Some miscellaneous Angels finds

I picked up a small lot of Angels cards for about $3 - primarily for the 2016 Topps Stadium Club cards of Mike Trout [#280], Albert Pujols [#152], Nolan Ryan [#80], C.J. Wilson [#93], Huston Street [#2] and Garrett Richards [#80].

There was also 2016 Topps Allen and Ginter cards of Pujols [#211] and Street [#193] included - I'll probably see if I can pick up a regular set [1-350] at some point though haven't touched any loose packs or blasters.

Old Man Pujols is inking it up after a spring training workout - his numbers have dipped and while he nearly 100 RBIs on the year, the last time someone cared about that stat [which Fangraphs would say is more of a result of the players getting on-base infront of you than any particular skill attributed to a batter] was 20 years ago.

This is more of a traditional baseball image - though it shows Ryan in his mid 1970s Angels prime.

Wilson is goofing off for the photographer and I guess I appreciate the silliness - though I don't know what Wilson is doing and the image seems a little too orchestrated and unnatural.

After hearing an apparent change, I wanted to see what the card stock was like for this year's Allen and Ginter set - this year's cards are thicker and sturdier, but the card stock used before seemed a little more fancy, a little more classy.

A small lot of 2011 Topps Gypsy Queen inserts

I picked up a small eight card lot of 2011 Topps Gypsy Queen inserts for about $5 shipped - I wasn't familiar with the product when I found the lot and assumed the regular sized inserts would be of the 'framed paper' variety, like the green framed Target parallel of Hunter Pence [#77].

There were two Wall Climber inserts in the lot - Michael Brantley [#WC 8] and Rajai Davis [#WC 5].

This Clay Buchholz [#309, mini Gypsy Queen red back] was one of the two mini cards in my lot - the other was Roy Campanella [#237].

I was disappointed when I found out none of the inserts - had the 'framed paper' treatment.

FS 13 Stephen Strasburg - Future Stars insert
GO 23 Tris Speaker - The Great Ones insert
GQ 1 Zenda Oradea - Gypsy Queens insert; tarot back variation
HH 17 Frank Robinson - Home Run Heroes insert