Email a copy of 'Jack Of All Trades: My First 2011 Pack' to a friend
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David C. Ruckman
I’ve been collecting cards for 19 years myself, and I have to say this article is an absolute treat. Well done, sir.
daniel f
totally agree. i’ve bought a few 2011 packs and it doesn’t bother me one bit that i have amassed 3 xavier nady (as a cub) cards. i’m just glad its almost “baseball is back” time.
CaseyBlakeDeWitt
Awesome article!
I especially liked the Brandon Inge part: “Next came Brandon Inge, a man who has worked hard to stay out of MLBTR’s web, much like a celebrity who tries to avoid TMZ by wearing underwear.”
Great work.
cardinalfanNY
my gosh, this is a beautiful article.
rfffr
Ethier was traded for Milton Bradley from Oakland
leachim2
Just what i was a bout to say.
Paul
Nice article, I havent collected baseball cards since I was younger but reading this article makes me want to go pick up a box!
Jaybird
“Batting sixth is Stephen Strasburg, while Andre Ethier takes up the seventh spot. I don’t intend to ruin any nights among Nats or Dodgers fans by suggesting that either one has been traded.”
Ethier was involved in a deal that sent Milton Bradley and Antonio Perez in 2005 December. Otherwise, good work!
toptimrubies
Hey–Ethier was traded actually! In one of Coletti’s only good moves, the Dodgers sent Milton Bradley and Antonio Perez to Oakland.
CaseyBlakeDeWitt
Just about his only other good move is in this article too, with Manny.
toptimrubies
Slow by a couple of minutes…
jhawk90
I weep for two reasons – that you began collecting in 1986, a few years before the bottom fell out of the card market (anyone want any of my ’88 wax boxes?) and that I just realized how freaking old I am.
Aaron S.
If the 1988 wax boxes are unopened …. then yes, let’s talk. I’d be interested.
YanksFanSince78
Is there a market for 88 score wax boxes?
YanksFanSince78
I can 1 up you. I grew up working in a sports card store from about 86 (while is HS) thru college and 2 years after graduating. I went thru the introduction of the 88 Score all the way thru the “Fleer Finest Refractor” craze.
…I sincerly apologize for the cases and cases of 88 Score wax boxes I’ve sold and the numerous 88 greg jeffries donruss rated rookies I swore would be the back bone of someones retirement plan.
damnitsderek
I worked at a card shop for a short time in high school.
Once, someone came in and talked me up about baseball cards. He then told me how he had a rookie card of “Miguel Tahiti”, star shortstop of the Athletics. At least half a dozen times.
Sigh.
jhawk90
lol – remember the first batches of ’88 Score with the fuzzy corners?
The Big Clayboski
I hate Howard so much.
MetsEventually
Cool story, bro.
toptimrubies
You should have just called this article “Pack of All Trades.”
JohnKruksWaistline
Ha! I’m from Marlton.
whitespyders
I will never forget my best pack of cards. There was this new company called Upper Deck. We knew nothing of the brand except that it came in a fancy foil pack, was glossy on both sides, and had a son of an All-star outfielder as card number one . My friends father waited in line at Price Club to buy a case of boxes. We watched from his porch, where we were eagerly anticipating his return, as he unloaded the package from his taurus stationwagon to his basement. We caught a glimpse of the haul as he hurried by with a grin, his son just shrugged and closed the door in our faces. We waited out front wondering what treasures were being uncovered. Jefferies? Jerome Walton? Griffey Jr? Our friend finally came outside and sheepishly said his father opened all the packs. Sorry. We were so upset. Good news though, he said, his father was selling the Rookie the minus the Griffey which he hadn’t found. Geez, thanks. I left empty handed vowing to find the elusive #1 before that greedy old man did. A few days later I got a tip that this newsstand in our local mall had a few boxes. I hopped on my bike, rushed to the stand, and picked the second pack on the bottom right (my lucky pack).
I handed the cashier my money, it escapes me how much I paid, but i know it wasn’t under one dollar like the other brands. I scoped out a secluded bench and peeled the foil back. As the first card was slowly revealing itself, it was the backside of the card and it didn’t have a photo and the stats. Could it be a Rookie card? Could it be a Griffey? A card that days earlier eluded a selfish grownup? It was. I flipped the “never before seen by anyone I knew” card over to see a teenager with a contagious grin and a now really outdated turtleneck staring back at me. I was elated to say the least.
The hobby has changed over the years, for the worst, but it will never take away my memories.
damnitsderek
I’ve been collecting baseball cards for just about as long as I can remember. The first card I can remember having is a 1991 Topps Kenny Rogers. Twenty years later, I still sporadically keep my collection alive.
It’s good to know that there are other baseball fans who still collect cards from time to time. Major cheers to this article.
Hruska
Awesome article! Baseball is about fun!Even though GM’s are the real stars of the show nowadays, I don’t think we’ll see tham on cards anytime soon.
John W
Peter Bourjos doesn’t “gift triples”, he plays where doubles go to die.
woadude
My best memory is that i couldn’t afford baseball cards, so a lady that was having a yard sale said if I helped her she would give me her husbands baseball cards, I spent a whole Saturday selling vases and crap and at the end of the day she gave me this trunk that had some real gems, I still have my 1955 topps Ted Williams, Sandy Koufax, Roberto Clemente, a 1954 Hank Aaron, as well as 1960s Mickey Mantle, along with a ton of 1970s cards, to this day I have great memories of turning down all kinds of offers from neighbor kids trying to give me their 1989-94 cards for my hall of famers.