Fleer Mystique

Way back in year 2000 (wow that was a long time ago now!) I opened a box of Fleer Mystique. I remember enjoying it so if I ever see one again for a reasonable price I would buy it. Only football boxes currently on ebay because of Brady. That QB guy or something.

Check out some of the fun inserts.

 

Shiny Cal Ripken Jr High Praise!

2 Supernaturals Mark McGwire and Nomar Garciaparra. I met Nomar at all star baseball weekend in Pheonix a few years ago. He was nice. He signed my baseball. "To Brad Go Team USA! Nomar Garciappara". Solid penmanship as well. It's a shame his wrist injuries really hurt his career. He was one of the best when he was in his prime. Everyone knows about McGwire, Took Andro hit a lot of home runs, probably won't make the Hall of Fame. Although his numbers besides Home Runs are very borderline in my opinion.

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Football is almost over!

I didn't have any money on the 2 championship games but yet I still watched. In my opinion the games did not live up to the hype. Just straight blow outs. Packers forgot to show up and Steelers just looked over matched. I hope the Falcons knock off the Pats in the Super Bowl. Brady is already in the Hall of Fame he doesn't need another ring. Matt Ryan is fairly local to where I grew up so that'd be neat to see him win.

Completely unrelated card.. my Michael Jordan Baseball rookie!

He was a star rookie in Upper Deck's eyes! He never quite made it in baseball but he was pretty good at that other sport. Hope everyone won lots of money betting this weekend!

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Gint A Cuff's Winners Box Conclusion

Sorry for the delay. I really got into the show 'The Man in the High Castle' the last few nights. Just finished Season 1, really interesting. Let's jump right into it.

Running Total: +90

Pack 20:

Jonathan Gray
Mike Piazza
Mike Lamb
Baseball Legends Ruth +1
Don Mattingly -1
Marcus Semien
Yordano Ventura
Jason Kipnis Regular back

Not much going on in this pack +0
Running Total: +90

Pack 21:

Masahiro Tanaka -1
Leigh Steinberg
Frankie Montas
Natural Wonders Aurora Borealis +2
Mark Teixiera -1
Nolan Arenado
Luis Severino
Ryan Braun

Another +0
Running Total: +90

Pack 22:

Skylar
Howie Kendrick
Carlos Gonzalez Relic +5
Jake Arrieta
Tyson Ross
Eric Hosmer
Regular back Andrew Heaney

Pack Total: +5
Running Total: +95

Pack 23:

Number's Game Eckerseley +2
Baseball Legends Ford +1
Rollie Fingers
Adam Jones
Brown
Anthony Anderson
James Shields
Clayton Kershaw +2

Pack Total: +5
Running Total: +100

Last pack!

Drew Storen
Victor Martinez
Gio Gonzalez
Robinson Cano
Chuck Klein
Castro
Numbers Game Jackie Robinson +2
Regular back Carl Yaz

Pack Total:+2
Running Total:+102

Not sure if I missed any points. It's ok though this one was just for fun. The 102 doesn't put me high on the leaderboard but if I ever rip the double rip card that'd be +24 which would vault this box into 5th place! Very nice for the Winner's Box. Can't wait for next year's contest!

Thanks for following along! Pitchers and Catchers Report February 23rd! (or thereabouts)

Gint A Cuffs Winner's Box Part 3 (Check it out Royals Fans!)

This year between me and my wife we opened 4 boxes of Ginter. She participated in Gint A Cuffs and finished in the middle of the pack. She also grabbed an extra box and opened it at the National to get some of the Topps Promo Packs. (I opened 2 Topps Chrome boxes at that time) (rather fun rip but I usually like Chrome so no surprise there) I bought one box at the national to open for Gint A Cuffs and then got this winner's box.

Running Total was +55 from the previous post.

I'm not going to beat around the bush on this post.. this was the big card that was hit in the box. 4 total boxes opened in this household. 2 out of the 4 boxes contained a double rip card...

Dawn Spacecraft
Anthony Rizzo +2
Trea Turner
Richie Shaffer
Rob Refsnyder -1
Double Rip Card Alex Gordon Salvador Perez +15 (I have not ripped this card as of this posting)

Pack Total: +16
Running Total: +71

Always fun to hit such a cool card.

Pack 14:

Joe Panik
Jacob DeGrom
Watney
Carlos Santana
Natural Wonders Mount Everest +2
Brad Miller
Numbers Game Chris Sale +2
Ferocious Felines Canadian Lynx +2

Pack Total: +6
Running Total: +77

Pack 15:

Clayton Kershaw +2
Steele
Kole Calhoun
Corey Seager
Cole Hamels +2
Aroldis Chapman -1
Yu Darvish
Jose Quintana

Pack Total: +3
Running Total: +80

Pack 16:

Billy Burns
Carlos Correa
Vinny G
Dennis Eckersley
Adrian Beltre
Evan Gattis
Ryan Zimmerman
Matt Holliday

Pack Total: +0 (yikes)
Running Total: +80

Pack 17:

Manny Machado
Mike Francesca
Tom Glavine
Xander Bogaerts
Dexter Fowler
Glen Perkins
Numbers Game Eric Hosmer +2
Black Border Carlton Fisk +3

Pack Total: +5
Running Total: +85

Pack 18:

Colin Cowherd -1
Andre Dawson
Miguel Sano
Billy Hamilton
Chris Archer
Hector Rondom
Numbers Game Madison Bumgarner +2
Regular Mini Kris Bryant

Pack Total: +1
Running Total: +86

Pack 19:

Jake Odorizzi
Carlos Rodon
Aaron Nola +1
Natural Wonders Dead Sea +2
Greg Bird -1
Starling Marte
Jonny Gomes
US Mayors +2

Pack Total: +4
Running Total: +90

Only 4 packs to go. Didn't get a ton of points besides the Double Rip card. I could have 24 more pts mininum if I ever decide to rip the card. Can't bring myself to do it though. Would probably feel better trading for a hard to find Phillies card with a Royals fan then ripping it myself. Who knows though! Maybe we'll crack 100 but no way I'm getting close to my winning score of 153.5.

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Gint-A-Cuffs Winner's Box Part 2

Let's continue the reveal. Always fun to win! On a non baseball related note 3 of the 4 wild card games were not interesting. Currently watching the Packers-Giants, hopefully will come down to the wire. I have no dog in these fights just want to see some good action. I'm an Eagles fan, we have quite a rebuild. Hopefully the schedule won't be so bad next year (Eagles had the hardest schedule in the NFL this year) Maybe they'll get lucky and sneak into the playoffs next year.

Onto the next pack!

Pack 6:

Anthony Rendon
Carl Edwards Jr
Raiola
Max Kepler
Mike Moustakas
Kris Bryant
Numbers Game Correa +2
Subways and Streetcars Passenger Train +2

Pack Total: +4
Running Total: +24

Pack 7:

Jason Kipnis
Jen Welter
Curtis Granderson
Joey Gallo
Jose Altuve
McCoy
Numbers Game Jake DeGrom +2
A&G Back Jorge Soler +2

Pack Total: +4
Running Total: +28

Pack 8:

Orlando Cepeda
Henry Owens
Justin Bour
Joey Votto +2
Mark Trumbo
George Springer
Numbers Game Willie Stargell +2
A&G Back Chris Sale +2

Pack Total: +6
Running Total: +34

Pack 9:

Nomar Garciaparra
Giancarlo Stanton
Paul Goldschmidt
Brandon Moss
Baseball Legends Johnny Bench +2
Brian McCann -1
Numbers Game David Price +2
A&G Back Raisel Iglesias +5 (number 325 shortprint)

Pack Total: +8
Running Total: +42

Pack 10:

Adam Eaton +2
John Lackey
Luis Gonzalez
Luis Severino -1
Natural Wonders Devil's Tower +2
Addison Russell
Numbers Game Willie Mays +2
Lureates of Peace Addams +2

Pack Total: +7
Running Total: +49

Pack 11:

McBeth
Justin Verlander
Nomar Mazara
Baseball Legends Hank Aaron +2
Zack Grienke
Alex Gordon
Nick Castellanos
Regular back Manny Machado

Pack Total: +2
Running Total: +51

Pack 12:

Colin Rea
Roberto Alomar
Kevin Pillar
Mike Trout
Todd Frazier
Steve Schirripa +1
Andy Pettite -1
SP Mini Steve Carlton +4

Pack Total: +4
Running Total:  +55

Halfway through the box. If it all averages out I'd be at +110 which this year isn't that bad. That would've put this box in the7-9 range overall. We shall see if the points hold true to the first half. Only one hit has been revealed although the nice short print minis were shown as well. What lays ahead in Gint A Cuffs!

Thanks for reading, stay tuned tomorrow for the next part!

Back-to-Back Champion! Gint-A-Cuffs Winner's Box 2016

I have been entering Gint-A-Cuffs since my blog existed. It was part of the motivation for starting this blog (along with trading and generally being interested in collecting sports cards) I was lucky enough to win last year with a fantastic double rip card hit that happened to have my favorite player on it for the contest (Kenta Maeda). We shall see if I hit anything cool in my prize box.

I will be scoring this per the rules of 2016 for consistency sake.

Boxloader:

Albert Pujols oversized card +4

Pack 1:

Brandon Phillips
Stephen Piscotty
Kevin Faulkner
Corey Kluber
Paul Molitor
Lucas Duda
Ichiro Numbers Game +2
Black Bordered mini Faulkner (hot pack!) +3

Pack Total: +5
Running Total: +9

Pack 2:

Marcel Ozuna
Joe Morgan
Martin
Kevin Kiermaier
Brett Gardner -1
Elvis Andrus
Numbers Game Strasburg +2
Ben Revere Regular back

Pack Total: +1
Running Total: +10

Pack 3:

Hector Olivera
Wood and Woods
Martin Prado
Rickey Henderson
Baseball Legends Willie Stargell +2
Carlos Beltran -1
Falcon 9 Rocket regular back +1

Pack Total: +2
Running Total: +12

Pack 4:

First Hit Relic of Michelle Steele +5
Dellin Betances -1
Jose Reyes
Golovkin
Jonathan Lucroy
David Murphy
US Mayors Rawlings +2

Pack Total: +6
Running Total: +18

Pack 5:

Gary Sanchez -1
Michael Pineda -1
Jose Abreu
Natural Wonders Amazon Rainforest +2
Mookie Betts
Missy Franklin
Shawn Tolleson
US Mayors Landrieu +2

Pack Total:+2
Running Total: +20

Not the best average in the world. In fairness though I've seen 5 Yankees already. Darn negative points! As always thanks for reading, more to come on this box.. have one big hit to show off!