Belated Blaster Post

It’s the last day of March and I haven’t made my goal of finishing up all my drafts. That’s partly in due to me prepping many more drafts, however. This will be my fourteenth post in March, though, so that’s certainly a reason to be happy.

I decided to put together the base set this year* after liking the design so much, so I’ve bought a few more cards than I normally would. I picked this blaster up a month ago and snagged Mike Trout, who is depicted sliding into the bag in what is arguably one of the best photos in the set.

*Note: want list at the bottom of the post

As for the rest of the blaster? Meh. I added a bunch of base cards I needed, but the inserts are lacking. Oh, and horribly collated. These first home run cards are horrifically boring in my opinion. Not to mention that I’d already pulled this same exact pair out of a previous blaster. Blech. Both are available.

Ok, rant over.

I managed to pull a short print in the blaster as well, this one featuring Konerko’s swan song. I think I might chase the actual variant photo short prints this year, but not those stupid sparkle variants. For now, Konerko is staying put. I’ll let you know if he becomes available.

Alright, here’s the wantlist you’ve been waiting to see. I’ll add it to my Google Docs list as well.

Base Set: 3, 8, 11, 17, 18, 26, 27, 32, 35, 42, 45-46, 47, 54, 56, 58-59, 60, 61, 66, 68, 76, 78, 81, 90, 93, 97, 102, 103, 105, 108, 109, 118, 125, 127, 130, 137, 139, 144,145, 152, 163, 164, 170, 172, 176, 177, 179, 180, 186, 192, 193, 198, 204, 212, 217, 224, 226, 229, 242, 244, 247, 251, 253, 261, 264, 265, 271, 276, 278, 292, 303, 309, 310-312, 317, 319, 323, 325, 331, 342, 345, 348

Short Prints (not sparkles): 1b, 5b, 20b, 25b, 34b, 39b, 46b, 50b, 92b, 100b, 134b, 136b, 150b, 163b, 169b, 181b, 200b, 207b, 216b, 219b, 221b, 250b, 281b, 302b, 318b

Archetypes: 1,4-9, 11-14, 16-17, 19, 21-25

Highlight of the Year: 3, 5-11, 13-21, 24-29

Robbed: 1-3, 5-7, 10-12, 14-15 *(need two of R-12)

Thanks for all the help, y’all. Opening Day is just six days away, can you believe it?

 – Bru