Gint-A-Cuffs: Packs 21-24

Finally….the conclusion of my Gint-A-Cuffs box!

Pack 21:

#59 Mark Reynolds
#165 Chase Utley (+2)

#126 Trevor Crowe
#107 Bryan Berg
#251 Carl Crawford
#307 Hunter Pence SP (+5)

Mini A & G Back #276 Michael Phelps (+2)

National Pride #NP23 Chien-Ming Wang (-1)

Total: 8

Pack 22:

#115 Ryan Doumit
#138 Garrett Atkins
#86 Michael Cuddyer
#216 Derek Lowe
#249 John Higby
#158 Sigmund Freud
Mini #198 Raul Ibanez
National Pride #NP20 Akinori Iwamura

Total: 0. They can’t all be winners…

Pack 23:

#7 John Smoltz
#103 Aaron Harang
#142 Lashawn Merritt
#114 Hideki Matsui (-1)
#AGR-JM Joe Mauer Jersey (+40: 8 pt. relic x 5 for being on the Favorites list)

Mini #199 James McDonald
National Pride #NP22 David Wright (+4)

Total: 43. It won’t be enough to win the competition, but pulling a second “favorite player” relic was pretty darn good.

Pack 24:

#68 Jamie Moyer
#248 Colby Rasmus
#133 Roy Halladay
#27 Chien-Ming Wang (-1)
#349 Aubrey Huff SP (+5)

Baseball Highlights Sketch Card #AGHS21 David Price (+3)

Mini #89 Elvis Andrus
National Pride #NP21 Scott Hairston

Total: 7

Final Box Total: 274

All in all, this was a pretty good box that put up a solid showing for Gint-A-Cuffs. Thanks to Beardy and Mark for the work they’ve put into it. We’ll return you to your regularly scheduled “old school breaks” shortly…

Gint-A-Cuffs: Packs 17-20

Pack 17:

#288 Joe Saunders
#137 Mark Teixeira (-1)
#116 Charles Darwin
#266 Johnny Cueto
#273 Jason Bay
Code Card #84 Justin Upton (+2)

Black Bordered Mini #195 Kevin Kouzmanoff (+3)

Scratch this one off your wantlist, Sooz. It’ll be headed your way.

National Pride #NP16 Jake Peavy

Total: 4. Meh…

Pack 18:

#144 Joakim Soria
#100 Ichiro
#176 Ramiro Pena RC (-1)
#75 David Wright (+2)

#214 Adam Dunn
#331 Jeff Samardzija SP (+5)

Mini A & G Back Sitting Bull SP (+9)

National Pride #NP17 Felix Hernandez

Total: 15

Pack 19:

#271 Jair Jurrjens
#200 Carlos Quentin
#149 Chipper Jones (+2)

#192 Ryan Zimmerman
#264 Carlos Pena
#186 Adrian Beltre
World’s Biggest Hoaxes, etc. #HHB13 War of the Worlds (+5)

National Pride #NP18 Robinson Cano (-1)

Total: 6

Pack 20:

#70 Rick Ankiel
#170 Lance Berkman
#72 Carlos Lee
#26 Charles Goodyear
#85 Jason Jaramillo
#301 Jonathan Sanchez SP (+5)

Mini #162 Shane Victorino
National Pride #NP19 Erik Bedard

Total: 5

Running Box Total: 216. Four packs to go, including one more hit!

Gint-A-Cuffs: Packs 13-16

Pack 13:

#210 Johan Santana
#9 Ryan Theriot
#290 Cat Osterman
#164 Erik Bedard
#212 Mariel Zagunis
Code Card #288 Joe Saunders (+2)

Black Bordered Mini #276 Michael Phelps (+3)

National Pride #NP28 Melvin Mora

Total: 5

Pack 14:

#227 Nelson Cruz
#207 Jack Cust
#12 Jermaine Dye
#53 Clayton Kershaw (+2)

#19 Mike Pelfrey
#342 Sitting Bull SP (+5)

Mini #15 Alfred Nobel (again!)
National Pride #NP31 Grady Sizemore (+4)

Total: 11

Pack 15:

#113 Rafael Furcal
#187 Brett Myers
#104 Jeff Francoeur
#208 Michael Young
#AGR-CJ Chipper Jones Jersey (+40: 8 pt. relic with 5x multiplier for Favorite List, thanks Dayf!)

World’s Biggest Hoaxes, etc. #HHB9 San Serriffe (+5)

National Pride #NP30 Jose Contreras

Total: 45. Woohoo!

Pack 16:

#94 Paul Maholm
#121 Ryan Church
#153 C.C. Sabathia (-1)
#130 Johnny Damon (-1) Come on! Two in a row?!?
#95 David Patton
#318 Delmon Young SP (+5)

Mini SP #316 Rick Porcello (+7)

National Pride #NP29 Alfonso Soriano

Total: 10

Running Box Total: 186

Gint-A-Cuffs: Packs 9-12

Pack 9:

#223 Scott Rolen
#110 Kevin Youkilis
#56 Daniel Murphy
#83 Ludwig Van Beethoven
#298 Dan Haren
#243 Alexander Cartwright
National Heroes #NH16 Chiang Kai-Shek (+5)

National Pride #NP24 Chase Utley (+4)

Total: 9

Pack 10:

#262 Magglio Ordonez
#134 Jered Weaver
#195 Kevin Kouzmanoff
#28 Ervin Santana
#209 St. Patrick’s Cathedral
#333 Nick Swisher SP (+4: 5 for SP, -1 for Yankee)

Mini #15 Alfred Nobel
National Pride #NP25 Jonathan “No-Hit” Sanchez

Total: 4

Pack 11:

#52 Aaron Hill
#77 Francisco Liriano
#32 Jeremy Bonderman
#287 James Shields
#105 Kurt Suzuki
#161 Justin Mourneau (surprised he wasn’t on the Fave list)
Mini A & G Back #281 Jake Peavy (+2)

National Pride #NP26 Yunel Escobar

Total: 2. Two dead packs in a row. Ugh.

Pack 12:

#184 Chris Young
#108 The Alamo
#203 Scott Kazmir
#277 Kerry Wood
#306 Cliff Lee SP (+5)

Baseball Highlights Sketch Card Ken Griffey, Jr. (+3)

Creatures of Legend, Myth, and Terror #LMT15 Chupacabra (+7)

National Pride #NP27 John Lackey

Total: 15
This concludes the first half of the box. I’m going to need something huge to pop up soon in order to have a shot at this thing.

Running Box Total: 115

Gint-A-Cuffs: Packs 5-8

Pack 5:

#283 Mike Aviles
#5 Luke Hochevar
#276 Michael Phelps
#220 Suez Canal (-1)
#145 Todd Wellemeyer
National Heroes #NH2 Haile Selassie I (+5)

National Pride #NP36 Yovani Gallardo

Total: 4. Ho hum…

Pack 6:

#233 John Lackey
#222 Akinori Iwamura
#111 Jason Giambi
#156 Jayson Werth
#252 Lastings Milledge
#324 Wladimir Balentien SP (+5)

Mini A & G Back #92 Joe Mauer (+5: 3 for the Favorite, 2 for the card back if I did that correctly)

National Pride #NP37 Johan Santana

Total: 10

Pack 7:

#265 Paul Konerko
#240 Hank Blalock
#285 George Kottaras
#284 Kenshin Kawakami
#AGA-JRI Juan Rivera Autograph (+15)

Black Bordered Mini #88 Brad Penny (+3)

National Pride #NP38 Mariano Rivera (+6 Favorite)

Total: 24. My best pack so far!

Pack 8:

#124 Donald Veal (who may or may not be boycotted by PETA)
#183 Pedro Feliz
#146 Rich Harden
#36 Joba Chamberlain (-1)
#313 Jeff Francis SP (+5)

Baseball Highlights Sketch Card #AGHS24 Mariano Rivera (+3)

Mini #194 Brandon Morrow
National Pride #NP39 Shin-Soo Choo

Total: 7

Running Box Total: 85