2018 Topps Big League - Yellow

Yo-ho-ho my friends!

Before Christmas let me end the yellow presents I got a few months ago.



Pack 5.

Jason Vargas look like he had one of those bad photoshop-jobs performed by Topps..

And what about this Pitcher thing with the sideways neck!? Not only they have jelly arms but also jelly necks.

And scores! My beloved Markakis! It's weird seeing him in a BRaves uniform but ok.. I can deal with any thing Markakis.

Nick scores me +7.

For a moment Haniger reminded me of Dustin Ackley...

I love the BL logo placement because in many photos it looks like the real ball. Like in this, Martinez looks like he's looking at it lile he's looking at the ball he jsut hit. And he gets me -5...

And right after losing points with Boton I get a Houston Astros. Nice to me I get +5.

Davis with the bat right in the BL logo. See!? That's what I meant.

I cannot quite remember if I already got this card. In the end I need to go back and re-order them and see if I got dups. But besides being a cool card for the AL ERA Leaders Stat-Kings counting me +5 I also get +10 for Severino being a Yankee and +7 for Chris Sale but also lose -5 for him insisting to be a Red Sox.

And stop right now! What do I have here!

I got a signed card by Cory Spangenberg! Spongebob for friends.

And not only is a signed card but also one of the parallel ones in gold!

So I looked for the odds and stuff and found that there are 34 cards 1:114 packs being the golden ones numbered #/99 (and the odds are like 1:670 hobby packs and I got a retail box..).

So nice!

But while checking the list I found that the next card is:

BLA-CSP Cory Spangenberg - San Diego Padres
BLA-DJ Derek Jeter - New York Yankees

So..one to the left and I could have get a Jeter one.. ohhhhh well.

Just saying that Cory hase a really small signature..

And since I wasn't expecting AT ALL to get a signed card, even more a parallel one, I'm setting this pack as the best one. No matter the count I get in the end.

And to prove this is really a good pack I also get, to end it, a Jim Palmer All-Time Greats gold card. What a beauty.. So finishing the counts with +7 and +1.


Result: 32 +∞



Pack 6.

I got Toronto bullpen. And poor Happ got the famous no-eyebrows-photoshop-job Topps love to do..

 I know I get -5 with this card for Benintendi playing for the Red Sox, but what a beautiful card this is! Horizontal card with lots of action at home plate. You can see the ball on the bat and the catcher's eye on the ball..and the umpire's hand on the catchers shoulder..

BEAUTIFUL!

And for being a landscape beauty I get +4.

If I'd do what Santana is doing I'd pull my back so bad I wouldn't be able to move for the next 5 weeks..

And take a second to appreciate how I get two of the most beautiful cards in this set, both landscape giving me +4 but taking -5 because Boston blarghhhh.

Mookie got this ball abd also an incredible card where he's surround by the public and their faces because of the play.

Topps..please..keep on doing THESE cards.

(Detail: Betts doesn't have the feet on the ground yet..this card keeps on getting better)

And an other Stat-Kings. Picturing the great Chris Sale who won the AL SO Leadership. Count me +5 and +7 and take me -5.

What is this trend of great cards for teams I don't like? Because this is an other great card in my opinion. Not at the same level as the previous two but it's a great batter card. Franco got a good one here. And I also get +4. And it's 3 horizontal cards in one pack!

And again stop right there! What do I have here!?

It's a black & white Urena base card parallel numbered #/50!

The odds are like 1:60 hobby packs which looks easier to get than the golden signature I got on the previous pack, but again.. I got a retail box! This is awesome!

And again, I wasn't expecting this AT ALL! So once again, I don't know how to count this. But I think this is a step back from the golden sign so this pack is like the second best no matter the result at the end.

And To finish the pack a gold Lucas Duda (funny name to say. Try saying it pretty fast!). Add +1 to the count plus +3 for the bat outside the frame.


Result: 13 and-almost +∞



3 colours done. One more to go. Don't know if this can get any better, but lets see.


Meanwhile, to all of you, have a nice Christmas and get ready to have a good New Year!