Shall we compare?

 You might find yourself asking....compare what? Me against you? Nope, that's not it. What could I possibly be thinking about comparing? Is this guy messing with our minds....again? That one might be a little true. Yet, what do I want to compare? I could tell you maybe pitting Acuna (jr) against Ohtani, and many if not all of you would bust out laughing. I'll admit it there isn't a fair fight in that dog, but this one too is a little true. With that said Ronnie has a chance to beat Shohei (now I am thinking about an old restaurant franchise that isn't in these here parts anymore.....Shoney's, man they had an awesome all you can eat breakfast buffet.  Okay, even though that is true it has nothing to do with this post. So how am I planning on comparing Acuna and Ohtani?

Easy enough, but first let's show some pictures to assist you in your guessing abilities.

This caught my eye in the card aisle at a visit to Walmart last week (or maybe it was Monday...lol). (The ONE mystery item especially caught my attention). I know many of you folks like those repack boxes from days gone by. I bought a few and even pulled a few hits, but it didn't take long for me to realize that not really a bargain so I quit buying them. 

MJ Holdings (the card hoarders-lol). Got a little fancy this time and used tins.

They had an Altuve as well, but Acuna and Ohtani seemed like a chance I would take. the tins are nice, but they weren't priced. I was hoping for $15.99 at the register, but no those days are long gone. I was prepared to tell the cashier to not ring them up when I had her check the price before ringing them up. In reality I was expecting $19.99, but apparently those days are long gone too. $24.98 each. I was like I don't know, the tins are nice and I really want to know what that mystery item is. Is it an oddball trinket of the player depicted? That would be cool, so I bought them.

Yeah.....nope. A forth pack is not what I was expecting for a mystery item. The packs above came from the Acuna tin.

These are the packs from the Ohtani tin.  Disappointment again. Well at least I can pit the two against each other and squeeze two blog posts out it and have a little fun.

You see.....you are going to have to check tomorrows' post out for the comparison, but at least you didn't have to wait for me to mess with your mind.

Have a great night folks!

Wacky Wednesday

 Hump day, trivia night, and time now for some interesting baseball cards.

Got a good bit of rain heading in tomorrow....I plan on staying dry.

Good night folks!

Bo adds to the mix

 I got two more 52's for the set build, this time from Bo.

He even included some Upper Deck set needs to fill out the H.

Have a great night folks!

Just another Maddux Monday

 The winner last week was ,  drum roll.....DEFGAV. There weren't many commenters last week so having a repeater this early on was no surprise. The odds were like 25% of having a repeater, hehe.

Now here are this weeks contestants on the THE CARDS ARE FREE. (a spin on the price is right). Okay so I am writing this early in the morning and it doesn't take much to make my brain go wookie.

Come on admit it  that song is in your head. Just another Maddux Monday!

2025 Stadium Club: part TWO

 Straight to it....after all it is the weekend:)  Maybe you'll see a card you may want to get.

Oh look a football.

and the last card in the set goes to..........

There are cards 101-200.  Maybe you seen something you like, maybe you didn't. Again, I'm very disappointed in the product the worst is the card stock.

Have a great weekend everybody!

2025 Topps Stadium Club: COMPLETED

 I bought the complete set on Ebay ($50.00 plus shipping), so much cheaper this way. I found one card missing in the set #64 Malloy and I reached out to the seller and he is working on it for me. I have scanned the entire 200 card set (minus the Malloy). I will show the first half tonight and the other half tomorrow night.

Let me say this before you peek at the cards.... I am disappointed in Topps/Fanatics with the product this year (last year). 

The Pros: there are several great photos used but not as many as usual. Lots of good shots though.

The Cons: Design is weak, card stock is somewhat flimsy for what is supposed to be higher type set, and even with many good shots and a few great shots the overall shots seem redundant. This set will not rank better than flagship as the last of the 2025's roll out (still a few more coming). 

Okay now that is out of the way it is time to highlight the first 99 cards. (64 missing).

There ya go the first half of the set.

Wacky Wednesday: HUMP day

 Hump day already. I had to pickup my grandson from school today (flu), and I am praying (have prayed) that I didn't catch what he has. Poor little guy didn't feel so good (neither does his mommy who is also sick). 

This weeks interesting cards:

There ya go.

More Topps 1952

 Two turned into 7. That's right. Last week or the the week before I posted a pair of 52' Topps that a fellow OCT'er sent to me. Almost immediately David from CARDBOREDOM reached out and offered up some more. 

Wowzers! He sent me 5 that I needed. Even had his own specialized mailer which was very cool. 

I'm sure at some point I may replace the Richards (certainly not going to try to do so). One fo the cards had been trimmed and he put a note stating such. Easy to tell which one if look for it. Hank Bauer, no need for me to ever replace that one unless the cardboard heavens send me an excellent complete set, lol.

David, thanks BIGTIME! I really appreciate it. 

Folks out there in the spaces from here to there....David is working on building a mid to upper grade 1949 Leaf set.  So if you see any...........

Thanks again David.

Just another Maddux Monday

 Last week's winner was Fuji. Already in the mail too.

Now here are this week's giveaway cards.

Everyone hope that your week begins (and ends well)!

Got a couple from 59'

 I'll end the week with a short post. Yesterday I got two 59' Topps for my set build. It's storming pretty good (rain) here right now.

Still a long way to go, but we'll get there one day....Hopefully :)

Enjoy the weekend!

27 years in the making

 I could spin this as my youngest (Hunter) just turned 27 on Jan. 30th, but I'm not, No....this is about something else from 1999. 

1999 Upper Deck. These were the last three cards needed to complete that set. 27 years in the making. These 3 cards actually came in today. There were 2 others that came in last month from the same trader, plus these 3 card numbers but from the stadium club set by mistake. I reached out to him and he said oops. He then reached out to the guy he had traded with to get those original 5 cards and yes he still had these 3. From him to him and then to me. DONE! 

It is always a good feeling when completing a normal size set. Now if I can just do something about those 96' and 97' Upper deck needs to complete them.

Have a great night!

Wacky Wednesday

 HUMP DAY! And it just so happens to be our trivia night, wish us luck (that our brains are functioning well). 

Here are this weeks interesting cards.

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Got these 2 items from the flea market

 I went to one of the local flea markets this past Saturday. I made two purchases half way through the market (about an hour into the visit). Just 2, but very pleased with both.

A 1980's (early) ruler for my Presidential collection for a buck.

Next buy cost me 5x as much as the ruler, hehe.

1997 Wheaties Starting Lineup. The box opens up, but here is a look at the back of the box.

Inside front left side.

Inside right side. I haven't seen one of these before so very pleased indeed. I got the figure, the card, the coin, and the box (albeit the box is beat a bit) all for a Lincoln. (see how I tied the two items together, lol.

Have a great night folks!

Just another Maddux Monday

 I forgot to mention the previous winner of the Maddux giveaway: it was Gavin. I'll try to remember to say something this time. Rules for the giveaway:

1) Must be a follower of this blog and in the U.S. or Canada.

2) Comment on this post by midnight Friday EST.

Here are this weeks Greg Maddux cards to be given away.

In case you didn't know.....2026 Topps has added 10 more parallels to the checklists bringing the total to 67 versions of the same card PLUS the others that will come out like 582 Montgomery etc. The good news is that is NOT every card (about half fo my Braves).

There you go, I wish the week ahead be a good one!