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LOST... The Retro Baseball Card Set

Man, this card is boring... I blame the 1969 Topps set.

PRP LOST - #46 Ilana & Bram

Design based on: 1969 Topps #99A - Rookie Stars Danny Morris & Graig Nettles

PunkRockPaint's Summer Reading List...

Believe it or not, I read things other than the backs of baseball cards. One of the best books I have had the opportunity to read lately is Things That Make Us [Sic]. I love proper grammar. Actually, I love correcting bad grammar. Well, correcting is not the right word... Mocking. That's the word I was looking for!

I am not the paragon of perfect punctuation; nor am I an expert on eloquent enunciation. I do make a concerted effort to spell correctly and occasionally use a semicolon. Unfortunately, all the instruction in the world is not going to help me use one properly.

Martha, thanks for writing such an entertaining book about things a lot of people don't pay close enough attention to. Damn. Should I be ending that sentence with "to"? Aaaaaugh! I did it again!

Back to what I am good (well?) at :)

Design based on: 1958 Topps #254 - Alex Grammas

Hmmmm... It is a complete sentence:

PunkRockPaint is a proud member of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar.

JOIN US!

LOST... The Retro Baseball Card Set

It is about time that someone memorialized the brave pilot of Oceanic Airlines flight 815. Seth Norris was a smart pilot, but forgot the most important rule of post-crash safety:

If you hear a monster outside of the cockpit... Don't stick your head out to see what it is.

PRP LOST - #45 Seth Norris

Design based on: 2004 Sweet Spot Classic Patch 300 #RH - Rogers Hornsby

LOST... The Retro Baseball Card Set

While Matt is on haitus from Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius, I can steal one of his ideas... Ol' Smokey needed another card:

PRP LOST - #44 Black Smoke

Design based on: Seriously, folks, you can't figure this one out?!?

Pugilists & Other Pugnacious Princes of Play...

The kind folks over at Dinged Corners came up with the concept and were kind enough to post the first two cards of this set. It is kind of fun, so I decided to add another:

2008 Topps Allen & Ginter

Pugilists & Other Pugnacious Princes of Play

#P-CHP

In case you missed them:

#P-YL

#P-NR

Congratulations! We have a winner!

The Commissioner of the 2009 Gint-A-Cuffs Challenge, Mark from Mark's Ephemera, was the first to break the "Packs 7-12" code (sort of)!


His prize was described in the extremely complicated code in my latest Gint-A-Cuffs post. The secret code directed my readers to my first ever post, where a Morse code asked them to post a comment using a certain word or phrase.


Mark was the first to post a comment on "A Brief Introduction..." here on the PunkRockPaint Blog.


Mark's prize for cracking the code was (as the morse code said):


-... . / - .... . / ..-. .. .-. ... - / - --- / -.-. --- -- -- . -. - / ..- ... .. -. --. / - .... . / .-- --- .-. -.. ... / .-..-. .- .-.. .-.. . -. / .- -. -.. / --. .. -. - . .-. .-..-. / .. -. / - .... .. ... / .--. --- ... - / .- -. -.. / .-- .. -. / .- .-.. .-.. . -. / .- -. -.. / --. .. -. - . .-. / ..- -. .-. .. .--. .--. . -.. / -.-. .- .-. -.. ... / -. ..- -- -... . .-. . -.. / - --- / -.... ..... --..-- / .- -. -.. / ----. ----- / --- ..-. / ----. ----.


"BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT USING THE WORDS "ALLEN AND GINTER" IN THIS POST AND WIN ALLEN AND GINTER UNRIPPED CARDS NUMBERED TO 65, AND 90 OF 99"


A worthy prize for his fantastic effort. Unfortunately, my first post was TECHNICALLY on Things Done to Cards - 1997 Circa Fast Track.


This is what waited there:

... .- -.-- / .... .. / .. -. / - .... . ... . / -.-. --- -- -- . -. - ... / -... . ..-. --- .-. . / .- -. -.-- --- -. . / .--. --- ... - ... / --- -. / .- / -... .-. .. . ..-. / .. -. - .-. --- -.. ..- -.-. - .. --- -. / --- -. / .--. ..- -. -.- .-. --- -.-. -.- .--. .- .. -. - / .- -. -.. / -.-- --- ..- / -.-. .- -. / .... .- ...- . / .- -. -.-- / .... .. - / ..-. .-. --- -- / -- -.-- / -... --- -..- / --- ..-. / .- .-.. .-.. . -. / .- -. -.. / --. .. -. - . .-.


Which translates to:


Say hi in these comments before anyone posts on a brief introduction on punkrockpaint and you can have any hit from my box of allen and ginter.

Bummer.


Well, Mark, send me your address and I will get the booby prize sent right out:


ALLEN AND GINTER UNRIPPED CARDS NUMBERED TO 65, AND 90 OF 99

2004 Topps Retired Signature Black - Richie ALLEN #90/99

2000 Ultimate Victory Parallel 100 - Matt GINTER #65/100

Both cards are, of course, UNRIPPED. I will gladly tear them up if you would like. :)

LOST... The Retro Baseball Card Set

I really liked the character portrayed by April Grace. It is a shame that mean old Patchy killed her. Well, she asked for it. No, really. She did.

PRP LOST - #44 Bea

Design based on: 1959 Topps #350 - Ernie Banks

Gint-A-Cuffs Box Break (Packs 7-12)

It gets better in this quarter of the box:

Pack 7

135 - Suppan

167 - Thome

273 - Bay

214 - Dunn

AGR-AL - Adam LaRoche (+12 Group C relic, x5 Favorite Players List = 60)

Thanks, Captain Canuck!

281 - Peavy Mini (+1 Padres)

NP67 - Adrian Gonzalez (+2 MY Padres, +4 Favorite Players List, +6 My Favorite = 12)

73 points for this pack! My best ever! (Knock Out!)

Pack 8

This pack STARTED with TWO mini cards!

192 - Zimmerman A&G (+2)

317 - Baker Mini SP (+7)

62 - Uggla

123 - Zito

89 - Elvis... Andrus :(

65 - Fowler

28 - E. Santana

318 - Delmon Young SP (+5)

NP74 - Y. Molina

14 points in this pack. (Uppercut.)

Pack 9

179 - Lannan

268 - Pettite (-1 Yankee)

90 - Crosby

24 - Wiebe (If you saw "King of Kong" the guy on last year's card comes off as a wee bit of a douche.)

264 - Pena

307 - Pence SP (+5)

276 - Phelps Mini (Invisible ink autograph)

NP68 - Ichiro

4 points in this pack. (Neutral Corner)

Pack 10

180 - Martin

275 - Vlad. Guerrero

79 - Electron (-1, How could something so small cost me points?)

10- Figgins

AGR-BC - Bob Crowley from Survivor (+12 Group A relic. The encased Allen & Ginter relics and autos are so nice this year.)

322 - Volstad Mini SP (+7)

NP59 - Cabrera, M.

This pack was 18 points of fun. I actually watched this season of Survivor. Bob was great, he made this pack awesome for me!


Pack 11

182 - Reyes

254 - Maine (the pitcher, not the state. You have to make sure with A&G.)

299 - Martis

257 - Doughnut (want one?)

247 - Clement (-1)

331 - Samardzija (SP... by that, I mean check the spelling... and short print +5)

NNO - Schaefer (No Number +10, I can't take the SP points, but I want to. The card should have been 339. I do love the hand numbering. This one is 37/50)
NP43 - Braun (+4 Favorite Players List)

Thanks, Sharpe!

18 points... Should be more like 90 /or 99, depending on how I bend the rules . (Right cross)

Pack 12

258 - Hernandez

.---- ----- ----. ... .- -- ..- . .-.. -- --- .-. ... . (Samuel Morse! HA! I almost died laughing when I read this on Cardboard Junkie. Dayf Rules!)

209 - St. Patrick's Cat. (Yes, I abreviated "cathedral" solely for my own entertainment.)

105 - Kurt Suzuki

AGR-TL - Lincecum (+8, x5 Favorite Players List. = 40)

Thanks, Mark!

HHB20 - Cold Fusion (+5... but I agree with Dayf. Most of these are simply crimes.)

National Shame 75 - A Rod (-1)

44 points in here. Not bad. (TKO)


Packs 7-12 = 171 points
+ Packs 1-6 = 36 points

______________________

207 points at the half way point... I am guessing a total of 415 points.

LOST... The Retro Baseball Card Set

The Gint-A-Cuffs post was way to much typing. Back to LOST. Here is one for Frank J. Lapidus:

PRP LOST - #43 Lapidus

Design based on: 1989 Upper Deck #761 - Fred Lynn

Gint-A-Cuffs Box Break (Packs 1-6)

Okay. Here we go. I opened the box a while ago, but it is new to you. Here are the first six packs:

If you need a refresher on the rules for Gint-A-Cuffs '09, please check out the official site.

Pack 1

First card: 222 - Iwamura

245 - Helton

202 - C. Jackson

244 - Beltran

120 - Moreno (my favorite team) (+1)

270 - Outman

NH43 - Greece / Feraios (+5)

NP47 - V. Martinez

6 points this pack (Marquess of Beardsberry Rules Scoring)

Pack 2

69 - Loney

246 - Custer (Looks like it has happened again, George. Doh!)

87 - Cook

266 - Cueto

349 - Huff - SP (+5)

55 - Rios - Mini A&G Back (+2)

AGHS20 - Sabathia (Thorzul will NEVER finish.)
NP66 - Joba Chamberpot (-1 Yankee)

9 points this pack (Punch-Drunk)


Pack 3

127 - Drew (don't remember -or care- which one.)

3 - Parra

43 - Uehara

23 - K. Armstrong

112 - Millito Navarro (+2 - Late scoring change saved this pack)

295 - Gardener (-1 Yankee)

206 - Tejada Mini

NP65 - Delgado

1 point this pack (Glass Jaw)

Pack 4

131 - Weeks

286 - Kemp

55 - Rios

188 - Davis

98 - Whitesell

309 - Fukudome (+5 SP, +2 Favorite Players List)

Thanks Lonestarr!

130 - Damon Mini (-1 Yankee)

NP58 (+4 Favorite Players List, -1 Yankee)

Thanks Drew!

9 points this pack (Pulling My Punches... in lieu of "hits")

Pack 5

217 - Cantu pull any good cards?

300 - Papi Grande

97 - Pennington (+2 - Late scoring change)

298 - Haren

245 - Cartwright (Love the hat!)

70 - Ankiel (Code Card +?)

154 - Hart Mini

NP73 - "Caballo" Lee

2+? points this pack (Palooka)

Pack 6

241 - Cahill

228 - Simpson/Bunker (a man and his horse.)

27 - Horizontal Wang (-1 Yankee)

251 - Crawford

306 - "Big Red Dog" Lee SP (+5)
(no picture, but who would lie about pulling a Cliff Lee card)

If you really want to see the card, scroll up to Custer in Pack 2

AGHS21 - Price (+3)

13 - Hafner Mini

NP72 - E. Gonzalez (My Fave Players Bro...) (+2)

9 points this pack (Rabbit Punch)

So concludes the first quarter of my box... 36 points by my count so far.

LOST... The Retro Baseball Card Set

I am on a roll with newcomers to the island, so I guess I will keep going. Hmmm, Naomi. What to say? Well, she certainly was hard to kill. There's something to be said for that.

PRP LOST - #41 Naomi

Ring of Honor... Phone... Meh. I am saving any decent humor for my Gint-A-Cuffs break post this weekend.

Design based on: 2009 Topps Ring Of Honor #RH45 - Albert Pujols