I was cleaning up my card corner the other day and came across this box of Opening Day I forgot I bought. It's the jumbo box variety and has the red parallels so that's a dead giveaway it came from Target. I had some time and ripped into it. While I didn't find anything groundbreaking, I did come away with some keepers and a few neat things. This will be pretty scan heavy and I guess could qualify as a "scan dump" and will also probably be quite brief.
Red parallels ... keeping most of these although I might send the Merrifield off to Dime Box Nick. Not sure yet.
Scenes of Opening Day. I was pretty happy to get the Reds card, even though it mentions last year's Opening Day was a rain-out.
Mascot cards are always fun!
Other inserts, parallels, etc. The "150 Years of Fun" cards are interesting but not really my thing, although I'm keeping the Aaron and the Carter pictured.
Reds and Indians highlights.
The best horizontal cards of the box.
And lots of fun base cards.
So that's the highlights from a box of Opening Day I'd forgotten about. Like I mentioned earlier, quick and painless, right?
I like the Betts and Glasnow parallels. Not a bad box, and $15 is a nice price for these. Let me know if you decide to try and build the set, I've got a bunch of base cards and a couple inserts I can send you.
ReplyDeleteMascots inserts are my favorite thing about Topps Opening Day baseball. Such a cool set.
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