Monday, August 24, 2015

2015 Gint-a-cuffs (Part 3 of 3)

Heading into the final 8 packs, I'm sitting at a whopping 100 points. Let's put this thing down.


#36 - Anthony Ranaudo
#45 - Chris Owings
#90 - Darren Rovell
#147 - Yoenis Cespedes
#167 - Julie Foudy
#322 - Mark Melancon
SP-69 Chase Utley (Starting Points) +2
MINI BP-10 Tyto Alba (Birds of Prey) +2

PACK TOTAL: 4
RUNNING TOTAL: 104

I feel like the Birds of Prey set is a pretty blatant appeal by Topps to a certain card blogger.


#14 - LaTroy Hawkins
#33 - Michael Wacha
#106 - Yunel Escobar
#178 - Travis d’Arnaud
#213 - Elvis Andrus
#275 - Billy Hamilton
SP-15 Jon Lester (Starting Points) +2
MINI 112 - Buck 65

PACK TOTAL: 2
RUNNING TOTAL: 106

Even without the lens of non-scoring Gint-a-cuffs cards, this is a pretty unremarkable pack. 


#59 - Hector Rondon
#89 - Jonathan Papelbon
#157 - Jose Reyes
#288 - Robinson Cano
GS-10 Dolly the Sheep (Great Scott!) +2
FSRB-JVO Joey Votto Full-Sized Relic (FPx1.7) +10.2
MINI 112 - Buck 65 (A&G Back) +2

PACK TOTAL: 14.2
RUNNING TOTAL: 120.2

One the heels of the most boring pack of the box, we've come to the final hit of the box, a full-size gray relic. Luckily, Mr. Votto is on the Favorite Player list so he bumps up the point value a bit. Still, it was right around this point I started to accept that I'm not winning this year. Let's soldier through th rest of box.


#31 - Frank Caliendo
#54 - Javier Baez
#158 - Kurt Suzuki
#276 - Alex Rodriguez (YANKEES) -1
#281 - Cory Spangenberg
#314 - Ian Desmond
AA-18 Dory Spear (Ancient Armory) +2
MINI 264 - Matt Kemp (Black-Bordered) +3

PACK TOTAL: 4
RUNNING TOTAL: 124.2

The A-Rod card is a lot less palatable at this point of the break.


#6 - Lucas Duda
#168 - Clay Buchholz
#171 - Anthony Rendon
#193 - Aramis Ramirez
#256 - Sonny Gray
#301 - Justin Morneau
SP-49 Joe Mauer (Starting Points) +2
MINI 276 - Alex Rodriguez (A&G Back / YANKEES) +1

PACK TOTAL: 3
RUNNING TOTAL: 127.2

Okay, seriously. What is with all of these A-Rod cards??


#101 - Stephen Strasburg
#217 - Wade Miley
#229 - Ivan Drago -1
#237 - Hyun-Jin Ryu
#246 - Andrew Cashner
#321 - Ben Zobrits
SP-29 Victor Martinez (Starting Points) +2
MINI 123 - Micah Johnson (A&G Flag Back) +8

PACK TOTAL: 9
RUNNING TOTAL: 136.2

The A&G Flag Back mini was a nice little surprise. Granted, I couldn't tell you a single fact about Micah Johnson so it could've been a little nicer surprise.


#84 - Josh Harrison
#257 - Pablo Sandoval
#268 - Jimbo Fisher -1
#284 - Jay Bruce
#300 - Bryce Brentz
#306 - Stephen Drew (YANKEES) -1
SP-80 Fernando Rodney (Starting Points) +2
MINI 309 - Gabe Kapler (SP) +3

PACK TOTAL: 3
RUNNING TOTAL: 139.2

Alright, things are getting a little gross here. I'm ready for the end.


#13 - Koji Uehara
#115 - Dustin Pedroia
#175 - DJ LeMahieu
#204 - Chase Headley (YANKEES) -1
#231 - Henderson Alvarez
#320 - Dallas Keuchel
WAS-6 Brontosaurus (What Once Was Believed) +2
MINI HBF-6 Benjamin Hornigold (Hoist the Black Flag) +2

PACK TOTAL: 3

FINAL TOTAL: 142.2

That happy little brontosaurus is the saving grace of the last few packs. I somehow managed to score 60 fewer points than last year's box. Can't win them all I suppose. It was still fun and I'm anxious to see how/if I rebound in 2016.

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