BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTAR - PART 17: PADRES

PADRES ARE UP AND WAIT - TWO RICKEYS?? SOMEONE STRIPMINED A SET OF 2002 TOPPS AND LEFT TWO RICKEYS??? THE FOOLS!

THEY'RE FOILBOARD CARDS TOO! THAT'S SUPPOSED TO MEAN THEY'RE SPECIAL OR SOMETHING. I HIT THE JACKPOT HERE. DIDN'T DO TOO BADLY ON THE TRADEDS EITHER

FOUR MORE TRADED CARDS WHICH SOUNDS GOOD BUT I MADE THE MISTAKE OF LOOKING UP THE CHECKLIST AND THAT'S ONLY HALF THE TEAM SET. THE GOAL HERE IS NOT TO GET A COMPLETE SET OUT OF THE BOX BUT TO KNOCK CARDS OFF THE WANTLIST. I'M TOO SCARED TO CHECK THAT YET, MY LUCK HASN'T BEEN GREAT LATELY

1987 TOPPS TRADED COUNT: 24/132

THE 2002 PADRES TEAM SET IS ALSO MISSING A COUPLE, GWYNN AND BASE RICKEY, OF COURSE. TREVOR HOFFMAN DIDN'T GET CHERRY PICKED THOUGH WHICH SEEMS DISRESPECTFUL

IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I TOOK THE PHOTOS I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT I WAS THINKING. THERE COULD BE A BRAVES THEME TO THIS PIC, BUT WHY DIDN'T I INCLUDE RON GANT? I'M NOT AT THE TOP OF MY GAME RIGHT NOW BUT WHO CARES, HERE'S MORE CARDS

2002 TOPPS COUNT: 166/718

VINTAGE IN THE JUNKBOX! WOO HOO! THIS SET IS COMPLETE SO I REFUSE TO BUY MORE OF THEM ON PURPOSE WHEN I HAVE A HUNDRED OTHER SETS TO FINISH BUT I LOVE HAVING THEM TURN UP ACCIDENTALLY. THIS IS A PRETTY FASCINATING PHOTO CHOICE, THOSE OUTFIELD PADS LOOK LIKE THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME SHIT. THIS PHOTO IS SO FAR AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED ON A 2024 CARD. IT'S KINDA AWESOME 

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT 1995 DONRUSS. I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A CLEAN UP OF MY OLD SET BOXES BUT I DO NOT REMEMBER IF THESE WERE NEEDED OR NOT. THAT PROJECT MAY END UP TAKEING UNTIL 2025 AT THIS RATE IF NOT LONGER

OH NOEZ! MY BIP COLLECTION INCREASES BY ONE. I HAVE DECIDED I WILL NEVER EVER TRACK WHICH BIP ROBERTS CARDS I HAVE BUT WILL MERELY APPRECIATE THEM ALL AS THEY ENTER MY LIFE. A BIPLESSING SO TO SPEAK

2002-2005 UPPER DECK ALL BLURS TOGETHER FOR ME BUT I'VE DUG THROUGH SO MUCH OF IT LATELY TO KNOW THAT THIS KOTSAY IS FROM 2002. EVERYONE IS BITCHING ABOUT ALL THE BORING TOPPS DESIGNS FROM THE 21ST CENTURY NOW THAT FANATICS HAS DAZZLED US WITH FLASHY NEON. BUT HONESTLY, IS SOMETHING LIKE 2014 ANY WORSE THAN THIS? 2017? 2020? OK, 2016 IS WORSE, BUT WHAT'S THE POINT OF ALL THESE LINES? IT'S NOT EVEN A BAD LOOKING CARD, BUT WHY ALL THE LINES? HALF OF THOSE LINES ARE FOIL STAMPING TOO, JUST WHY. IF I WERE STILL A REAL BLOGGER AND NOT JUST A BASE CARD SHITPOSTER I'D WRITE A GIANT ARTICLE OVERTHINKING ALL THE UPPER DECK DESIGNS LIKE PEOPLE DO WITH THE TOPPS DESIGNS. I'D ALSO ADD ALL THE NEW HOCKEY DESIGNS THAT REALLY ALL BLUR TOGETHER AS WELL

IT'S 1989 APPRECIATION YEAR, SO LET'S ALL APPRECIATE THIS JOHN KRUK CARD BEFORE WE ALL GET COMPLETELY SICK OF IT. IF THAT HASN'T ALREADY HAPPENED, THANKS KEN GRIFFEY JR. TRIBUTE SET

AND HERE'S THE CRAP. A NICE ASSORTMENT OF CRAP BUT CRAP NONETHELESS

THERE WAS ACTUALLY A CARD I NEEDED IN THE PILE OF JUNK THOUGH! A 1988 FLEER UPDATE KEITH MORELAND CARD. I DON'T ACTUALLY TRACK THE 80S UPDATE SETS FROM FLEER AND DONRUSS SO IT WAS A SURPRISE TO SEE ONE POP UP IN THE PILE. I'M ALSO JUST NOW FINDING OUT THAT THERE'S A JODY DAVIS ERROR ON KEITH'S 88 FLEER BASE CARD?? HOW HAVE I GONE, UH, (MENTALLY CALCULATES HOW LONG AGO 1988 WAS) 97 YEARS WITHOUT KNOWING 88 FLEER HAD ERROR CARDS? I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO DIGGING THROUGH MY SETS TO SEE WHAT I HAVE BUT IT'S GOING TO BUG ME NOW. THE CUBS ARE UP IN FOUR POSTS SO MAYBE WE'LL SEE KEITH AGAIN THERE