GOTTA HAVE MY REGGIE CARDS. THIS IS STRANGELY ENOUGH ALSO A WANTLIST PICKUP
2013 PANINI HOMETOWN HEROES REGGIE JACKSON CURTAIN CALLS
STARTING OCTOBER COMC POSTS WITH MR. OCTOBER. REGGIE JACKSON CARDS ARE VERY HIGH ON THE LIST OF 'THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY'. I AM TOO LAZY TO ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF ONES I DON'T HAVE BUT INSTEAD ENJOY RANDOMLY SNAGGING COOL LOOKING ONES AS I FIND THEM. THIS COUNTS AS A COOL ONE. BIG REGGIE SWING FRAMED INSIDE A CIRCLE WITH A BANNER AND SOME WAY TOO BIG LOGOS EXCEPT FOR THE TEAM WHICH IS GENERIC AS HELL AND FEATURING A SOMEWHAT ODD COLOR PALLETTE OF RED, ORANGE AND LIGHT BLUE. THIS SET WAS WEIRD AS HELL. I LIKE WEIRD THOUGH. THE BACK TEXT COMMEMORATES REGGIE'S THREE HOME RUNS IN A WORLD SERIES GAME IN 1977, A FORMATIVE INCIDENT IN MY SPORTS LIFE. THIS CARD KICKS ASS
2013 PANINI HOMETOWN HEROES WAS A FAIRLY POPULAR SET AMONGST THE BLOGOSPHERE AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE BELOVED IF NOT FOR ALL THE SHORT PRINTS. I HAVE A WANTLIST FOR IT SOMEWHERE AND I THOUGHT I WAS MISSING ABOUT THREE BASE CARDS AND SEVERAL HUNDRED SHORT PRINT. AFTER THE FACT, I DUG UP THE WANTLIST AND DISCOVERED I NEEDED SEVEN BASE CARDS AND THIRTY-SEVEN SHORT PRINTS. I ALSO PUT TOGETHER A WANTLIST OF INSERTS. IT SEEMS THAT I LOOKED THROUGH THE CHECKLIST AND PICKED OUT MY FAVORITE CARD (OR CARDS) TO CHASE DOWN. UNDER CURTAIN CALLS WAS LISTED: REGGIE JACKSON. HELL YEAH, I KNOW WHAT I LIKE. I MEAN, I SHOULD, I AM ME AFTER ALL, BUT IT'S NICE TO GET CONFIRMATION. THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL I AM CHASING DOWN SHORT PRINTED CARDS FROM A TEN YEAR OLD ODDBALL SET ANYMORE BUT MAYBE IT'S TIME TO TRACK DOWN THE BASE CARDS. AND MAYBE ANOTHER INSERT OR TWO
