Firstly, Reds over Cards last night was spectacular. It's never a bad day when the Reds beat the Cardinals. That 9th inning turned everyone at the bar into a Reds fan. Let's check out the rest of Mailday with some modern goodness. Leading off...
2011 In The Game Heroes and Prospects Johnny Bench/ Philippe Valiquette Dual Jersey. It's not a major brand, but that's ok, since a Bench mem card is always great. Too bad nothing ever came of Valiquette. Next up...
1981 Topps Scratch-Offs Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan. Torn away from the sheet they came one, but excellent nonetheless. Must. Not. Scratch. Moving ahead...
Refractors! Oh so shiny. I am officially suckered in to the endless refractor parallels out there. Here's some excellent additions, all from 2012 Topps Chrome: Orange Refractors Brandon Phillips, Jay Bruce, Drew Stubbs, Purple Refractors Johnny Cueto, Jay Bruce, Regular Refractors Brandon Phillips, Devin Mesoraco. Sweet. Next...
2010 Topps Pro Debut Juan Carlos Sulbaron, Mark Serano, Brodie Greene, Ben Jukich. I count these as Reds cards, even though they are minor league affiliates (well, the Lynchburg Hillcats were for that one year). It's nice seeing these logos we aren't used to on Topps base cards. Continuing...
Some randomness. 2013 Turkey Red Brandon Phillips (sweet), 2010 Upper Deck Portraits Joey Votto, 2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Ken Griffey Jr. (and 3 other schlubs), 2011 Topps Opening Day Stars Joey Votto, 2012 Topps Archives Reprints Johnny Bench, 2012 Topps Heritage Devin Mesoraco. Mesoraco is on 3 of these 4-player rookie card in this set for some reason, and I recently realized I only had 2 of them. No longer. Next...
1991 Jimmy Dean Barry Larkin, 1986 Quaker Oats Granola Bars Dave Parker, 1992 Jimmy Dean Reggie Sanders, 1992 French's Chris Sabo/Wade Boggs. So, if you're keeping score, that's 2 sausage, 1 oats, 1 mustard. Moving ahead...
PREMIUM refractors. Ooooh. 2013 Topps Heritage Purple Refractor Jay Bruce, 2012 Finest Refractor Devin Mesoraco, 2012 Bowman Platinum Refractor Billy Hamilton (SWEET), 2011 Bowman Chrome X-fractor Neftali Soto. Great pile. Next...
Random Topps parallels. Not much to say. Keep on truckin...
Some cheap relics. Adam Dunn, Tony Perez (nice) Arthur Rhodes, Danny Graves, and an Adam Dunn, Russell Branyan, Corey Patterson, Adrian Beltre quad bat. Mem cards are pretty much always hideous. Too busy with the designs. I love them anyway. Almost done...
Random set filler stuff. Bench insert is nice. I'm accidentally acquiring a pile of minis. It's now one card thicker. And closing it up...
Printing plates! I did not own any of these. Now I own two. 2012 Topps Cyan Juan Francisco and 2007 Bowman Chrome Prospects Yellow Brandon Roberts. These are thinner than I would have imagined. But they look pretty excellent next to their printed versions. Kudos for making it to the end. Go Redlegs.
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