I may have to cap the total number of cards I end up with where I don't want to necessarily blow my wad at one spot - I came up with 36 assorted cards for $9, including some NFL and NBA stragglers that somehow made it as keepers.
My 'under the radar' blog featuring my baseball card collecting endeavors and hopefully some of my autographs collected in-person / through-the-mail.
Friday, January 07, 2022
Cards people who buy modern don't care about
Monday, September 14, 2015
2015 Topps Chrome blaster recap 2 of 2
Sepia refractor pack
#104 Johnny Cueto
#99 Doug Fister
#75 Matt Shoemaker
#126 Gregory Polanco
Pack one
#196 Kevin Gausman
#80 Dilson Herrera
#3 Scooter Gennett
Pack two
#25 Yadier Molina
#37 Chris Owings
#116 Rymer Liriano
#88 Brett Gardner
Pack three
#7 Adam Jones
#110 Nelson Cruz
#72 Todd Frazier
#137 Jose Bautista
Pack four
#172 Dustin Pedroia
#50 Kolten Wong #203 Byron Buxton - apparently this was one of the five rookie cards short prints Topps added to Chrome, not particularly exciting at the moment.
#67 Mookie Betts
Pack five
#127 Melky Cabrera
#134 Edwin Encarnacion #6 Brandon Phillips - Refractor
#153 Chris Archer
Pack six
#83 Hunter Pence
#101 Maikel Franco #59 Kevin Kermaier - Prism refractor
#154 Jorge Soler
Pack seven
#147 Jonathan Papelbon #40 Jon Singleton - Refractor
#175 Josh Reddick #189 Yasmani Tomas
Sunday, September 13, 2015
2015 Topps Chrome blaster recap 1 of 2
I don't know if the promotion really did anything to make these blaster boxes that much more of a bargain - but finding particular types of blasters at big box stores can be iffy at times and at the very least, I didn't have to leave the house to get my first fix of this year's Topps Chrome.
Box one
Sepia refractor pack
#78 Corey Kluber
#56 Ian Desmond
#186 Mark Teixeira
Pack one
#155 James Shields
#89 Javier Baez #FSC-16 Dilson Herrera - Future Stars insert
#46 James McCann
Pack two
#156 Kennys Vargas #143 C.C. Sabathia - Refractor
#31 Jon Lester
#193 Adrian Beltre
Pack three
#120 R.J. Alvarez
#176 Lorenzo Cain #147 Jonathan Papelbon - Green refractor parallel serial #'d 32/99
#178 Evan Longoria
Pack four
#108 Rafael Ynoa
#40 Jon Singleton
#GGR-08 Mike Trout - Gallery of Greats insert
#149 Evan Gattis
Pack five
#94 Ryan Howard #85 Michael Wacha - Refractor
#58 Justin Morneau
#111 Carl Crawford
Pack six
#66 Nolan Arenado
#140 Josh Harrison
#8 Denard Span
#91 Michael Brantley
Pack seven
#115 Matt Harvey
#118 Trevor May #92 Ken Giles - Prism refractor
#199 Hanley Ramirez
Friday, August 23, 2013
Featured autographs - Andrew McCutchen
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
2006 Topps Chrome Mike Napoli Black refractor #317
I picked up this card because I'm on a 'shiny, refractor parallel' kick and I'm trying to pick up related inserts here and there - also I'm trying to digging out all of my inserts and listing them all on a spreadsheet, even if they aren't worth much.
I don't think I'm a collector who buys too many boxes of cards to have numerous types of inserts.- however, I'd like to know the types of cards [i.e. refractor, common insert, parallel, short print, etc].
At the very least, I figure I can take a look through a part of my collection and account for the cards I have in-hand - instead of merely just hoarding and hoarding random cards that I may not get to appreciate after they've been squirreled away in binders and/or boxes.