Pack Wars and A Prize

I haven't been terribly active around the blogosphere as of late.  In fact, I've had a yellow bubble mailer sitting on my desk for over a week now. Sometimes I'm such a bad blogger.  Let's crack into it and see what we have!

 Hey!  This must be the prize I won from Cervin' Up Cards.

 I took a stab at guessing Zippy Zappy's last roster of cards from the Sega Card Gen game.  I actually did better than I thought in the contest and was rewarded with some of the coolest cards out there.

 Sega Gen Cards are manufactured by Topps, are in Japanese, and can be used to play an arcade-like game.  Man, I would be ALL over this if we had this in the States.

 I am also now the proud owner of a Buster Posey rookie card and relic of Greg Gumbel.  Nice!

Zippy Zappy also slipped in one of his re-packs into the bubble mailer.

Woo-Hoo!  It's time for another round of PACK WARS!

The pack above looks like a 2013 Bowman Chrome pack of three cards, but the packaging is barely large enough to contain its contents.    I'm thinking 8 to ten cards...  A quick trip to the LCS and we're ready to go!

2014 Gypsy Queen versus the Zippy Zappy pack!

Round 1:

Saltalamacchia versus a shiny 2013 Topps Finest Rizzo?  A Rizzo that will fit into my mini PC?
The Zippy Zappy pack takes the early lead!

Gypsy Queen = 0
Zippy Zappy = 1


Round 2:

Hall-of-Famer Joe Morgan against a mini of The Hawk. The scoring of this pack is pretty easy so far.  Zippy Zappy extends the lead!

Gypsy Queen = 0
Zippy Zappy = 2  


Round 3:

Oye! Colby Rasmus, who is in dire need of a haircut, versus a 1992 Pinnacle card of Derrick May. Both are left-handed hitting outfielders and neither are/were favorites of mine.  May wins because Rasmus needs a haircut.

Gypsy Queen = 0
Zippy Zappy = 3


 Round 4:

Trevor Bauer.  Meh.  Bob Dernier?  The same Bob Dernier who I met and shook hands with while at Spring Training last month?  Um, yeah, if you look up "domination" in dictionary you'll see a picture of a Zippy Zappy pack!

Gypsy Queen = 0
Zippy Zappy = 4  


Round 5:

There will be no shutout today, folks.  Collation can sometimes be an issue and as nice as one Dernier is, two is well, um, repetitive.  Plus, I'm a fan of Paulie.

Gypsy Queen = 1
Zippy Zappy = 4  


Round 6:

A Wade Boggs insert and an '88 Fleer card of Jerry Mumphrey. Hmmm... I'm smelling a comeback!

Gypsy Queen = 2
Zippy Zappy = 4  


Round 7:

 Minis!  This is almost unfair.  A Cardinal (Lance Lynn) is forced to match up with ROCK SHOULDERS?!?!  Pah-lease.  ROCK SHOULDERS is the man!  No contest!

Gypsy Queen = 2
Zippy Zappy = 5


Round 8:

I am not a Cardinal fan, but I do respect Yadier Molina.  The man is probably the best at what he does.  Mike Brumley?  Well, he's an assistant hitting coach for the 2014 Cubs.  The Cubs are currently batting  0.230.  Sigh.
 
Gypsy Queen = 3
Zippy Zappy = 5

 I can't believe I just gave a point to the Cardinal card. 


Round 2:

 Nick Swisher is a riot and a decent ballplayer.  The 1988 Donruss Mike Brumley is the second of the pack.  Ouch.

Gypsy Queen = 4
Zippy Zappy = 5

It all comes down to the last card in their respective packs.


Round 10:

Wow.  Gypsy Queen drops a Nolan Ryan, an ace, out of its deck.  The Zippy Zappy pack gave it a good go, but could only muster an Alfonso Soriano A&G card to retaliate.  I like Sori, but he's no Ryan Express.  Round 10 goes to the GQ pack.

Final Score:
Gypsy Queen = 5
Zippy Zappy = 5

Mr. Zipster, thank you so much for the package.  I'm sorry it took so long for me to free the contents and share them with the blogging community.  Nevertheless, they are truly appreciated!