Welcome back to another Gint-a-Cuffs spectacular post. Today, we finish off the first third of the box. Heading into pack #7, my box has chalked up 59 points which isn't terrible (nor is it awesome). Here's hoping we avoid Yankees and instead pull some good point scoring fare today!
Pack 7:
121. Freddie Freeman
133. Xander Bogaerts
163. Paul Molitor
169. Dale Murphy
269. Jose Abreu
292. Andre Dawson
Pastime's Pastimes: James Shields
Athletic Endeavors: 6. Poohsticks
Now this was a good pack considering there were no actual relics/autos in it! First, the Molitor and Freeman are both favorite players (+2 each). The Shield's Pastime's Pastime is another 2 points. Finally, we end with a case hit of sorts which is worth +5 points. When all's said and done, we almost hit 10 points...
As an aside, the Poohsticks card is actually a sport from Winnie the Pooh. You can read more than you probably ever wanted to know about the game
here (including information on a World Championship).
Pack total: 9 points
Running total: 68 points
Pack 8:
23. Snoop Lion
69. Johnny Cueto
176. Anthony Robles
194. Avisail Garcia
253. Rickey Henderson
349. John Smoltz
World's Capitals: 17. Taipei
Reg. mini: 197. Wade Miley
Snoop Lion is a Yankee in training since he's worth -1. Cueto balances that out though since he's a Red (+1 favorite team card). The Smoltz is a short print (+2) and the World's Capitals rounds out the scoring with another 2 points to the good.
Pack total: 4 points
Running total: 72 points
A full third of the box (plus the box topper) is now complete. 72 points is alright but it's still being buoyed by the great box topper... I don't know whether this box will have what it takes or not, but I do think I'm not out of the running yet (which I don't think I could say at this point in time in last year's competition when I finished second-to-last)!
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