Monday, January 25, 2021

2008 Upper Deck Goudey Mini Red Back

Year: 2008
Manufacturer: Upper Deck
Set: Goudey
Card Number: 214
Card Type: Base Parallel
Parallel: Mini Red Back


2008 was a great year for baseball cards especially Robin Yount cards.  Upper Deck was in prime form in 2008 and Goudey was a nice retro/vintage set which by now with Topps leading the way had become all the rage with examples like Allen and Ginter, 206, and Heritage.  Not to be outdone Upper Deck followed suit with sets like this and Goodwin Champions.  This homage set is of course based off the 1930s Goudey baseball sets but also to some of the Goudey non-sport sets as well.  The base set was paralleled by 5 mini parallel sets with the red backs being the most common falling in about 1 in 3 packs.  Also mini cards were not one per pack but rather fell about 7 per box (at least that's what baseballcardpedia says.



Wednesday, January 20, 2021

2020 Topps Chrome Update - Yount Checklist

 I think I'm just going to wait till March to say the 2020 Yount checklist is finally finished.  I didn't realize that Topps was releasing a Chrome Update.  Exclusive to Target the set features Robin on the A Numbers Game insert with an Autograph parallel as well.  The product dropped Jan 15th.  Haven't seen if these cards have different refractor parallels or not.


2020 Topps Chrome Update - A Numbers Game #NGC-12
2020 Topps Chrome Update - A Numbers Game Autographs #NGCA-RY #d (1:56,917)

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

2019 Panini Prizm Lime Green Donut Circles

Year: 2019
Manufacturer: Panini
Set: Prizm
Card Type: Base Parallel
Card Number: 216
Parallel Set: Lime  Green Donut Circles
Card Attributes: Serial Numbered
Serial Number: 143/199

I did a thing last week.  I finally requested shipment of my cards from COMC.  It's been well over a year since the last time I emptied out my portfolio.  In that time I also started selling, but then the pandemic hit. Processing and shipping have both been significantly delayed for the better part of the last year, so I'm hopeful I get my cards before the April estimate, but I figured I might as well pull the trigger and get it started.  That being said there will be a lot of new Yount cards to show off.  COMC has become my primary avenue for adding new cards to the collection, but with the lower processing tier being suspended as well, the cards I want aren't being submitted.

But let's focus on the card at hand.  I'm trying to remember where I picked this one up.  I likely got this in a trade, but there is a slim possibility that it came from one of my LCSs or  a card show.  I find the names of the Prizm parallels laughable and sometimes hard to tell apart.  Maybe Panini should start printing the parallel name on the back of the card too.  This parallel is card the Lime Green Donut Circles parallel.  And there is also a Neon Orange Donut Circles.  I expect in the coming years that the Donut Circles parallels will expand exponentially to all the colors of the rainbow and 70's interior paint palate.  It is very sparkly and I'm a sucker for the shiny and sparkly.  It's also numbered to just 199 examples, so there's some rarity there as well.  



 

Thursday, January 14, 2021

2020 Leaf In the Game Multi-sport Robin Yount Checklist and Gallery

 Just when I thought I could finalize the 2020 Yount checklist Leaf throws out a multisport set with a bunch of new Robin's in it.



2020 Leaf In the Game - A Career Day #CD-28 Navy Blue #/35
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Career Day #CD-28 Purple #/12
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Career Day #CD-28 Platinum Blue #/7
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Career Day #CD-28 Magenta #/4
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Career Day #CD-28 Red #/3
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Career Day #CD-28 Silver #/2
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Career Day #CD-28 Gold #/1
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Career Day #CD-28 Emerald #/4
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Year to Remember #AYR-36 Navy Blue #/35
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Year to Remember #AYR-36 Purple #/12
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Year to Remember #AYR-36 Platinum Blue #/6
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Year to Remember #AYR-36 Magenta #/4
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Year to Remember #AYR-36 Red #/3
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Year to Remember #AYR-36 Silver #/2
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Year to Remember #AYR-36 Gold #/1
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Year to Remember #AYR-36 Emerald #/4
2020 Leaf in the Game - All Time All Star Ballot (w/ Cal Ripken Jr. / Derek Jeter / Ozzie Smith  / Alex Rodriguez / Ernie Banks) #ATAS-03 Navy Blue #/30
2020 Leaf in the Game - All Time All Star Ballot #ATAS-03 Purple #/12
2020 Leaf in the Game - All Time All Star Ballot #ATAS-03 Platinum Blue #/7
2020 Leaf in the Game - All Time All Star Ballot #ATAS-03 Magenta #/4
2020 Leaf in the Game - All Time All Star Ballot #ATAS-03 Red #/3
2020 Leaf in the Game - All Time All Star Ballot #ATAS-03 Silver #/2
2020 Leaf in the Game - All Time All Star Ballot #ATAS-03 Gold #/1
2020 Leaf in the Game - All Time All Star Ballot #ATAS-03 Emerald #/4
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team (w/ Carl Yastrzemski / Barry Bonds / Dave Winfield / Brooks Robinson / Ryne Sandberg / Yogi Berra / Eddie Murray) #MNDT-05 Navy Blue #/35
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-05 Purple #/12
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-05 Platinum Blue #/7
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-05 Magenta #/4
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-05 Red #/3
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-05 Silver #/2
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-05 Gold #/1
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-05 Emerald #/3
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-09 (w/ Vladimir Guerrero / Reggie Jackson / Harmon Killebrew / Mike Schmidt / Jeff Kent / Ivan Rodriguez / Tom Seaver) 
Navy Blue #/35
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-09 Purple #/12
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-09 Platinum Blue #/7
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-09 Magenta #/4
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-09 Red #/3
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-09 Silver #/2
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-09 Gold #/1
2020 Leaf In the Game - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team  #MNDT-09 Emerald #/4
2020 Leaf In the Game - All Time Top 5 (w/ Ernie Banks / Cal Ripken Jr. / Derek Jeter / Ozzie Smith) #ATT5-02 Navy Blue #/30
2020 Leaf In the Game - All Time Top 5 #ATT5-02 Purple #/9
2020 Leaf In the Game - All Time Top 5 #ATT5-02 Platinum Blue #/6
2020 Leaf In the Game - All Time Top 5 #ATT5-02 Magenta #/4
2020 Leaf In the Game - All Time Top 5 #ATT5-02 Red #/3
2020 Leaf In the Game - All Time Top 5 #ATT5-02 Silver #/2
2020 Leaf In the Game - All Time Top 5 #ATT5-02 Gold #/1
2020 Leaf In the Game - All Time Top 5 #ATT5-02 Emerald #/4
2020 Leaf in the Game - Baseball Redraft (w/  Eddie Murray / Dave Winfield / Fred Lynn) #BBR-11 Navy Blue #/35
2020 Leaf in the Game - Baseball Redraft (w/  Eddie Murray / Dave Winfield / Fred Lynn) #BBR-11 Purple #/12
2020 Leaf in the Game - Baseball Redraft (w/  Eddie Murray / Dave Winfield / Fred Lynn) #BBR-11 Platinum Blue #/7
2020 Leaf in the Game - Baseball Redraft (w/  Eddie Murray / Dave Winfield / Fred Lynn) #BBR-11 
Magenta #/4
2020 Leaf in the Game - Baseball Redraft (w/  Eddie Murray / Dave Winfield / Fred Lynn) #BBR-11 Red #/3
2020 Leaf in the Game - Baseball Redraft (w/  Eddie Murray / Dave Winfield / Fred Lynn) #BBR-11 
Silver #/2
2020 Leaf in the Game - Baseball Redraft (w/  Eddie Murray / Dave Winfield / Fred Lynn) #BBR-11 Gold #/1
2020 Leaf in the Game - Baseball Redraft (w/  Eddie Murray / Dave Winfield / Fred Lynn) #BBR-11 Emerald #/4
2020 Leaf in the Game - Decade VS Decade #DD-05 (w/ Willie Mays / Carl Yastrzemski / Frank Robinson / Brooks Robinson / Mike Schmidt / Rickey Henderson / Dave Winfield) Navy Blue #/35
2020 Leaf in the Game - Decade VS Decade #DD-05 Purple #/12
2020 Leaf in the Game - Decade VS Decade #DD-05 Platinum Blue #/7
2020 Leaf in the Game - Decade VS Decade #DD-05 Magenta #/4
2020 Leaf in the Game - Decade VS Decade #DD-05 Red #/3
2020 Leaf in the Game - Decade VS Decade #DD-05 Silver #/2
2020 Leaf in the Game - Decade VS Decade #DD-05 Gold #/1
2020 Leaf in the Game - Decade VS Decade #DD-05 Emerald #/4
2020 Leaf in the Game - The Fantastic Franchise (w/ Paul Molitor / Jim Gantner / Dave Parker / Gary Sheffield / Ben Sheets / Don Sutton / George Scott) #TFF-01 Navy Blue #/35
2020 Leaf in the Game - The Fantastic Franchise #TTF-01 Purple #/12
2020 Leaf in the Game - The Fantastic Franchise #TTF-01 Platinum Blue #/7
2020 Leaf in the Game - The Fantastic Franchise #TTF-01 Magenta #/4
2020 Leaf in the Game - The Fantastic Franchise #TTF-01 Red #/3
2020 Leaf in the Game - The Fantastic Franchise #TTF-01 Silver #/2
2020 Leaf in the Game - The Fantastic Franchise #TTF-01 Gold #/1
2020 Leaf in the Game - The Fantastic Franchise #TTF-01 Emerald #/4
2020 Leaf in the Game - The Fantastic Franchise #TTF-01 


















Sunday, January 10, 2021

2003 Topps Tribute World Series Edition - Team Tribute Dual Relic with Paul Molitor

Year: 2003
Manufacturer: Topps
Set: Tribute World Series Edition
Card Number: TTR-YM
Card Type: Insert, Relic
Insert Set: Team Tribute Dual Player Relic
Relic Type: Bat, Jersey
Card Attributes: Piece of Authentic, Serial Numbered
Serial Number: 124/275


Let's take a time machine back to 2003 when Tribute was still pretty new, parallel were few and Hall of Fame relics were everywhere.  Apologies for the crappy scan. I'm sure this relic is in a screwdown holder when I scanned it.  A great dual relic from arguably the two best Brewers of all-time.  The World Series Edition has some fantastic relics and autographs in the set.  Plus I love the old style serial numbering.  So huge.  I also love that this card clearly states that the relics in the card are game used. 



Monday, January 4, 2021

On the Radar - 2020 Panini Elite Extra Edition

Just when I was about to shut the book on 2020 Yount cards Panini comes in with a late entry and a few more.  Robin is featured in the All-Time First Rounders Materials insert with parallels.

2020 Panini Elite Extra Edition - All-Time First Rounders Materials #7 Black
2020 Panini Elite Extra Edition - All-Time First Rounders Materials #7 Orange #/49
2020 Panini Elite Extra Edition - All-Time First Rounders Materials #7 Platinum #/1
2020 Panini Elite Extra Edition - All-Time First Rounders Materials #7 Purple #/7
2020 Panini Elite Extra Edition - All-Time First Rounders Materials #7 Red #/19




 

Saturday, January 2, 2021

2019 Panini Prizm Red, White, and Blue Prizm

Year: 2019
Manufacturer: Panini 
Set: Prizm
Card Number: 216
Card Type: Base Parallel
Parallel Set: Red, White, and Blue

I wish I could remember exactly where I got this bad boy.  I want to say I actually acquired it from one of my LCSs and that's probably true, but for the life of me I can't exactly remember.  Regardless, I love the look and color of this card.  Still not a fan of the crappy air brushing and color shifts that Panini has to do, but the overall look of this card is great.  That's the nice thing about Prizm there are a ton of card parallels to chase.  Or maybe that's the worst thing.  I guess it depends on your goal.  For me the best part of collecting is the chase so I like having a ton of parallels to try and track down.   

I have been slowly acquiring other parallels over at COMC when I find them for a good price, but sadly they are still over there.  It's been over a year since I've had my cards portfolio emptied out.  I've been contemplating putting in an order to have my cards delivered even though shipping is way backed up, but still haven't pulled that trigger.