The Rest of the Baseball

 And the 2/14 baseball portion of my latest COMC mailer wraps up. There's still football and miscellaneous posts left to go.

First up this wonderful slice of brightness out of Leaf Perfect Game. To be even more precise, this as 2022 Leaf Perfect Game National Showcase - Just Minors Gems Autographs - Lime Green /10. I didn't know if should have used this with my post highlighting minor league cards, or with the major league post. It's really neither. Nathanael Coupet has a first name that just dares you to misspell it. Fortunately, he abbreviates his name in the auto and everything is legible, so it is a good card.

He's now with Georgia Tech.

Here's the other one that really didn't fit into the major or minor league category. It is of another player who has gone the NCAA route, playing for Oklahoma State. While the autograph doesn't compare to Coupet's in terms of legibility, at least there's a holey swatch included. 

That's gotta be Kane! He's not coming through hellfire and brimstone, but through the Cubs system, making it to AA in 2026. 

If I wanted a solo card to salute Tyler Clippard's time with Cleveland, there's this Topps Total entry. And nothing else. Any port. Storm. And all that. 

Time to get back to some brightness, and this Chrome Light Blue Sparkle entry sure brings that back to this post.

It is Yermin Mercedes taking the title in terns of volume when it comes to COMC entries. He gives the joy of being a one month wonder and the amount of cards a manufacturer pumps into circulation as a result, with no consideration for future success. I guess the same can be said for the Christian Hackenberg portion of this collection. 

But there's sportlots content too! I finally used this as a chance to add a bunch of base cards I probably should have added into the collection ages ago.

But I did throw in some cards from less mainstream releases as part of this shipment too.

Shiny cards, too! With 45 cards of Clippard, I'm somehow his top collector at TCDB.

Two Topps Total cards in the same post! YES! I also have a card of Mike Gosling in my Blue Jays collection. His final mainstream card has him listed with the team, although he never played a game for them. But here, it is the late Brad Halsey that makes this a 2/14 card. And also a 2 Brad post.

My collection still lacks a Mavis, though.

There you have it!

Only You

 I was considering using this as part of a 2/14 baseball post.

But something this batshit needs to stand on its own.

Yet it isn't even close to being the most bonkers card in this set that I own.

Mailbag: Everything but the Raptors

 I'm opening the mailbag today, and it is a Cards on Cards mailer that has been collecting dust the longest out of what I have in there. Most of the content was Raptors stuff, but I want to save that for their regular season opener. There was still other stuff to show off, and this post accounts for everything else.

There was still non-Raptors basketball content in these new Jamal Murray additions to the collection. I must point out that I have 163 cards of his in the collection, yet only a single one of the other local product in the NBA - Will Riley.

There really is no logical way to shift away from the Jamal Murray content into anything else in the envelopes, so here's a couple Bills entries. 

The gridiron does offer a logical move to the 2/14 content in the mailer, with 4 new base cards of Jaxon Smith-Njigba. After last season's success, even his basest of base cards are going to be commanding a decent value in the bins.

This Hobby Rip Night of Brooks Lee is a lot more obscure of a card than those base JSNs, and it segues into the baseball portion of the mailer.

The Mets content provided the only hit content of this with that Baez autograph. He's now in the Cardinals system. In fact, none of the players on the Panini cards are still affiliated with the team. Although both Acuna's and Sproat's teams are still playing into October. Still Mets binder worthy, though!

I usually like to end with the hits, but the best card in this wasn't the hit. It was even that numbered "Platinum Toile Cream Rose Gold Refractor" /75 of Matt Chapman. It is that bunting card right in the middle there. The O-Dog! Laying down a bunt! Hell yeah!

And there you have it! Thanks for all these goodies, Kerry, and keep your eyes peeled for a PWE on their way as of this morning.

Puck Drop

 Sure, the season has been underway for several days now. But, since the Senators don't start until tonight, the season hasn't really started. I'm waiting until now to show off some new Senators content for that binder.

Am I the type of weirdo to spend COMC credit on a card featuring an event-word jersey of a mascot? Yes. Yes, I most certainly am.

I am also the type of weirdo to follow it up with a sticker purchase.

OK. I guess we can move on to the cards featuring actual players.

While just randomly going through cards on COMC looking for interesting images, and came across this. I grabbed this one because it looks, for a second, like Volchenkov is sporting Cooperalls.

Timmies cards! Even better that one of the cards is of a Tim!

Sparty wasn't the only pers...thin...entity to make 2 appearances in the COMC mailer. There were also a pair of Griegs, including a Champ's card, which in actuality came from Extended.

But the winner in terms of volume is, as seems to happen often for Sens posts, is Daniel Alfredsson. I know that sticker is a Red Wings one, but it just seemed better to include it with this group instead of as part of a miscellaneous bunch of hockey content. Plus, it will end up in the Alfie binder anyhow. Also, for some reason known only to Pacific, that relic at the top is actually a base card in that set. 

There you have it!

2026 Adventures in Repacks - Part 19.4 - Repacks in the Mail

Finally, the finale of the most recent TMV mailer, with more repacks!

As before, 5 packs, and 5 loose cards from 2021 Absolute.

Repack #3:

The packs. 

And all the contents. It just turned out perfectly that the first card is a Bills one. Those Artistry cards are something else, connecting with my love for garish Diamond Kings-ish backgrounds. It is a challenge to tell, but the Pacheco is a yellow parallel. I'd call it more bronze based on the foil, but I don't name them. Kicker card, spooky version! We have Cam Smith to end it with proof that foliage on cards isn't limited to just Wrigley cards.

Repack #4:

Only the S-A-T is a true repeat this time, although some are Sage Lows vs. Highs.

Best card in this post? It has to be from a dude named Zipperer. And he signs his SAGE autographed cards "K Zipp"?  How could I not immediately add his card to my COMC inventory? But other than that, there isn't too much of note in this group. The Rachaad White is a nice combination of garish and goofy. And Stephen Davis is the yellow parallel didn't scan like one. 

Still, fun  to bust!

There you have it!

The Mets COMC Content

 Appropriately for this past season, I'm not feeling creative about titles for this Mets post. But it is only a small handful of items.

This 1982 Fleer Stamp seems pretty random for an acquisition, but there is method to my madness. Back in the spring, I got a bunch of these stamps as part of a package from Dennis @ Too Many Verlanders. The Jays content in the mailer was complete, but since the Mets portion lacked Mookie, I waited until I completed the team set to show the rest of them off.

So, he joins these 9 stamps to finish the team set.

The only other Mets card in the shipment was this. A Nick Plummer autograph. Someone who appeared in a handful games 4 years ago, and that was it for his MLB experience. But, that's still far better than my non-existent baseball career. And he did get a couple HRs out of the time, and did have some wise-arse use the Super Mario theme as his walk-up music, so there's that. And the first name in his autograph is legible. Another bonus!

Since I can bear to admit there were only two Mets items in a mailer that had over 200 items, here's one that I'll consider a Mets item. AEW's mega-heel MJF's Mets fandom is enough to not make me hate him.

He even had a Mets-themed entrance video, which also had an eternally-true statement from Taz on commentary. 

So that's how I shoehorn a wrestling card into a Mets post.

There you have it!

My Latest MST3K Autograph

 Time to show off my newest autograph from a MST3K'ed movie.

From "Village of the Giants", where he played Fred, it is Beau Bridges. It is my second autograph from one of the people in that movie, joining someone far more famous for an 80s hit, Toni Basil. He was still active as an actor too, having been in the cast of the new Matlock series. VotG does hit that sweet spot of not being a terrible movie, so you're paying attention to it as well as the riffs. It was also the final Bert I Gordon movie to be shown on the SOL.

There you have it!t

May I Never Mature

 

If your last name was Butts, why would you name your child 'Randy'?

Time to Defend

 The Kitchener Rangers' defense of the Memorial Cup starts tonight with a home game against Owen Sound. Given the cyclical nature of the CHL, and them going all-in last season, there is a little chance of that happening. Still, there's always the greatness of last season to make a fan upbeat.

To celebrate the banner(s) being raised tonight, here's a whole bunch of Rangers alumni cards.

It is an easy decision to open with these two Nick Spaling items. He's returning to the team this season, having moved from player in the late 2000s to an assistant coach this season. He was a part of the team when they won the OHL championship in 2008, but the team lost to Spokane in the Memorial Cup finals.

I'm a bad Canadian. I've never once bought a pack of cards at a Tim Hortons to go alongside with my donuts. For shame.

You have to turn this over to realize this card features Wendell Young. He was the only player to win the Memorial, Calder and Stanley Cups. He was joined by Mike Richards as the only other to accomplish the feat, with both winning the first part of the trio with Kitchener. 

Here's the latest result of my taking advantage of e-pack cheapness to add a pair of Jeff Skinners to the collection.

Dominik Kubalik started his career with enough success to warrant a lot of appearances both in base cards and inserts. 

Usually when I do one of these, I usually decide to go through their sportlots inventory and just add a bunch of cards of a random PC player. Here, that's Radek Faksa. Considering how he's played all his career with the Dallas Stars, it is nice to get a couple that aren't Dallas cards, even if that Texas card technically is associated with Dallas.

See, there was a reason I mentioned Mike Richards earlier! This was part of a trade I had when I unloaded a patch card that didn't really hit any of my PCs. I guess I could complain that the Flyers swatch isn't immediately obvious as one, since it would look so much better in orange. 

The other major card in the trade was this John Gibson. In spite of what it says on the card, this isn't a rookie. It's a flashback card from 19-20 Clear Cut (a one-card only encased release) done in the style of the 14-15 Ultimate design. Gibson's rookie release season was the previous season, so I do wonder why it isn't in that design. I'll probably end up freeing this from the magnetic case in favour of the binders.  

And that's a recap of alumni.