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BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 5 - RANGERS

MY SCHEDULE HAS BEEN HECTIC LATELY SO THIS ONE IS GOING OUT WITH NO PROOFREADING, ENJOY THE EXTRA TYPOS

WORLD CHAMPION TEXAS RANGERS IS A VERY STRANGE PHRASE FOR ME BECAUSE I STILL THINK OF THEM AS THAT HAPLESS TEAM FROM THE 80S WITH THE ARBY'S HAT LOGO. THERE ARE 77 CARDS IN THIS PILE, LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING GOOD

ONLY ONE 1987 TRADED CARD OF MIKE STANLEY IN THE PILE, CONFIRMING THAT THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE SET. I'M STILL INTERESTED TO SEE HOW CLOSE I GET, AND MORE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW MANY OF THE SEVENTY OR SO CARDS I STILL NEED ARE IN HERE

1987 TOPPS TRADED COUNT: 9/132

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF 2002 CARDS EITHER, ONLY 16 NOT COUNTING DOUBLES. THE BIG NAMES ARE GABE KAPLER AND HANK BLAYLOCK PROSPECTS CARDS. SEE WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE RANGERS? THEY WERE BAD FOR A LONG TIME

2002 TOPPS COUNT: 37/718

A BIG PILE OF 2002 FLEER TRADITION SHOWED UP UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS IS GOOD BECAUSE I STILL NEED A BUNCH FROM THIS SET.  I NEEDED EXACTLY ZERO OF THESE CARDS. FLEER TRADITION WAS IN ITS RIP OFF OLD SETS PHASE OF EXISTANCE AND WAS DOING A 1934 GOUDEY THING.THEY PULLED IT OFF REASONABLY WELL BUT THE TINY AMERICAL FLAG ON EVERY CARD IS STILL A BIZARRE RELIC OF THE TIMES

MOAR PACIFIC 7-ELEVEN CARDS. ROBERTO KELLY ONLY PLAYED ABOUT HALF A SEASON WITH THE BRAVES BUT DUE TO HIM BEING INVOLVED IN TRADES WITH DEION SANDERS AND MARQUIS GRISSOM HE'S BECOME A BRAVES LEGEND IN MY MIND

THESE RECORD BREAKER CARDS HAVE THE SAME BACK DESIGN AS THE CARDS YOU CUT OFF THE BOX AND IT'S CONFUSING THE HELL OF ME WHEN I LOOK AT THIS CARD. MY BRAIN INSISTS THIS IS A BOX CARD BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY A NORMAL CARD AND NOT EVEN THE SAME SIZE AS THE BOX CARDS. THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY DATA POINTS CONFIRMING TO ME THAT MY BRAIN HAS GONE WRONG IN THE PAST FEW YEARS

THESE SHOWDOWN CARDS WERE FRIGGIN EVERYWHERE IN 2000 AND ONCE WIZARDS OF THE COAST FIGURED OUT THEY COULDN'T MILK THEM LIKE MAGIC: THE GATHERING FOR CONSTANT PROFIT THEY GOT DROPPED LIKE A HOT ROCK. THESE FIRST EDITION CARDS ARE STILL PRETTY COMMON FINDS IN JUNK BOXES. I CANNOT REMEMBER HOW TO PLAY THE GAME BUT I DO REMEMBER CLEARLY THAT THE POINTS SEEN UNDERNEATH THE POSITION WERE A SORT OF SALARY CAPFOR YOUR DECK SO YOU DIDN'T CRAM TOO MANY GOOD PLAYERS IN. I'M NOT SURE HOW ACCURATE THIS GAME WAS AS A BASEBALL SIMULATION BUT IT WAS GOOD FOR ALL THE BABY GENERAL MANAGERS OUT THERE

JON MATLACK HAD A PRETTY INTERESTING TOPPS RUN OF CARDS AND THIS 83 CARD SHOWING OFF HIS HIGH LEG KICK IS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES. IT'S NO 1982 TOPPS THOUGH

IT'S STILL WILD TO ME THAT UPPER DECK MADE A DEDICATED INSERT SET BASED ON ESPN HOSTS IN 1997. CABLE NETWORKS WERE SUCH A BIG DEAL IN THE 90S. I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE NAME OF A SINGLE SPORTSCENTER HOST NOWADAYS. IS SPORTSCENTER EVEN STILL ON THE AIR? 

MAYBE THE EXACT MOMENT SCORE JUMPRED THE SHARK. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS TO MAKE THE UPDATE SET TO THEIR VERY CLASSY UNDERSTATED BLUE BORDERED FLAGSHIP RELEASE LOOK LIKE THIS. IT'S NOT EVEN THE COLORS! WHY IS THAT ODD ETCHED-LOOKING PATTERN ON THERE? EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS JUST SO WEIRD. COMPUTERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE, Y'ALL

AAH, A NICE CARD. THIS STUDIO DESIGN WITH THE PORTRAIT IN FRONT OF A LOCKER IS VERY UNIQUE. A LITTLE BUSY PERHAPS, BUT UNIQUE. I'LL ALWAYS LOVE KENNY FOR HIS NLCS-ENDING SHRIMP

THE IMMORTAL JULIO FRANCO LOOKS GREAT ON THIS CHECKLIST CARD PAINTED BY VERNON WELLS. 1990 UPPER DECK DOESN'T GET A LOT OF LOVE FROM ME BUT THIS ONE IS AN EXCEPTION

HOORAY! DIE CUT SHINY FOIL PACIFIC CROWNS! I'M NOT SURE WHY PACIFIC DECIDED THAT VERTICAL CROWN CARD = INSERT AND HORIZONTAL CROWN CARD = BASE SET CARD BUT THEY PAID A MILLION BUCKS FOR THE DIE SO THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. I HAVE DIFFERNEING FEELINGS ON THESE TWO PLAYERS AS WETTELAND SHOVED IT UP THE BRAVES' ASS IN THE 1996 WORLD SERIES AND I GOT A SOUVENIER CUP WITH RUSTY GREER'S FACE ON IT WHEN I WENT TO A GAME AT ARLINGTON ONCE. I REALLY LIKE THE SHINY DIE-CUTTIES AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MORE TO COME IN THE BOX

FINALLY WE HAVE THE ALSO-RANS AND SADLY THERE WERE NONE NEEDED OFF OF MY WANT LIST. EVEN MORE TRAGICALLY, DUE TO AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE ENTIRE PILE OF DOUBLES ON MY DESK GOT KNOCKED OVER ALONG WITH A DRINK AND THEN RUN OVER WITH AN OFFICE CHAIR (INSERT BENNY HILL MUSIC HERE) I GOT COMPLETELY FED UP AND THREW THE WHOLE PILE INTO THE BIN. A 1989 TOPPS RUBEN SIERRA WITH A CHAIR ROLLER CREASE ACROSS THE FACE CAUSED ME TO SNAP AND I MAY HAVE OVERREACTED. I HAVE SOME REGRETS NOW ESPECIALLY AS I LOOK AT OIL CAN HERE BUT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE BEST MOVE FOR  MY SANITY AND I NEED TO CONSIDER DOING THIS GOING FORWARD. IF I DO FINALLY START CHUCKING THE CHAFF I WILL DEFINITELY BE A LITTLE MORE PICKY ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO THE DISCARD PILE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO YELL AT ME AGHAST IN HORROR/EXCITEDLY ENCOURAGING IN THE COMMENTS TO SAVE/KILL THE FUTURE JUNK

BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 4 - GIANTS

BACK TO THE TEAM LOTS. UP NEXT IS THE GIANTS, THERE'S A WHOPPING 85 CARDS IN THIS PILE. LET'S DIVE RIGHT IN

THERE'S A TON OF 87 TRADED THIS TIME INCLUDING THE SURPRISING MATT WILLIAMS XRC. I FIGURED GUYS LIKE HIM WOULD BE PICKED OUT OF THIS BOX BUT SEEING HIM IN HERE MAKES ME THINK I MIGHT GET EVERYONE BUT MADDUX. KEVIN MITCHELL'S ANOTHER GUY I'M SOMEHAT SURPRISED TO SEE. POOR MATT REALLY GOT KNEECAPPED BY THE STRIKE. WHO KNOWS IF HE HITS 61 BUT HE MIGHT NOT BE AS FORGOTTEN NOWADAYS IF HE MADE A RUN. ALSO: ALL THESE CARDS LOOK GREAT IN THEIR OWN WAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE BETTER CARD STOCK OR THE FACT THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL THESE PICTURES A HUNDRED TIMES ALREADY BUT ALL THESE CARDS LOOK PRETTY SLICK. JIM GOTT SPECIFICALLY LOOKS LIKE HE'S BECOME TRAPPED IN A TRON-LIKE CYBER WORLD. MEANWHILE CHRIS SPEIER JUST LAUGHS AS IF TO SAY "FIRST TIME?"

1987 TOPPS TRADED COUNT: 7/132

OUR LARGE WAD OF 2002 TOPPS NETS US 19 MORE CARDS FOR THE SET. EVEN THIS EARLY ON IT IS OBVIOUS I WILL NOT COME ANYWHERE NEAR A COMPLETE SET BUT I'M STILL INTERESTED IN JUST HOW CLOSE I CAN GET. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE ERIC DAVIS, JASON SCHMIDT AND A BOOF BONSER PROSPECT CARD

2002 TOPPS COUNT: 40/718

HERE'S THE GOOD CARDS. WE WILL START WITH 2000 PACIFIC BECAUSE ALL PACIFIC CARDS ARE GOOD CARDS. THIS ONE OF MARVIN BENARD IS A PARALLEL WITH RUBY RED FOIL. THIS WAS NOT AN INSERT, THIS WAS A BASE CARD IN A SPECIAL PACK YOU COULD ONLY GET AT 7-ELEVEN STORES. SOMEONE BOUGHT ONE OF THESE PACKS AND THEY ALL ENDED UP IN THIS BOX. YES, YOU WILL SEE THEM ALL BECAUSE ALL PACIFIC CARDS ARE GOOD CARDS. PROVE ME WRONG.IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO REALIZE THE NY LOGO IN THE BACKGROUND WAS METS, NOT GIANTS. I THOUHGT WE WENT BACK IN TIME FOR A MOMENT

I KNOW I SAID IN THE LAST POST I WOULD ONLY BE SHOWING OFF ONE OF THESE VICTORY CARDS BUT THE LOOK ON JT SNOW'S FACE IS TOO GOOD. HE IS PONDERING A DEEP MYSTERY. SOMETHING LIKE, "WHY DOES UPPER DECK VICTORY EXIST"

HELL YEAH PRISM SHINY CARD. THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER PRISM DESIGNS WITH THE LIGHTNING SHATTER EXPLOSION TEXTURE BEHIND ROBB NEN. THIS IS ALSO A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE PITFALLS OF LATE 90S CARDS: HOLOFOIL MANGE. A LOT OF 25 YEAR OLD CARDS WITH HOLOFOIL ON THEM HAVE STARTED TO EITHER SHED FOIL OR THE FOIL HAS STARTED TO BECOME CORRUPTED AND TURN BLACK. THIS IS NOT JUST A PACIFIC ISSUE IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE ESPECIALLY ON FLEER AND PLAYOFF CARDS. IT DOES GIVE THE CARD A LITTLE PERSONALITY THOUGH

CHROME. I DON'T LIKE CHROME. I LIKE FINEST, THEY HAVE WEIRD DESIGNS. CHROME IS BORING. IT'S TOPPS BUT CHROME. AND TOPPS WAS CHICKENSHIT ON THE 2002 DESIGN AND GAVE IT SILVER INSTEAD OF GOLD BORDERS. EXTRA BORING

FLEER ULTRA ISN'T BORING ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEIR BETTER DESIGNS. THAT FOIL STAMP ON THE BOTTOM WITH THE NAME AND TEAM LOGO IS JUST AS HARD TO READ IN REAL LIFE AS IT IS IN A PHOTO. THE PICTURE IS GREAT THOUGH. JT SNOW UNDERHANDS A RELAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. ALL THAT PONDERING ON THE VICTORY CARD DEVELOPED THE MENTAL TOUGHNESS NEEDED TO SURVIVE IN SUCH HARSH CONDITIONS

EVERY BOX HAS A HIT AND THIS IS OUR BEEG MOJO HITZ OF THE BULLSHIT BLASTER. A BARRY BONDS 2001 UPPER DECK TWIZZLERS BIG LEAGUE CHALLENGE ODDBALL. BIG LEAGUE CHALLENGE WAS SOME MADE FOR TV THING THAT IS LONG FORGOTTEN AND UPPER DECK COMMEMORATED IT BY INSERTING ONE CARD IN SPECIALLY MARKED PACKS OF TWIZZLERS. A LOT OF FOOD ODDBALL CARDS HAVE ROUGH EXISTENCES DUE TO BEING STUFFED IN PACKAGING WITH OTHER MORE ROBUST ITEMS BUT TWIZZLERS ARE PRETTY FLAT AND STIFF SO THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN HOW THIS CARD GOT MULTIPLE CREASES ON IT. I THINK THIS IS JAMMED IN A BACK POCKET DAMAGE RATHER THAN JOSTLED BY A WAXY ROPELIKE TREAT DAMAGE. NEVERTHELESS IT IS AN ODDBALL CARD OF BARRY BONDS FROM A SET I PREVIOUSLY HAD NO CARDS FROM. SPOILER ALERT: I'M PRETTY SURE THIS REALLY IS THE BEST CARD IN THE BOX.  THERE'S STILL A LOTTA COOL STUFF TO COME BUT YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO GO DO OTHER THINGS FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS WHEN I'LL BE DONE WITH ALL THESE POSTS

GOOD LOOKIN 80S'S CARDS ARE JUST GOOD LOOKIN 80S CARDS. 1983 TOPPS IS THE BEST OF THE DECADE AND THAT JIM WOHLFORD PORTAIT WITH A BACKGROUND OF PURE AZURE IS WONDERFUL. 1986 TOPPS IS JUST GORGEOUS AND JOSE URIBE IS CONFIDENT ABOUT HOW GOOD HIS CARD LOOKS. FINALLY WE HAVE THE ETERNALLY UNDERRATED 1988 SET FEATURING DAVE DRAVECKY AND HIS GIGANTIC HAT. IS IT A REAL HAT? IS IT A REMBRANDT? NO MATTER, IT IS SURELY A MAJESTIC HAT FOR A MAJESTIC CARD

AND NOW THE RANDOM JUNKWAX CARDS. YOU WILL NOTICE THE 1987 TOPPS CARD IN THERE. THIS IS A PURPOSEFUL CHOICE. THERE IS A TON OF 1992 UPPER DECK IN HERE WHICH IS ODD BECAUSE THERE WAS NONE IN THE METS PILE. SADLY NONE OF THE 92 UPPER DECK CARDS WERE NEEDED AS MY WANTLISTS FOR MOST 88-95 SETS ARE GETTING PRETTY SMALL BUT WE DIDN'T GET SHUT OUT THIS TIME! BEHOLD: A CARD I DIDN'T HAVE YET - 

1988 FLEER UPDATE DONNELL NIXON. UPDATE SETS ARE THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE. AS MUCH OF A MESS AS MY TOPPS TRADED SETS ARE THE DONRUSS FLEER AND SCORE UPDATE SETS ARE EVEN WORSE. AT LEAST THE TOPPS CARDS HAVE A WANTLIST. AND A BOX TO GO IN. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE REST OF MY FLEER UPDATE CARDS ARE. OH WELL, THERE'S NEVER AN END TO SORTING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KEEP PICKING UP LARGE PILES OF GARBAGE

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

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 3

ON TODAY'S BATCH WE START OFF SENSIBLE, GO OFF THE RAILS A BIT AND THEN GET IT TOGETHER RIGHT AT THE END

1986 TOPPS CHRIS BAHR, DENNIS HARRAH, WAYNE WILSON

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I MIGHT BE FORGETTING SOMETHING BUT I THINK 1986 TOPPS FOOTBALL WAS THE FIRST FULL UNOPENED BOX I EVER BOUGHT. THIS DOES NOT MEAN IT WAS A SET I COMPLETED, OH NO. THE COLLATION MONSTER BIT ME HARD. LUCKILY A LOT OF THE DOUBLES I PULLED WERE OF JERRY RICE AND STEVE YOUNG. THESE THREE CARDS GET ME DOWN TO NEEDING JUST TWENTY MORE FOR THE SET. THE ONLY BIGGIE LEFT IS THE REFRIGERATOR PERRY ROOKIE CARD. THEN I NEED TO FINISH THE 1000-YARD CLUB INSERTS. AND THE BOX BOTTOM CARDS. FIRST THINGS FIRST THOUGH

2001 UPPER DECK EVOLUTION E-CARD BRIAN GILES

CATEGORY - INSERT

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ME PICKING UP ANY OLD INSERT I COULD FIND. UPPER DECK EVOLUTION WAS ONE OF A MILLION 2000'S ODDBALL SETS WITH A 90 CARD CHECKLIST AND AN ADDITIONAL 30 SHORT PRINTED ROOKIES. ESPECIALLY INSIDIOUS SINCE IT WAS THE YEAR OF PUJOLS AND ICHIRO. THESE EVOLUTION INSERTS HAD A SCRATCH OFF CODE ON THE BACK THAT YOU COULD ENTER INTO A WEBSITE AND 'EVOLVE' THE CARD INTO A RELIC CARD. IT WAS STUPID HARD TO EVOLVE ANYTHING IN THIS SET BUT I REMEMBER REDEEMING SOME HOCKEY AND BASKETBALL CODES FOR SOMETHING. WHAT IT WAS I'LL NEVER REMEMBER

2004 IN THE GAME HEROES AND PROSPECTS PAUL COFFEY

CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION

WHEN I WAS DIGGING THROUGH MY HOCKEY CARDS LOOKING FOR CHELIOS CARDS I FOUND A GINORMOUS PILE OF PAUL COFFEY CARDS I HAD COLLECTED. CHELIOS AND COFFEY WERE MY DUDES BACK IN THE 90S AND SINCE I HAD ALREADY DECIDED TO ADD BELFOUR TO MY HOCKEY PLAYER COLLECTION IT WAS EASY ENOUGH TO ADD COFFEY AS WELL. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF POSTS RECENTLY ABOUT PLAYER COLLECTING WHERE YOU GET A CARD FOR EACH TEAM THE PLAYER WAS ON AND THIS HERE CHECKS OFF THE KITCHENER RANGERS FOR PAUL. THIS IS A NIFTY SET, ARMED WITH A PLAYER'S ASSOCIATION LICENSE AND A COUPLE MINOR LEAGUE LICENSES, IN THE GAME PUT TOGETHER A LARGE MINOR LEAGUE SET TOGETHER WITH A BUNCH OF CURRENT STARS AND LEGENDS WITH MINOR LEAGUE PHOTOS. BABY COFFEY HERE IS ABOUT TO ENTER A 21-YEAR CAREER AND COLLECT A FEW CUPS

1988-89 ESSO NHL ALL-STAR COLLECTION MIKE BOSSY

CATEGORY - ODDBALL

AFTER PICKING UP THE PAUL COFFEY ESSO STICKER IN THE PRECIOUS ORDER I COULDN'T PASS UP ON THIS MIKE BOSSY STICKER. 80'S ODDBALLS ARE JUST SO GOOD NO MATTER THE SPORT. I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR THE ISLANDERS. THEY ENTERED THE LEAGUE THE SAME TIME MY ATLANTA FLAMES DID AND HAD THEMSELVES A DYNASTY AS SOON AS THE FLAMES LEFT. THEY'VE BEEN KINDA DISMAL EVER SINCE THOUGH AND EVEN LEFT NASSAU FOR BROOKLYN. YOU MAY SEE MORE OF THESE IN THE FUTURE. A LOT MORE

2021 CHRONICLES LIMITED KYLE LEWIS

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES

WHAT HAPPENED TO KYLE LEWIS. FROM A ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD TO INJURIES TO ARIZONA'S TRIPLE-A TEAM. HE LOOKED SO GOOD AT MERCER AND NOW HE'S A NON-TENDER CANDIDATE. HMMM. BRAVES DO NEED SOMEONE IN LEFT FIELD...

1986 TCMA ALL-TIME BREWERS HARVEY KUENN

CATEGORY - ODDBALL

THESE TCMA CARDS ARE VERY NOSTALIC FOR ME. I REMEMBER GETTING A FEW IN COLLECTOR'S KITS AND THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS THAT OLD-SCHOOL TEAMS GOT PLAYERS LIKE ROBERTO CLEMENTE AND CARL YASTRZEMSKI IN THEIR CHECKLISTS WHILE EXPANSION TEAMS THAT HAD BARELY EXISTED WHEN THIS SET CAME OUT GOT SCHLABOTNIKS LIKE DAN MEYER AND PAUL SCHALL. HARVEY KUENN IS NO SCHLABOTNIK. A SOLID FIFTEEN  YEAR MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER AND THE ONLY GUY TO MANAGER THE BREWERS TO THE WORLD SERIES. DEFINITELY AN ALL-TIME BREWER

1990-91 O-PEE-CHEE ART ROSS TROPHY WINNER

CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR

IT'S REALLY HARD TO PASS UP A WAYNE GRETZKY O-PEE-CHEE CARD ESPECIALLY WHEN HE IS POSING WITH A GIGANTIC TROPHY THAT LOOKS LIKE A DALEK ARISTOCRAT

1983 O-PEE-CHEE BRUCE BENEDICT, GLENN HUBBARD, CLAUDELL WASHINGTON

CATEGORY - BRAVES

A TON OF 1983 O-PEE-CHEE CARDS GOT POSTED TO THE SITE AND WHILE I REALLY WANT ALL OF THEM A MORE REASONABLE GOAL IS A TEAM SET. MY O-PEE-CHEE COLLECTION IS KIND OF NEGLECTED SINCE THEY ARE NOT SUPER COMMON IN GEORGIA. I HAVE NO IDEA WHICH BRAVES I NEED SO I PRETTY MUCH GRABBED ANY I COULD GET. THESE ARE THREE GOOD ONES FROM THE 1982 DIVISION WINNING TEAM. FOREVER CATCHER BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE BENEDICT WAS BEHIND THE PLATE A DOZEN YEARS FOR THE BRAVES. GLENN HUBBARD IS BEST KNOWN FOR A CARD WITH A SNAKE BUT WAS A SECOND BASE IN ATLANTA FOR A DECADE AND WAS ALSO A DIAMOND KING. CLAUDELL WON A WORLD SERIES WITH OAKLAND BUT SPENT THE MOST TIME IN ATLANTA. I STILL REMEMBER AMAZED BY THE CRUDE 'IN CLAUDELL WE TRUST' ANIMATION ON THE OLD ATLANTA-FULTON COUNTY SCOREBOARD. ALL THREE OF THESE DUDES WERE ALL-STARS FOR THE BRAVES! THIS ISN'T THE LAST OF THE 0-PEE-CHEE CARDS, I PICKED UP SOME MORE YOU'LL SEE LATER

UP NEXT: IT'S PRETTY UNHINGED. A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 71: SCULLY

IT'S STILL HALLOWEEN IN OUR HEARTS, JUST IGNORE THE CHRISTMAS MUSIC

2016 TOPPS GARBAGE PAIL KIDS PRIME SLIME TRASHY TV OPEN SCULLY

GARBAGE PAIL KIDS WERE ANOTHER THING I SEARCHED FOR IN VAIN ON COMC BUT I WAS LOOKING AT FIRST SERIES CARDS AND THEY WERE ALL TOO RICH FOR MY BLOOD. OH WHY COULDN'T I HAVE FOUND THESE THINGS AT KAY-BEE TOYS TWO SERIES EARLIER. SUPER LATE IN MY BINGE I HAD SOMETHING LIKE 89 CENTS LEFT IN MY ACCOUNT AND I WAS TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING TO SPEND ALL OF IT, EVERY PENNY, AND HAVING NO LUCK.THERE NEEDS TO BE A SEARCH OPTION FOR A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WILL PULL UP JUST CARDS OF THAT EXACT PRICE. I STARTED SEARCHING EVERYTHING I EVER LIKED TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING PERFECT TO CAP OFF THE SPENDING. X-FILES WAS ONE SUCH SEARCH, AND I WAS HOPING TO FIND A NICE CARD OF DANA SCULLY. THAT DEFINITELY HAPPENED, JUST NOT IN THE WAY I THOUGHT IT WOULD

I LOVE THE X-FILES. IT'S GOT A NICE MIX OF GOOFY MONSTERS AND MIND BENDING CONSPIRACY NONSENSE. I WAS A FAN OF WEIRD POP-CULTURE OCCULT STUFF LIKE IN SEARCH OF AND CHARIOTS OF THE GODS AND THOSE TIME-LIFE MYSTERIES OF THE UNKNOWN BOOKS WHEN I WAS A KID AND THIS WAS THE COOL 90S VERSION OF ALL THAT NONSENSE. ALIENS AND CRYPTIDS AND SEXY COPS, OH MY! IT WAS A FUN WATCH AND NOT SO PLOT HEAVY THAT YOU COULDN'T GO OUT DRINKING WITH YOUR FRIENDS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND MISS AN EPISODE WITHOUT GETTING COMPLETELY LOST. I ESPECIALLY LIKED THAT SOME EPISODES WERE MYSTERIES, SOME WERE HORROR AND SOME WERE JUST GOOFY. THERE WAS A LOT OF VARIETY THERE. I SAW THIS CARD AND KNEW I HAD TO GET IT JUST BECAUSE THE ALIEN FROM JOSE CHUNG'S FROM OUTER SPACE WAS THE ONE HIDING IN THE SCULLY SUIT

MY VINTAGE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS COLLECTION IS PRETTY GOOD, ESPECIALLY AFTER GRITZ DROPPED A LARGE LOAD OF HIS DOUBLES ON ME EARLIER THIS YEAR. NEWER GPKS ARE A BIT MORE HIT AND MISS. I GOT ONE COMPLETE SET BY ACCIDENT IN A NON-SPORTS LOT AND BOUGHT ENOUGH PACKS TO COME CLOSE TO COMPLETING A COUPLE OTHERS BUT MOSTLY I'VE JUST GOTTEN SOME RANDOM PACKS HERE AND THERE AND NONE AT ALL IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS. I THINK WITH NEW GPKS I SHOULD FORGET ABOUT THE SETS AND JUST PICK UP ONES THAT REALLY SPEAK TO ME. A WHILE BACK I NABBED THIS COOL FRANK ZAPPA STICKER. THIS CARD IS CERTAINLY ONE THAT IS RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS. I SHOULD ALSO PROBABLY TRADE OR SELL ALL THE OLD DOUBLES I HAVE SO I CAN GO GET SOME OF THOSE NEW CARDS. BUT THAT WOULD TAKE WORK AND WHO'S GOT TIME FOR THAT