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.
Comments
The Olson auto isn't THAT bad, I guess... he was a guest on a northern Virginia based radio show I listen to via podcast and was pretty funny, so I like him. At least he actually plays baseball.
Check out his blog, especially this entry.
And really any A&G auto is a good auto.