Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Fairfield Baseball Repack

Fairfield: These are guilty pleasures but with how hard it is to find cards these may be a breath of fresh air.  Found this is at a Walgreens which had a ton of them for $4.99.  Eckersley is a PC guy and Hall of Famer so this was a fun pull.  
This box contained cards from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s and we'll start with the former.  Love that '88 Fleer design but Stanley had a rough year in '87 losing 15 games.  All these are the usual suspects you expect to find in repacks.
These were some designs I didn't remember from the 90's and 200s but I'd stepped away from collecting at the time.
Great photo on this Jim Abbott even though the Yankee uni taints it some.
About 2/3 of the cards were from the 90s.  Doesn't mean there weren't stars to be found.  
There was a pack of 1992 Series II Donruss in the box that yielded some nice cards. 
And we get some recent cards as well.  Not so much in the way of star power but some guys who had some solid years in the league.
Overall this is only a small sampling and there were a few more minor Hall of Famers running around in the box.  There was more variety than I expected which was nice.  I think I had a max of four cards from any single set.  I still find it fun.  Actual junk wax era packs would be a bit more exciting because you know you might find bigger names but these still have their place. 
I was surprised to see some Bowman and it was fun looking them up to see what they did which wasn't much.  That said who else had no clue that Tyler Colvin had seasons with 18 and 20 home runs? I really don't remember this guy.  We'll end it with PC guy Vince Coleman.  This was a fun find.  I won't search these repacks out per se but at this price point I can see me picking up more at some point.


BREAKDOWN:
95 – Total Cards
62 – 1990s
22 – 1980s
11 – 2000s
1 - Duplicate
1 – 1992 Donruss Series II Pack


10 comments:

  1. I gave up on repacks several years ago.

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    1. Probably smart. Outside a few PC guys not much there. But I still enjoyed it.

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  2. I still like the thrill of repacks. However, they never seem to have anything really super spectacular.

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    1. They really don't but there is still something to be said about busting them and the randomness you'll find inside.

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  3. I'm with you - repacks are a guilty pleasure. There was a 20 year gap in when I collected, so fortunately I still get a lot of cards I don't have.

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    1. I surprisingly get cards I don't have as well. Not sure how that happens but I don't complain.

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  4. That Ventura us a nice pull. I remember loving those 1st Draft Picks as a kid, thinking all those guys were gonna be studs in the majors lol. From what I remember, Ventura, Chipper Jones and Abbott were the only ones from that crop to make headlines.

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    1. I think you are right. And yeah the "1st Round Pick" logo got you excited in a hurry. His card really surprised me when I saw it. Not sure why. That '89 set can be found in spades.

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  5. Goose played for the Rangers? It seems like every year I discover a new team he's played for. Last year it was the Pirates.

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    1. It does seem like he played for a majority of the league.

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