I decided to go with 2013 Hometown Heroes and Diamond Kings. HH is a good set to provide autos on the cheap as 3 are guaranteed and DK gave us a chance for some high end cards at a very reasonable price (plus I love the set).
I'm not going to showoff the base of Hometown Heroes or DK since I've done that a few times on the blog. I have plenty of doubles of the HH commons as well as a few DK. Just let me know if you need anything.
I've always been a magnet for Pendleton cards over the years. He was never one to have a ton of autos, but the few he did have always found a way in my collection.
A couple of Brewers. You need these Tony?
Ron Darling has an interesting signature........
Two things to take note from these autos. First we pulled an extra auto! The box guarantees 3, but we pulled the 4th. This is the second time this has happened to me opening Hometown Heroes which is pretty cool. The second item of note is that that all the players were NL which means they stayed with me on the breaks. Both Kevin and I always feel a little guilty when this happens, but we always end up sending a ton of cards to each other anyway. We're all winners!
Now for some DK!
I know he is struggling right now, but this is one of my better pulls in a while. I knew something good was coming out of the pack because of the thickness, but we lucked out that it was the auto/patch variation. If you recall from our last break I pulled a Steven Strasburg dual patch /10.
This was one of the those breaks where I felt a little guilty since both box boxes were NL dominated. The important thing is that we actually pulled some nice cards. Much rather one of us hit big than pulling nothing at all. We are finding out over time these tend to equal out over the long run.
Thanks for reading!
WOW. Impressive pulls!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I've had pretty good luck with DK.
DeleteTP is a great in person signer, nicest guy ever. Nice pulls!
ReplyDeleteI still just think of him as a Brave. Did you need that auto?
DeleteNice pulls. I'm sure that Pederson patch auto could net you a nice 1981 Topps John Candelaria from one of the Dodgers bloggers on this blogosphere ;).
ReplyDeleteDon't knock the Candy Man. I might have to kick in a little more to equal that trade out :)
Delete2013 Hometown Heroes is one of a handful of products I'd actually consider purchasing from Panini. Congratulations on some very solid pulls.
ReplyDeleteThe Classics set was awesome, but just a little too expensive. Probably one of the best checklists I've seen in a while.
DeleteSweet Joc!
ReplyDeleteThanks Greg!
DeleteYou'd better believe I need those two Brewers! :-) I'll get to pulling a Pirates package together for you.
ReplyDeleteI'm sitting on so much stuff for you right now!
DeleteHH is great! Those are some sweet cards pulled there.
ReplyDeleteMakes a great trade bait box. I recommend it if you are interested. Plus I could probably help you with the set.
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