2012 Panini Triple Play Wantlist

I've made some updates to my 2012 Triple Play Wantlist, and some changes to the formatting as well. Because of this, Blogger isn't letting me post this to a sticky page, so I'm posting this up and linking to it instead. If you have any doubles or extras of this set, drop me a line! I've still got aways to go on completing this sucker! 

Base Set Wantlist 

1 Ian Kennedy, 6 Dan Uggla, 8 Brian Matusz, 9 Matt Wieters, 13 Alfonso Soriano, 15-16, 18 Paul Konerko, 19 Brandon Phillips, 20 Joey Votto, 21 Mat Latos, 24 Grady Sizemore, 26 Todd Helton, 32 Brett Wallace, 34 Alex Gordon, 37 Albert Pujols, 40 Clayton Kershaw, 46 Rickie Weeks, 49 Francisco Liriano, 50 Joe Mauer, 52 David Wright, 53 Ike Davis, 56 Curtis Granderson, 57 Derek Jeter, 58 Jemile Weeks, 60 Yoennis Cespedes, 61 Chase Utley, 64 Andrew McCutchen, 67 Carlos Quentin, 68 Chase Headley, 71 Buster Posey, 72 Tim Lincecum, 73 Dustin Ackley, 74 Felix Hernandez, 76 Carlos Beltran, 81 Evan Longoria, 82 Ian Kinsler

Puzzle Cards Checklist

91-99 Justin Upton

100, 102-108 Starlin Castro

109-110, 112-117 Carlos Lee

118-121, 123-126 Albert Pujols

127-135 Jose Reyes

136-142, 144 Alex Rodriguez

145-146, 148-153 Yoennis Cespedes

154-162 Roy Halladay

163-164, 166-171 Andrew McCutchen

172-180 Orlando Hudson

181-182, 184-188 Buster Posey

190-198 Ichiro

199-207 Matt Holliday

210, 212-216 Evan Longoria

217-225 Josh Hamilton

226-234 Jose Bautista

Focus Checklist

235 Ian Kennedy, 236 Brian McCann, 237 Adam Jones, 238 Dustin Pedroia, 239 Matt Garza, 240 John Danks, 241 Joey Votto, 242 Asdrubal Cabrera, 245 Brett Wallace, 246 Eric Hosmer, 247 Jered Waver, 248 Matt Kemp, 249 Giancarlo Stanton, 251 Justin Morneau, 252 Johan Santana, 253 Derek Jeter, 255 Ryan Howard, 256 Joel Hanrahan, 257 Chase Headley, 258 Tim Lincecum, 259 Felix Hernandez, 261 B.J. Upton, 262 Yu Darvish, 263 Ricky Romero, 264 Steven Strasburg

Baseball 101 Checklist

265 Batters Box, 266 Diamond, 267 Double Play, 268 Home Run, 270 Scoring Runs, 271 Stealing, 272 Tag Play

Hall of Fame Checklist

           

273 Cal Ripken Jr., 274 George Brett, 275 Nolan Ryan, 276 Wade Boggs, 277 Willie Stargell, 278 Bob Feller, 279 Tony Gwynn, 280 Reggie Jackson, 281 Al Kaline, 282 Willie McCovey,

283 Paul Molitor, 284 Joe Morgan

When I Was A Kid Checklist

           

285 Albert Pujols, 286 Derek Jeter, 287 Tim Lincecum, 289 Matt Kemp, 290 Roy Halladay, 291 Justin Verlander, 292 Jacoby Ellsbury, 293 Ichiro

Stickers Checklist

3 Happy Baseball, 4 Catchers Mask, 5 Line Drive, 6 Diving Catch, 8 Manager Arguing, 9 Crash Through Brick Wall, 10 Beanball, 11 Slugger, 14 Albert Pujols, 18 Brian Matusz, 19 Adrian Gonzalez, 20 Paul Konerko, 21 Brandon Phillips, 23 Troy Tulowitzki, 24 Justin Verlander, 25 Alex Gordon, 26 Clayton Kershaw, 28 Joe Mauer, 29 David Wright, 30 Ryan Zimmerman

Real Feel Checklist

295 Real Feel Base, 296 Real Feel Bat, 297 Real Feel Pants, 298 Real Feel Glove, 299 Real Feel Batting Glove, 300 Real Feel Jersey

New Year's Resolutions? Eh.

This being the time of year where New Year's resolutions are made, people strive to do better during the coming year. The rest of us rebel, a la Calvin.

That's not that we/I don't care about what others have to say. The new year can definitely be a nice, even starting point for some goal or set of goals. But I (personally) don't always go by that convention. For example, I went on a "caffeine fast" last year.* Why caffeine? Because I drink too much otherwise. Starting in mid-October (though I used November 1st as a starting point), I fasted from caffeine for one year. After a short hiatus, I'm back on the fast as of December 26. Regarding cards, I assent (in principle, certainly) with The Card Raven's recent post.

Moving right along (fancy free), Weston of Fantastic Catch has sent me several packages of cards of late, which include cards such as these Triple Play stickers. Lord knows, I need a lot more Panini cards to complete the set, and kudos to him for helping me out there!

The Eckstein will fit nicely into my Eckstein PC. More Triple Play and a Glavine RC!

I've mixed in some cards from Larry of Emerald City Diamond Gems with these-Larry sent me some nice vintage for some Mariners I sent him.The Jeff Francoeur/Chipper Jones card is #'d 77/100.  Did you know Seattle is the only team (besides Washington) to have never gone to a World Series? Mariner fans, I think, will have a special seat in the afterlife for all the toil and trouble the M's have undergone in 30+ years. 

Jheri curl is always a top qualifier for getting your card scanned, and Geronimo Berroa is no exception. Joe Roa looks like he's falling asleep, and I like the backdrop for his card. Dollar signs do that, I guess.

I like the Fleer stickers, and I think Vinnie's Greenville Braves hat would be tough to pull off today, unless maybe some rapper wore it backwards.

May I preface the following comments by saying that mint condition is overrated:

It seems that someone stuck a mirror behind Craig Skok.

Poor Howie Bedell. Some child must have thought the peeling sticker graphic was, in fact, meant to be peeled. Bob Hartman is trying to wrap his head around that.

The red pants on that guy on the right in the Braves team card stick out a lot, once you notice them.

Thanks to Larry and Wes for the sweet cards!

If you've read this far, you have merited a reward. Go check out Collector's Crack for a quite dandy contest involving prognostication.

*This may or may not have been due to Tim Tebow's doing the same thing, according to his autobiography.

IT CAME! IT FINALLY CAME!

 (Love that movie, by the way.)

For a long long long time, I've had a little dealie in the corner of my blog page list for 1987 Topps. For a long long long time, I've had a placeholder "pending!" notice up there. Well, it's time to change that.

Card number #597 (knew that from memory, didn't even have to look back at the card) finally arrived in my hot little hands not an hour ago courtesy of Jack, of All Tribe Baseball. Jack has been gracious all throughout the time I've had that pending notice up, as I don't think he was content to send me just 1987 Topps-no, he had to get some Bravos out my way. In doing so, Mr. Schmidt got lost in the cards (pun completely intended) and was sent last with even more Braves. Thanks so much Jack; I will try to get some scans up of the cards you sent me very soon!

It has been well worth the wait, but I'm ready to start on another project, are you ready?

Another card Jack sent me, hint hint as to said project :)


Thanks again to Jack, and every other blogger who helped me complete this set!!! I really appreciate all your help!!!