ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 5

ONE PRODUCTIVE THING I GOT DONE THIS YEAR IS CATALOGUING A BUNCH OF MY 90S INSERT SETS. I LOVE 90S INSERTS AND THEY ARE USUALLY EASILY FOUND AND AFFORDABLE IF YOU KNOW WHICH ONES YOU NEED. NOW I DO FOR A DECENT CHUNK OF THEM. I USED THIS KNOWLEDGE TO WIPE OUT A BUNCH OF THE LEAF GOLD ROOKIES ON THE SITE

1992 LEAF PAT MAHOMES GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

THE REST OF THE CARDS WILL BE IN ORDER OF THE YEAR, BUT I CAN'T NOT LEAD OFF WITH A 'OMG PAT MAHOMES ROOKIE!!1' JOKE. THE ELDER MAHOMES DOESN'T HAVE AN MVP AWARD BUT WAS AN EFFECTIVE RELIEVER IN THE BIGS FOR OVER A DECADE WHICH ISN'T TOO SHABBY

1991 LEAF ANDUJAR CEDENO GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

I LIKE THE 91 VERSION OF GOLD LEAF ROOKIES BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHERS. THAT BIG CHONK OF GOLD FOIL AT THE BOTTOM JUST LOOKS GOOD TO ME. ANDUJAR WAS THE ONLY ONE I FOUND THAT I NEEDED BUT IT'S A NICE LOOKING CARD

1992 LEAF RICK TRLICEK GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

I HAD A LOT BETTER LUCK ON 92 GOLD ROOKIE INSERTS. THE FULL BLEED BORDERS ARE NICE BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE GOLD FOIL FRAMES. EXPECIALLY ON THIS CARD WHERE WE HAVE A NICE PICTURE OF A BALL BEING PITCHED AND IT'S HALF COVERED UP BY THE FOIL. I STILL AM UNSURE ON HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE LETTERS TRL ALL IN A ROW

1992 LEAF GARY DISARCINA GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

ANOTHER DUDE WHO PLAYED FOR OVER A DECADE IN THE BIGS, GARY WAS AN ANGEL LIFER AND EVEN MADE AN ALL STAR TEAM. YOU DON'T SEE GUYS PLAYING THEIR ENTIRE CAREERS FOR ONE TEAM MUCH ANYMORE. HERE'S ANOTHER REALLY GOOD PHOTO AWKWARDLY FRAMED. GARY'S BUTT JUST COULDN'T FIT

1992 LEAF JOHN DOHERTY GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

JOHN PITCHED A COUPLE STRONG SEASONS FOR THE TIGERS BUT ONLY LASTED UNTIL 1996. MORE GOOD PHOTOGRAPHY FROM LEAF HERE

1992 LEAF DAVE SILVESTRI GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

DAVE PLAYED FOR TEAM USA AND MANAGED TO HANG AROUND IN THE BIGS FOR EIGHT SEASONS WHICH IS PRETTY DANG GOOD

1992 LEAF MARK HUTTON GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

THEY CAN'T ALL BE GOOD PICTURES I GUESS. THE EXTREME CLOSE UP IS UNIQUE IN THE SET AT LEAST

1992 LEAF SALOMON TORRES GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

MY MAIN MEMORY OF SALOMON TORRES IS HIM MAKING HIS DEBUT WITH THE GIANTS IN THE GREAT DIVISION RACE IN 1993. HE WAS OUT OF THE LEAGUE IN 1998 BUT MADE A COMEBACK WITH THE PIRATES AND PITCHED UNTIL 2008

1992 LEAF TURK WENDELL GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

YEAAAAH TEETH BRUSHING GUY. I WILL ALWAYS THINK OF TURK AS A BRAVE BUT HE NEVER PITCHED AN INNING FOR ATLANTA. HE GOT US DAMON BERRYHILL AND MIKE BIELECKI THO

1992 LEAF ED MARTEL GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY PLAYER IN THIS SET THAT DIDN'T ACTUALLY MAKE THE BIGS. ED'S CAREER GOT DERAILED BY INJURIES

1992 LEAF KENNY LOFTON GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

THE SECOND BEST PLAYER IN THE SET AFTER PEDRO MARTINEZ, KENNY LOFTON IS HALL OF FAME CALIBER BUT GOT SCREWED BY THE RIDICULOUSLY JAMMED 2013 BALLOT WHERE THE WRITERS DIDN'T VOTE FOR ANYONE. I PULLED THIS CARD FROM A PACK IN 1993 AND PLACED IT DOWN ON A COFFEE TABLE WHERE IT GOT WRECKED BY MOISTURE FROM A DRINK. I'M HAPPY TO GET AN UPGRADE ON MY WRINKLY INSERT

1992 LEAF BRET BOONE GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

BRET WAS A REALLY GOOD PLAYTER FOR A LONG TIME BUT I GUESS HE GOT UPSTAGED BY HIS YANKEE MANAGING BROTHER. I FORGOT HE PLAYERD FOR THE BRAVES FOR ONE SEASON OUT OF NOWHERE

1992 LEAF DAVID NIED GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

SPEAKING OF BRAVES, HERE'S DAVID NIED. THE FIRST PITCHER SACRIFICED TO THE ALTAR OF COORS FIELD

1993 LEAF TROY NEEL GOLD LEAF ROOKIES

THE LAST GOLD LEAF ROOKIE IS FROM THE 1993 SET. I ALREADY HAD A TON OF THESE FROM RIPPING PACKS IN 93 SO TROY WAS THE ONLY ONE I NEEDED. I COULD'VE SWORN THAT TROY NEEL PLAYED MORE THAN THREE SEASONS IN THE BIGS BUT NOPE, HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVERSEAS

NOW THAT THESE ARE ALL IN HAND I CAN SHOW OFF THE REAL GOODS

AWW YEAH COMPLETE SET. NOT QUITE A CARPET OF CARDS BUT IT'S A DESKTOP FULL. I'VE BEEN FINISHING A LOT OF SETS RECENTLY AND YOU'LL BE SEEING SOME MORE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS 

1993 GOLD LEAF ROOKIES ISN'T QUITE COMPLETED YET, BUT SERIES ONE IS SO WHY NOT SHOW IT OFF

UP NEXT: BACK TO THE RANDOM NONSENSE

BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 72 CREEPY CAVE

THE GRAND FINALE, AKA THE LAST CARD I FOUND WITH THE LAST MONEY I HAD. IT'S A GREAT ONE THOUGH

2020 TOPPS ALLEN & GINTER WHERE MONSTERS LIVE MINI A CAVE

I FRIGGIN LOVE ALLEN & GINTER'S WHOLE THING AND WHILE I HAVE RESIGNED MYSELF THAT I WILL NEVER OPEN ANOTHER PACK OF THE STUFF AGAIN - LET ALONE A BOX - I STILL WANT TO COLLECT IT IN SOME WAY EVEN THOUGH BUILDING SETS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN ANYMORE. THE FRANKENSET(S) IS STILL GOING STRONG AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE POSTS WITH MINIS IN THE DRAFT FOLDER I NEED TO FINISH ONE OF THESE YEARS. AT THE END OF LAST YEAR'S BINGE I HAD A HANDFUL OF CHANGE LEFT AND I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO SPEND IT ALL ON. NO PENNIES LEFT IN MY WALLET! THIS IS SLIGHTLY TRICKIER THAN YOU'D THINK, IF YOU JUST TRY TO SEARCH ON EVERYTHING HOPING TO GET TO YOUR PRICE POINT THE SITE BOMBS AFTER 100 PAGES. YOU HAVE TO SEARCH FOR SOMETHING REASONABLY SPECIFIC SO YOU DON'T GET 82 MILLION RESULTS. I SEARCHED FOR ALLEN & GINTER AND STARTED LOOKING FOR SOMETHING COOL AND THIS LITTLE MINI POPPED UP AT ME. I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE CREEPY GLOW IN THE DARK MONSTER SET! IT DIDN'T COMPLETELY DRAIN MY ACCOUNT BUT IT WAS TOO COOL TO PASS UP. MORE CARDS SHOULD HAVE GARGOYLES AS A DESIGN ELEMENT

THIS CARD REALLY HIT HOME WITH ME AS I HAD RECENTLY WATCHED THE SERIES HELLIER ON YOUTUBE EARLIER THAT YEAR. IT'S A SERIES ABOUT SOME PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS THAT GO CHASING AFTER GOBLINS IN KENTUCKY CAVES AND THEY GET MIXED UP IN A BUNCH OF WEIRD SHENANIGANS. PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION TV SHOW IS SYNONYMOUS WITH FAKE HOOEY SCHLOCK THANKS TO CRAPPY REALITY TV, BUT THIS SHOW IS VERY THOUGHTFUL AND IS SHOT BEAUTIFULLY. EVEN IF YOU DON'T CARE AT ALL ABOUT LITTLE MONSTERS IT'S SOME GREAT EYE CANDY. IT IS STILL A LARGE DOSE OF HOOEY BUT SUPER CLASSY HOOEY THAT BOUNCES ALL OVER THE CRYPTID CONSPIRACY LANDSCAPE FROM GOBLINS TO MOTHMAN TO INDRID COLD AND ULTRATERRESTRIALS. WHEN I WAS A KID I PICKED UP A COPY OF CHARIOTS OF THE GODS AT A GOODWILL BOOKSALE AND THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY NEAT. THE NEXT YEAR I PICKED UP MORE ALIEN BULLSHIT BOOKS AT THE SALE INCLUDING CRASH GOES THE CHARIOTS BY CLIFFORD WILSON WHICH DEBUNKED A LOT OF THE CHARIOTS NONSENSE AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS EVEN COOLER. THE PLANET WEIRD FOLKS ARE MORE IN THAT LATTER CATEGORY AND ARE NOT AFRAID TO CALL OUT THE BULLSHIT WHILE STILL HAVING A LOT OF FUN WITH THE COOL WEIRD PARANORMAL STUFF. IF YOU LIKE HELLIER OR JUST PARANORMAL STUFF IN GENERAL I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THEIR SHOW THE HAUNTED OBJECTS PODCAST WHERE GREG AND DANA SHOW OFF SOME OF THE STRANGE HAUNTED TCHOTCHKES THEY'VE COLLECTED IN THEIR MUSEUM. IT'S SUPER FUN AND OFTEN HILARIOUS

I'M DEFINITELY COLLECTING THIS ENTIRE SET AND HAVE ALREADY PICKED UP A FEW MORE CARDS INCLUDING A SECOND CAVE FROM NIGHT OWL. SERVES ME RIGHT FOR TAKING AN ENTIRE YEAR TO POST THIS CARD BUT REALLY YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY CAVES. AND GLOW IN THE DARK CAVES AT THAT!

MAYBE THE LAST PACK OF NEW TOPPS I WILL EVER OPEN

 HOW'S THAT FOR A NICE CLICKBAIT TITLE. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE IF I FEEL THIS WAY NEXT APRIL WHEN FANATICS PREVIEWS THE 2024 DESIGN BUT RIGHT NOW I AM NOT FEELING IT. WHICH SUCKS BECAUSE 2023 IS MY FAVORITE TOPPS SET SINCE 2015. BUT THE F-ERS CUT THE NUMBER OF CARDS PER HANGER FROM 67 TO 59 FOR UPDATE AND I COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO BUY ONE WHEN I SAW IT AT TARGET. THEN I WAS AT WALMART (LOOKING FOR A PACK OF CHRONICLES WHICH I'M NOT EVEN SURE HAS BEEN RELEASED YET) AND THEY HAD A HANGER PACK AND IT WAS PRICED AT $13.99! LESS CARDZ, MOAR PENNIES! NOW I WAS JUST MAD. MY SON WANTED TO GO TO TARGET TO BUY A NEW LEGO SET (WHICH HONESTLY IS A WAY MORE EXPENSIVE HOBBY AND I SHOULD JUST QUIT MY BELLYACHING) SO I TAGGED ALONG AND TO CHECK THE CARD AISLE FOR CHRONICLES AGAIN. THEY HAD IT! FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL. BUT THEY ALSO HAD THIS:

AN ACTUAL DINKY PACK OF TOPPS UPDATE. ARE STORES STILL ALLOWED TO SELL THOSE? I'VE ONLY SEEN HANGERS, BLASTERS AND THE OCCASIONAL RACK PACK LATELY. I FELT CRUMMY HAVING ZERO UPDATE CARDS OF SUPPOSEDLY MY FAVORITE TOPPS DESIGN IN YEARS AND FELT IT WAS WORTH THREE BUCKS TO STAY IN THE GAME. IT COST THREE-FIFTY. UUUUH YEAH. THERE'S LIKE A HUNDRED OTHER BASEBALL CARD THINGS I CAN DO WITH THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS. THE DEED IS DONE, SO LET'S CHECK OUT THE PACK TOGETHER IN ONE LAST CELEBRATION OF WAX RIPPING. MY WIN CONDITION FOR THIS PACK ARE TWO OUT OF THREE FOR THE FOLLOWING: 1) ANY BRAVES CARD 2) ANY INSERT/PARALLEL CARD 3) THE ONE-PER PACK STARS OF MLB INSERT IS OF SOMEONE GOOD. DO THEY STILL INSERT ONE OF THOSE PER PACK? LET'S CHECK THE ODDS ON THE BACK

WELP. ANOTHER THING I DON'T LIKE ABOUT NEW PACKS. I'M NOT GOING TO TOPPS DOT COM SO WE WILL FIND OUT TOGETHER. FIRST CARD!

WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD START! KOLBY ALLARD JUST GOT NON-TENDERED IN THE GREAT ANTHOPOULOS PURGE OF '23 BUT IT'S A BRAVES CARD AND I WANTED A BRAVES CARD

WANDY PERALTA PITCHED PRETTY WELL FOR THE YANKEES OUT OF THE BULLPEN THIS YEAR. I'LL NEVER BEGRUDGE A GOOD BULLPEN ARM GETTING A FLAGSHIP CARD

ANOTHER BARVE! BRADEN SHEWMAKE DIDN'T GET NON-TENDERED! THAT'S GOOD! HE GOT TRADED TO THE WHITE SOX INSTEAD! NOT SO GOOD FOR HIM, YOU COULD SAY IT'S A REAL BUMMER

JI-MAN CHOI IS UP NEXT. THIS CARD HAS SOME REAL AI IMAGE VIBES, SOMETHING JUST LOOKS OFF. IT'S PROBABLY JUST MY BRAIN GETTING EXTRA SUSPICIOUS ABOUT BAD PHOTOCHOPS AFTER SEEING THE FLOOD OF AI GARBAGE IN THE PAST YEAR. BESIDES, THEY COULD'VE JUST ENTERED IN 'PADRES' INSTEAD OF 'PIRATES' INTO THE AI SINCE CHOI GOT TRADED TO SAN DIEGO IN AUGUST

THE MORE I LOOK AT THIS CARD THE MORE IT REMINDS ME OF A 70S KELLOGG'S CARD WITH THAT CRISP PHOTO AND BLURRY BACKGROUND. THINKING ABOUT IT THAT WAY THE CARD LOOKS REALLY GOOD NOW

OSCAR COLAS DEBUT CARD. HE'S GOT A CARD IN SERIES TWO. GOTTA CRAM MORE RC LOGOS IN THE SET SOMEHOW

CHASE DE JONG. ANOTHER DECENT RELIEF PITCHER GETS A CARD, GOOD FOR YOU CHASE

UH OH WE HAVE A PIRATES HOT PACK! DREW MAGGI GOT SIX AT BATS FOR PITTSBURGH AND WAS RELEASED IN JULY. HONESTLY THAT'S NOT BAD COMPARED TO SOME HORROR STORIES ABOUT CARDS OF PLAYERS WHO WEREN'T EVEN ON THE TEAM IN 2023 ON THE CHECKLIST I HEARD FROM SOME TEAMS COLLECTORS OUT THERE

ROOKIE DEBUT OF CASEY SCHMITT. THESE ORANGE CITY UNIFORMS ARE WEIRDING ME OUT BUT I SAW A PICTURE OF THIS CARD'S ORANGE GHOST HALLOWEEN PARALLEL AND IT LOOKS KINDA GREAT

OH HEY, JARRED KELENIC IS PRETTY GOOD. AT LEAST THE MARINERS FANS I KNOW TALK ABOUT HIM A LOT. THIS IS CARD US321 SO I GUESS THEY UPPED THE SET SIZE TO 330 FROM 300 ALONG WITH THE PRICE HIKES AND THE PACK SHRINKS. OR MAYBE IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE?? I DUNNO ANYMORE

SAM BACHMAN ROOKIE CARD.  TWO THINGS: DAT BEARD AND DAT BADONKADONK. GOOD LORD, THAT'S A SEAN MURPHY CALIBER BACKSIDE

KING JESSE! OK, SCREW THE INSERT CARD, THIS PACK IS AN EPIC WIN. I DON'T KNOW IF JESSE CHAVEZ AND HIS AMAZING HATS WILL BE BACK WITH THE TEAM NEXT YEAR BUT I AM THANKFUL FOR THE TIME WE HAD WITH HIM

OH SHIT

WHAT THE HELL COLOR IS THIS, MAUVE? THE PHOTO TURNED OUT ORANGY BUT IN PERSON IT'S MORE OF A SICKLY PINK. OH WELL, PARALLEL ROOKIE CARD OF GUS VARLAND OF THE BREWERS NUMBERED TO 50. WHO IS NOW BACK WITH THE DODGERS. IT LOOKED LIKE HE PITCHED WELL OUT OF THE BULLPEN SO YAY? FOR REAL THO WHAT IS THIS COLOR. OR BETTER YET, WHY IS THIS COLOR

PLUS AN INSERT! AN 88 TOPPS CARD OF JORDAN WALKER, BLUE CHIP PROSPECT FOR THE CARDINALS WHO HAD AS LACKLUSTER A SEASON AS HIS TEAM DID. JORDAN IS FROM STONE MOUNTAIN, GA AND IS ONLY 21 YEARS OLD SO I GOTTA SAY IT'S A GOOD INSERT TO GET. LAST CARD, NOW WE GET TO FIND OUT IF STARS OF MLB OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED REALLY IS ONE PER PACK

YES! GOT ONE! ANOTHER ROOKIE, HUNTER BROWN. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH HIM BUT HE STARTED 29 GAMES FOR THE ASTROS LAST YEAR SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. IT'S HARD TO FIND SOMEONE TO CHEW UP 150 INNINGS NOWADAYS

SO AFTER ALL THAT BELLYACHING I MANAGED TO PICK UP MAYBE THE BEST POSSIBLE PACK IN THE ENTIRE STORE. THREE BRAVES, TWO GOOD INSERTS AND A PARALLEL NUMBERED TO FIFTY. WELL, MY TWITTER AND BLUE SKY HANDLE ISN'T MR. GROUCHYPANTS FOR NOTHIN

BIRTHDAY BOOLSHEET BLASTER: PART 6 - 50 CENT REJECTS: M

THE M'S TAKE UP A PRETTY HUGE CHUNK IN THE 50 CENT BOX SO I CAN SEE WHY SOME SPACE NEEDED TO BE FREED UP. THERE'S A NICE MIX OF SHINY STUFF AND RETRO STUFF IN THIS PILE. LET'S SEE WHO GOT THE CHOP

GARRY MADDOX

GARY MATTHEWS

THESE TWO GUYS ALWAYS GET CONFUSED IN MY HEAD BECAUSE THEY BOTH PLAYED FOR THE PHILLIES AND THEY HAVE THE SAME NAME IF I TAKE OFF MY GLASSES. ONLY ONE-R GARY PLAYED FOR THE BRAVES THOUGH WHICH KINDA SUCKS BECAUSE TWO-RR GARRY WAS COOL. MY FLEER LEGENDS GAME IS PRETTY WEAK DUE TO BEING OBSESSED WITH THE UPPER DECK LEGENDS AND MINOR FLOOD MISHAPS SO IT'S GOOD TO PICK UP A COUPLE MORE EXAMPLES. IRONICALLY THESE 2006 GREATS OF THE GAME CARDS ARE FROM THE UPPER-DECK ERA FLEER LEGENDS SETS SO I GUESS I'M JUST ADDING MORE OF THOSE? LATE 00S TRADING CARDS ARE CONFUSING

KEVIN MITCHELL

THERE WERE A TON OF MITCHELL CARDS AS YOU CAN SEE WHICH IS A SHAME SINCE HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE GAME FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. A WORLD SERIES CHAMPION AND MVP AND NOW RELEGATED TO A JUNK BOX.  THERE WAS ALSO A 1986 FLEER UPDATE CARD IN HERE BUT THE JUXTOPOSITION OF THE 86 DONRUSS ROOKIES CARD WITH THE PILE OF 2020 RETRO CARDS AMUSED ME. ALSO SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW ON COMC THE TOPPS TRADED CARD IS A ROOKIE CARD BUT THE DONRUSS ROOKIES AND FLEER UPDATE CARD ARE ROOKIE YEAR CARDS. SHENANIGANS. ROOKIE CARDS ARE FAKE AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN

MANNY MOTA

I LOVE GETTING ACTION PACKED CARDS AND IT'S EXTRA GOOD TO GET ONE WHO GOT A CALL OUT IN THE MOVIE AIRPLANE. THIS ONE IS ANOTHER CARD CHECKED OFF MY WANTLIST AS WELL WHICH IS ALWAYS NICE

WIL MYERS

SHINY CHROME ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WINNER. I SEEM TO REMEMBER ONLINE CHATTER ABOUT HOW WIL WAS A BAD PLAYER THAT COST TOO MUCH MONEY BUT HIS STATS SEEM FINE? EVERYONE STINKS ONCE THEY GET PAID I GUESS

JESUS MONTERO

MOARER SHINYS. A DIE CUT HOLOFOIL INSERT CARD OF A CATCHER WHO PLAYED ONE FULL SEASON IN THE BIGS. NOT MUCH MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE

BILL MADLOCK

MAN, BILL WAS GOOD. LED THE LEAGUE IN BATTING FOUR TIMES! KEEP YOUR HALL OF FAME, THE HALL OF VERY GOOD PLAYERS ARE MUCH MORE INTERESTING FOR US BASEBALL SICKOS. I ALSO GOT TWO TOPPS PRISTINE CARDS IN THE BOX BUT NEEDED TO SHOW OFF THIS 2005 DONRUSS SIGNATURE INSERT SINCE ODDBALL SET INSERTS AREN'T SEEN OFTEN AND BECAUSE THIS IS SO 2005. TINY PICTURE OF THE PLAYER, GIGANTIC DEAD AREA WHERE A RELIC OR AUTO STICKER CAN GO, SILVER INK BECAUSE CLASSY, FOIL ACCENTS EVERYWHERE. IT'S SO DAMN UGLY BUT 2005 IS OBJECTIVELY BETTER THAN 2023 SO THE NOSTALGIA HIT HARD FOR ME

JACK MCDOWELL

I WAS A BOG FAN OF THE WHITE SOX IN THE EARLY NINETIES AND HAD A DECENT MCDOWELL COLLECTION GOING BACK THEN. THERE A GUY ONLINE WHO REALLY COLLECTS MCDOWELL CARDS AND ONE TIME HE PUT UP A WANT LIST AND I LOOKED AT IT FOOLISHLY THINKING I COULD HELP OUT AND IT WAS ALL SUPER SCARCE PARALLELS AND LOW SERIAL NUMBERS AND MY PLASTIC SHEETS FULL OF UPPER DECK AND FLEER ULTRA FELT VERY INADEQUATE. THIS CARD IS FROM 2013 PANINI USA BASEBALL CHAMPIONS AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A BASE CARD OR AN INSERT. I DON'T CARE ENOUGH TO LOOK IT UP BUT IT IS A NICE TAKE ON A PATCH CARD. IT'S FUNNY, THIS CARD IS EVERY BIT AS UGLY AS THAT MADLOCK INSERT BUT IT IS UGLY IN A VERY SPECIFIC PANINI WAY JUST LIKE THE MADLOCK IS UGLY IN A VERY SPECIFIC DONRUSS WAY. NOW I'M WONDERING WHAT TYPICAL TOOPS, FLEER AND UPPER DECK UGLINESS IS. THERE IS NO SCORE UGLINESS, SCORE IS ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL AND PURE

RUDY MAY

YAY! ANOTHER TIMELESS TEAMS CARD. THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT WAS SITTING IN A CASE  UNDER FLUORESCENT LIGHTS FOR TWENTY YEARS BUT I GUESS IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THAT. RUDY'S ONE OF THOSE GREAT 70S GUYS WHO PLAYED FOREVER AND CAPPED OFF HIS CAREER WITH AN ERA TITLE IN 1980

JEFF MCNEIL

THIS BUM. I PICKED HIM UP IN MY FANTASY LEAGUE DRAFT BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WANTED HIM AND I GUESS HE COULD HELP MY AVERAGE STAT AND THEN HE SUCKED AND WAS CUT BY MAY. I BARELY HAVE ANY TOPPS INSERTS FROM THE PAST FIVE YEARS THOUGH SO IT'S NICE TO ADD ONE, EVEN IF IT WAS A REHASH

STEVEN MATZ

NO CLUE WHY THIS WAS IN THE 50 CENT BOX. HE'S NEVER BEEN A STAR AND THERE'S NO ROOKIE LOGO ON THIS CARD OR NOTHIN. I LOVE GINTER BUT I DON'T NEED THIS ONE

NICK MADRIGAL

FUTURE STAR! HE'LL BE 27 NEXT YEAR SO THE FUTURE BETTER COME QUICK. I INEXPLICABLY FOUND A BOBBLEHEAD OF THIS DUDE ON SALE AT GOODWILL LAST YEAR AND I STILL DON'T KNOW WHY. GOOD: I NEED THIS CARD SINCE I'VE BARELY BOUGHT ANY RECENT TOPPS. BAD: I GOT TWO BOWMAN CARDS OF HIM TOO

MITCH MORELAND

FIRST BOWMAN CARD, ANOTHER FUTURE STAR! BUT HIS FUTURE IS IN THE PAST. MITCH WAS AN ALL-STAR, WON A RING AND PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE FOR A DOZEN YEARS. HE'LL PROBABLY BE ON THE HALL OF FAME BALLOT IN A FEW YEARS. AND NOW HIS FIRST BOWMAN CARDS ARE IN THE DISCARD PILE. THINK ABOUT THAT THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING DROPPING A HUNDO ON A COUPLE BOWMAN BLASTERS

ONLINE MEGA BOX - PART 4

TODAY WE HAVE SEVEN SPORTS AND THREE CARS AND WE START WITH TWO SPORTS IN ONE

1990 COLLECT-A-CARD KINGPINS CURTIS ODOM

CATEGORY - FRIGGIN HILARIOUS

THIS CARD WAS ONE I TRIED TO GET A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN THE SITE DROPPED THE PRICE TO FIVE CENTS A CARD AND I GOT GREEDY AND TRIED TO PUT THREE HUNDRED CARDS IN MY CART AND BROKE THE SITE. I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHICH CARD WAS THE FUNNY BOWLING CARD I WANTED WHEN I JUMPED BACK INTO THE DIME BOX SO I LOOKED AT THE GALLERY ON TCDB AND IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED THIS AS THE ONE. THIS IS CURTIS' ONLY CARD AS FAR AS I CAN TELL AND IT'S PROBABLY THE GREATEST ONE-HIT WONDER IN TRADING CARD HISTORY 

2012 OPENING DAY SUPERSTAR CELEBRATIONS MARTIN PRADO

CATEGORY - BRAVES, INSERT

I KINDA FEEL LIKE I BOUGHT THIS CARD BEFORE FROM THIS SAME SITE BUT IT HAS JASON HEYWARD WITH A CAMEO SO IF I DO HAVE TWO OF THEM THIS WILL SIMPLY GO INTO THE HEYWARD BINDER

AS A SIDE NOTE - I COMPLETELY REGRET ALL MY YEARS OF OPENING DAY SLANDER. THE BASE SET SUCKS BUT I REALLY REALLY MISS THE INSERTS

2008 INDIANA JONES HERITAGE DRIVING BY SHORT ROUND

CATEGORY - NON-SPORTS

THIS SET CAME OUT IN 2008 AND COMPLETELY PASSED ME BY SOMEHOW EVEN THOUGH I WAS RAGING HERITAGE FANBOY BUYING UP EVERY SPORT AND EVEN THE MARS ATTACKS AND STAR WARS VERSIONS. MAYBE IT WAS HOBBY ONLY? IN ANY CASE I REALLY LIKE TEMPLE OF DOOM AND I APPRECIATE SHORT ROUND HERE WITH HIS NEW YORK GIANTS HAT AND PICKED OUT THIS CARD OF AN OSCAR WINNER

1991 LIME ROCKDREAM MACHINES 1968 FORD MUSTANG

CATEGORY - HORSIE

WHOOPS - I ALREADY BOUGHT THIS CARD, IT CAME IN THE LAST BATCH I POSTED. OH WELL, NOW I HAVE TWO. MAYBE I'LL TAKE A GREEN MARKER TO THIS ONE AND PRETEND IT REALLY IS THE BULLITT CAR

2013 SCORE MATT RYAN AIRMAIL

CATEGORY - I DON'T LIKE THE FALCONS STOP SAYING THAT

MY METHODOLOGY FOR PICKING UP CARDS IN THESE LOTS FOR A WHILE WENT LKE THIS: I HAD A FOLDER FULL OF BOOKMARKED CARDS I WAS INTERESTED IN. I PICKED OUT ABOUT 50 OR SO COOL ONES I WANTED THE MOST AND PUT THEM ASIDE IN A SEPERATE FOLDER. THEN WHEN A TON OF NEW CARDS GOT POSTED, I PICKED OUT THE ONES I WANTED BUT DIDN'T BUY UNTIL I SAW A CARD I COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT. THEN I MADLY ADDED 40 CARDS TO MY CART PLUS SHIPPING AND TRIED TO CHECK OUT. AND LOST LIKE TWO OR THREE CARDS IN THE TIME IT TOOK TO ADD EVERYTHING SO I HAD TO TAKE THOSE OUT AND ADD A COUPLE MORE TO GET BACK TO 40 CARDS. AND THEN LOST TWO OR THREE MORE CARDS AND HAD TO REPEAT UNTIL I COULD FINALLY PAY WITHOUT GETTING SNIPED. EVENTUALLY I LOST TOO MANY CARDS AND THEN FINALLY FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS AND JUST DID SMALLER ORDERS WITH THE NEW CARDS I WANTED. AT ANY RATE, A WHOLE PAGE OF A CERTAIN PLAYER'S CARDS CAME UP AND MATTY ICE HERE WAS IN LINE TO BE A FILLER CARD BECAUSE I SAW IT AT ONE POINT AND IT LOOKED COOL. I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INSERT BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A BASE CARD. OR MAYBE A SUBSET CARD? THERE'S FULL STATS ON THE BACK SO I'M NOT SURE. I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND SCORE FOOTBALL AT ALL AFTER ABOUT 1992

2021 CHRONICLES TITAN DANIEL LYNCH

CATEGORY - CHRONICLES 

I HAVE GONE ABSOLUTELY APESHIT ON THE CHRONICLES CARDS ON THIS SITE. AT FIRST I WAS BEING PICKY AND ONLY GETTING THE BEST PLAYERS AND MY FAVORITE DESIGNS BUT I'VE GONE OVERBOARD LATELY. THE TITAN DESIGN IS ONE OF MY TOP FAVORITES SO I SNAGGED THEM WHEN I COULD. DANIEL LYNCH IS STILL PITCHING FOR THE ROYALS WHICH IS MORE THAN I CAN SAY FOR A LOT OF THE CHRONICLES ROOKIES IN THE SET

1998-99 SKYBOX METAL UNIVERSE MAURICE TAYLOR NEOPHYTES

CATEGORY - INSERT

IT'S REALLY HARD TO PASS UP ON SKYBOX METAL INSERTS. THIS IS THE SECOND NEOPHYTES CARD I PICKED UP. I THINK THE FIRST ONE WAS ANTONIO DANIELS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY ANTONIO GOT PICKED BEFORE MAURICE. THEY'RE BOTH NICE AND SHINY THOUGH AND VERY METAL

2001-02 PACIFIC HEADS UP RAY FERRARO

CATEGORY - SHINY

THE THRASHERS MAKE ME SAD BUT PACIFIC MAKES ME HAPPY AND CRAZY PATTERNED HOLOFOIL CARDS REALLY MAKE ME HAPPY. FERRARO WAS A COOL DUDE AND I'M GLAD HE GOT TO PLAY ON MY DEAD TEAM FOR HALF A MINUTE

1997 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE BILL ELLIOTT CC600 GAME CARD

CATEGORY - SUPERSTAR, WEIRDNESS

THIS ONE'S A REAL ODD ONE. I DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER THERE BEING A COLLECTOR'S CHOICE RACING SET AND I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A COLLECTIBLE RACING GAME INSERTED IN THE PACKS. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE GAME WOULD EVEN WORK BUT IT WAS A NEAT ODDBALL OF AWESOME BILL SO IT WENT IN MY CART

1984 TOPPS WILLIE TULLIS

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

ANOTHER NUMBER CROSSED OFF MY 80S TOPPS FOOTBALL WANTLIST. I ONLY NEED ABOUT 50 OR SO CARDS TO COMPLETE THE 1984 SET BUT WHO OF THEM ARE THAT GUY AND YOU-KNOW-WHO SO I'M ESSENTIALLY AS CLOSE AS I AM WITH MY 1952 TOPPS SET. I REALLY DIG THE OILERS COLORS ON THIS CARD AND I REALLY WISH THEY'D STRIKE OIL IN GALLATIN SO NASHVILLE COULD JUST GO BACK TO THESE UNIFORMS

1994 FLEER ULTRA MARK LANGSTON STRIKEOUT KINGS

CATEGORY - INSERT

THIS CARD WAS THE IMPETUS TO FINALLY PUT TOGETHER A FLEER/ULTRA INSERT WANTLIST. FLEER'S INSERT OFFERINGS IN THE 90S WERE THE BEST IN MY OPINION, THEY ALWAYS LOOKED GOOD AND FLEER DID THEIR BEST TO MAKE SURE YOU PULLED THEM FROM PACKS. THIS STRIKEOUT KINGS SET FROM 1994 IS FANTASTIC WITH THE MULTIPLE PHOTOS AND GAUDY LOGO. I STILL THINK OF MARK LANGSTON AS A MARINER THOUGH

2000-01 TOPPS DAN MAJERLIE

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I'M STILL KICKING MYSELF FOR NOT BUYING A SINGLE PACK OF TOPPS BASKETBALL CARDS IN 2000-2001. WHY DID I SKIP THIS PURPLE NIGHTMARE OF A SET? PROBABLY BECAUSE THE HAWKS WERE ASS AND I WAS FALCONS FOOTBALL CRAZED AT THE TIME. I WILL STILL PICK UP ANY SINGLES I SEE AND WILL PROBABLY COMPLETE THE SET AROUND 2078 JUST BY PICKING OFF RANDOM CARDS FROM CHEAPO BOXES AS I FIND THEM

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