1/2-Priced Blasters… from Target?!?!

October 6, 2009 at 00:05 (Box Breaks, Sports Cards) (, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , )

But they never have ANY cards on sale.  They did on Sunday Sunday Sunday though, so I got some 2008 stinkers they finally got desperate enough to slash the price on: 2008 Bowman football and pretty f*ckup 2008 Stadium Club baseball.  I can get behind those for $10 instead of $20, so I did.  Let’s see how I did.

2008 Bowman Football (7 packs, 5 cards per pack, guaranteed jersey per blaster)

I should mention that, being mostly rookies, I’m not going to know very many of these guys, because in four weeks this year I’ve probably seen twice as much football as I saw all of last year.  With that said, here’s

Pack 1

125 Andre Fluellen Lions RC

139 Bryan Kehl Football Giants RC

152 Zack Bowman Bears RC- Keeper!

157 Chaz Schilens Raiders RC Gold Parallel

BC32 Paul Hubbard Browns RC Chrome

Pack 2

56 Chad Ochocinco (Johnson)

46 Larry Johnson

99 Dallas Clark

245 Tavares Gooden Ravens RC Gold Parallel

BC27 Jack Williams Broncos RC Chrome

Scoring Drive ad- They still put these in packs? :o

Pack 3

56 Chad Ochocinco (Johnson)- I

46 Larry Johnson- Got

99 Dallas Clark- Bipped!

52 Michael Turner Gold Parallel

BC18 Justin King Rams RC Chrome

Checklist 1 of 3

Scoring Drive waste of tree.  Seriously, they killed a tree to make these stupid ads!

Now I understand why topps makes you open their blasters from the bottom… at least they kicked me a jersey and parallel of a starting QB this time.

Pack 4

170 Joe Flacco Ravens RC- Sadly it wasn’t this starting QB.

225 Sam Baker Falcons RC

238 Calais Campbell Cardinals RC

228 Sedrick Ellis Saints RC Gold Parallel

BC9 Brad Cottam Chiefs RC Chrome

Scoring Drive blah blah blah.  Just know there was one in every effin pack. :/

Pack 5

256 Shawn Crable Patriots RC

232 Dre Moore Bucs RC

247 Philip Wheeler Colts RC

124 Tom Zbikowski Ravens RC Gold Parallel

BC4 Duane Brown Texans RC Chrome

Pack 6

159 Timothy Hightower Cardinals RC- Tim Hightower = badass, Timothy Hightower = NERD!!

156 Jerome Felton Lions RC

147 Kenneth Moore Lions RC

167 Brian Brohm Packers RC Gold Parallel

BC39 Jalen Parmele Dolphins RC Chrome

Pack 7

18 Jeff Garcia- Most underrated QB ever?

31 Marion Barber

175 Josh Johnson Bucs RC Blue Parallel #ed 184/500- I didn’t say it was an amazing starting QB.  He’s starting now though, so that’s pretty cool.

23 Tarvaris Jackson Gold Parallel

BC30 Justin Tryon Redskins RC

The jersey was in it’s own separate lil cello pack, and it was…

DJ-JL Jake Long Draft Day Jersey- An offensive lineman, but I’m not complaining.  He’s quality.

2008 Stadium Club (8 packs, 5 cards per pack)

The odds were pretty astronomical with 1:60 packs being the easiest pull for ANYTHING.

Pack 1

112 Joey Votto Reds RC

31 Carl Crawford

37 Hanley Ramirez

76 Johan Santana

140 Max Scherzer D-Backs RC 1st Day Issue- Shoulda guessed.  Surprised I didn’t get Scherzer in the football blaster.

Pack 2

115 Brandon Boggs Rangers RC

68 Gary Sheffield

11 David Ortiz- Keeper if I don’t have it yet.

104 Gregor Blanco Braves RC

122 Jonathan Herrera Rockies RC 1st Day Issue

Such pretty pretty photography.  How could they have messed this up so badly? :(

Pack 3

29 Delmon Young

4 Todd Helton

116 Johnny Cueto Reds RC

58 Jose Reyes

132 Kosuke Fukudome Cubs RC 1st Day Issue- Have it, so I can trade this one.

Checklist

Pack 4

73 Greg Maddux

52 Vernon Wells

88 Hideki Matsui

14 Prince Fielder

147 Radhames Liz O’s RC

Pack 5

131 Sean Rodriguez Angels RC

80 Ryan Braun

82 Manny Ramirez

56 Garrett Atkins

112 Joey Votto other Reds RC 1st Day Issue

Pack 6

119 Jed Lowrie Red Sox RC

1 Chase Utley

85 Matt Holliday

50 David Wright

107 Clayton Kershaw Dodgers RC

Pack 7

53 Josh Hamilton

133 Chin-Lung Hu Dodgers RC

125 Josh Banks Padres RC

13 Alex Rodriguez

125 Josh Banks Padres other RC 1st Day Issue

Checklist

Pack 8

109 Garrett Mock Nats RC

23 Thom Glavine- Eh, it’d almost make sense in this set.

142 Greg Smith A’s RC

74 Rich Harden- Keeper!

131 Sean Rodriguez Angels other RC 1st Day Issue

And that’s the end of this beautiful disaster set blaster.  Everything not a keeper is available for trade, as always.  For this set, I’m looking for all the Cubbies I don’t have, which is all of them except for Harden & the 1st Day Issue Fukudome, and all the legends except for Honus Wagner & the 1st Day Issue Babe Ruth (already got ‘em).

I’m not feeling so well, but one final note before I go, after watching Monday Night Football I can say this with confidence: Aaron Rodgers > Brett Favre

Until our next…

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Remember When?

September 22, 2009 at 01:02 (Box Breaks, Sports Cards) (, , , , )

Now that we’ve established what a weirdo I am, remember when I complained about that Bowman Chrome blaster?  Here’s why:

One pack base & the next pack chrome.  WTF topps?

One pack base & the next pack chrome. WTF topps?

The base prospect/WBC in one pack was immediately followed it’s chrome version in the next pack.

Damn. /Ron Simmons

Damn. /Ron Simmons

Thanks topps.  Stupid annoying crap like this is why I’m pissed off so often.

The last couple & my keepers, since it won't let me edit my scans...

The last couple & my keepers, since it won't let me edit scans...

A topps only baseball hobby next year threatens to run me out of it next year.  Crap like this makes me believe their pwnage this year had more to do with Upper Deck sucking/not getting it/not caring than topps being very good.  I hope Upper Deck’s partially licensed stuff sucks less than most of their crap from this year… If not, maybe I’ll be able to save a little money in 2010.

Okay, I’m done.  Sweet dreams, internet people.

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Gint-A-Cuffs #2

September 2, 2009 at 23:23 (Box Breaks, Sports Cards) ()

Second half of the Allen & Ginter box now.

Pack 13

193 Khalil Greene

175 Alfonso Soriano (+1 Favorite Team)

11 Jacoby Ellsbury

181 Aaron Rowand

66 Alex Rodriguez (-1 Yankee)

132 Anna Tunnicliffe

202 Conor Jackson Mini

NP65 Carlos Delgado National Pride

Total: 0 (…)

Pack 14

267 Melvin Mora

221 Brandon Webb

265 Paul Konerko

240 Hank Blalock

104 Jeff Francoeur

208 Michael Young

14 Troy Tulowitzki Mini

NP63 Carlos Beltran National Pride

Total: 0 F*CK

Pack 15

99 Chris Duncan

2 Zack Greinke

111 Jason Giambi

212 Mariel Zagunis (+Hawt~!)

95 David Patton RC (Cubs; +1 Favorite Team)

334 Pat Burrell SP (+5, +2 Fave Players List, +7 I think)

88 Brad Penny Mini

NP62 Ryan Braun National Pride (+4 Fave Player List)

Total: 12

Pack 16

233 John Lackey

222 Akinori Iwamura

232 Everth Cabrera RC (Padres)

250 Grady Sizemore (+2 Fave Player List)

76 Brandon Phillips

297 Kolan McConiughey

NH34 General Jose de san Martin National Heroes (Agentina; +5)

NP67 Adrian Gonzalez National Pride (+4 Fave Player List)

Total: 11

Pack 17

103 Aaron Harang

59 Mark Reynolds

56 Daniel Murphy

266 Johnny Cueto

273 Jason Bay

311 Gavin Floyd SP (+5)

248 Colby Rasmus Ginter Back Mini Cards RC ( +2)

NP Jair Jurrjens

Total: 8

Pack 18

200 Carlos Quentin

70 Rick Ankiel

248 Colby Rasmus Cards RC

269 Brian McCann (+2 Fave Player List)

177 David Freese

233 John Lackey Code Parallel (+2)

26 Charles Goodyear Mini

NP47 Ryan Howard National Pride

Total: 2

Pack 19

170 Lance Berkman

115 Ryan Doumit

142 Lashawn Merritt

114 Hideki Matsui (-1 Yankee)

112 Millito Navarro (+2 Negro League Star)

325 Dioner Navarro SP (+5)

319 Gary Sheffield Mini SP (+7)

NP48 Jorge Cantu

Ginter Code Ad

Total: 13

Pack 20

165 Chase Utley (+2 Fave Player List)

223 Scott Rolen

83 Ludwig Van Beethoven

195 Kevin Kouzmanoff

214 Adam Dunn

264 Carlos Pena

170 Lance Berkman Black Border Mini (+3)

NP51 Albert Pujols National Pride

Total: 5

Pack 21

138 Garrett Atkins

7 John Smoltz

126 Trevor Crowe Indians RC

107 Brian Berg

295 Brett Gardner (-1 Yankee, but considerably less evil than most XD)

87 Aaron Cook

HHB15 The Bathtub Hoax Hoaxes, Hoodwinks, and Bamboozles (+5)

NP49 Max Scherzer- Why do I keep pulling you?! >:(

Total: 4

Pack 22

288 Joe Saunders

144 Joakim Soria

86 Michael Cuddyer

98 Josh Whitesell D’backs RC

278 Herb Simpson (+2 Negro League Star)

318 Delmon Young SP (+5)

114 Hideki Matsui Mini (-1 Yankee)

NP44 Yuniesky Betancourt National Pride

Total: 6

Pack 23

52 Aaron Hill

77 Francisco Liriano

153 CC Sabathia (-1 Yankee)

130 Johnny Damon (-Yankee)- Hax!

158 Sigmund Freud

133 Roy Halladay

NH19 Vasil Levski National Heroes (Bulgaria; +5)

NP55 Kosuke Fukudome National Pride (+6 MY Favorite Player)

Total: 9

Pack 24

187 Brett Myers

227 Nelson Cruz

219 Nate McClouth

235 Roy Oswalt

277 Kerry Wood

350 Jimmy Rollins (SP +5)

144 Joakim Soria Black Bordered Mini (+3)

NP60 Stephen Drew National Pride

Crack the Code ad

Total: 8

Second Half Score: 78

Total Score: 217 (pending…)

Now it’s all over but the pictures. :d

Vintage Lonestarr~!

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Gint-A-Cuffs #1

September 2, 2009 at 08:12 (Box Breaks, Sports Cards) ()

It’s finally time to throw the Gint-A-Cuffs box break up here.  And here is how I’m gonna do it:

• I’m just copy paste the 1st 12 packs now with the points beside them.

• I’ll do the next 12 tomorrow or something.

• Then I’m gonna post scans of all the point and negative point cards. debatably

Why am I doing it in this admittedly crappy, half-hearted way?  It’s quite simple really.  The way the standings look now, I’m in next-to-last place.  I have no chance of winning, I can score no better. So… I just want to zoom through this as quickly as possible and get on with things.  There are, as I mentioned questionably coherently recently, more pressing things I desperately want to get to.  Either that or I don’t feel like breaking down the scans any more than I have to.

There is one last thing I want to know before I slap this thing together, and that is this:

Why is Jared Weaver on the crap relic list?  He is 13-5 with a 3.89 ERA this year, 48-24 & 3.76 for his career.  Did he do something bad to Beardy or something?  I am endlessly confused by this…

Yeah, Breakitdown! ♫

Box Topper

Cabinet Card (+8)

Total: 8

Pack 1

100 Ichiro

271 Jair Jurrjens

151 Cole Hamels

247 Jeff Clement (-1)

AGR-NM Nate McClouth JERSEY (+8)

31 Nick Markakis Mini (+3 Fave Player List Mini)

NP45 Evan Longoria National Pride (+4 Fave Player List)

Total: 14

Pack 2

121 Ryan Church

57 Frank Evans (+2 Negro League Star)

28 Ervin Santana

209 St. Patrick’s Cathedral

336 Ryan Ludwick SP (+5)

AGHS18 Derek Jeter Baseball Highlights (+3?)

346 Dominique Wilkins Mini SP (+7)

NP58 Derek Jeter National Pride (+4 Fave Player List)

Total: 20

Pack 3

110 Kevin Youkilis

32 Jeremy Bonderman

287 James Shields

186 Adrian Beltre

324 Wladimir Balentien SP (+5)

ASGH17 Chipper Jones Baseball Highlights (+3)

188 Chris Davis Mini

NP52 Daisuke Matsuzaka National Pride

Total: 8

Pack 4

207 Jack Cust

185 Dustin Pedroia (+2 Fave Players List)

157 Jason Motte Cards RC

276 Michael Phelps (+?)

AGA-CJ Conor Jackson AUTOGRAPH (+15)

HHB16 The Cottingley Fairies Hoaxes Hoodwinks, & Bamboozles (+5)

NP61 Mark Teahen National Pride

Total: 22

Pack 5

216 Derek Lowe

68 Jamie Moyer

237 Walton Glenn Miller

14 Troy Tulowitzki

342 Sitting Bull SP (+5)

AGHS16 Alex Rodriguez Baseball Highlights (+3, -1 Yankee, +2)

13 Travis Hafner Ginter Back Mini (+2)

NP46 Carlos Ruiz

Total: 9

Pack 6

184 Chris Young

210 Johan Santana

12 Jermaine Dye

27 Chien-Ming Wang (-1 Yankee)

251 Carl Crawford

338 Jason Wong SP (+5)

47 JJ Hardy Ginter Back Mini (+2)

NP56 Edinson Volquez National Pride

Total: 6

Pack 7

124 Donald Veal RC (Pirates)

183 Pedro Feliz

53 Clayton Kershaw (+2 Fave Players List)

19 Mike Pelfrey

343 Doc Holliday SP (+5)

AGHS19 Albert Pujols Baseball Highlights (+3)

206 Miguel Tejada

NP64 Francisco Liriano National Pride

Total: 10

Pack 8

283 Mike Aviles

5 Luke Hochevar

280 Shin-Soo Choo

18 Clyde Parris (+2 Negro League Star)

224 Tim Lincecum (+2 Fave Player List)

345 Carlos Delgado SP (+5)

261 John Danks Ginter Back Mini (+2)

NP66 Joba Chamberlain National Pride (-1)

Crack the Code ad

Total: 10

Pack 9

113 Rafael Furcal

46 Brian Roberts (+2 Fave Player List)

117 Blake DeWitt

105 Kurt Suzuki

161 Justin Morneau

222 Akinori Iwamura Crack the Code Parallel (+2)

154 Corey Hart Ginter Back Mini (+2)

NP59 Miguel Cabrera National Pride

Total: 6

Pack 10

108 The Alamo

203 Scott Kazmir

26 Charles Goodyear

85 Jason Jaramillo RC (Pirates)

AGR-BD Blake DeWitt BAT (+8)

194 Brandon Morrow Mini

NP53 Vladimir Guerrero National Pride

Total: 8

Pack 11

262 Magglio Ordonez

134 Jered Weaver

280 Cat Osterman (+Hawt~!)

164 Erik Bedard

249 John Higby

313 Jeff Francis SP (+5)

331 Jeff Samardzija Ginter Back Mini SP (+7, +2 Ginter back, +1 Favorite Team, +10 I think)

MP54 Carlos Zambrano National Pride (+2 Favorite Team)

Crack the Code ad

Total: 17

Pack 12

9 Ryan Theriot (+1 Favorite Team)

94 Paul Maholm

140 Loren Opstedahl

173 Francisco Rodriguez

298 Dan Haren

243 Alexander Cartwright

72 Carlos Lee Mini

NP57 Victor Martinez

Total: 1

1st half score: 139

Let me know if I screwed up the scoring anywhere please.  This is pretty much unedited from two months ago, so I might be out of date on a few score rulings.  Also, a double check on maths is always helpful.

Done for now.  Second half soon.  Minimally edited down scans in the hole.  I got some emails to send.  Oh, and I finally sent the rest of the cards for Dinged Corners!  Finally!!… Though there is something else brewing, but that is for another time. ;)

Until our next…

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2009 Bowman Blaster Break Fail

August 6, 2009 at 01:09 (Box Breaks, Sports Cards) (, , , , , , , , )

You’ll see why.  Opened as they are listed.  Will do scans when I feel like it.

Pack 1

93 Brad Hawpe

161 James Loney

BW20 Fu-Te Ni WBC

BW11 Justin Erasmus WBC

BP7 Matthew Moore Rays 1st Yr Gold

BCW15 Juan Carlos Sulbaran WBC Chrome

BCP16 Ehire Adrianza Giants 1st Yr Chrome

188 Kevin Youkilis

128 Ronnie Belliard

35 Jorge Posada

Pack 2

173 AJ Pierzynski

10 Ichiro

126 Javier Vasquez

BW15 Juan Carlos Sulbaran WBC

BP16 Ehire Adrianza Giants 1st Yr- Noticing a theme yet?

106 Yovani Gallardo Gold

BCP64 Jack Cawley Cards 1st Yr Chrome

BCP70 Justin Greene White Sox 1st Yr Chrome

67 Carlos Beltran

120 Rafael Furcal

Checklist 2 of 3

Pack 3

210 Jonathan Niese Mets RC

106 Yovani Gallardo

14 Ryan Howard

BP64 Jack Cawley Cards 1st Yr- How about now?

BP70 Justin Greene White Sox 1st Yr

14 Ryan Howard Gold- Cuz I’m apparently not getting Bipped hard enough by this blaster.

BCP43 Joshua Collmenter D-Backs 1st Yr Chrome

BCP15 Adam Reifer Cards 1st Yr Chrome- Someone was definitely smoking something when they decided to collate this so stupidly.

36 Placido Polanco

55 Garrett Atkins

Pack 4

66 Daniel Murphy

122 Alexi Casilla

BP43 Joshua Collmenter D-Backs 1st Yr

BP15 Adam Reifer Cards 1st Yr- Someone was definitely smoking something…

BP73 Miguel Flores Cards 1st Yr Gold

BCP60 Kyle Farrell Braves 1st Yr Chrome

BCP44 Adam Mills Red Sox 1st Yr Chrome

220 Josh Outman A’s RC

147 Blake DeWitt

47 Mike Jacobs

Pack 5

50 Felix Hernandez

30 Torii Hunter

BP60 Kyle Farrell Braves 1st Yr

BP44 Adam Mills Red Sox 1st Yr

66 Daniel Murphy Gold

BCP37 Ben Lasater Marlins 1st Yr Chrome

BCP20 Neil Ramirez Rangers 1st Yr Chrome

159 Shane Victorino

143 Lance Berkman

116 Aaron Cook

Pack 6

53 Jay Bruce

177 Adrian Gonzalez

BP37 Ben Lasater Marlins 1st Yr

BP20 Neil Ramirez Rangers 1st Yr- *Facepalm*

151 Howie Kendrick Gold

BCP27 Sawyer Carroll Padres 1st Yr Chrome

BCP1 Neftali Feliz Rangers 1st Yr Chrome

180 Brandon Webb

63 Raul Ibanez

211 Bobby Parnell Mets RC

Checklist 3 of 3

Pack 7

38 Dustin Pedroia

77 Barry Zito

2 Albert Pujols

BP27 Sawyer Carroll Padres 1st Yr

BP1 Neftali Feliz Rangers 1st Yr

BP53 Edilio Colina Mariners 1st Yr Gold

BCP36 Miguel Fermin Marlins 1st Yr Chrome

BCP19 Angel Morales Twins 1st Yr Chrome

16 Jose Reyes

132 Chris Davis

Pack 8

70 Cole Hamels

145 AJ Burnett

178 George Sherrill

BP36 Miguel Fermin Marlins 1st Yr- Wow…

BP19 Angel Morales Twins 1st Yr- Just wow…

122 Alexi Casilla Gold

BCP85 Zach Moore Marlins 1st Yr Chrome

BCP6 Stolmy Pimentel Red Sox 1st Yr Chrome

79 Jeff Francoeur

199 Dexter Fowler Rockies RC

There ya go, the same two chrome prospects/WBCs showed up in the next packs as base cards.  Man Topps, couldn’t even kick in a refractor to make my butt hurt a little less?  Wasn’t expecting greatness, but apparently my expectations were too high since I didn’t expect stupidity.

I was very heavily considering a hobby box of this in the near future, because for once, I actually liked Bowman a lot this year… but I’m never going to buy so much as another pack of it ever again without a damn good explanation.  And this combined with the f***ed up patch from my Series 1 Topps blaster awhile back, I don’t think I’ll be getting any more Topps blasters of any kind for a helluva long time either.  And knowing Topps pulled this sort of crap with the National Prides, Baseball Highlights Sketches, and possibly the Hoodwinks in Allen & Ginter, I’m not even feeling buying anymore of THAT anytime soon, and A&G is my favorite set of the year.

Way to go Topps, another satisfied customer.

ARE YOU SERIOUSLY JOKING???

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2008 TriStar Projections Box Break

July 8, 2009 at 17:41 (Baseball Card Zen, Box Breaks, Sports Cards) (, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , )

I bought my first ever box online in the latter half of last month, from Blowout Cards.  The box was of 2008 TriStar Projections, because it promised lots of hits (4 or 8, depending on your definition) for low low price.  Good enough for me, and minor league cards are cool sometimes.  At the time, I got it for $32 & change shipped, though last I checked, the box had itself jumped up to higher than that, after bottoming out at a couple bucks less than I paid.  But that’s not why you’re here… you came for a box break!

So let’s break it down:

24 packs per box, 8 cards per pack, 192 cards per box

Base-

I got around 3/4 of the base set with no dupes.  Forgot to scan the base cards though.  I pulled base of most of the (future) stars, including (off the top of my head) Matt Wieters, Matt LaPorta, Rick Porcello, Jason Heyward, Andrew McClutchen, Colby Rasmus, and Evan Longoria, who already is a star.

The design is pretty slick, but there are two notable problems with the set:

1.) Because the rest of the image the picture of the player is taken from is shoop’d out, leaving only the player, a few players have disembodied body parts encroaching on their action shots (see the Adrien Cardenas parallel below).  It’s very very weird looking and distracting, but there are very few like that, so it’s tolerable.

2.) The stats on the backs of the position player cards are misaligned.  Every.  Single.  Card.  The batting average is supposed to be at the end of the statline, but instead, it is the first thing listed, throwing off the entire line.  It is a pretty bad mistake, which is a shame, because this set is nicer looking than 75% of Topps & UD’s releases from the past year.

Reflectives Parallels (1 per pack)-

I think I got 22 of these, also without dupes.  The reason there are only 22 is because a couple of the #ed parallels were Reflectives, which, except for one memorable one, replaced the regulars.  (Future) Stars included David Price, Matt Wieters, Jed Lowrie, Andrew McClutchen, and Max Scherzer, who’ve all seen major league action, if nothing else.  Jason Heyward is a highly touted prospect as well, it seems.

Reflectives

Reflectives

The Reflectives are freakin’ gorgeous, by the way.

#ed Parallels (4 Guaranteed per box; Green #ed 50, Yellow #ed /25, Orange #ed 5, and Purple #ed 1/1)-

Ben Revere Green base #ed 40/50, Adrien Cardenas Yellow base #ed 13/25, Jesus Montero Reflectives Parallel #ed 12/50 (Reserved for Sooz of A Cardboard Problem), and Wilmer Font #ed 11/25.

2008 Tristar Projections Scans- Parallels Front

I see Rainbows... @.@

2008 Tristar Projections Scans- Parallels Back

Numbered ones... @o@

I actually pulled a 5th #ed parallel too, but we’ll cover that in a bit.

Autographs (4 Guaranteed per box; same parallel numbering as the non-autos)-

Matt LaPorta base, Casey Weathers base, Chris Withrow Green base #ed /50, Balbino Fuenmayor ORANGE base #ed 3/5(!)

2008 Tristar Projections Autos

Withrow has a really nice sig.

2008 Tristar Projections Scans- Autos Back

And the backs...

All four of these guys seem to have some promise, Matt LaPorta with tons of hype, Casey Weathers being a high draft pick (though Tommy John’d at the moment), Withrow I’d heard of before this pack, and Balbino is struggling but has huge expectations and is still only 20.  Plus he’s freakin’ #ed to /5~!

That’s not all though, oh no.  I did say there were five parallels.  And here is the 5th:

2008 Tristar Projections Jon Still Purple Ref Back

For realz 1/1? Believe it~!

Bonus~!!!!

Bonus~!!!!

Jon Still Purple Reflectives Parallel #ed 1/1.

I will not be saying mojo, because that would be wrong. But it is the first true 1/1 I’ve ever pulled, so it is still really exciting going on two weeks later.  However, being in the Red Sox organization, I did offer it to Shane over at Shoebox Legends if he wants it.

I was going to try and score this box, but I really can just give it a number or letter grade.  I really enjoyed opening this box.  The cards look really nice, there were a lot of hits for a low price, some of them may even end up being good, and I greatly enjoyed taking the time to open them, because, well… minor league cards are “Hope in a Pack”-incarnate.  It’s not just hoping you get something good of someone good, it’s getting something good of someone you *hope* turns out to be good, of someone who hopes *they themselves* turn out to be good.

I don’t know who, if anybody, from my box will become major stars (aside from Longoria, who already is), but it doesn’t matter that much anyway.  I got a whole lot more than what was promised for my $27+ shipping.  Two cards whose print runs equal six… combined, a possibly record long box break (somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 hours, due to having to type to chat with people the whole time), three blog posts, and probably many soon-to-be pending trades as a direct result of the pulls.

What more could I ask for?  Besides posting the pictures and getting them where I want being less of a pain in the @$^%Z4$&%¢@#%$.

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