2022 Topps Heritage Minor League Hobby Box

Looking for something cheap and new to open (this obviously is one of those older unfinished posts), I chose 2022 Topps Heritage minor league. It was $59.00 and had 2 on-card autos which was nice.

Unfortunately, I have not kept up with who the latest and greatest prospects are. So it's going to be an entire box of "I have no idea who this is".

There are 18 packs with 8 cards in each pack. The player on the box and pack wrappers is Marcelo Mayer, a first round pick for the Red Sox in 2021.

The three cards you see below the box are from the "box loader". I have no idea who any of these players are, but Henry Davis (the card on the right) is listed on Dave and Adams' website as one of the "key players".

I'm not going to post every pack...just what could be considered the "highlights".

Here are the "key players" according to Dave and Adams' website:

Elly De La Cruz 

Anthony Volpe

Corbin Carroll

Gunnar Henderson 

Jasson Dominguez 

Oscar Colas

Henry Davis

Ezekiel Tovar

Trey Sweeney 

Kyle Manzardo

Jackson Chouris 

Oswald Peraza

Here are the highlights from the base cards.

The SPs were 1 every 6 packs, so I got three.

I was able to pull one of the "key players", Jasson Dominguez as one of my SPs.

These four cards are from the Tarjetas subset which are cards loosely based on Latin American sets from the 1970s. 

These three cards are from the 1973 Topps 1953 reprint subset.

These four cards are from the 1973 Pack Covers subset.

Here are the two parallels I pulled. The Jackson Chourio is numbered 41/50 (and is also one of the "key players), and the Yiddi Cappe is numbered 49/75.

My two autos were of Jackson Merrill...

...and Darell Hernaiz. The autos aren't numbered.

It was a fun, inexpensive rip. I didn't complete the set (it was 200 cards, not including the SPs. I'll be putting together a want list which I will post when I finish it.

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Stigmata: Music From The Motion Picture - Various Artists

Golden Lion Repack Box Part 2

Here's the second half of the box. The first half was quite good, highlighted by an '84 Fleer Mattingly rookie and an '85 Donruss Clemens rookie.

Pack 1

1985 Topps Eddie Murray

1978 Topps Rod Gilbreath

1993 Upper Deck Butch Henry

1977 Topps Tim Johnson

1990 Leaf Dave Winfield 

2006 Topps Carlos Guillen 

2008 Topps Troy Glaus

1994 Upper Deck Diamond Debuts Tim Davis

1984 Topps Mike Easler

1990 Topps Jim Corsi

1992 Triple Play Mark Grace

1972 Topps In Action George Mitterwald

1984 Topps NL Active Career Hit Leaders Rusty Staub/Pete Rose/Tony Perez

All 3 cards from the 70's were my favorites here.

Pack 2

1979 Topps Dick Drago

1978 Topps Paul Lindblad

1994 Collector's Choice Eric Hillman

1979 Topps Robin Yount

1992 Leaf Gold Edition Parallel Juan Guerrero

1992 Classic Four Sport Rick Helling

1982 Topps Phil Garner

1984 Topps Jack Morris

1995 Sportflix Russ Davis

1990 Leaf Darryl Strawberry 

1987 Topps Leon Durham 

1972 Chuck Dobson

1992 Donruss Chris Cron

Favorite card here is the '79 Yount.

Pack 3

1978 Topps Barry Bonnell

2021 Topps Archives Ryne Sandberg 

2020 Topps Update Cesar Hernandez 

1992 Topps Draft Pick Tyrone Hill

1978 Topps George Medich

1991 Topps Wes Gardner

1987 Topps Joel Davis

1975 Topps Joe Hoerner

1992 Donruss The Rookies Pedro Martinez 

1985 Topps AL All-Star Cal Ripken

1990 Topps Brian DuBois

2017 American League League Leaders Nelson Cruz

1996 Collector's Choice Mark McGwire 

Favorites are the '78 Bonnell and the '92 Martinez. 

Pack 4

1996 Topps Will Clark

1887 Topps George Hendrick 

1977 Topps Willie Montanez 

1995 Pinnacle Sterling Hitchcock 

1997 Pinnacle Totally Certified Platinum Blue Wilton Guerrero 

1993 Donruss Scott Hemond

1990 Topps Bob Geren

1988 Topps John Davis

1988 Topps Jim Dwyer

1986 Fleer Joe Cowley

1969 Topp Catfish Hunter

1978 Topps Jason Thompson 

1990 Leaf Randy Johnson

Favorite card here is the '69 Hunter.

Pack 5

2021 Topps Archives Tom Glavine 

1978 Topps Kurt Bevacqua

1977 TCMA Renata Galasso Eddie Mathews

1987 Topps Wade Boggs 1992 Score Rookie Prospect Gil Heredia

1987 Topps Brian Holton

1993 Topps Dave Haas

1988 Topps Tom Flier

1991 Donruss Rated Rookie Scott Chiamparino

1991 Topps Jose Gonzalez

1971 Topps Gaylord Perry

2019 Topps League Leaders Jacob deGrom

1991 Donruss Dave Eiland

Favorite card is the '71 Perry.

Pack 6

1987 Topps National League All-Star Tony Gwynn 

1977 Topps Dave Freisleben

1988 Topps Mark Grant

1989 Topps Tim Flannery 

1981 Topps Record Breaker Ozzie Smith

1995 Fleer Ultra Joey Hamilton

1987 Topps Lamarr Hoyt

1995 Donruss Trevor Hoffman 

1984 Topps Tony Gwynn

1993 Donruss Jeremy Hernandez 

1989 Topps Roberto Alomar 

1981 Topps Dennis Kinney

2021 Topps Archives Tony Gwynn 

The All Padres pack!

Pack 7

1979 Topps Paul Dade

1988 Topps Tiffany Don Sutton 

1990 Fleer Kevin Hickey

1979 Topps Johnny Bench

2020 Active Leaders Zack Greinke 

1990 Score '90 Rookie Mike Hartley

1989 Star Rich Garces

2007 Topps Red Back Johnny Damon

1986 Fleer Baseball's Best Bert Blyleven 

2020 Bowman Platinum Josh Donaldson 

1996 Collector's Choice Carl Everett 

1975 Topps Ken Rudolph

1991 Score Jason Grimsley 

Favorite card is the '79 Bench.

Pack 8

1981 Donruss Steve Carlton

1978 Topps Juan Beniquez

2008 Topps Livan Hernandez

1992 Topps Donnie Hill

1991 Leaf Charlie Hough

1986 Topps The Pete Rose Years 1979 - 1982

1981 Topps Richie Hebner

1983 Topps Jeff Gardner

1990 Topps Mark Davidson

1985 Topps Nolan Ryan

1988 Topps Richard Dotson

1998 Fleer Tradition Roger Cedeno

1979 Topps Butch Hobson

Favorite card...'79 Hobson.

Pack 9

1972 Topps Boyhood Photos of the Stars Tom Seaver 

1977 Topps Cesar Tovar

1994 Score '93 Rookie Phil Hiatt

1993 Donruss Willie Greene

1988 Fleer Terry Harper

1994 Upper Deck Brad Fullmer

1996 Topps Gallery The Modernists Shawn Green

1988 Topps Ken Dixon

1998 Upper Deck Roger Clemens 

1981 Donruss Willie Stargell

1989 Fleer Jose Cecena

1992 Pinnacle Mantle Triple Crown Mickey Mantle 

1988 Fleer Steve Crawford 

Favorite card is the '72 Seaver. 

Well as expected, it wasn't as good as the first half of the box. It did have a few highlights, such as the '69 Catfish Hunter and the '71 Gaylord Perry.

The decade most represented was by far the 1990's.

The year most represented was a tie between 1990 and 1992.

The set most represented was 1978 Topps.

As I've always stressed, these boxes are not meant to provide stellar ROI, instead they provide stellar ROF (return on fun). 

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L.A. Guns - Man In The Moon

Golden Lion Repack Box Part 1

Here's yet another repack box that's made its way to me. This time it's called Golden Lion Sports and a box of 18 packs with 13 cards in each pack cost $84.99 (shipping included). 

I'll split this up into 2 posts of 9 packs each.

Pack 1

1998 Topps Johnny Damon

1978 Topps Dan Driessen

1979 Topps Donnie Moore

1993 Upper Deck Bryan Hickerson

1990 Topps Eric Hetzel

1993 Topps Draft Pick Rick Greene

1979 Topps '78 Record Breaker Pete Rose

1994 Sportflics 2000 Bob Hamelin

1990 Topps Steve Frey

1995 Topps Rookie Of The Year Candidates Tyler Green

1988 Topps Darrell Evans

1967 Topps Ed Brinkman

1991 Donruss Rated Rookie Lance Dickson

1988 Topps Tiffany Keith Hernandez 

Always a sucker for vintage...I also enjoy any Topps Tiffany cards sent in my direction. This pack also had 14 cards.

Pack 2

1986 Topps Bob Dernier

1979 Topps Rafael Landestoy

1958 Topps Hal Smith (It's the super rare "Traded" version, as someone crossed out the Kansas City A's and wrote "Pirates"...well actually "Priates").

1993 Topps Donald Harris

1988 Topps Willie Hernandez 

1996 Topps Stadium Club Members Only Thomas Howard

1990 Donruss Chip Hale

1984 Topps Bruce Sutter

1993 Donruss John Flaherty 

1992 Score Rookie Prospect Tom Goodwin

1981 Donruss Ken Griffey 

1987 Topps Phil Niekro 

1983 Topps Dave Engle

Nothing can beat the super rare "Traded" version of the '58 Hal Smith

Pack 3

2010 Topps Update National League All-Star Andre Ethier

1979 Topps Fred Stanley

1990 Donruss Tommy Gregg

1990 Bowman George Brett 

1988 Topps Larry Herndon 

1994 Collector's Choice Rookie Class Mark Hutton

1990 Topps Drew Hill 

1975 Topps Ron Hunt

1987 Topps Alan Trammell 

2020 Topps Chrome Update Todd Frazier 

2021 Topps Opening Day Yasmani Grandal

1981 Donruss Bert Blyleven 

1991 Donruss Edgar Diaz

Favorite card here is the '79 Stanley.

Pack 4

1992 Upper Deck Major League Diamond Skills Most Exciting Player Ken Griffey Jr 

1978 Topps Adrian Devine

1992 Topps Jose Hernandez 

1992 Donruss Milt Hill

1984 Fleer Gregg Gross

2021 Topps Update 1986 35th Anniversary Ted Williams

1991 Donruss Bo Jackson

1986 Donruss The Rookies Ed Hearn 

1992 Donruss Ramon García 

2019 Topps Zach Davies

1984 Topps Andre Dawson

1990 Donruss The Rookies Tim Drummond 

1993 Bowman Foil Midre Cummings

Not much here...I like the '78 Devine the best.

Pack 5

1999 Upper Deck Scott Hatteberg 

1991 Donruss Rickey Henderson 

1979 Topps Tony Soliaita

1978 Topps Billy Hunter

1992 Topps National League All-Star Denny Martinez 

1979 Fleer Guillermo Hernandez 

1998 Score Rookie/Traded Richard Hidalgo 

1985 Topps Bobby Grich

1996 Donruss Karim Garcia 

1991 Topps Stadium Club Jack Daugherty 

1991 Bowman Chris Donnels

1984 Fleer Don Mattingly 

1992 Donruss Andujar Cedeno

1981 Topps Ray Burris

Easy choice here...the '84 Mattingly rookie. 

Pack 6

1992 Pinnacle Rookie Prospect Archi Cianfrocco

1992 Donruss Doug Henry

1984 Fleer Retiring Superstars Johnny Bench/Carl Yastrzemski

1992 Score Rookie Prospect Hector Fajardo

1991 Donruss Rated Rookie Eric Gunderson

1993 Donruss Dave Hollins

1987 Topps Bill Dawley

2002 Fleer Ultra Alex Rodriguez 

1995 Upper Deck Chris Gomez

1975 Topps Harry Parker

1990 Topps Major League Debut Wayne Edwards

2001 Topps Stadium Club Roger Cedeno

1990 Bowman Frank Thomas

A '90 Bowman Frank Thomas Rookie.

Pack 7

1984 Fleer Dennis Eckersley 

1978 Topps Frank White

1977 Topps Pete Broberg

1973 Topps Monty Montgomery 

1983 Fleer Al Holland

1989 Star Juan Guerrero

1985 Donruss Steve Henderson 

1989 Topps Ken Gerhart

1981Topps Rod Carew

1987 Topps Ron Davis

1997 Pinnacle Jermaine Dye

1991 Score 1st Round Draft Pick Tim Costo

1984 Topps Lee Smith

I always lean towards any cards from 1978 Topps as my favorite. I referenced the '77 Broberg in this post.

Pack 8

1978 Topps Montreal Expos Checklist

1978 Topps Rogelio Moret

1959 Topps The Sporting News Rookie Stars of 1959 Dsn Dobbek

1992 Upper Deck Carlos Hernandez 

1985 Topps Joe Carter

1989 Fleer Bob Horner

1988 Topps Jerry Hairston 

1990 Topps Brian Fisher

1978 Topps Julio Gonzalez

1985 Donruss Roger Clemens

2003 Topps Gold Parallel Jarrod Washburn 1062/2003

1992 Score Jose DeJesus

2020 Topps Update Edwin Encarnacion

A lot of good cards in this pack for me...the 3 '78s, the '59 Dobbek and the '85 Donruss Clemens rookie. 

Pack 9

1977 Topps Tommy Harper

1996 Lear Mark McGwire 

1986 Topps Gene Garber 

1990 Donruss Xavier Hernandez 

1992 Donruss Steve Howe

2021 Topps Archives Orlando Cepeda

1990 Bowman Will Clark

1984 Topps George Frazier 

1989 Topps Albert Hall

1990 Score Rookie Goose Gozzo

1987 Cracker Jack Columbus Clippers Orestes Destrade 

1981 Donruss MVP Mike Schmidt

2008 Topps Darin Erstad

Favorite cards are the '77 Harper and '81 Schmidt.

Not too shabby for the first half of the box. A fair amount of vintage and an '84 Fleer Mattingly rookie and an '85 Donruss Clemens Rookie, neither of which I had. Honestly, I'd be surprised if the 2nd half of the box is as good as the first, but stranger things have happened...just not to me.

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Bobby Brown - My Prerogative 

It's Not Always About The Hits XI

As I mentioned in my last post, I haven't purchased any current cards since Topps Series 1 from 2022. However, as long as I can find cheap boxes of "commons" at my LCS (a 1500 count box for about 10 bucks), it doesn't really matter. Here's the latest box.

2002 - 03 Topps Finest Basketball - 64 cards.

2017 Topps Heritage Baseball - 77 cards.

2018 Topps Heritage High Numbers Baseball - 293 cards.

2008 Upper Deck Icons Football - 34 cards.

1992 - 93 Topps Stadium Club Basketball - 58 cards.

2017 - 18 Donruss Optic Basketball - 1 card.

2019 - 20 Panini Mosaic Basketball - 7 cards.

2016 - 17 Panini Aficionado Basketball - 2 cards.

1992 - 93 Upper Deck Basketball - 32 cards.

2003 - 2004 Topps Bazooka Basketball - 34 cards. The majority were these gold parallels.

2008 Topps Baseball - 6 cards.

2008 - 09 O-Pee-Chee Hockey - 64 cards.

1994 - 95 Skybox Emotion Basketball - 30 cards.

2008 - 09 Fleer Ultra Hockey - 26 cards.

2008 -09 Upper Deck Masterpieces Hockey - 13 cards.

2007 - 2008 Upper Deck Hockey - 53 cards.

2007 - 08 Upper Deck Victory Hockey - 10 cards.

2016 Topps Heritage Baseball - 31 cards.

1994 - 95 Collector's Choice Basketball - 41 cards.

2005 - 06 Upper Deck Basketball - 5 cards.

Some assorted baseball.

2002 - 03 Upper Deck Hockey - 26 cards.

2015 Topps Heritage Baseball High Numbers - 17 cards.

1999 - 00 Topps Basketball - 20 cards.

2018 Topps Archives Baseball - 114 cards.

2003 Upper Deck SP Authentic Golf - 19 cards.

1993 - 94 Hoops Basketball - 10 cards.

Some more random cards.

2018 Topps Heritage Baseball - 8 cards.

Some more random basketball...

...and ending with some more basketball and a couple of hockey cards.

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Led Zeppelin  - Physical Graffiti