Shiny Gold Triangles

Here's part two of my 1996 Pinnacle Series 2 box break. If you're sensitive to light or flashy gold colors, you may want to look elsewhere or at least dim the setting on your monitor a bit.

Pack 9:

226 - Jeff Conine (Fancy bit of photography here to catch the reflection in Conine's shades... if it's real, that is.)

270 - Will Clark Hardball Heroes

289 - Bob Hamelin (Yeah, yeah, yeah. Photo day is so hilarious. This shows you how fresh Upper Deck's ideas were last year with the OPC set. But honestly, these days, could anyone pick Bob Hamelin out of a lineup?)

218 - Carlos Baerga

5 of 16 - Chipper Jones Christie Brinkley Collection (These are inserted at a 1:23 ratio. Wow, I really don't know what else to say about this.)

Yeah, again, I'm not sure there are words for this. Apparently Brinkley fancied herself a photographer at this point in her career.

336 - Tony Gwynn .300 Series

398 - Mike Piazza NL Checklist

363 - Mike Kelly

331 - Ben McDonald

371 - Jason Schmidt Rookie

Pack 10:

246 - Cecil Fielder

213 - Will Clark (Back to back Clark packs.)

277 - Johnny Damon Hardball Heroes (Now that he finally has a job, I guess we can stop reading about him.)

203 - Kirby Puckett (One reason for me to hate the Twins less.)

234 - Rondell White

326 - Javier Lopez

314 - Kurt Abbott

307 - Don Mattingly .300 Series (Nice to see that Mattingly went out at the top of his game.)

346 - Bernard Gilkey

375 - Jermaine Dye Rookie

Pack 11:

295 - Willie Greene

227 - Dean Palmer

261 - Mo Vaughn Hardball Heroes

243 - Mark Grace

253 - Ryan Klesko (Dude!)

311 - Erik Hanson

364 - Tim Raines (I saved Rock fans from seeing him in a Yankees uniform.)

353 - Darryl Hamilton

391 - Quinton McCracken Rookie

305.3 - Paul Molitor .300 Series

Pack 12:

296 - Ismael Valdes

228 - Jim Abbott

262 - Albert Belle Hardball Heroes

244 - Derek Bell

211 - Craig Biggio

383 - Wilton Guerrero Rookie

354 - Shawon Dunston

392 - Mike Busby Rookie (First Cardinal of the second post.)

305.6 - Jeff Bagwell .300 Series

394 - Ken Griffey Jr. AL Checklist

Pack 13:

266 - Chipper Jones Hardball Heroes (Yeah, him again.)

248 - Orel Hershiser

215 - Wade Boggs

279 - Derek Jeter Hardball Heroes (Jeter looks like a little leaguer here.)

284 - Terry Steinbach

360 - Todd Zeile

328 - Mark Lewis

368 - Karim Garcia Rookie

301.8 - Ken Griffey Jr. .300 Series

349 - Russ Davis

Pack 14:

281 - Ozzie Smith Hardball Heroes (Ozzie! Hit of the box as far as I'm concerned.)

286 - Dave Justice

238 - Jim Thome (Thome is listed at 3B here, but you hardly ever see pictures of him fielding on cards.)

258 - Cal Ripken Jr. Hardball Heroes (People seem to like this guy for some reason.)

208 - Barry Bonds

370 - Sal Fasano Rookie

303 - Mike Greenwell .300 Series (I wonder what Red Sox fans think of Greenwell today. I could use this as a good barometer for telling whether a self-professed Boston fan is a real fan or if they just saw the crappy Jimmy Fallon movie.)

351 - B.J. Surhoff

380 - Rey Ordonez Rookie

332 - Dan Wilson

Pack 15:

282 - Garret Anderson Hardball Heroes

287 - Eric Anthony (I remember when Anthony's 1989 Topps card was highly sought after.)

239 - Edgardo Alfonzo

259 - Jeff Bagwell Hardball Heroes (The doubles are finally starting to appear.)

209 - Fred McGriff

304.9 - Carlos Baerga .300 Series

352 - Lance Johnson

381 - Jay Powell Rookie

333 - Ron Gant (First Cardinal double. This goes to one of the 10 boxes of Cardinals doubles I have in the corner of the room.)

310 - Ozzie Guillen

Pack 16:

254 - Greg Maddux Hardball Heroes

273 - Randy Johnson Hardball Heroes

221 - Jim Edmonds (Oh man. Yeah, I collect this guy. This card is terrible. How embarrassing.)

297 - Glenallen Hill

229 - Raul Mondesi

317 - Mark Carreon

339 - Wil Cordero

385 - George Williams Rookie

313 - Edgar Martinez .300 Series

357 - Todd Stottlemyre (Perfect way to finish off the post, with a Cardinal that I haven't pulled yet.)