Saturday 30 April 2022
2022 Adventures in Repacks - Part 13 - Saturday Surprise
Friday 29 April 2022
880 vs. 2
Keith Hernandez played 880 games for the Mets Jordan Yamamoto has played in 2 (so far).
Thursday 28 April 2022
Bills! Bills! Bills!
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Vacation Time!
I'm finally travelling again! 2 years ago, my parents planned to take a trip to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Holland. But 2020 was 2020, so that got delayed a year, then another year. They considered themselves too old to be insured for the trip this year, so I'm going instead. That means I'm auto-posting for the next two weeks or so.
So, this posting of a card of Mark Rutte, Holland's Prime Minister is very appropriate for today. Did I acquire this card in advance of trip just for this purpose? Maybe. But more important for me is that Rutte is a 2/14 baby! So it was really just an inevitability that I'd acquire a card of his. Maybe I can find some cheesy souvenir of his as well while over there. Perhaps I should take this with me, on the 1 in a million chance that I get an IP auto opportunity.While I do have several politicians in the collection, maybe a more obscure sport. Maybe one making a first appearance in the collection. How about a billiards card?Tuesday 26 April 2022
Mailbag: The remainder from Ann Arbor
I may be calling this 'the remainder' but if you think that downplays the amazingness of the stuff in here, you'd be mistaken.
It doesn't matter if the player is a bench warmer, or a star. When they are the final card to finish a set, it is a great card. D'Andre Swift comes closer to the latter of the two options, and the photo is amazing as well, giving me flashbacks to the famous Billy Sims kick, at least with the angle used on this picture. Either way, this set can be put to bad.
The basketball portion of this was pretty small, but it did add a couple new entries into the Raptors PC. It is likely not evident from the scan, but the letters in Fast Trck have a fabric feel to them. So, they're basically not a relic card, but it gives the illusion of being one.No illusion here. That's definitely a relic card, and with his then-recent trade to Toronto, the logo makes sure that it is obviously a Raptors card. I'd expect a little more of a card numbered to /10, but at least there is a pinstripe,
Switching to baseball with some 1995 Fleer. I guess this one isn't as hideous as it could be.
Monday 25 April 2022
Mailbag: 2/14s from Ann Arbor
The only hockey 2/14ers is a new plate of Nikolaj Ehlers. UD changed how they release plates in their flagship sets recently, moving from having one of each in the actual sets, to uniting all 4 in booklet format. Which makes acquiring them harder, but they're more special with all of them together. Decisions. Decisions. Fortunately, insert sets, like this Canvas, remain separate.Back to the gridiron after the lead-in card (a 2002 Bowman's Best red /200), here's 5 more numbered, and shiny cards of Drew Bledsoe. Clockwise from the upper left, there's a 1999 Elite Insert /2500, an Xfractor from 2006 Finest, before returning to Elite from 2001 Primary Colors /975, and Career Best gold /500, and regular /1000.
Sunday 24 April 2022
Always Room for Chronicles
Another retail two-fer!I'll start with baseball, and it is Gerrit Cole leading the way. Since I filed this away without scanning the back, the Did You Know is "Gerrit's brother-in-law is San Francisco SS Brandon Crawford".
Here's the remainder of the 'paper' portion of this. Hobby packs only contain 1 card from these sets, with more of the foil. It is nice to add a few of these to fatten up some of the other sets that are a part of this set. That Braxton Garrett entry seems to be following me around.The super-thick America's Pastime card. All ready to rip up a 9-pocket page.