BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 3 - 50 CENT REJECTS R-S

IT'S TIME FOR THE CARDS THAT GOT PURGED FROM THE FIFTY CENT BOXES AT MY LCS AND EXILED TO THE CRAPOLA BOX. THE STORE DOES THIS PERIODICALLY AND THEY USUALLY GO INTO THE 10 DOLLAR GRAB BOXES. I'VE GOTTEN INSTANT COLLECTIONS OF GUYS LIKE RYAN HOWARD, CHARLIE BLACKMON AND MARCELL OZUNA FROM THESE BOXES IN TEH PAST. NOT QUITE SURE WHY THESE GUYS WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE GRAB BAGS BUT I'M GLAD THEY DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT. THESE ALL CAME OUT OF THE STAR BOXES THAT WERE NOT STARRY ENOUGH TO GET THEIR NAME ON A DEDICATED DIVIDER. THE SENSIBLE THING TO DO WOULD BE SHOW THESE OFF IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BUT I AM NOT SENSIBLE AND AM STARTING WITH THE LETTERS R AND S. AND STARTING WITH THE WRONG LETTER AT THAT! MAINLY BECAUSE THIS IS GENERALLY THE ORDER THEY CAME OUT OF THE BOX AND BECAUSE THIS FIRST CARD KICKS ASS

MIKE SCOTT

MIKE SCOTT WON A BUNCH OF GAMES AND STRUCK OUT A BUNCH OF DUDES AND EVEN WON A CY YOUNG WITH THE ASTROS AND THEN ONE DAY HIS ARM JUST FELL OFF AND THAT WAS IT. HE WON THE CY THE YEAR AFTER DOC DID AND THAT CAUSED MY KID BRAIN TO THINK 'WOW, HE MUST BE BETTER THAN DOC THEN' AND I FIGURED HIM FOR A FUTURE HALL OF FAMER. THIS CARD IS FROM THE 2005 TOPPS PRISTINE LEGENDS SET WHICH IS A PRETTY WILD FINEST-TYPE SET FEATURING RETIRED PLAYERS. BASE CARDS ARE IN THIS 1965 DESIGN AND SHORT PRINTED COLLEGE UNI CARDS ARE IN A 1982 TOPPS STYLE. THERE'S ALSO SOME SUPER SHORT PRINTED NEGRO LEAGUE CARDS AND 'THE EARLY YEARS' CARDS THAT HAVE A GENERAL MISHMASH OF DESIGNS. I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THIS SET DESPITE ALL THE SERIAL NUMBERED CARDS AND I'M HAPPY A FEW GOT DUMPED

CHRIS SALE

THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REJECT CARDS ARE JUST A CARD OR THREE OF ONE PLAYER BUT POOR CHRIS GOT YEETED RIGHT OUT OF THE 50 CENT BOX AFTER ALL HIS INJURIES. THERE WEREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF ACTIVE PLAYERS IN THE BOX BUT I GUESS CHRIS'S FALL FROM GRACE WAS JUST TOO MUCH. LIKE MIKE, CHRIS HAD A SHORT BUT HIGH PEAK WITH A BUNCH OF STRIKEOUTS. SALE DIDN'T WIN A CY YOUNG BUT HE DOES HAVE A RING. HE'S ALSO A LEFTY AND WILL PROBABLY KEEP GETTING CONTRACTS FOR ANOTHER DECADE. THESE ARE ALL BASE CARDS I DON'T MUCH CARE FOR

THESE TWO ARE ARE MY WANTLIST THOUGH. HOORAY FOR WANTLIST GETS!

BENITO SANTIAGO

NORMALLY I TAKE THE CARDS OUT OF THE PENNY SLEEVES BEFORE I TAKE PICTURES OF THEM BUT YOU NEED TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE TOPS OF THESE. THESE CARDS WERE IN THAT BOX SO LONG THE TOPS STARTED TO DISINTIGRATE. THIS BOX GAVE ME A LOT OF CRUMBS TO CLEAN UP. THESE AREN'T EVEN BENNY'S ROOKIE CARDS SO NOT SURPRISED THEY HUNG AROUND A WHILE

RUBEN SIERRA

THIS GUY WAS SO GOOD FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND THEN SUDDENLY HE WAS NOT. HE STILL MANAGED TO PLAY TWENTY YEARS IN THE LEAGUE WHICH IS NOT AN EASY TASK AT ALL. I HAD A SMALL COLLECTION OF SIERRA CARDS IN THE EARLY 90S AND PROBABLY HAVE A DOZEN OF THIS ONE SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE COLLECTION

WILLIE RANDOLPH

WILLIE IS ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS WHO WAS BIG WHEN I WAS A KID BUT HAS SINCE GOTTEN LOST TO HISTORY. THIS IS A SHAME BECAUSE WILLIE IS A MUCH BETTER PLAYER THAN YOU REMEMBER. GO CHECK HIS STATS AND BE AMAZED. THIS 1976 TRADED REPRINT CARD WAS A SUBSET IN THE DEEPLY WEIRD 2001 TRADED SET. THE ARCHIVES FOR TRADED GIMMICK IS GREAT BUT PUTTING CHROME CARDS IN EVERY PACK WAS NOT. I BOUGHT SO MUCH TRADED THAT YEAR AND STILL NEVER GOT THE ICHIRO OR PUJOLS CARD

ANTHONY RIZZO

ANOTHER ACTIVE PLAYER! RIZZO IS A BELOVED YANKEE NOW SO HE DIDN'T GET A CHRIS SALE-LEVEL PURGE BUT I CAN SEE WHY A BASE ARCHIVES CARD WOULD BE SEEN AS EXPENDABLE

EDGAR RENTERIA

ATLANTA BRAVES LEGEND EDGAR RENTERIA. HE'S KNOWN FOR NO OTHER TEAM AT ALL. THIS 1996 ROOKIE CARD IS ONE OF MANY FROM THAT DECADE RUINED BY BOWMAN. YOU'LL FIND EDGAR ROOKIES IN '94 BOWMAN AND BOWMAN'S BEST. I REMEMBER RENTERIA'S 1997 WORLD SERIES ANTICS BUT COMPLETELY FORGOT HE WON WS MVP IN 2010 FOR THE GIANTS

JOSE REYES

ANOTHER DUDE HEADED STRAIGHT TO THE HALL OF FAME AND THEN HE TURNED 30. I GUESS HE'S ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR? OH NO, WE'RE ABOUT TO GET INTO BALLOT TRACKING MONTH SOON AREN'T WE. JOSE'S CARDS ARE BOTH SUPER THICK HIGH END BASE CARDS WHICH ARE AS JUNKY AS JUNK WAX NOW THAT THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS INK AND LAUNDRY ON CARDS. THE BOWMAN'S BEST IS NICELY SHINY AND THE TRIPLE THREADS CARD HAS A NICE FAKE CANVAS TEXTURE SO I COULD HYPOTHETICALLY USE IT SLAP A COAT OF PRIMER AND USE IT FOR A SKETCH CARD IF I CHOSE TO DO SO

HAROLD REYNOLDS

ANOTHER '65 PRISTINE CARD! THESE LOOK SO GOOD ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE MARINERS TRIDENT UNIFORMS ON THEM. I SEE A LOT OF HATE DIRECTED TOWARD HAROLD ONLINE BUT I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT HE WAS COOL. I HARDLY EVER LISTEN TO HIS BROADCASTING SO THAT MIGHT BE A BIG PART OF MY VIEW ON HIM

JERRY REUSS

ANOTHER LEGENDS SET BASE CARD REJECTED FROM THE 50 CENT BOX. IN 2004 I WAS OBSESSED WITH THESE LEGENDS SETS AND WAS SUPER EXCITED FOR UPPER DECK TIMELESS TEAMS UNTIL I DISCOVERED TO MY CHAGRIN THAT EXACTLY ZERO BRAVES TEAMS WERE CONCIDERED TIMELESS. I REALLY DON'T THINK I'VE FORGIVEN UPPER DECK FOR THAT YET. I STILL LIKED THE CARDS AND WAS BUMMED THAT THE COMMONS WERE PUT IN THE 50 CENT BOX INSTEAD OF THE DIME BOX BUT I FINALLY GOT SOME ALMOST 20 YEARS LATER

BRIAN ROBERTS

HOORAY! ANOTHER 2006 TRIPLE THREADS BASE CARD! DOES ANYONE COLLECT THIS SET? THE CHECKLIST IS REALLY GOOD BUT THE LAST 20 CARDS IN THE SET ARE AUTORELICS NUMBERED TO 225. BRIAN ROBERTS WAS THE DESIGNATED ORIOLES GUY IN EVERY SET IN THE MID 00S ALONG WITH MIGUEL TEJADA SO IT'S NOT A SURPRISE TO SEE HIM POP UP WITH A HIGH-END CARD. I WONDER IF MIGUEL WILL MAKE AN APPEARANCE LATER?

I'M GOING TO ALTERNATE BETWEEN TEAM LOTS AND 50 CENT REJECTS  WITH THE OCCASIONAL PILE OF RANDOM JUNK HERE AND THERE TO KEEP THESE POSTS SOMEWHAT FRESH. UP NEXT: THE GIANTS