Holiday Splurge Fail

 

So I took the trolley to Target, thinking I'd splurge on blaster boxes.  But it was not to be.  No baseball, basketball, or football on the shelf at all.  Just a few hockey products.  Not to be denied, I noticed a cart of random stuff waiting to be shelved and in it was a hanger box of basketball cards.  So I grabbed that and a fat pack of hockey cards.  Let's look at some highlights.   

2020 - 21 Panini Chronicles Basketball

-  The collation was horrible, with 3 Payton Pritchards and 4 guys with 2 each in a 30-card box.  But I'll take 2 Durants.

-  Several different designs, which probably aren't shown very well here.  

-  Not a fan of the Ball family, so I'll try to flip that LaMelo RC.  

-  Not a fan of LeBron either.  An all-time great though. 

-  Tyrese Maxey on that last card. 

-  It was very rookie-heavy.  Not sure if it's always that way, or just the one I got. 

2021 - 22 OPC Hockey

-  It was a 48-card pack.  A bit underwhelming, so I put most of them in my trader box. 

-  The Tkachuk is a Retro parallel.  

On a more positive note, Santa Patrick Claus treated me to some books from Barnes and Noble:

(Yes, I still had a gift card from Christmas.)

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Make It Rain

 

U.S. or Canada only.

Previous commenters only.

Give me your six-pack of teams for the NCAA men's basketball tournament.  

Two seeded 1 -4.  Two seeded 5 - 8.  Two seeded 9 or worse.

Winner will be who wins the most games.

Prize:  Winner's choice of a basketball PWE or a basketball / other sport mix.

Deadline:  Noon on the east coast, March 17.  

Incoming

 

First, a big box of free from Nick, of Dime Box fame.

Dime Boxes -- The Low-End Baseball Card Collector's Journey (baseballdimebox.blogspot.com)

He offered 10 rounds of cards, and I let other people have a shot first usually, but I still ended up with 38 cards.  Then he added a bunch of extras, so the total was 80 or so.  Let us gaze at some highlights:

-  Smoltz RC

-  Murphy:  food issue with licensing and the brand logo on the front of the card.

-  Jim Morris:  The Rookie

-  Some might say Schmidt was the best ever, but I think Ruth was slightly better.

-  Anyway, a lot of other good cards - a couple more Dawsons, a Rickey, another Trout, etc.

I also made a small trade with a Canadian.

I sent him 5 Canucks cards and got back this duo:

-  Cu Jo RC

-  An upgrade for a frankenset slot.        

Time Traveling

Another time travel trade with Matt, the Diamond Jester.

Diamond Jesters (diamond-jesters.blogspot.com)

Claimed three cards this time:

-  Autographed Lyle Odelein.  My first autographed hockey card.    

-  Catfish, unhappy with the NYC subway system.

-  Molitor with a SS-2B designation. 

Trade Flurry

Continuing on the TCDB roller coaster:

Sent a Reggie Miller and a trio of Mario Lemieux cards to C.R. and got back this trio:

I sent 14 1980s football cards to Dan, a set builder, and got 5 baseball cards in return.

I sent a trio of 2019 Donruss Rated Rookie football cards to Blains and got this trio in return:

-  Small trades.  But I turned some trade box cards into keepers, so I'm happy with them.

-  I received a large package of cards from a blogger, and I should have the highlights of that posted by the end of the week.   

A Generous Benefactor

Kerry, from Cards on Cards, sponsored a give-away.

I snagged three cards and he threw in a few extras.

-  A couple from 2021 Panini Prestige.

-  A 2020 Panini Chronicles insert. 

-  So three good players and all I had to do was walk down to the mail box.   

   

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