Membership Discount Blaster

The last blaster I bought was purchased from the local neighborhood membership discount store. I finally broke down and bought my five dollar lifetime membership this summer only to discover that their little baseball card section was gone. On my second trip, I was there to look for other things (and kill time) and ended up buying baseball cards. The other odd thing is that everything they usually carry is something with a Legends tag. Legends does some of those funderful repack packages. I was surprised to see that 2011 Allen & Ginter had already fallen into a repacker's hands. This cost me $18.99, which is more expensive than the two that I got at the card show but still a dollar cheaper than regular retail.

Pack 1:

214 - Elvis Andrus

64 - Ricky Romero

65 - Ryan Howard (They should get someone like Aaron Miles to pose like this sometime.)

231 - @str8edgeracer

285 - Alex Rios Black Mini

HH13 - Shane Victorino Hometown Heroes

- Allen & Ginter binder offer

Pack 2:

164 - Heather Mitts (Doubles alert.)

225 - Jack LaLanne

BHS-1 - Minnesota Twins Baseball Highlight Sketches (They managed to avoid the whole ugly people sketch thing by sketching a stadium. Works for me.)

320 - Jon Lester

124 - Chad Billingsley A&G Mini

HH91 - Madison Bumgarner Hometown Heroes

Pack 3:

141 - Vernon Wells

266 - Chris Coghlan

82 - Scott Rolen (I think I just don't like the horizontal cards that much this year. It seems like they chose some bad images or there's too much white space or something.

280 - Adam Wainwright (Man, do we miss this guy.)

192 - Carl Pavano Mini

HH71 - Chris Carpenter Hometown Heroes

Pack 4:

170 - Tim Lincecum (My girlfriend likes this guy for some reason, in case you haven't heard.)

185 - Justin Upton (Or Jupton for short.)

23 - Aubrey Huff

322 - Trevor Cahill

UG3 - Waverly Hills Sanatorium Uninvited Guests ("Supposedly haunted by a girl playing ball and other ghosts..." A girl playing ball? NOT THAT!)

FF11 - Lave Floating Fortresses (Let's see... Wikipedia picture? Guess not.)

Pack 5:

6 - Micky Ward

197 - Jay Bruce

301 - Gio Gonzalez Code (Still not cracked? Slackers.)

AOM25 - Home Sapiens Sapiens

WMF4 - Fulcanelli World's Most Mysterious Figures (I wonder if there are any alchemists around anymore.)

HH86 - Kevin Youkilis Hometown Heroes

- Crack The Code Guy

Pack 6:

105 - Ubaldo Jimenez

283 - Daric Barton (Former Cardinals prospect)

241 - Ike Davis

323 - Orlando Hudson

314 - Nick Markakis Mini

HH76 - Adam Lind Hometown Heroes (I have a feeling it's going to take forever to build this set.)

5 of 5 - Checklist

Pack 7:

162 - Mat Latos (Never trust a Mat with one 't'.)

18 - Daniel Hudson

260 - Alex Rodriguez

212 - Aramis Ramirez

PP8 - Sancho Panza Portraits of Penultimacy (Double.)

HH10 - Ryan Braun Hometown Heroes (Bleh.)

Pack 8:

153 - Scott Cousins (The guy that hit the other guy.)

286 - Cory Luebke

BHS-5 - Albert Pujols Baseball Highlight Sketches (This commemorates Home Run #400. I have a feeling there will be a few more milestones in his career.)

335 - Jason Heyward

78 - Luke Scott A&G Mini

MMF36 - Aristotle Minds That Made The Future (Nice way to end it.)

The wants/needs list will be posted shortly, if it hasn't been posted already by the time you read this.