Baseball Cards 101

Holy cow!  Can it be that I’ve not opened anything in almost a year?
What can I say?  Life gets busy and other things have higher priority compared to baseball cards.

I decided this time around I’d gets the boxes from 2 different suppliers.  One box from dacardworld.com and two boxes from blowoutcards.com.

Box 1

I won’t bore you with the details on the base cards, here’s what I pulled in inserts:

Regular Mini - Ryan Kennelly (#21), Raul Ibanez (#163), Johnny Damon (#197), Ron Teasley (#291), Chris Pettit (#292), Gaby Sanchez (#301), Troy Glaus (#329)
A&G Back Mini - Chris Coghlan (#44), Brandon Allen (#140), Jake Peavy (#184), Nolan Reimold (#300)
Black Mini - Jorge Posada (#143), Craig Gentry (#222)

National Animals - Iceland, Philippines, Italy
Lords of Olympus - Demeter, Pan
Monsters of the Mesozoic - Velociraptor, Spinosaurus, Protarchaeopteryx
Saltiest Sailors - Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts
World’s Wordsmiths - William Shakespeare, Fydor Dostoevsky

Baseball Sketches - Dewayne Wise (#8), Jimmy Rollins (#9), Daniel Murphy (#15)
A&G Relic - Matt Kemp
A&G Auto - Jeff Clement

Box 2

Regular Mini - Chris Coghlan (#44), Orlando Hudson (#66), Brandon Allen (#140), Michael Young (#171), Orlando Cabrera (#347)
A&G Back Mini - Ryan Braun (#3), Nicolaus Copernicus (#105), Sig Hansen (#203), King Tut (#271), Isaac Newton (#297)
Black Mini - Carlos Betran (#40), Carlos Lee (#146), J.D. Drew (#206)
No # Mini - Tony Hoard & Rory (#?)

National Animals - Brazil, Canada, Sweden
Lords of Olympus - Eros, Helios
Monsters of the Mesozoic - Ankylosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus
Sailors of the Seven Seas- Vasco Nunez de Balboa
World’s Wordsmiths - Dante Alighieri

Baseball Sketches - Mark Buehrle (#2), Hideki Matsui (#10), Troy Tulowitzki (#12)
A&G Relic - Melky Cabrera, Chris Coghlan
A&G Auto - Johnny Cueto

Box 3

Regular Mini - Jason Heyward (#53), Luke Hochevar (#94), Galileo Galilei (#116), Jordin Sparks (#216), Hiroki Kuroda (#336), Jon Garland (#341)
A&G Back Mini - Victor Martinez (#36), Josh Johnson (#39), Andre Ethier (#65), Niccolo Machiavelli (#103), Matt Garza (#252), Stephen Drew (#345)
Black Mini - Adam Lind (#1), Carlos Lee (#146), Scott Feldman (#259), Kurt Suzuki (#281)

National Animals - Cuba, Kenya, Mexico
Lords of Olympus - Persephone
Monsters of the Mesozoic - Spinosaurus, Pentaceratops
Sailors of the Seven Seas - Vasco Nunez de Balboa
World’s Wordsmiths - Shen Kuo

Baseball Sketches - Mariano Rivera (#4), Ichiro (#5), Daniel Murphy (#15)
A&G Relic - Aaron Hill, Ian Kinsler, Matt Kemp
A&G Auto - Alcides Escobar