Gint-A-Cuffs: Packs 5-8

Welcome back to A&G Week here on my humble little blog.  I have four more packs to open today and I found my first hit!  Also, this just in: Yankees . . . bleck.

Pack #5

217 – Wade Miley

083 – Matt Harvey

088 – Carl Crawford

AA-12 Ancient Armory – Shuriken +2

Mini 018 – Adam Eaton (regular back)

340 – Neftali Feliz

269 – Jeremy Roenick

152 – Jacoby Ellsbury -1 (Stupid Yankee.)

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Pack Total = +1

Running Total = 20

Average Per Pack = 4.00

Pack #6 = First Hit!

052 – Jake Marisnick

259 – Jonathan Schoop

Mini 109 – Troy Tulowitzki (regular back)

SP-45 Starting Points – Giancarlo Stanton +2

FSRA-JR – Jeremy Roenick full-size relic +6

334 – Nick Tropeano

039 – Jon Singleton

Pack Total = +8

Running Total = 28

Average Per Pack = 4.67

Comments: Anyone else think the Starting Points card of Giancarlo Stanton should read “Mike” Stanton?  I mean, that IS how he started his MLB career. 

Also, I’ll take a Roenick hit.  He’s a former Blackhawk, and outside of pulling a Cub player I don’t know that I could be happier.
Lastly, does Topps not have a deal with the NHL?  I don’t know these things because I’m not a hockey guy.

Pack #7

121 – Wei-Yin Chen

254 – Alex Gordon

038 – Evan Longoria

184 – Marcell Ozuna

GS-9 Great Scott – Fingerprints +2

Mini 172 – Matt Carpenter (A&G back) +2

179 – Manny Machado

274 – Mookie Betts

Pack Total = +4

Running Total = 32

Average Per Pack = 4.57

Comments:  Cardinals.  Earning me points.  Ugh.

Pack #8 = Yankees Come Home to Roost

069 – Christian Bethancourt

206 – Erick Aybar

137 – Marlon Byrd

005 – Craig Kimbrel (favorite player) +2

SP-32 Starting Points – Jose Altuve +2

Mini 138 – Michael Pineda (regular back) -1 (Stupid Yankee.)

326 – Mitch Moreland

241 – CC Sabathia - (Stupid Yankee.)

Pack Total = +2

Running Total = 34  (projected score = 102)

Average Per Pack = 4.25

Comments: I pulled my first favorite player, but that was quickly negated by two slimy Yankees.  Bah, humbug.

It’s also the first time I’ve pulled four cards in one pack that affected my score.  

I'm a third of the way through the box and I've found one-third of the hits.  My projected score still isn't pretty, but at least it's still over one hundred!  #silverlinings