Pack a Day Opener

[In the Corn]

My dad and I spent a lot of Saturday mornings going to baseball card shows as I was growing up. Previous to that I spent the majority of my allowance as a kid on baseball cards.

My wife wanted to do something fun for Christmas this past year, and she needed ideas. I told her I would love to open up some old baseball cards. Like a pack a day of old junk wax. Well, my wife went a little overboard and I have more than a pack per day, but I try to limit myself to one pack each night. Some nights it is pure junk, like not even a minor star, other times you hit. One of my first packs was a 1990 Leaf and I snagged a Sammy Sosa rookie.

Last night I grabbed a pack of 1990 Topps, and low and behold, I came up with a Deion Sanders rookie.

I'm having some fun with the cards. The anniversary of my dad's passing I went a little crazy and opened about eight packs of 1990 Upper Deck. I came away with an Ozzie Smith, two Jose Cansecos, Barry Bonds, Bo Jackson, a rookie Albert Belle and Larry Walker.

I'm having a good time with, and the new stuff...way too much and too much to chase.

[swampdragon]

sounds fun - how do you not open one of these packs?

[The Feral Slasher]

My dad and I spent a lot of Saturday mornings going to baseball card shows as I was growing up. Previous to that I spent the majority of my allowance as a kid on baseball cards.

My wife wanted to do something fun for Christmas this past year, and she needed ideas. I told her I would love to open up some old baseball cards. Like a pack a day of old junk wax. Well, my wife went a little overboard and I have more than a pack per day, but I try to limit myself to one pack each night. Some nights it is pure junk, like not even a minor star, other times you hit. One of my first packs was a 1990 Leaf and I snagged a Sammy Sosa rookie.

Last night I grabbed a pack of 1990 Topps, and low and behold, I came up with a Deion Sanders rookie.

I'm having some fun with the cards. The anniversary of my dad's passing I went a little crazy and opened about eight packs of 1990 Upper Deck. I came away with an Ozzie Smith, two Jose Cansecos, Barry Bonds, Bo Jackson, a rookie Albert Belle and Larry Walker.

I'm having a good time with, and the new stuff...way too much and too much to chase.

that sounds like a lot of fun. My dad never appreciated baseball or baseball cards, so it was just me and my brother. We also spent our whole allowance on cards. Opening a pack of cards was such a great experience, glad you are reliving that.

[madducks]

Ahhh, the feel of slick waxy plastic wrappers and the smell of stale bubblegum combined with the look of little 2.5" x 3.5" cardboard works of art infused with baseball's rich history. Good times indeed.

[In the Corn]

sounds fun - how do you not open one of these packs?

Well, the new job isn't quite that lucrative.

[heyelander]

are you eating the gum?

[Ken]

are you eating the gum?

Chewing?

[In the Corn]

Chewing?

Heyelander is right. It is eating the gum. No, I learned that lesson about 20 years ago when I opened a pack from the late '80's. It literally crumbled into dust un my mouth. Never again.