The purpose of this blog is two-fold: 1, to meet my fellow collectors and trade a few cards, and 2, to brag about all of the amazing hardware I've been able to get my greedy little hands on.
Sorry for neglecting it in my last post, but I did promise to random off a Reggie Jackson Bat Card from Panini Century Collection to any participant who advertised my group break. The five who had plugged the break on their blogs or facebook pages are: BA Benny, Dan, Baseball Dad, WickedOrtega, and Shawn Welker. After putting the five names in the ramdomizer (at random.org) and clicking "randomize" three times, the winner is.......
List Randomizer
There were 5 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
WickedOrtega
BA Benny
Baseball Dad
Shawn Welker
Dan
Timestamp: 2012-06-21 02:30:27 UTC
Congratulations to WickedOrtega. The card will be concluded in your group break package.
Here we are with the conclusion of our box break. I hope you have enjoyed it so far, and have been satisfied with what we have pulled.
Like I said with the first posting, I will be opening both boxes of Gypsy Queen. Since I purchased them from Atlanta Sports cards, utilizing the sponsorship discount, I felt that it would be dishonest of me to not use it for that purpose, even though I hadn't sold all of the teams.
I had intended on splitting the two boxes up into two days worth of posts, but I ended up mixing the single cards together before scanning them in, so I decided to join the videos and scans together for one giant post.
I won't spoil anything, but these prove to be the best two boxes of the break, so let's get things going!
SP Variations: Joe DiMaggio, Curtis Granderson, Roberto Clemente, CC Sabathia, Stephen Strasburg, David Freese, Ryan Braun, Mickey Mantle, Carlos Gonzalez, Matt Moore, Miguel Cabrera, Mariano Rivera
Glove Stories: Ben Revere, Endy Chavez, Dewayne Wise, Ken Griffey Jr., Jeff Francoeur (x2), Josh Hamilton (x2)
Moonshots: Albert Pujols (x2), Albert Belle, Frank Robinson (x2), Evan Longoria, Jim Thome (x2), Frank Thomas, Prince Fielder (x2), Nelson Cruz, Reggie Jackson, Ryan Howard, Willie McCovey, Ralph Kiner
Sliding Stars: Dee Gordon (x2), Ian Kinsler (x2), Jose Reyes (x2), Jemille Weeks (x2), Matt Kemp (x2), Ryan Braun (x2), Starlin Castro (x2), Elvis Andrus, Nyjer Morgan
Mini:Mariano Rivera, Derek Holland, Matt Kemp, Ben Zobrist, Phil Hughes, Jason Heyward, Matt Garza, Bud Norris, Bobby Abreu, Jacoby Ellsbury, Roy Oswalt, Brandon McCarthy, Dee Gordon, Josh Reddick, Joe DiMaggio, Mike Moustakas, Jemile Weeks, Howie Kendrick, CC Sabathia, Cal Ripken Jr., Prince Fielder, Rod Carew, Tim Lincecum, Ryne Sandberg
SP Mini Variation: Alex Avila, Josh Hamilton, Tommy Hanson, Ichiro, Jeremy Hellickson, Josh Johnson, CC Sabathia, Mickey Mantle, David Wright, Ian Kennedy, Jered Weaver, Ken Griffey Jr., Wade Boggs, Evan Longoria
Red Back:Ryan Zimmerman, Justin Upton, Mike Carp, Josh Beckett, Max Scherzer, Brennan Boesch, Ubaldo Jimenez, Elvis Andrus
Straight Cut: Craig Kimbrel, Ricky Nolasco, Rickie Weeks, Albert Belle, John Axford, Cameron Maybin, Colby Rasmus, Luis Aparicio
Sepia Tone /99: Troy Tulowitzki, Matt Cain
Green Border: Juan Nicasio, Sergio Santos
Black Border: Mark Reynols, Ryan Lavarnway, Yovani Gallardo, Alcides Escobar
Blue Border /599: Robinson Cano, Matt Kemp, Jacoby Ellsbury
Full-Size Relic: Steve Garvey, Brian McCann
Mini Relic: Andrew McCutchen, Tim Hudson
Autos: John Smoltz, Daniel Hudson, Jordan Zimmerman, Marlon Byrd
And last but not least, the big hit of the break:
Adrian Beltre Black Border 1/1
Congrats to the Rangers for the big hit. Even though it wasn't a Yu Darvish auto, I'm sure it's a nice consolation.
Congrats also to the Braves, who had the most hits with FOUR!!! We had these three from Gypsy Queen and the Randall Delgado auto from Series 2.
Well, I hope everyone had a good time. Give me a few days to get these cards sorted out. With all the time it has taken to record, upload, scan, and write, I still haven't had the time to sort the teams out. I hope to have them out by the weekend, but I will certainly keep you all updated.
Just tipping us over the halfway point, let's dig into Series 2. The specs are the same as Series 1, except for a few tweaks. For one, there are no league leader cards in this set, making it easier to disperse the cards, but also, there are more insert sets, meaning that we'll get five cards of more inserts, instead of ten of each, if that makes sense. Anyway, we DID get all three hits out of this box, plus a short-printed variation for one of the teams. So let's get things going!
Gold Parallel: Jim Thome, Tony Campana, Jason Giambi, David Murphy, Neftali Feliz, Freddy Garcia, Aaron Harang, Brandon League, Dallas Braden, Chase Headley
1987 Mini: Jose Reyes, Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander, Frank Robinson, Hunter Pence, Carlos Santana, Ryan Zimmerman, Brooks Robinson, Pablo Sandoval, Brian McCann
Gold Futures: Matt Moore, Dellin Betances, Brian Heyward, Jordan Walden, Madison Bumgarner
Career Day: Ken Griffey Jr., Reggie Jackson, Roberto Clemente, Jackie Robinson, Yogi Berra
Golden Moments: Buster Posey, Tim Lincecum, Craig Kimbrel, Carl Yastrzemski, Don Mattingly, Hanley Ramirez, Tony Gwynn, Mike Scmidt, Chase Utley, Steve Garvey
Cut Above: Miguel Cabrera, Mike Stanton, Justin Verlander, Johnny Bench, Jose Bautista
Gold Standard: Reggie Jackson, Cal Ripken Jr., John Smoltz, Paul Molitor, Lou Gehrig
SP Variation: Dustin Pedroia
Auto: Randall Delgado
Jersey: Ubaldo Jimenez
Manufactured World Series Ring: Barry Larkin
There you have it. We got our three hits, and so far, we've been lucky enough to have them spread throughout the teams, which is good. I'll be back tomorrow with Gypsy Queen.
Here we are with our first Jumbo Box of Topps. First of all, I need to make a correction to an earlier claim. With the full set being pulled from packs of each jumbo boxes, I made the claim that each team would get a full team set from the Series 1 and Series 2 boxes. Unfortunately, I forgot to take into account the amount of multi-player league leaders cards. I still have not sorted through these cards completely, but there is a good chance that there will not be enough duplicates of these cards to send one to each team represented. I do apologize for that error on my part, but if I run into any problems with this, I will go through the duplicates that I already have in my own collection and do my best to fill in any gaps.
As far as the Golden Giveaway cards go, I will disperse them one to each team claimed.
Anyway, here we go.
Here are the scans:
Gold Parallel: Dee Gordon, Jeff Saunders, Jeff Weaver, Angel Pagan, JP Arencibia, Asdrubal Cabrera, Alex Liddi, Wakefield/Sabathia/Buehrle, Granderson/Cano/Gonzalez, Jones/Pujols/Helton
1987 Mini: Derek Jeter, Starlin Castro, Mariano Rivera, Jered Weaver, Troy Tulowitzki, Adrian Gonzalez, Joey Votto, Mike Stanton, Hanley Ramirez, Dan Uggla
Timeless Talents: Ernie Banks/Troy Tulowitzki, Don Mattingly/Eric Hosmer, Frank Thomas/Paul Konerko, Luis Aparicio/Starlin Castro, Ryne Sandberg/Dan Uggla, Felix Hernandez/Michael Pineda, Joe Morgan/Brandon Phillips, Paul Molitor/Ryan Braun, Johnny Bench/Brian McCann, Frank Robinson/Jose Bautista
Golden Moments: Joey Votto, Jim Rice, Tim Thome (x2), Ichiro, Clayton Kershaw, Justin Upton, Joe Morgan, Carlton Fisk, Troy Tulowitzki
Gold Futures: JP Arencibia, Mark Trumbo, Dee Gordon, Mike Moustakas, Dustin Ackley, Ivan Nova, Aroldis Chapman, Zach Britton, Craig Kimbrel, Brandon Belt
Golden Greats: Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, Albert Pujols, Cal Ripken Jr., Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Derek Jeter, Ty Cobb, Nolan Ryan
Gold Standard: John Smoltz, Willie Mays, Bob Gibson, Ernie Banks, Mickey Mantle, Tom Seaver, Andre Dawson, Frank Robinson, Al Kaline, Stan Musial
Classic Walk-Offs: Mickey Mantle, David Ortiz, Alfonso Soriano, Johnny Bench, Mark Teixeira, Jay Bruce
Home Run Legends: #1 Willie Mays, #4 Reggie Jackson (Yankees)
These have long since expired, but I will send them to the respective teams. Maybe your LCS still has the cards to be redeemed for.
Hits
Autos: Adam Lind, Brett Gardner
Manufactured World Series Pin: Willie Mays
After I had recorded the video, but before I had posted anything, NY Hitman 23 claimed and purchased the Giants. So, all of the Giants cards and hits I make reference of in the videos to keeping, will go to him.
Anyway, we're at the halfway point, with plenty of more to go. I was disappointed with the missing hit, but hopefully there aren't any objections to how I decided to make good on that.
