A few days ago I went to a Card Show down at the somewhat-local mall. I was stunned. Being that this was my first in a while, I simply looked first, THEN gorged! There were a lot of hot products- 2009 Topps, all the inserts, Numbered, Turkey Red, you name it- and a lot of products that were hot back in the day- tons of random Early 00's packs-.
In fact, my dad (Who came with me) answered a Trivia Question about Ron "Louisana Lightning" Guidry (He went to Guidry's first game. Talk about a Yankee fan) and we won a free Guidry card! I chose one of the only ones we didn't have:1983 Topps #440 (Above)
If that wasn't enough, I got a few packs of older stuff. 1995 Topps was a dead end, no need to show it (Dave Henderson and Ruben Sierra were the only ones I knew). But I ended up getting 2 packs of 2003 Topps, which I started back in the day but couldn't finish.
Pack One-
Lance Berkman- #230 Awesome! Still no Yankees though...
Frank Thomas #109 Great player, close to retirement, but cool. Where are my Bronx Boys
Hideo Nomo #93 Boooo! Former Red Sock! Get him out of here!
Hobby Masters Kazuhisa Ishii HM2 Who? Never heard of him! And how is he a Hobby Master then?
Tony Armas Jr. #149
Ruben Quevedo #111
This pack is beginning to smell- wait!
Greg Maddux- #105 NICE! Retiree! That is getting better
Jason Giambi #356 DINGDINGDINGDINGDING! Yankee in the house!
Not the best Yankee, but a Yankee nonetheless
Mike Mussina #190 Wow, another Retired Yankee. Now let's end it strong!
Brent Butler #241 The exact opposite of strong
Pack 2-
Geronimo Gil #131
Carlos Baerga #45
John Halama #280
Art Howe Manager #282
Fernando Vina #223
All except Baerga- who? I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THESE PEOPLE!
Add the fact that I already have a Vina in my basement from 6 years ago.
League Leaders NL HR #345
Sosa, Green, and ANOTHER BERK! This pack wants me to move to Houston.
Future Stars Philly Marlon Byrd/ Jorge Padilla #322
Huh? A rookie of a kid who'll never get anywhere? Nah!
Future Stars Twins Michael Cuddyer/ Michael Restovich #329
Huh? A rookie of Michael Cuddyer? Things are looking up!
Future Stars Rangers Hank Blalock/ Mark Texiera #324
Huh? A ROOKIE OF A CURRENT YANKEE? This is bound to be my hit, right?
Future Stars Devil Rays Josh Hamilton/ Carl Crawford #325
(Jaw slowly drops)
Oh my god, this is the best pack EVER!!!! Aside from all those nameless people at the beginning, this ROCKS!
End with a checklist, something 09 Topps doesn't have!!
Wow, that pack blew my mind back then. That means that there are plenty more Card Shows to come!!!
Wow, that pack blew my mind back then. That means that there are plenty more Card Shows to come!!!
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