2012 Allen & Ginter Box 1 Part 1

I suppose it is time to start showing some of the results of my boxes.  I've ripped and sorted all of them, including my Gint-A-Cuffs box, which I recorded on video.  That box will start showing up once Mark gets the rules finalized.

I think I'll do them 8 packs at a time, and finish sometime in the middle of August.

In the meantime, I have posted my wantlists for 2012 Allen & Ginter.

Don't worry though, this box got exciting in a hurry.

I really like these Roller Coaster Cabinet cards.  I'm on the fence (or rail....heh) on whether I want to collect them.

Pack 1:

211 Keegan Bradley

11 Eric Hosmer

2 Juan Pierre

29 Hanley Ramirez

37 James McDonald

NNO Willow Cove High School Murder in Willow Cove

GD-3 Blue Whale Giants of the Deep

339 Swin Cash Short Print

>>> Do you think the announcers ever say, "Cash takes it to the bank!"  Unfortunately it's the WNBA, so we may never know what the announcers say. Yes I'm collecting the Willow Cove cards.  No I'm not going to attempt the code.  Hey, it's a Blue Whale!  Certainly that's never been in A&G...

Pack 2:

51 Don Denkinger

289 Brandon Phillips

276 James Shields

252 Tsuyoshi Wada

148 Carlos Gonzalez

8 Mitch Moreland

312 Anibal Sanchez Mini SP

WIN56 Albertin Aroldis de la Cruz Chapman What's in a Name

Pack 3:

218 John Danks

134 David Freese

23 Yogi Berra

10 Dustin Pedroia

1 Albert Pujols

WTB6 Empire State Building World's Tallest Buildings

233 Shaun Marcum Mini

330 Mike Napoli Short Print

Pack 4:

45 Ewa Mataya

172 Chris Perez

213 Joe Nathan

154 Bob Hurley Sr.

RC34 Mike Trout Rip Card

137 George Brett Mini A&G Back

WIN68 Prince Semien Fielder What's in a Name

363 Miguel Cabrera Mini EXT

>>> I told myself that, no matter what, if I ever got a rip card, I would rip it.  That became more complicated when I saw it was Mike Trout.  I later re-convinced myself to rip it.  I wish I hadn't.  Sure, the Cabrera should sell nicely, but an unripped Trout would be wayyyy better.  No wonder Prince doesn't talk to his dad, his middle name puts the "i" in semen. Pack 5:

85 Curly Neal

227 Michael Young

184 Ara Parseghian

3 Miguel Cabrera

214 Yunel Escobar

BH-22 Joe DiMaggio Baseball Highlight Sketch

290 Derek Holland Mini Black Border

321 Chad Billingsley Short Print

>>> Did they only make Rangers black borders? They seem to pop up everywhere.

Pack 6:

71 Curtis Granderson

270 Anthony Rizzo

92 Craig Kimbrel

15 Joel Hanrahan

261 Michael Taylor

224 Adam Jones

ML-4 Julius Caesar  World's Greatest Military Leaders

WIN78 Jose Bernabe Reyes What's in a Name

>>> Wouldn't it be crazy if you flipped the Caesar card over and there was a dagger stabbed in the back?

Pack 7:

27 Ricky Nolasco

114 Johan Santana

187 John Axford

248 Jed Lowrie

169 Mark Teixeira

HTP-16 The French Revolution    Historical Turning Points

269 Mike Schmidt Mini

313 Carlos Pena Short Print

>>> I really dig the Historical Turning Points cards.  Help me complete the set...

Pack 8:

292 Greg Gumbel

250 Brennan Boesch

171 Stephen Strasburg

198 Phil Pfister

298 Dee Gordon

207 Cory Luebke

167 J.J. Putz Mini

WIN67 Wilver Dornel Stargell What's in a Name

Well, that's the first 1/3 of the box.  I can go ahead and tell you that all 6 of my boxes had 1 hit in each 1/3 box.  That'll work out nice since it means one hit per post. If only all of them could be Mike Trout rip cards.