Gint-a-cuffs, the first 'hit'

I told myself that I would do a non-Allen & Ginter post next, but I'm having too much fun here. So let's go directly to packs 4 through 6.

 PACK FOUR

   

180 - Russell Martin (+1, favorite team). Awesome. First Dodger. Absolutely love the pastel, water color backgrounds. This A&G set might be the best of them all in terms of looks/design.

 275 - Vladimir Guerrero (0 points) 139 - Daisuke Matsuzaka (0 points)

 259 - Napolean "Nap" Bonaparte (0 points) 

 

 

AGSO - Scott Olsen auto (+15). Junk auto hit? Card is very classy, but he is a Washington National. The positive side is if I pulled an Olsen base card, I would have lost a point. So Olsen found a loophole in the rules and I'm 15 points richer. (His signature looks like "Shh 19") 

 

329 - Carlos Gomez mini, A&G back (SP +7, A&G back +2, total +9)

NP67 - Adrian Gonzalez, National Pride (+4, favorite player list)

 

Rockin' pack.

 

PACK FOUR SCORE: 29 points
TOTAL SCORE SO FAR: 69 points

 

PACK FIVE

 

274 - Josh Hamilton (+2, favorite player). I pull a lot of Hamilton A&G cards.

129 - Brian Giles (0 points)

40 - Jeremy Hermida (0 points) 

 

238 - Vincent Van Gogh (0 points). Back when he was a youngster and had, uh, both ears.

292 - Oliver Perez (0 points) 

 

314 - Chad Billingsley (SP +5, favorite team +1, total +6). Super awesome. Nothing like pulling a short-print of your favorite team right off. Now I don't have to search forever for the Billingsley card.

133 - Roy Halladay mini (0 points) 

 

NP68 - Ichiro Suzuki National Pride (0 points). I should have picked Ichiro as my favorite player. There are always at least 5 Ichiro cards in every set.

Crack the Ginter Code promo card (0 points)

 

PACK FIVE SCORE: 8 points 

TOTAL SCORE SO FAR: 77 points

 

Worst one so far.

 

PACK SIX 

 

77 - Francisco Liriano (0 points)

184 - Chris Young, Arizona (0 points) 

 

24 - Steve Wiebe, Legendary Donkey Kong champ (0 points). The hours I wasted on this game as a teenager. But I never, ever sat in a chair. Man up, dude!

34 - Ryan Dempster, Cubs (0 points) 

 

168 - Adrian Gonzalez (+2, favorite player). PRP is earning me some points this round. Which is only fair considering the packs he just displayed. 

 

338 - Jason Wong (SP, +5). Here's the guy living my worst nightmare for being on a card for solving a puzzle. He does appear to be wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers retro jersey -- minus the Dodgers logo, of course. Maybe I'll draw it in.

 

190 - B.J. Upton mini, A&G back (+2) 

 

NP52 - Daisuke Matsuzaka, National Pride (0 points)

 

PACK SIX SCORE: 9 points 

TOTAL SCORE SO FAR: 86 points

 

OK, next post will be non-A&G. I promise.