Tuesday, May 10, 2011

A Retail GQ Hit!

While at Target tonight, I bought bird seed, creamer, D batteries, and three packs of loose Gypsy Queen from a box on a shelf. They were out of the rack packs and blasters. The packs were $2.99 each.
The base cards:
90 Posey
94 Jeter
187 Berkman
137 Romero
36 Vlad
281 Pierre
171 ManRam
121 Cuddyer
172 Zimmerman
82 Starlin
Four inserts; SF10 Wright, FS6 Cahill, GO24 Cobb, and GO28 Ruth. Yeah! Cobb!
The three mini's are 178 Figgins, 232 Jhonny red back, and 68 Gary Carter
And lastly, a Nick Markakis auto! I absolutely LOVE beating the odds in retail. I don't know if Markakis is a Group A, B, or C, but at best the odds are 1:108. The other great thing about an auto hit in loosey retail packs... the douche-bag pack searcher that turned this box upside down, walked away with maybe a jersey card of some scrub like Brett Gardener. 

As always, I am up for trading anything you see on my blog. 
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9 comments:

  1. hiflewMay 10, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    Great hit. That is the best auto I have seen pop. I have seen multiples of two different Oakland A's pitchers and some guy on the Cubs, but Markakis is a bona fide star. Congrats.

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  2. flywheelsMay 10, 2011 at 10:59 PM

    According to my empty blaster box here Nick is part of Group B or 1:127 packs.

    I've bought 2 blasters thus far and got a hit in each box! 1 auto and one framed mini relic. Guess that's where the extra cards from the hobby boxes ended up...in retail!

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  3. the sewingmachineguyMay 10, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    Thanks for the info Colbey. I feel your pain with the scrub auto's. I pulled two Cashner auto's (that's the Cub scrub).

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  4. IkesCardsMay 10, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    What do you need for that Markakis auto? We have some Tigers autos and relics if you want to trade.

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  5. IkesCardsMay 10, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    Forgot to say that we've opened four GQ rack packs and pulled three relics.

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  6. Play at the PlateMay 11, 2011 at 12:20 AM

    Nice hit. Still haven't seen any around here.

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  7. the sewingmachineguyMay 11, 2011 at 7:51 AM

    @IC ~ A Tiger auto would be cool. Send an offer or two over.

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  8. thosebackpagesMay 11, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    oh man, you KILLED it! NIIIIIICE!

    i have to get to ripping my stash lol

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  9. Derek HillMay 13, 2011 at 11:24 PM

    I pulled that card out of a blaster a few weeks back as well! Great pick up

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