OBILGATORY RONALD & TRAE

ONCE AGAIN ON A LCS RUN I SET SOME OF MY BUDGET ASIDE FOR THE NON-OPTIONAL RONALD AND TRAE CARDS. I WENT WITH SOME CHEAPER OPTIONS THIS TIME, BUT I FEEL THEY SAY A LOT ABOUT WHAT I LOVE TO COLLECT. THESE CAME FROM THE CARD SHOP RUN WHERE I PICKED UP MY SERIES ONE TOPPS PACKS.  WILL THIS POST COME OUT BEFORE SERIES TWO IS RELEASED? ONLY TIME WILL TELL! FOR ME THAT IS, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THIS POST GOT POOSTED

2022 ARCHIVES RONALD ACUÑA JR

I DON'T THINK I WILL BE BUILDING ARCHIVE SETS ANYMORE WHICH MAKES ME A LITTLE SAD BUT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH SCOOPING UP GOOD CARDS FROM THE SET. LIKE THE 1974 FRED MCGRIFF ARCHIVES CARD I POSTED A FEW WEEKS BACK, THIS CARD HITS ALL THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THE ORIGINAL 1978 SET SO HARD I CAN IGNORE THE WONKY FONTS. THE BORDER NAILS THE PINK WITH GREEN TEAM NAME COLOR SCHEME OF THE ORIGINAL BRAVES TEAM SET AND IS WHAT FIRST CAUGHT MY EYE. THE POSED PICTURE IS A LITTLE MORE NEW HERITAGE THAN 70S TOPPS BUT IT LOOKS SO GOOD I CAN FORGIVE IT. THERE WERE A FEW OTHER ACUÑA CARDS I WAS CONSIDERING BUT WHEN I SAW THIS ONE I KNEW I WOULD HAVE TO GO WITH THIS ONE IF I FLIPPED THE CARD AND SAW ONE THING:

AND THERE IT IS! HOME RUN. DAMN RIGHT ACUÑA'S CARD HAS A HOME RUN ON THE BACK. I'VE BOUGHT SEVERAL CARDS FOR A DOLLAR THIS YEAR BUT I LIKE THIS ONE THE BEST

2022 PANINI CHRONICLES REVOLUTION DRAFT PICKS TRAE YOUNG

NOW WE GO FROM REHASH OF AN OLD DESIGN TO SHINY FOILY SPARKLY. I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THESE REVOLUTION CARDS WERE RETAIL EXCLUSIVES BUT THIS ONE WAS AT THE LCS FOR A BUCK SO I'M NOT TOO SURE NOW. IT'S HARD AS HELL TO FIND INFO ON CHRONICLES ODDS SO IT WILL REMAIN A MYSTERY FOR NOW. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S SCARCE OR NOT, IT IS HELLA SHINY AND I HAD TO HAVE IT. I LIKE HAVING CARDS OF NBA PLAYERS I COLLECT IN EVERY UNIFORM THEY EVER PLAYED FOR AND THIS IMMEDIATELY BECOMES MY BEST TRAE CARD IN AN OKLANOMA UNI

I'M JUST NOW NOTICING THE 'TRAE PUTS THE ME IN TEAM' SHADE PANINI IS THROWING ON THE BACK OF THE CARD BUT NO ONE LOOKS AT PANINI'S HORRIBLE BACKS ANYWAY. I'M WRITING THIS IN MARCH AND HONEST THE PLAYOFF PICTURE LOOKS A LITTLE DIRE FOR THE HAWKS AT THE MOMENT SO WHO KNOWS IF THEY WILL STILL BE IN IT BY THE TIME THIS IS POSTED. THE HAWKS ARE A TEAM OF PURE CHAOS HOWEVER SO WHO KNOWS? MAYBE THEY ARE MAKING AN INSANE RUN THROUGH THE EAST AGAIN. OR JUST WON THE VICTOR WEMBANYAMA SWEEPSTAKES IN THE LOTTERY. EITHER WAY, HAIL THE BLESSED GODDESS ERIS, MAY HER CHAOS SHOW FAVOR ON MY TRAINWRECK OF A FAVORITE TEAM