2013 Topps #186 Jordan Pacheco |
From there, it was a matter of reading up on Pacheco's performance that weekend. As usual for a Coors Field series, it was a slugfest, so Pacheco was on base quite a bit. He scored on a couple of home runs, and made it on base numerous times. But based on the detailed scoring, I am going to say that this is from the 4th inning of the Rockies-Padres contest on Saturday, September 1st, 2012.
You'll notice that there's an entry during the bottom of the 4th that Chris Nelson hit a fly ball to deep right field, with Pacheco going to third base. Pacheco stopped at third two other times during that game, but those were both on hits to left field, and the second of those was in the 9th inning, far too late for the other AL games to still be continuing. Furthermore, the Padres' second baseman looks like he's preparing to cut off a throw from right field, so that 4th inning play is my verdict.
I mentioned that this was a smaller package. While it is fun to get flat rate boxes packed full of cards, smaller packages have their place too. They also have the added benefit of not requiring a whole lot of curation on my part to determine what to post about.
2013 Topps Mini #5 Carlos Gonzalez |
That one of CarGo (note the card number matching his uniform number) is a nice Coors Field shot, as he's sliding into home against the San Francisco Giants. I did see the Rockies host the Giants in 2012, and Gonzalez did score in that game, so there is a slim chance that it's from the same game my dad and I attended.
That's one thing I'd really like for my collection - a card from a game I attended. It's very likely that I already have some in my collection, but not many of them can be dated so accurately.
Moving on to the oldest card that William sent, it's a shot of The Big Cat, taken during the Rockies' inaugural year.
1994 Donruss Special Edition #66 Andres Galarraga |
Like three other cards I have from this parallel set, there seems to be some kind of "seam" in the gold foil. I'm not sure of the printing process they used, but there is a very visible shift in the gold foil's shininess about a centimeter from the right edge of the card. I'm not sure how prevalent it is across the whole print run, but it's about 20% of my collection.
Back to some newer stuff, here's a red foil parallel from 2014 Topps.
2014 Topps Red Foil #465 Justin Morneau |
Morneau made another appearance in this trade package, this time from 2014 Panini Prizm.
2014 Panini Prizm #55 Justin Morneau |
Finally, one more of Carlos Gonzalez, which is an insert card from 2014 Topps Update.
2014 Topps Update Power Players #PPA-CGN Carlos Gonzalez |
Anyway, I'm pretty sure that I've obtained a near-complete Rockies team set from 2014 Update by now, as well as a few inserts. And it's all been via trades. Thanks, William, and I hope you like the Orioles I sent your way!
Glad to see William hooked you up with some great cards! He's always been one of the more generous bloggers out there.
ReplyDeleteTopps.com is still having the sale on 2014 Mini Baseball - 3 Boxes for $49.99 + $7 or so in shipping. They ran out of stock at first, but when people complained on Facebook they made a bunch more available. It looks like they've still got some.
ReplyDeleteI like the 'wormhole' background on that Power Players card. I really should look at building that insert set. It's fun to do detective work on card photos and pin things down to a certain game or even a certain point in a game.
Thanks for the heads up! I might have to take advantage this time.
DeleteGreat cards! I tried to dislike Prizm but Panini won the battle. Topps Chrome is just as predictable, as is the curling. The Chrome I own is by trade or cheap auction lot.
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