Back again with part two. I feel like the first fourth of the box was pretty solid. Can we keep the momentum going here? Probably not, but who knows. I know it’s going to be an uphill battle without the foil hot box bonus on my side anyway.
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Jose Abreu (+2 Favorite Player)
Greg Bird (-1 for being one of the Yankees we hear very little about)
Jose Altuve (+2 Favorite Player)
Bryce Harper – What A Day! (+2 Insert)
Noah Syndergaard (+4 Black border mini)
Okay, not a bad pack to start with. The black borders are awesome this year. Sure it looks like random scribbles a bored student would make in his notebook, but still cool.
Pack Total: +9
Running Total: +56
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Reynaldo Lopez #/25 (+11 Black Framed Autograph)
Addison Russell (+4 Black border mini +1 Favorite Team = 5)
Fishing Lure (+2 Insert)
Wow. This has to be the best fishing lure card in the set!!! In all seriousness, I wasn’t expecting an autograph, let alone a black bordered one. I don’t know much about Reynaldo Lopez other than he’s a rookie White Sox pitcher, but the auto is pretty nice.
Pack Total: +18
Running Total: +74
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Jake Arrieta (+1 Favorite Team)
Roger Maris (-1 for the original asterisk HR record)
Fishing Lure (+2 Insert)
Just kidding about the last pack. This is the coolest fishing lure. I’ll be honest, I didn’t even read the backs so I don’t know anything about these things. I’m sure they’ll appeal to some people, but they aren’t….hooking…me.
Pack Total: +2
Running Total: +76
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Francisco Lindor (+2 Favorite Player)
Fishing Lure (+2 Insert)
Bust A Move (+2 mini insert)
Dang, three lures in a row. These scans are not in the order in which I opened the packs. They’re just what ever order I grabbed them for scanning. Anyway, how about that Bust A Move card? That’s different. The back kinda talks about the steps needed to perform the dance featured, but not really.
Pack Total: +6
Running Total: +82
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Ken Griffey Jr – What A Day (+2 Insert)
Gary Sanchez (+2 A&G back mini -1 for being the forgotten young slugger = +1)
After the auto, the points kind of trailed off a bit. Even an A&G back can’t save it thanks to the Yankee curse.
Pack Total: +3
Running Total: +85
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Statue of the Republic – World’s Fair (+2 Insert)
Last pack of the bunch and it’s clear that I front loaded those scans with all the good high scoring stuff. I still have half of the box left, but we’ve seen two hits, so I doubt this 87 points average will last. We do seem to be on our way to breaking 100, though.
Pack Total: +2
Running Total: +87
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