The Worst Part of Stadium Club

2014 Topps Stadium Club Starling Marte Gold Auto /25

Everyone loves Stadium Club and rightfully so. Once the price came down on the box price it was one of the more fun breaks in the last few years. It was refreshing to have a set where you actually want to look at and collect the base set.

My only complaint was with the auto distribution.  Between the boxes I opened myself and ones I witnessed it was some of the worst collation I have ever seen.  I swear I saw a thousand Dean Anna autos pulled. It was crazy. Of the boxes I opened, Mookie Betts was the only notable player I pulled. I opened a lot.

To eBay I went....  I already had the base Marte in my possession. For whatever reason it sells super cheap. I expected to pay a decent amount for the gold version, but like the base it sold for less than $10! Not to shabby for an on card auto.

Now I will say the gold parallels don't look that much different than the base. Maybe that hurts value. The only difference is the nameplate is in gold. Maybe I like late 90's parallels too much and expect crazy holograms, lines and so forth.  Either way it is a nice auto of Marte for cheap. End of story.

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2014 Stadium Club Set Needs

Just like 2014 Donruss, I'm on the home stretch with Stadium Club too. I've been spending some extra time sorting all my sets and trying to put to bed the ones that are close. Here is what I need for the Stadium Club base set.  Let me know if you can help and I'll be happy to trade for anything that is missing.  I'm also going for the insert sets so if you have any extra let me know.

# 7 Adrian Gonzalez
# 26 Elvis Andrus
# 33 Tony Cingrani
# 35 Brian Dozier
# 42 Jackie Robinson
# 48 Jacoby Ellsbury
# 49 Michael Choice
# 73 Matt Carpenter
# 111 Duke Snider
# 112 Albert Belle
# 114 Bob Feller
# 116 Andrelton Simmons
# 134 Carlos Beltran
# 137 Julio Teheran
# 139 Koji Uehara
# 149 Mike Piazza
# 151 Sandy Koufax
# 154 Chris Sale
# 159 Mariano Rivera
# 162 Jose Canseco
# 168 Adam Wainwright
# 178 Greg Maddux
# 180 Ian Desmond
# 197 Cal Ripken Jr

My brother is treating me to the Penguins game tonight so lets hope for some good action.  Maybe they will put on the foil....

Lets Go Pens!

Some More Stadium Club

First I want to thank all of you for the kind words on my post about my daughter last night.  I've shared them all with my wife is she was truly moved by all the comments.  The blogging community is truly a great group of people.

Now back to your regularly scheduled card blog...

2014 Topps Stadium Club Gregory Polanco Auto /25

My Gregory Polanco buying extravaganza continues.  This time it is a little more on the high end side. I've been wanting the TSC Polanco as soon as I found out he was in the set.  While looking on eBay I noticed the parallel version was sitting at a reasonable price.  I put in a bid and sure enough it got the job done.  Nothing too flashy about the card, but I think it has a great look.  

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My First Look at the New Stadium Club

2014 Topps Stadium Club Starling Marte Auto

I've been wanting to get my hands on some Stadium Club as soon as I found out it was released.  The box prices are sill around $100 mark so I figured I would cherry pick a few singles to hold me over until the price drops.  This Marte auto only set me back around $7.  Overall it has a pretty nice look with the extra bonus of the throwback uniforms.  

If you like what you see Chris from Nachos Grande is hosting a small break very soon.  Still several slots open so it may be a cheap way to see if you like the set.