TTM autographs received: San Diego Chicken

The longtime mascot signed my three cards and sent a note back in about a week or so - maybe the plan was to pick up some of the nicer base cards / parallels Panini released 3-4 years ago or even his old-school his early 1980s Donruss cards.

After not knowing where they went and doing an extensive loose card dig, I felt like I might as well send out the cards I had originally put together a couple of years ago - including a 2016 Donruss [#151] and a couple of 1992 Upper Deck Cecil Fielder [#255] cards where the SDC makes a cameo.

2016 Donruss blaster box break recap

There are just enough wrinkles that makes 2016 Donruss a little different alternative besides the usual Topps flagship or Topps Heritage - for at least the casual baseball card collector, who can embrace the quirks of a non-MLB licensed baseball card product. 

While clean and relatively colorful the Donruss base cards are simply boring however - maybe it's defeats the point of collecting, but it's all about parallels, assorted inserts and one autograph or memorabilia card per blaster box.

Unlike pictures seen on many Topps cards this year, there is not much personality going on with the images used for Donruss - having team logos on cards and on uniforms is something I take for granted, but when the logos aren’t there on cards picturing ‘big league’ players, it's kind of a blemish that sticks out.

Pack one

#118 Mookie Betts

#112 Jason Heyward

#167 Jorge Soler

#70 Nelson Cruz - Black parallel serial #’d 152/199

#NB-JM James McCann - New Breed autograph

#D82-48 Robin Yount - Base 1982

Pack two

#131 Yordano Ventura

#123 Corey Kluber

#107 Francisco Lindor

#163 Carlos Rodon

#PA-1 Bryce Harper - Power Alley insert

#D82-44 Ken Griffey Jr. - Base 1982

Pack three

#116 Curtis Granderson

#85 Yoenis Cespedes

#158 Addison Russell

#153 Johnny Cueto

#195 Checklist

#D82-39 Jacob deGrom - Base 1982

Pack four

#94 Collin McHugh

#78 Alcides Escobar

#70 Nelson Cruz

#148 Brian McCann

#18 Jacob deGrom - Diamond Kings

#D82-36 Kole Calhoun - Base 1982

Pack five

#89 Matt Carpenter

#83 Mike Trout

#61 Andrew McCutchen

#190 John Smoltz

#32 Corey Seager - Rated Rookie

#D82-32 Adrian Beltre - Base 1982

Pack six

#76 A.J. Pollock

#51 Dallas Keuchel

#186 Don Mattingly

#181 Cal Ripken

#TP-2 Julio Urias - The Prospects insert

#D82-27 Nelson Cruz - Base 1982

Pack seven

#68 Jose Altuve

#141 Jonathan Lucroy

#132 Eric Hosmer

#S8 Steven Piscotty - Studio insert

#TR-2 Corey Seager - The Rookies insert

#D82-22 Brandon Crawford - Base 1982

2016 Donruss 30-card hanger pack break

#50 Sonny Gray

#140 Adam Jones

#131 Yordano Ventura

#123 Corey Kluber

#116 Curtis Granderson

#94 Collin McHugh

#89 Matt Carpenter

#83 Mike Trout

#132 Eric Hosmer

#124 Francisco Liriano

#117 Shin-Soo Choo

#111 Ryan Braun

#55 Jose Bautista

#145 Matt Duffy

#136 Alex Rodriguez

#128 Cole Hamels

#190 John Smoltz

#186 Don Mattingly

#181 Cal Ripken

#178 Kirby Puckett

#174 Justin Upton

#170 David Wright

#D82-29 Eric Hosmer - Base 1982 Pink

#TP-2 Julio Urias - The Prospects insert

#TR-8 Michael Conforto - The Rookies insert

#43 Jose Peraza

#15 Jose Fernandez - Diamond Kings insert

#S10 Michael Conforto - Studio insert

#SGS-KS Kyle Schwarber - Donruss Signature Series insert auto Green Foil parallel serial #’d 01/10

#D82-3 Lorenzo Cain - Base 1982

2016 Donruss hobby pack breaks x2

Pack one

#68 Jose Altuve

#59 Carlos Correa

#136 Alex Rodriguez

#128 Cole Hamels

#170 David Wright

#166 Michael Taylor

#9 Carlos Gonzalez - Diamond Kings insert

#D82-30 Manny Machado - Base 1982

Pack two

#76 A.J. Pollock

#55 Jose Bautista

#145 Matt Duffy

#178 Kirby Puckett

#174 Justin Upton

#SGS-TJ Travis Jankowski - Signature Series auto insert serial #’d 107/199

#USA-1 Buddy Reed - USA Baseball insert

#D82-1 Mike Trout - Base 1982