Bad Wax Bonus

As part of the Bad Wax box busters deal, Mike sent everyone a surprise pack of cards to go along with the main packs. My extra pack was another pack of 2002 Vintage, which is great because I like them a lot. What can I say, I like black borders.

First I got an extra surprise; this Giant 2000 Bowman Chrome Alfanso Soriano. It's bigger than a regular card and I can't remember what it's called (and I'm too lazy to look it up right now). I'd forgotten that Alfi was a Yankee. The card is sweet. Shiny as hell. I got this because a few weeks back I won a contest. It was very difficult. Basically, if memory serves, I was the first person to comment on the post so I got the card. So yeah...I EARNED IT!



Here is bonus pack 2002 UD Vintage:





Mark Buehrle
Bret Boone
Tim Salmon
Reggie Sanders
Donnie Bridges/Henry Mateo
Dernell Stenson/Juan Diaz
Postseason Scrapbook Randy Johnson
Rockies Team Checklist
Trot Nixon
Jason Kendell

Not too bad of a pack. It would have been a lot better back in 2002 with Johnson, Salmon, and Boone. And another Dernell Stenson. That makes 2 in the Bad Wax packs. I'd never heard of the guy. He was murdered shortly after getting his first taste of the majors. It's very sad and, truthfully, deserves it's own post. I'm glad to have a few of Dernell's cards.

Thanks for the break Mike, and the bonus pack, and especially my hard earned giant shiny Soriano.

Bad Wax Box Busters June Break

As I sit here scanning these cards in I'm drinking a Great Lakes Commodore Perry India Pale Ale. Grady Sizemore is off the DL and back in center field. The Tribe snapped a losing streak that treatened my very sanity. My wife is upstairs asleep and since I'm off tomorrow morning she won't have to get up tonight at all. I'm playing with my baseball cards and I'm listening to my son Grady snore his little baby snores through the monitor. Life might get better than this at some point...but I don't see how.

*Shysterball (I think) said something about hearing his kid through the monitor a few days ago. I don't know if I'd appreciate this seemingly insignificant moment in my life without him...so thanks dude.

OK now on to the important stuff...the cards. 4 packs from Bad Wax.


2002 Upper Deck Vintage





#64 Ruben Sierra
#99 David Ortiz
#76 Carl Everett
#244 Brian Giles
#242 Nick Punto/Carlos Silva
#209 Brad Penny
#289 Postseason Scrapbook Derek Jeter
#18 A's Team Checklist
#DP1 Day At The Park - Ichiro
#25 Shannon Stewert

Analysis: Overall not too bad. I have a feeling that I could have done better on the rookie card than Punto and Silva. But I did get a Carl Everett, and that means I get to think about how he believes that Dinosaurs sisn't exist and scientists made their bones in a lab. Good Times. I'm always happy to pull an Ichiro card too.



2002 SPX




#41 Mike Mussina
#15 Freddy Garcia
#90 Todd Helton
#64 Hideo Nomo

Analysis: Not a bad pack with the Mussina and Helton. I have to respect Mussina for striking out 30 Indians in 2 games...even though the Indians won both. Still impressive.


1999 SP Top Prspects




John Patterson - High Desert Mavericks
Juan Pena - Pawtucket Red Sox
George Lombard - Greenville Braves
Dernell Stenosn - Trenton Thunder
Mike Lincoln - New Britain Rock Cats
Glenn Davis - Vero Beach Dodgers
Ken Griffey Jr Retrospective
Matt Clement Checklist

Analysis: I have mixed feelings here. On the one hand, the cards are very shiny gold and look quite awesome. Really kick ass looking. On the other hand I don't know who any of these people are, and considering it was a decadeago, I probably should't hold out too much hope.


2004 Fleer Platinum





Chipper Jones Big Signs - folded and unfolded
John Olerud
Placido Polanco
Johan Santana
Greg Myers - Unsung Heroes
Sidney Ponson
Mike Cameron

Analysis - This is a really nice pack. I have no idea what the odds on pulling that Chipper Jones travesty they are caling a card, but I do know someone who might liek it and it's going in his pile. Johan Santana is good too.

My favorite here is the John Olerud for a couple of reasons. 1: I like to think about the story (unfortunately not true, but still funny) about Olerud and Henderson. B: I think he looks a little like that guy who plays the bad South African in Lethal Weapon 2.

Overall - Nothing too great here. Just some normal packs of baseball cards. Nothing wrong with that.

Bad Wax Break: 2003 Fleer E-X

Here is my break of 2003 Fleer E-X. If I had known they were this cool looking, I might have gotten more than 1 pack

Tom Glavine #44

Tom just doesn't look right in the Mets uniform. Of course he might prefer that to the Braves uniform right now, but I have a feeling he'll be over it in 5 years when he wears his Braves cap to the HOF ceremony.













Bernie Williams #47

And my streak of pulling a Yankee in 21,573 straight packs remains intact.

















Rocco Baldelli SP #84 (46/84)

Cool SP card. It's a shade of blue and numbered 46/84...which makes it a 1/1.


No, I've told you before I will not stop making that joke.














Not a bad pack. You can't complain when you get an SP, right? Probably not the best pack in the break but again, far from the worst.

Bad Wax Break: 1999 Bowman's Best

Here is a pack od 1999 Bowmans Best from the Bad Wax Group Breaks. I love these. You just get a pack or two of some random box for a few bucks and see what you get. Check them out. Just make sure that there is enough room for me.


#112 Ben Davis




















#146 Preston Wilson




















#98 Tony Gwynn Best Performers




















#97 Ben Grieve Best Performers




















#96 Kerry Wood Best Performers




















#166 Bobby Seay




















Not too bad. It won't be the best pack, but with a Gwynn it sure won't be the worst either. And, I even got an Indian...even if he is wearing a Cubs Jersey.

I really like these. Very Shiny.

Bad Wax Break: 2004 Upper Deck Vintage

Here are the 2 packs I got for the group break at Bad Wax. 2004 Uper Deck Vintage.

Pack 1

Matt Roney7 #114 I have no smart ass comments I can think of for Matt Roney


















Benito Santiago #42 I don't think that Benito gets enough credit for how good he was.


















Bernie Williams #107




















Randy Johnson #72 Now we're talking. Randy Johnson. What a handsome man.


















David Wells #97 David Wells, the man who once threw a no-hitter with a half eaten cheese steak sanwhich in his back pocket and didn't lose a single onion. Or, something like that.

















Here is the card they give you if you did NOT pull a relic or auto (forshadowing?)



















A.J. Pierzynski #205 I hate this asshole. I don't thik that puts me in very exclusive company.


















Alex Escobar #31 My first Indian. What a happy day



















Jamie Moyer #251 This is form 2004. Loook at how old Jamie is. He can't have much left in the tank. He certainly won't be pitching 3-4 years from this card.....right?


















Pack Grade: ehhhhh 2/5 Nothing spectacular.








Pack 2:
Esteban Loaiza #130 Man, Loaiza sure had a good year right before this card. What happened to this guy. It seemed like he only pitched well against the Tribe for some reason.
















Freddy Garcia #87





















Robb Quinlan #208 Why the two "r"s Robb? A little pretentius don't you think?




















Alex Rodriguez #7 I don't care what you think about this guy. Getting A-Rod is a good oull. And look at him back in the loosey goosey era when he wqas using steroids. Look how much bigger he is. He definately stopped when he got to NY, right\?......right? Anyone back me up here?

















Mark Mulder #149 I consider this a decent pull. Mulderused to be great. What ever happened to this guy?


















Jim Thome Steller Stat Men #SSSM-15 There it is!!!!!My awesome pull of the day!!!!! Who would have thought that I would pull this card? And, it's Thome to boot... a former Trabesman. I love Thome. Can't believe I pulled the relic here. This is exciting.








Adam Kennedy #118 I Got Nothin'





















Wes Helms #279 Nothin' again.





















Placido Polanco #29

Pack Prognosis 4.5/5

Hard to think of a better pack. I got plenty of stiffs but how can you complain about that when you also have A-Rod and The Jim Thome Relic.

Thanks Chemgod. I'll keep in these breaks. That was fun.