Contenders Blaster - Christmas Edition

Got a gift card to Target from my Mom for Christmas and I swear I looked at clothes and household goods, but I ended up buying an AMC gift card and this blaster:

Retail is crack I tell you, plus TWO autographs! Ok let's see what's inside.

This was the only "Game Day" insert and my first time seeing this one. Happ was drafted by the Cubbies in the 1st round of last year's draft.

Drafted in the 4th round by Oakland Skye Bolt here has the best name in the box.

A.J. Reed, David Thompson, and Casey Hughston make up this trio of impossible to read nameplates. The Braves need to hurry up and find a way to trade for A.J. Reed. Thompson was drafted by the Mets and Hughston by the Pirates.

I actually caught this one just right. Rangers, Mariners and Indians draft picks from 2015 in order.

Here's the autos, undrafted Jairo Labourt gets some love here. Makes me hungry for a gyro though.

Carlos Vargas just signed with Seattle as an international prospect. Nice signature kid.

Ok these didn't come from this blaster but they fit in with this post so here's some Dansby cards I got in the mail the other day. 

USA! USA! I heard that Seager kid might be pretty good guys. Matt Chapman and Mikey White were both drafted by the A's.

This might be my favorite card out of the box, cool to see Elway in his college uni. I don't collect this Bronco though so I think it will find a new home.

Hey these guys were pretty good. Love that Biggio photo.

Trea Turner is the top 'spect for my least favorite team the Washington Senators Minnesota Twins Texas Rangers Nationals. Maybe they can keep the team this time around. Dozier was drafted in the first round by Kansas City all the way back in 2013. I think they're doing okay without him so far.

One of my favorite inserts, 2 NL Central Shortstops of the future here with a Card and a Brewer.

Giants first round pick Chris Shaw on the left there came out a little blurry. Angels first rounder Taylor Ward not too bad. Sorry I need to get a scanner to make this blog look more professional. 

8 Cody Poteet - UCLA Bruins - Marlins

Kevin Kramer - UCLA Bruins - Pirates

5 Carson Fulmer - Vanderbilt Commodores - White Sox

Walker Buehler - Vanderbilt Commodores - Dodgers 

Sucks that Waker Buehler already has to have TJS after just being drafted in June by L.A. LINK

I wanna talk to Sampson! Not one single Braves player or Dansby card out of the 42 cards in my box luckily I had ordered this one plus the 2 above from Sportlots a week or so ago.

Ok almost done here. A bunch of big names with Nola already having debuted for the Phillies. Tyler Naquin hit .300/.381/.446/.828 across AA/AAA last year and was drafted in the first round in 2012, have to think he debuts soon for Cleveland. Tyler Jay was the Twins first round pick in the 2015 Draft. 

OK that's it, here's the rest of the base cards I pulled if your interested in any of these guys let me know. I know I learned a new name or 2 and got some trade bait to boot so not a bad box. Thanks for reading.

There's Gold in Them Hills

Well I'm still waiting on 2015 Bowman Draft to show up in Target, I thought I had read online that it was going to  be retail this year but oh well. I signed up for a box break on Instagram for the Braves and a couple of other teams so I'll just wait to see what I got out of that before ordering any more cards because in the mean time..

I got my first Dansby Swanson card in the mail the other day. I ordered this almost immediately after news broke that the Braves had acquired the 2015 1st Overall pick in a blockbuster trade with Arizona.

Chrome too! As I have said on this blog before Dansby is from the same town - Marietta - as me. The last time the Braves had a #1 overall pick on their team he was also a young shortstop from the south named Chipper Jones. Hopefully Dansby can come even close to the player Chipper was. The Braves just hired Chipper yesterday to be a special assistant to the GM. 

I've got a couple more Swanson cards on the way but it looks like I'm going to have to wait a while for an auto as prices are a little high ---- EBAY

Sticking to first round picks and the Diamondbacks here's a Distinguished Debut of Touki Toussaint from 2015 Pro Debut. Touki was the Diamondbacks #1 pick just last year and the Braves basically traded cash for him. Looking forward to seeing what the South Florida boy has as he supposedly has a verrrry high ceiling.

Is this a Diamondbacks blog? No the Braves have just ransacked the Diamondbacks system over the last year or so. Here's a 2015 Inception Auto of 2013 First Round Pick Aaron Blair who could debut for the Braves this year.

2014 Bowman Chrome Draft Scouts Breakout Die-Cut Refractors #BSBAB Aaron Blair

Die-cut refractor from last year's Bowman Draft will have to do. I never type out the full name of cards but check out how long this one is...

Here's my first Chrome card of new Brave Ender Inciarte. He should be the Braves everyday CF next year and a huge upgrade over Cameron Maybin. 2015 War - Maybin 1.0, Inciarte 3.3

This here is my first 1951 Bowman, crease and all I love it especially the little hut in the background. The Earl of Snohomish hit .292 with 24 homers and 92 RBI in '51 and got a few MVP votes but somehow Jim Konstanty beat out Stan the Man to take the title.

I have other '71s but this is my new favorite. Would be cool to have a copy of this card unsigned just to get it really signed if that makes any sense. This card is pretty much perfect I'd say.

Getting close to having all the flagship Sutton's with this one, I still need his rookie card and one or two more now.

The 2016 Braves will probably not be good. Maybe I will be wrong and they have some 1991 miracle season but I don't see Terry Pendleton and Steve Avery on the roster but I could be wrong. All three of these guys could make their debut next year and we'll find out.

What can I say? I like Heritage Minors. Everybody's excited for Christmas and I'm excited about pitchers and catchers reporting in 2 months! 2016 MLB Spring Training Countdown

I need to buy a blaster of this stuff. Glad Panini brought Contenders back to baseball. 

Albies is 18, Allard is 19. Whole bunch of baby Braves in this post, hopefully this card foreshadows great things.

Like this, can't believe I had missed this one from Stadium Club last year. Though I'd like to forget the '96 World Series.

This is my new favorite Deion card, there are others like it but this one is mine. Plus it's a Members Choice parallel, now I just need the base to go with it.

Saw that Deion basketball card on Tim's blog not long ago and was stoked to add it to my cart for 50 cents or so. The Clear Vision is a perfect example of why I like buying singles online. I would never bust a whole box of that stuff but it's a really cool acetate card for less than a buck it's a really cool addition to my Primetime PC.