In my opinion, Blogger Bat Arounds are great. I always hope to participate when they come around, so thanks to Diamond Jesters for proposing one.... However, this one is going to be hard for me. I'm supposed to list my 5 best pack pulled hits?? But I don't buy packs! OK, it's not like I have never opened packs, I have been in the hobby for a loooong time. But in the last 20 years, all of the packs I have busted have been given to me or won in contests.
So my top 5 might be a little different from what you see on other blogs, but without further ado, here is what I came up with:
#5
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1993 Finest Refractor. This isn't the one I pulled, but that specific card has long since been lost to me. I assume I will never see it again. If I remember correctly, mine was an Ozzie Guillen. Man, I wish I still had that...
#4
Akeem RC - OK, I know this is supposed to be about HITS, and this is a base card. But what a card!! I loved it when I pulled it out of a 25 cent pack of 1986/87 Fleer waaay back in my childhood. And I would love it still today, if it hadn't been stolen from me as a teenager. This is one the pack I wish I could open again today. I probably pulled a Jordan RC or two as well, since I opened maybe 30 packs of the stuff. But I don't remember for sure. I do remember the Akeem though!
#3
OK, #3 is also a base card. I don't follow the rules!! This one is special more because of the story than the card itself. It was 1991, and Skybox basketball was the new thing. All gold borders, oooohhh. Looks kind of pedestrian now. Anyway, My brother and I were in a card shop when I opened a pack of Skybox. It had a Shawn Kemp rookie in it. Nice card, I now collect these, actually. But back then, I just wanted more Skybox. The owner said he would trade me another pack for the Kemp, and I said yes! The next pack had...... another Kemp RC!! My brother and I laughed, and kept shopping for a while. Then I decided to ask the owner if he'd make the same trade, and he agreed. Sucker! And by now, you probably guessed, I got another Kemp. The owner and I made one last swap for another pack, and I failed miserably in my attempt for a 4th Kemp in a row. But boy, was it a fun day!
#2
And #1.....
#1. Rickey Henderson Elite - #1!! At a card show in a middle school gym, I was deranged enough to open a pack of 1991 Donruss. At this time, there had never been anything like these, and my friends and I didn't even know what it was. We hadn't even heard of these things, and it sure seemed out of place in a pack of Donruss. We went to a nice dealer and he explained the concept of a serial numbered insert. I don't even know if we knew what a regular insert was! It was a weird feeling, holding that beautiful card for a few minutes. I ended up trading it to that same dealer... for a Julius Erving RC. Man, I wish I still had that!
I'll trade you that Shawn Kemp (or 2) for the Kevin Love haha! Pulling that Rickey is sweet. Too bad you didn't realize how difficult it is to actually pull one of those from a set that was massively overproduced. But an Erving RC is pretty cool too!
ReplyDeleteI would rather have the Erving RC.
ReplyDeleteI like the funky background SkyBox had. Bought some packs from my dealer when I was living in San Diego.
I never said a Top 5 couldn't include base cards! Somewhere out there are people who pulled Mike Trout RC out of packs, it's all about perspective! Love that Rickey!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful elite!!
ReplyDeleteLove seeing that Shawn Kemp. I had a few of those, and his Hoops RC.
ReplyDeleteWhoa. Three packs... three Kemps? That's really cool. I really liked the inaugural Skybox basketball set. But my favorite card in this post is the Elite Rickey. What a fantastic card.
ReplyDeleteA Dr J RC isn't a loss in my book, and awesome Kemp story! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI wonder how much that shop owner sold those Kemp rookies for at the time. I'm assuming it was for more than the cost of a pack.
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