Payday Pack - I Wood Not Have Believed It If I Didn't See It!

I was worried for a little bit, the bounty of baseball cards at my local Wally World dried up, and for awhile I feared things had returned to an unfortunate new normal. However, a recent stop showed replenished shelves. I grabbed a few pack, and bow am I ever glad I did!

3rd Place

#211 Tampa Bay Rays (TC)

  

I always enjoy seeing the players have fun, and when that fun is depicted on cardboard then all the better. Bonus points for a cameraman cameo!

 

2nd Place

#128 Christopher Morel (FS)

  

One of the most popular cards of the first series, and it's easy to see why: A Future Star, celebrating a big blue "W" with a classic Chicago ivory backdrop. On most days, this would be an easy choice for first place, but not today...

 

1st Place

#89BR-TG Tony Gwynn
(1989 Topps Baseball Relic Red SN#25)

Holy cow! This might be the best card I ever pulled out of a pack! While I doubt highly this particular piece of bat was ever held in the hands of the departed Hall of Famer, it's still a cool hit. Plus, it's a parallel numbered to only 25 copies!

 

Other Contestants not Appearing On Stage:

#292 Kodai Senga (ASR)

#206 NL Batting Average Leaders (Arraez/Acuna/Freeman) (LL)

#192 Baltimore Orioles (TC)

#276 Gregory Santos

#80 J.P. Sears

#329 Astros No-No (CL, HL)

#107 Shane Bieber

#65 Johan Oviedo

#197 Eury Perez (FS)

#204 Nico Hoerner

#100 Gerrit Cole

#324 AL ERA Leaders (Cole/Gray/Bradish) (LL)

#241 Seattle Mariners (TC)

#104 Connor Wong

#78 Mark Vientos

#293 NL RBI Leaders (Olson/Alonso/Albies) (LL)

#126 Philadelphia Phillies (TC)

#SB-20 Paul Goldschmidt (Superstar Blueprint insert)

#SMLB-6 Luis Robert Jr. (Superstars of MLB insert)

#SLMB-12 Sal Frelich (Superstars of MLB insert)

#212 NL ERA Leaders (Snell/Senga/Steele) (LL)

#119 Hunter Greene

#71 Brandon Marsh

#43 Dalton Varsho

#195 Dominic Canzone (RC)

#156 Corbin Carroll (ASR)