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I had the day off today, and after taking care of the household items that needed taken care of, I decided to head over to Target, specifically to scratch the itch of breaking some packs of cards. Mostly, the packs I bought were to see how the products looked.  I don’t have a desire to chase these sets, but I’m sure that there are some people in the blogosphere that are.  Or, there may be people that are just looking for specific teams or players.   That’s OK too.First up, is a fat pack of ’16 Heritage High NumbersTo be honest, all I was really hoping for out of all this cardboard goodness was some Jays to add to the collection.  No luck with the first 9.A couple of RCs of players I’ve never heard of.  I’m sure that team collectors will have heard of these guys.Now these 3 cards are numbered starting with THC, which in the past I knew to be Topps Heritage Chrome.  These don’t qualify by any stretch of the imagination as Chrome cards.  But hey, maybe somebody is chasing a black bordered set, or they’re an Adam Wainwright fan? I always manage to get unpopular teams like the Mets or the Dodgers when I pull inserts.  I just don’t know why.  Dumb luck I guess.  Maybe a good home can be found for these misguided cards…Next up is a pair of Topps Chrome 3 packs.  I always seem to dabble in these each year, buying a few packs here and there to pique my curiosity.  They don’t seem that bad to me this year either. Pack 1:  The Gardner is a refractor.  Can’t complain about this pack, other than it’s devoid of Jays.Pack 2:  Another Jays free pack, but the Youth Impact Kyle Schwarber should find its way to a Cubs collector somewhere.   My question is, the Schwarber is an insert, how in the world does it have a RC tag on it?Pack 3:  More cards from unpopular teams.  I hear that Corey Seager guy is kind of good.  The Carlos Martinez card is a refractor.OK, the first 3 have yielded nothing but trade bait. Maybe the other trio of packs will have something that I want.Pack 4:  Jackpot!! Marcus Stroman is one of the good guys who has finally found a home.  The Addison Russell doesn’t say refractor on the back, but it’s got kind of a green tinge in the background.  I’m guessing it’s a Prism Refractor? Pack 5:  Perspectives comes back in the Chrome set, and Yadier Molina is captured at PNC Park.  The Bowser sign in the background is the giveaway for me.  No refractors in this pack.Pack 6:  Pulled another Perspectives card, this time of Byron Buxton of the Twins.  Great stadium shot behind him.  I didn’t like these in the base set, but they have grown on me a bit in Chrome.  Never the less, Buxton and the other cards are up for grabs.Pink!!  Chrome used to have the bonus 3 packs of Orange refractors, this year it’s pink.  I like the look of them, the Pink isn’t overpowering.  Needless to say, I pulled some more of the unpopular teams like the White Sox and Rangers.  Horrible luck.OK kids, if you’re looking for any or all of these, speak now in the comments section.  If there’s something you like, just say so.  We can work out a deal…I promise.thanks for reading, Robert

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Seeing Dee Gordon running tearfully around the bases last night really brought things home for me on the Jose Fernandez tragedy that happened on the weekend.A quarter of a century ago (almost) I was a beer soaked, crazy 24 year old who was flying through life at the seat of my pants.  I spent most of my 30’s making up for this recklessness.Now, as I’m older I see things a lot more clearly.  I see how my actions affect other people.I work for a delivery company.  Safety is a big priority.  Tomorrow, as with every other Wednesday, I will be wearing a red shirt to promote safety.I drive to card shows and other places in the greater Ft. Lauderdale area, and there are a lot of crazy people on the roads.  My wife and I have taken lately to saying “be safe” as the last thing we say to each other when we leave for work in the morning.You just never know what’s going to happen.  Jose Fernandez is proof that anything can happen.Jose Fernandez’s tragic passing affected me more than I thought at first.  It just took me a couple of days to put it all into perspective.To all my friends in the blogosphere, and to all that may happen by this blog post over time, please be safe.Money can be replaced, vehicles and possessions can be replaced.You can’t.#RIPJF16  May God bless you Jose.thanks for reading, Robert

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I figured that the post title may just entice a few beer drinkers to stop by, even though there is no beer to be found at all.  (If you’re wondering, Yuengling is my beer of choice…)I took time a couple of weeks ago to go “want list hunting”.  That is, I scoured the blogosphere’s various want lists to see if I could come up with a potential trade partner.  I came across Kyle and the Nolan’s Dugout blog and his comprehensive want list.  I found about 40 inserts to send him (gladly) and asked him to send back what he thought was fair.Kyle’s envelope came today, and as the last trade was a couple of years ago, this was full of Blue Jays.  Going through them initially, I saw a lot of cards from the 91-93 era, and I thought to myself “don’t I have a lot of these already??”Nope.  Just like last trade with Kyle, every card in the envelope was something that could be marked off the want list.  It doesn’t get any better than that.So now you’re probably wondering why the six packs.  Well, last night’s post contained the number 5, so I figured let’s go one higher tonight.  So here’s 36 cards from the envelope that I was able to mark off the Blue Jays list.1992 Pinnacle and Bowman.  Now there were more of these inside, but these were the 3 from each set I picked.  I especially like the Juan Guzman card showing him waiting for the baseball while holding up his trademark blue glove.  I still remember all the hype there was in Toronto that Eddie Zosky was going to be the heir apparent to Tony Fernandez at short.  Ten years and 50 major league ABs later, it just wasn’t meant to be. I put these two together just because there were 4 Leaf cards and 2 Studio.  Sometimes a puzzle just puts itself together.  For some reason, I couldn’t get the cards to sit right on the scanner bed, which is the reason for this lousy looking scan.   Patience wasn’t a virtue for me this evening.1993 Score.  There were 8 cards from this set in the envelope, and I was intrigued by the World Series Highlights cards, thinking that they were inserts.   Surprise to me, they were part of the base set.  I knocked off these cards and still need 10 more to complete the team set.   Just how damn big was ’93 Score?1993 SP!!  Now the 8 cards from this set almost emptied this want list, which is down to just 2.  I found it interesting that in the 6 photos, there is only one that doesn’t feature a player looking up or at the baseball.  Come on Pat, throw the ball already so you can start focusing on it…1993 Score Select.  That’s a lot of green, and a lot of geometry going on in the borders as well.  One of these days, I’m going to go through all of Devon White’s cards as a Jay and figure out how many of them feature flying bats, helmets, etc.  There’s a few of them to be sure.The last picture features the 4 sets that Kyle managed to finish off, mercifully.  How did I not have all of the ’91 UD, ’92 Score or Donruss cards.  Weren’t there like a billion printed of each to be distributed?  The George Bell DK is from 1986, and the drawing for me represents how I always thought of George.  That intense stare, the competitive fire that made him the heart of the Jays batting order during the mid to late 80’s.  I did not know that he was traded from the North side of Chicago to the South side for Sammy Sosa.  George had one OK season with the Sox, but I would say that the Cubbies got the better of that deal.Kyle, thank you very much for the trade, the cards are great and much appreciated!!Now if you’ll excuse me I have to go lay down.  This is my 13th post this month, the most since March.  I’m getting dizzy….thanks for reading, Robert

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I was going to post this last night, but got busy with things around the house and wound up too tired.  I wanted to show off 5 more serial numbered cards for the hockey version of SNI as a nightcap to the first Serial Saturday post.So instead, you get these 5 today.  Hope you enjoy!Ryan Close 2013-14 OPC black parallel #35/100.  Out of all the packs of OPC I’ve bought since it returned almost a decade ago, this is the only black parallel I’ve ever pulled.  Now, I have some use for it.I’ve had this Guy Hebert 2000-01 Pacific Revolution Premier Date parallel in my collection forever, but for the life of me cannot remember how I came across it.  No matter, it too has a place now, and is serial #’d 37/60.This Dan Hinote Sapphire parallel from the 2000-01 BAP Memorabilia set I remember quite well, pulled from a pack in the box I opened at the time.   I remember the box being truly disappointing.  This is serial #’d 49/100.Ziggy Palffy was pulled from a pack of Black Diamond many years ago, and has sat in many a box over the past decade.  He too has a place now, and is serial #’d 997/2000.His name is very hard to see, but this is Alexander Svitov of the Tampa Bay Lightning.  I bought a couple of retail boxes of 2002-03 Pacific Quest for the Cup about 2-3 years ago, and have found a cache of numbered cards that I pulled.  This card is numbered 923/950, and is the first of over a dozen of Quest for the Cup cards that you’ll see as part of this set.The Hockey version of SNI is coming along nicely, I have over 60 cards towards the 1200 card set already; all I have to do is sit down and get them posted.  I’ll have to try a little harder to get some of these posted on Saturday’s as well…thanks for reading, Robert

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I’ve kind of avoided showing the SNI pages for the past couple of weeks, but I’m not sure why.  I’m hoping that devoting Saturday’s to anything serial #’d will help get me in the mood to put more of these pages up. Because my record keeping skills aren’t always 100% accurate, going through these pages will certainly help me find out exactly where I am, and what I need to finish the baseball SNI behemoth off. Without further adieu, let’s get a couple of more pages out there for everyone to see.Page 14:Card 118:  Johnny Cueto, 2011 Bowman green #118/450.  Courtesy of Dennis from the Too Many Verlanders blog.  Cincinnati card #5Card 119:  Mark Teahen, 2007 Topps Co-Signers #119/299.  Unknown as to how I acquired this card.  Kansas City card #3Card 120:  Tony Armas Jr.  2005 Topps Chrome black refractor #120/225.  Courtesy of Dennis from the Too Many Verlanders blog.  Washington card #5Card 121: Max Sapp, 2008 Bowman Orange #121/250.  Courtesy of Max from the Starting Nine blog.Houston card #7 Card 122:  Angelys Nina, 2012 Bowman blue #122/500.  Purchased at a card show in western PA.  Colorado card #6Card 123:  Jayson Werth, 2011 Topps gold #123/2011.  Purchased on ebay.  Washington card #6Card 124:  Troy Tulowitzki, 2011 Bowman  blue #124/500.  Courtesy of Max from the Starting Nine blog.  Colorado card #7Card 125:  Hanley Ramirez, 2007 Topps Co-Signers #125/150.  Purchased at a card show in western PA.  Miami card #5Card 126:  Brian Schmitt, 2001 Topps Reserve #126/1500.  Courtesy of fellow collector Brandon L.  Houston card #8Topps Reserve (!) makes its one and only appearance on the SNI set with card #126.  Only a couple of players on this page who really didn’t make a dent in the majors.  Also interesting is the team distribution on this page.  There are 30 major league teams (as you know), but somehow I managed to get 3 teams to have 2 cards apiece on this page.  I don’t think that will happen very often.Let’s look at page 15, shall we?Card 127:  Dave Winfield, 2012 Topps Gypsy Queen #127/999.  Purchased at a card show in western PA.  San Diego card #6Card 128:  Mike Fontenot, 2011 Topps gold #128/2011.  Courtesy of fellow collector Jason Williams.  San Francisco card #3Card 129:  Travis Hafner, 2003 Topps gold #129/2003.  Courtesy of Sandlot cards.  Cleveland card #5Card 130:  Alfonso Soriano, 2011 Topps Chrome atomic #130/225.  Pulled from a pack of 2011 Chrome.  Chicago Cubs card #3Card 131:  Aroldis Chapman, 2011 Topps Chrome purple #131/499.  Pulled from a pack of 2011 Chrome.  Cincinnati card #6Card 132:  Jordan Walden, 2011 Topps Chrome #132/1962.  Courtesy of Kyle from the Just a Bit Outside blog (retired).  Los Angeles Angels card #5Card 133:  Lance Berkman, 2009 Topps Triple Threads #133/525.  Purchased at the 2012 NSCC.  Houston card #9Card 134:  Dee Brown, 2000 Topps Gallery #134/250.  Courtesy of Max from the Starting Nine blog.  Kansas City card #4Card 135:  Vincente Padilla, 2005 Topps Chrome black refractor #135/225.  Courtesy of Dennis from the Too Many Verlanders blog.  Philadelphia card #52000 Topps Gallery also makes its one and only appearance on page 15 with the Dee Brown card.  I love the Winfield card in his San Diego uniform.  I actually remember buying it from the show at the mall that I frequented monthly back in PA.The team distribution on page 15 is more what I expected, one card each for 9 different teams. Dennis and Max both come up huge again on these two pages; they were fantastic contributors to the cause. I can only hope now that I stick with the serial #’d Saturday idea that I came up with.  I certainly have enough pages to go for the baseball set, and when I run out of those, there’s always Blue Jays and the hockey SNI as well.  Fingers crossed…thanks for reading, Robert

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