Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Gint-A-Cuffs: Packs 13-16

I'm halfway home and still hopeful for some big cardboard mojo.  Here's the next four packs:


Pack #13 = A Mini Cub!
273 – Cole Hamels (favorite player) +2
180 – Scott Kazmir
035 – Paul Goldschmidt
034 – Buster Olney
WAS-5 What Once Was Believed – Alchemy +2
Mini 77 – Jason Hammel (Favorite Team, A&G back) +3
311 – Michael Brantley
156 – Brian Dozier
Pack Total = +7
Running Total = 66
Average Per Pack = 5.08

Comments: Jason Hammel to the rescue!  Heck yeah!  How is that only my second Cub in 13 packs?  And why does he have to be paired with the player who no-hit the Cubs for the first time in fifty years?  Sigh.



Pack #14 = More Cardinals Scoring Points?
140 – Jose Altuve
064 – Austin Jackson
163 – Zach Lowe
SP-81 Starting Points – Matt Adams +2
Mini 146 – Michael Morse (regular back)
317 – Hunter Strickland
007 – Eric Hosmer
063 – Edwin Escobar
Pack Total = +2
Running Total = 68
Average Per Pack = 4.86

Comment: No more players from the St. Louis ball club, please.








Pack #15 = First Buyback & 2 More Yanks
262 – Alex Cobb
187 – Miguel Cabrera
2012 Mark Teixeira Full Size Buyback +3, -1 (Stupid Yankee.)
MM-20 Menagerie of the Mind – Centaur +2
Mini FIRST-15 First Ladies – Mary Lincoln +2
350 – Masahiro Tanaka (Stupid Yankees, again.) -1
149 – Andrew Heaney
117 – Corey Kluber
Pack Total = +5
Running Total = 73
Average Per Pack = 4.87

Comments: These Yankees are going to be the end of me. I think I’ve pulled two of the eleven Cubs versus seven of the thirteen Yankees in the set at this point.



Pack #16 = I got some Cardinal Fan’s box.
20 – Leonys Martin
67 – Malcolm Gladwell
223 – Incredibeard +1 (for awesomeness)
SP-95 Starting Points – Ian Desmond +2
Mini 017 – Yadier Molina (black border, favorite player) +6
AGA-MA – Matt Adams Framed Mini Auto +7
235 – Michael Taylor
Pack Total = 16
Running Total =89
Average Per Pack = 5.56

Comments: Sigh.  Well, that was my last hit and my best scoring pack.  Naturally, it was carried by two Cardinals. In this box I've found two Yadier Molina minis as well as a Matt Adams Starting Points card and this "wonderful" mini autograph.  Cardinals hot box anyone?

I have eight packs to go, the whole left side of the box, but I think my big scoring cards are gone.  Time will tell, but this is not promising.

4 comments:

  1. I wasn't planning on buying any A&G but if I was, I am glad that box is off the market!

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  2. Ouch! So many Yankees and Cardinals.

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  3. The Cardinals just can't stay out of the spotlight, can they?

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  4. Ugh. Just you wait . . . there's another black bordered Cardinal mini coming up.
    #facepalm

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