Allen & Ginter box break Pt. 3

And it's time to wrap things up!

Pack 15

195 Derek Norris

82 Roberto Clemente

287 Bill Mazeroski

99 Barry Zito

AGA-SD Scott Diamond Autograph

290 Eddie Murray mini

ATY-JC Across the Years Johnny Cueto

And there is our second hit of the box and a nice looking sig at that. 

Pack 16

91 Carlos Ruiz

48 Starling Marte

282 Tim Lincecum

87 Ken Griffey Jr.

235 Carlos Beltran

281 Cliff Lee

82 Roberto Clemente mini A&G back

ATY-DP Across the Years Dustin Pedroia

The kid just looks better in Mariners garb. One of my all time favorite players. I'm glad Topps is still including him in sets.

Pack 17

59 Joey Votto

251 Frank Thomas

286 Alfonso Soriano

25 Ernie Banks

89 Michael Brantley

271 Prince Fielder

318 Eric Hosmer mini SP

ATY-DJ Across the Years Derek Jeter

Pack 18

20 John Smoltz

277 Paul Goldschmidt

5 Albert Pujols

42 Jackie Robinson

197 Dexter Fowler

OLC-CM One Little Corner Comet

115 Stan Musial mini A&G back

320 Shaun Marcum SP

Pack 19

193 Josh Hamilton

73 Tim Hudson

166 Jim Johnson

40 Will Middlebrooks

233 Starlin Castro

MM-ZU Martial Mastery Zulu

232 Andre Dawson mini black border

317 George Brett SP

When I look at this card all I can think of is "What year is it?"

Pack 20

160 Brian McCann

182 Cody Ross

84 Jason Vargas

293 Jim Palmer

AGR-HI Hisashi Iwakuma mini relic

230 Derek Holland mini A&G back

ATY-WS Across the Years Willie Stargell

And there is our final hit of the box. With four packs left I was hoping I would get lucky and get more than the promised three. But really...its Topps. They don't provide nice little surprises for collectors in that way like our friends at Panini do ala my box break of USA Champions last month.

Pack 21

274 Raul Ibanez

248 Mariano Rivera

163 Don Mattingly

8 Gary Carter

292 Yovani Gallardo

88 Clayton Kershaw

233 Starlin Castro mini
ATY-RHO Across the Years Ryan Howard

I despise the Suckees. LOATHE THEM. But I have nothing but respect for Mo. What a great career. And much like Jeter I have tons of respect for a guy that stays with one team his entire career. It would be nice to see him coaching pitchers somewhere in a few years when his bust has been added in Cooperstown.

Pack 22

250 John Calipari

278 Mike McCarthy

187 Scott Hamilton

139 Red Schoendienst

227 Fernando Rodney

OLC-CT One Little Corner Centaur

211 Jacoby Ellsbury mini black border

322 Robin Yount SP

This might be the first "baseball" card I have of a guy I've actually met unlike Crackin Wax who has had the fortune to meet a lot of players and coaches because of his job. 

Story time: My Uncle taught high school math in Pennsylvania for thirty-some years and coached the basketball and tennis teams. When he first started coaching basketball, Coach Cal was his ball boy. Fast forward to the late 90's when Coach Cal was hired by the New Jersey Nets. During the summer my family was up in PA visiting and one evening we were at my Uncle's house and who should stop by to say hello? Coach Cal! When he first introduced himself my sister thought he said he coached the New York Knicks and she got all excited cause she'd actually heard of that team. But when he corrected her and said it was the Nets she immediately lost interest. A funny memory now. I need to ask her if she remembers that. I haven't had the fortune to run into him since then but he and my Uncle still keep in touch. 

And now we return you to your regularly scheduled box breaking...

Pack 23

61 Alex Gordon

242 Robinson Cano

146 Vida Blue

14 Ben Revere

199 AJ Burnett

MM-SP Martial Mastery Spartans

122 Jay Bruce mini

314 Avisail Garcia SP

Pack 24

240 Mike Leake

207 Troy Tulowitzki

144 Torii Hunter

181 Wade Boggs

54 BJ Upton

CAP-IN Civilizations of Ages Past Inca

HHH-SLM Heavy Hangs the Head Solomon

328 Alex Fraudriguez SP

Well that wasn't a bad box. Not a spectacular one either. No glossy lid card. Trust me, I checked, rechecked, and checked again. No luck. But this was the first year that I've done an A&G box and I definitely will again next year.

If there is anything you see here that you are interested in feel free to shoot me an email!

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