Recently Andrew of the
ABC blog held a group break for some 2013 Gypsy Queen. I never buy the stuff in packs, but the lure of getting a bunch of Braves cards without having to get rid of doubles? Too good to resist! Andrew gave me the Braves and the Astros in this break. See what I got.
A set of nine, including 19.7 million-vote receiving Freddie Freeman! To put that in perspective, online ballot-stuffers aside, that's about 15% of the
2012 presidential popular vote. So if Freeman had run as the nominee of the Braves Party, he could have tallied about the same
numbers as Ross Perot i
n
'92!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1992#Detailed_results
Back to the GQ cards-I like the design okay-the backgrounds look like the color of money. When Topps said they recycled wrappers, they didn't mean they recycled dollar bills to make cards too, did they?
A card of BJ and his miniature, as well as an airbrushed CJ, and another All-Star Kimbrel. Nice stuff!
A nice shot of Spahn, though the zombie-esque skin kind of leaps out at you here. What do the backs look like?
So.
Remember how I said I had the Braves and the 'Stros in the break? Well, I didn't get any GQ Astro cards. I'm perfectly happy to get all Braves, but Andrew said that wasn't enough. He generously threw in a bunch of Heritage Braves and Astros, including a chromie card of the now-departed Michael Bourn. For going above and beyond the call of duty, I thank you Andrew. Thanks for the cards!
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