Some Recent eBay Pickups

I was originally planning on having an autopsy post to examine my Gint-A-Cuffs X entry, but some recent developments have convinced me to delay that post for a bit. Instead, I am going to take a look at a few eBay pickups I've received during the past few weeks.

The first couple of cards are from 2018 Panini Stars & Stripes. I've been trying to snag cards of Steven Gingery whenever I can. Gingery, a fourth round pick for the Cardinals in this year's draft, was the ace of the Texas Tech staff until he blew out his elbow in one of his early starts this season. I'm excited to see him get back to being healthy and to see how he will do in the Cardinals' system. This Silhouettes patch auto is numbered to 25.

This may be my favorite addition to my growing Gingery collection:

It's not autographed, but this jumbo relic comes from the player's nameplate. It's numbered 1 of 4. I really dig it.

I also snagged a couple of Matt Harrison cards. It's getting harder and harder to find Harry cards that I don't already have. However, there are still a few out there.

For instance, I didn't have this 2012 Prizm auto, numbered to 25. Now I do.

On occasion, I will intentionally grab duplicates of cards I already have, like this one:

This is the Brooklyn Back/Red Back of the 2013 Allen & Ginter mini. I know I have at least one of these already, and I believe that I actually have one or two more in my collection, as well. I gave all of $1.25 (with free shipping, if I recall correctly) for it, so it was hard to pass up.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading!

Gint-A-Cuffs X!

Trying to get this in under the deadline...I will format later to make it pretty!

1

-1 CC Sabathia (Yankee)

+2 Fantasy Goldmine Insert Bo Jackson

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Pack Score: 1 point

Running Score: 1 point

2

+3 Claire Smith Mini A&G Back

+3 Fantasy Goldmine Nolan Ryan (FT)

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Pack Score: 6 points

Running Score: 7 points

3

-1 Reggie Jackson

-1 Clint Frazier

-1 Andy Pettitte

+4 Mike Leake Black Border Mini

+2 Baseball Equipment of the Ages Vintage Bat

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Pack Score: 3 points

Running Score: 10 points

4

+2 World Talent Mike Trout

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Pack Score: 2 points

Running Score: 12 points

5

-1 Giancarlo Stanton

-1 Masahiro Tanaka

+1 Elvis Andrus

+2 World’s Greatest Beaches Trunk Bay

+3 Flags of Lost Nations Zaire

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Pack Score: 4 points

Running Score: 16 points

6

+1 World Talent Gleyber Torres

-1 Greg Bird

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Pack Score: 0 points

Running Score: 16 points

7

+2 Baseball Equipment of the Ages Vintage Cleats

+3 Zach Davies #333 Mini SP

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Pack Score: 5 points

Running Score: 21 points

8

-1 Don Mattingly

+2 Sean Newcomb FP

+2 World’s Greatest Beaches Paradise Island

+1 Reggie Jackson A&G Back Mini

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Pack Score: 4 points

Running Score: 25 points

9

+2 Bran Dozier FP

+2 Fantasy Goldmine Ted Williams

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Pack Score: 4 points

Running Score: 29 points

10

-1 Lou Gehrig

+2 Baseball Equipment of the Ages Modern Baseball

+2 Rafael Devers Mini A&G Back

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Pack Score: 3 points

Running Score: 32 points

11

+2 World Talent Pedro Martinez

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Pack Score: 2 points

Running Score: 34 points

12

-1 Brett Gardner

-1 Luis Severino

+2 Baseball Equipment of the Ages Modern Sunglasses

+6 Sean Newcomb (FP) #343 Mini A&G Back SP

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Pack Score: 6 points

Running Score: 40 points

13

-1 Sonny Gray

+2 World Talent Erasmo Ramirez

+2 Francisco Mejia Mini A&G Back

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Pack Score: 3 points

Running Score: 43 points

14

-1 Derek Jeter

+2 Baseball Equipment of the Ages Eye Black

+3 Flags of Lost Nations Zanzibar

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Pack Score: 4 points

Running Score: 47 points

15

+2 World’s Greatest Beaches Cozumel

+4 Yadier Molina Black Border Mini

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Pack Score: 6 points

Running Score: 53 points

16

+7 Amed Rosario Framed Mini Autograph

+2 Fantasy Goldmine Ozzie Smith

+1 Claire Smith Mini

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Pack Score: 10 points

Running Score:63 points

17

-1 Dellin Betances

+2 Shohei Ohtani FP

+4 Joey Gallo MY FP

+2 Baseball Equipment of the Ages Baseball Sweater

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Pack Score: 7 points

Running Score: 70 points

18

+2 Jim Thome FP

+2 Fantasy Goldmine Tom Seaver

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Pack Score: 4 points

Running Score: 74 points

19

+2 World’s Greatest Beaches Bay of Angels

+3 Baseball Superstitions Between-Inning Routine

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Pack Score: 5 points

Running Score:79 points

20

+2 World Talent Jose Altuve

+3 Paige Spiranac Glow in the Dark Mini

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Pack Score: 5 points

Running Score: 84 points

21

-1 Gary Sanchez

+1 Champ Pederson

+2 Baseball Equipment of the Ages Vintage Baseball

+2 Kelsey Plum Mini A&G Back

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Pack Score: 4 points

Running Score: 88 points

22

+2 Fantasy Goldmine

+5 Davis Ortiz Full-Size Relic

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Pack Score: 7 points

Running Score: 95 points

23

-1 Didi Gregorius

+2 Baseball Equipment of the Ages

+4 Jack Flaherty Black Border Mini

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Pack Score: 5 points

Running Score: 100 points

24

+2 World Talent Hyun-Jin Ryu

+1 Nolan Ryan Mini (FT)

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Pack Score: 3 points

Running Score: 103 points

Box Loader

+7 Natural Wonders Mount Kilamanjaro

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Pack Score: 7 points

Running Score: 110 points

THIRD HIT

+6 Yu Darvish Framed Mini Relic

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Pack Score: 6 points

Running Score: 116 points

FINAL TALLY: 116 POINTS

I've Been Gone A Minute...Again

Just when I thought I would be able to get back to posting regularly, more stuff comes up and keeps me away. I mentioned in a now-deleted post (not sure how that happened) that my grandmother passed away in April and I was having trouble dealing with that. I'm a bit better, now. To help out, I decided to move back to my hometown to take care of my grandfather while writing my dissertation. This has been an...adventure...to say the least. I don't care which side of the aisle you are on politically, medical insurance and government benefits should not be as complicated as Medicare is. I'm about to earn my PhD and I don't understand a thing about Medicare.

Anyway, I've got a ton of scans ready to go for future blog updates. I haven't purchased much cardboard this year, but what I have purchased recently is almost exclusively cardboard from the blaster variety. Therefore, I will soon be starting a serious that will be called "Blaster Madness" to take a quick look at what my $20 got me. 

One product that I did manage to get in hobby box form was this year's Allen & Ginter. I am participating in Gint-A-Cuffs again this year, so I will need to have my scans and scores posted this evening. I promise that will happen. Let's just say that between missing hits and a ton of Yankees, I doubt that I will be standing on the winners podium this year!

So that's it for now. Stay tuned for new content!