEE IT WAS ICHIRO. I ALMOST CRAPPED MYSELF WHEN I SAW THAT PATCH

I'VE GOT A FEW PATCH CARDS BUT MOST OF THEM ARE BIG CHUNKS OF A NUMBER OR LETTER. A COUPLE ARE JUST ALL ONE SOLID PATCH COLOR WITH NO STITCHES OR NOTHIN. THIS IS NOT THAT, THERE'S LIKE FIVE DIFFERENT COLOR THREAD ON THE THING AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE THE LOGO. THESE SORT OF CARDS ARE USUALLY OUT OF MY PRICE RANGE AND EVEN THEN THERE'S THAT RISK THAT A REALLY COOL LOOKING PATCH MIGHT BE SOMEONE'S ART PROJECT. PULLING SOMETHING LIKE THIS OF AN INNER CIRCLE HALL OF FAMER OUT OF A PACK IS PRETTY SPECIAL

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