Tribecards from Outer Space: Three for Thursday

Tonight, at my daughter's softball practice, I volunteered to serve as catcher. That is, I was the guy behind the plate with no gear on. I did fairly well, considering I have never actually served as catcher in any capacity for any team. My knees took a bit of a beating, and I can say that I'm glad we decided several years ago that two kids were all we wanted.

Tonight, I am opening a tri-fold pack of 1988 Topps. It's a cello rack pack! There are 42 cards, plus one special All-Star card.  I'm not sure how 'special' it is, though, since it is the first card on top of the first section of the cello pack. I mean, I already know who is on the 'special' card.  Oh well, let's get ripping!

Here is the first (top) section:

George Bell All Star - Blue Jays - FREE AGENT
Jim Rice Turn Back the Clock - Red Sox - FREE AGENT (Really!? wow.)
Dave LaPoint - White Sox - FREE AGENT
Randy Bush - Twins - FREE AGENT
Pedro Guerrero - Dodgers - FREE AGENT
John Wathan - Royals - FREE AGENT
Eddie Murray '87 Record Breakers (fixed*) - Orioles - Sngldaddy (Wahoo!!)
Ron Blomberg Turn Back the Clock - Yankees - FREE AGENT
Doyle Alexander - Tigers - FREE AGENT
Roger McDowell - Mets - FREE AGENT
Kevin Mitchell - Giants - FREE AGENT
Alejandro Pena - Dodgers - FREE AGENT
Tim Conroy - Cardinals - FREE AGENT
Jerry Reuss - Angels - FREE AGENT
Dave Anderson - Dodgers - FREE AGENT
Glenn Wilson - Phillies - FREE AGENT

Wahoo! Way to go Sngldaddy! The only manager to snag a player from the first section. Nice job.

*the 1987 set also had Record Breakers without the box on the front explaining the record. The Error cards are worth more, if you're into that sort of thing.

The second section has:

Tom Pagnozzi - Cardinals - FREE AGENT
Darren Daulton - Phillies - FREE AGENT
Ed Correa - Rangers - FREE AGENT
Daryl Boston - White Sox - FREE AGENT
Ozzie Virgil - Braves - FREE AGENT
Dennis Powell - Mariners - DanHouck (Wahoo!!)
Pat Clements - Yankees - FREE AGENT
Greg Gross - Phillies - FREE AGENT
Chris Speir - Giants - FREE AGENT
Paul Assenmacher - Braves - Captain Canuck (Wahoo!!)
Luis Polonia - Athletics - BoRosny (Wahoo!!)
Doug Jones - Indians (Wahoo!) - Workman41 (Wahoo!!)
Dave Bergman - Tigers - FREE AGENT
Mark Knudson - Brewers - FREE AGENT

Okay, now we're starting to get somewhere! Four hits in the second part of this cello pack. Congratulations, managers!

Now, let's see what's in the final section of the cello:

Gary Carter - Mets - Paul.Hadsall (Wahoo!!)
Mike Fitzgerald - Expos - FREE AGENT
Ernie Whitt - Blue Jays - FREE AGENT
Dave Martinez - Cubs - FREE AGENT
Howard Johnson - Mets - Paul.Hadsall (Wahoo!!)
Jimy Williams - Blue Jays - FREE AGENT
Willie McGee - Cardinals - KerryBiggs (Wahoo!!)
John Christensen - Mariners - FREE AGENT
Kirk Gibson - Tigers - DonSherm (Wahoo!!)
Jose Cruz - Astros - SamuelPair (Wahoo!!)
Kelly Gruber - Blue Jays - FREE AGENT
Denny Walling - Astros - FREE AGENT
Bret Saberhagen - Royals - Josh.Denhartog (Wahoo!!)
Manny Trillo - Cubs - FREE AGENT

Excellent! A double-shot for Paul and a couple other managers grabbed a player, too. Not a bad way to end the evening!

Tribecards from Outer Space: Double Play

Welcome to Wednesday, folks! I'm feeling a two-pack break coming on. Let's rip open some wax and have some fun!

First up, 2012 Topps Chrome. 4 cards per pack.

Justin Verlander - Tigers - DonSherm (Wahoo!!)
Kirk Nieuwenhuis - Mets - FREE AGENT
Jason Vargas - Mariners - FREE AGENT
Curtis Granderson - Yankees - BP_Weber (Wahoo!!)

Way to go! Start and end the pack with hits. Let's see if the next pack brings us as much luck. BTW, the weird schmutz on the Kirk card was something on the scanner. It's not on the card.

2012 Panini Triple Play. 7 items per pack.

A.J. Pierzynski - White Sox - FREE AGENT
Kurt Suzuki - Athletics - FREE AGENT
Mat Latos - Reds - FREE AGENT
Grand Slam Tattoos
Paul Konerko Sticker - White Sox - Jccsst (Wahoo!!)
Roy Halladay (Puzzle 1/9)- Phillies - akgonzolyn (Wahoo!!)
Justin Upton (Puzzle 6/9) - dayf (Wahoo!!)

Well, it started out slow, but three hits at the end brought it around! Congrats everyone!

Tribecards from Outer Space: Yee-Haw! Rustlin' in some cards.

I am getting a late post in tonight because my daughter's Dixie League-ish rule softball team had their first official game of the season. I have to say, it is WAY different being inside the dugout than on the other side of the fence. It is a lot of fun, though! Our girls won 12-3 or 12-5 or it could have been 10-3 or 10-5. I didn't really keep up and the scoreboard was missing more than a few bulbs.

Tonight, I am opening a pack of 2012 Update Series. 12 cards per pack.

Matt Albers - Red Sox - FREE AGENT
Alfredo Simon - Reds - FREE AGENT
Chris Nelson - Rockies - FREE AGENT
Josh Hamilton - Rangers - JRBeasley (Wahoo!!)
Edward Mujica - Cardinals - FREE AGENTS
Casey McGehee (Red Border) - Pirates - FREE AGENT
Jason Castro (Gold 1866/2012) - Astros - FREE AGENT
Billy Butler (Golden Moments) - Royals - Josh.Denhartog (Wahoo!!)
Joe Smith - Indians (Wahoo!) - FREE AGENT
Buster Posey (All-Star) - Giants - Community Gum (Wahoo!!)
C.J. Wilson (All-Star) - Angels - CattleRustler (Wahoo!!)
Yu Darvish (All Star) - Rangers - CattleRustler (Wahoo!!)

Whew! For a moment, I didn't think we were going to have any successful managers. But, JRBeasley started us off and CattleRustler finished strongly! I have a feeling Jason Castro (Not the American Idol dude) will be a hot target in the next Free Agent Draft.

Tribecards from Outer Space: Truly Vintage

Heritgae, Vintage, Retro... Whatever you call it, the term just means "we couldn't think of a new design, so we're going to use an old one and hope that everyone either loves it or doesn't remember it i the first place." Rarely is it either, at least in my opinion.

Well, tonight, I have a special treat. We're doing ACTUAL vintage cards from 1978. Yes, you read that right. As I mentioned in the 1979 card post, these packs appear to have been opened, searched, then resealed. I don't even care, really. I got a good deal on cards that came out back when I wasn't even a 10-year old yet. How do you argue with that?

My brother and I always referred to these as "The Written Kind" because the team names were in a sorta-script font (not that we knew what a 'font' was back then).

Jerry Remy - Angels - FREE AGENT
Jim Kaat - Phillies - FREE AGENT
John Candelaria/Frank Tanana - Pirates/Angels - FREE AGENT/FREE AGENT
Pat Rockett - Braves - FREE AGENT
Joe Lahoud - Royals - FREE AGENT
Steve Kemp - Tigers - DonSherm (Wahoo!!)
Jesse Jefferson - Blue Jays - FREE AGENT
Pete Redfern - Twins - FREE AGENT
Mike Torrez - Red Sox - FREE AGENT
Santo Alcala - Expos - FREE AGENT
Jim Spencer - White Sox - FREE AGENT
Greg Minton - Giants - FREE AGENT
Doug Rader - Blue Jays - FREE AGENT
Earl Weaver - Orioles - FREE AGENT

Wow, only one hit in the whole pack! Congrats to Don! I've mentioned before that Don lives in a town not far from me. In fact, I used to work in that town many years ago! We also just added a BUNCH of players to the Free Agent Draft for this coming Friday! I've got a couple that I am going to try to get. How about you?

Tribecards Free Agent Draft #3

Yoy. So, last week, I accidentally replaced the link for Managers/Players on the "Info" page with the Free Agent Draft! D'oh! This week, if you look at the "Info" page, I have added two links at the bottom to avoid that in the future. Since this week's Free Agent Draft is over, it is not a live link. However, the updated manager/player list is updated (also linked below).

We had several shut-outs this week. That is all about the luck of the draw for randomizing and the order you happen to pick your players - just like a fantasy draft.

 Here is the randomized list. FYI, I take the list of names straight from the Google Form in the order they were listed (according to date submitted). I then paste that list into random.org (click to enlarge):

 This is the reordered list before any drafting (click to enlarge):


This is the list after the drafting (click to enlarge):

Here is the final list after all the white space was removed (click to enlarge):

Current list of managers/players: Right Here!