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Tuesday, June 25, 2019

I Bought (and Opened!!!) Three Packs of 2019 Topps Series Two

My wife and I were at Target yesterday.  I bought her a scented candle and she bought me a three pack of 2019 Topps Series 2.

These are the first packs I've bought in a year and a half.   A couple of gripes aside I was pretty happy with my gift.  Here are the highlights:

I picked up four Cubs in three packs.  That's a definite win for me.  The fact that three of my favorite players are represented is even better.  Rizzo should end up being one of those guys, like a Ripken, who everyone likes even if they're not Cubs fans.
 
You may not love these guys if you're not a Cubs fan but they sure are fun to watch.
Don't know what's going to become of Russell's career but he'll always be a WS Champ.
 I like the 84 design.
 Farming?
From box scores to apps.  Yes, we have come a long way.
I pulled four stadium cards.  In my book this is the golden age of ballpark design.
This one is foil.  It works especially well with the fireworks.
Each pack had one of these Historic Through-Lines cards.  Can't disappoint me with a dual Aaron/Griffey.
I can't like the Cardinals but I do like their uniforms.
I guess this is a bonus card.  

There were a lot of pitchers and catchers in my three packs.  Two of the better photographs were of catchers.
This Ian Kinsler card will go into my "Celebrating Jewish Heritage" collection.

I like the design of this year's set.  It's one half full bleed and Topps has kept the "fade" to a minimum.  My gripe is the color.  It's very muted.  This is where Upper Deck excels.  Maybe some of you like this but give me bright and saturated over dark and dull.
Here's Anthony.  I don't have the original file so this is the best I could do with Picassa.  Not quite there but it gives you an idea of what I mean.

7 comments:

  1. I love the stadium cards (especially the Ted Williams) and the first sentence of this post is gold. Wish my wife would do that for me :/

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    1. *the first paragraph/second sentence

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    2. I'm certainly not the only one but I am grateful that my wife supports my collecting. For my part I do try to be responsible in my spending.

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  2. My favorite thing about the 2019 Topps flagship set is the stadium/team card subset. The did a fantastic job with these cards.

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  3. Good cards and pull. The Baez photo stands out.

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  4. That foil Rockies card looks amazing! Also, I got a good laugh out of your statement "I can't like the Cardinals". Nice comparison with the color at the end, I'm with you; give me bright and colorful.

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  5. Nice Baez. I pulled a Baez case hit out of my single pack of Stadium Club, which I posted at my blog at https://countingbluecards.blogspot.com/. I haven't bought any Series 2 packs, yet. I'm not sure if I will, since I haven't really been collecting Series 1, either.

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