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.