Another Manilla One Bites the Dust
October 6th, 2011 by slangon

Once upon a time, long ago, The Night Owl held a fun little contest where he cobbled together a ransom note-style message made up of different letters from various card fronts and your job was to match the letters with the card it was pulled from. Being a graphic designer who deals with fonts all […]

Gint-A-Cuffs: Just When You Thought It Was Over: The Recap
July 28th, 2010 by slangon

Well, now that my box of Ginter is duly busted, I figured that I’d give my 2 cents on the product itself since in the heat of battle I didn’t really comment so much on the cards themselves. First off, let’s start with the base cards. I’m sure at this point everyone is pretty familiar […]

Gint-A-Cuffs: The Finale
July 26th, 2010 by slangon

We’re down to our last 2 packs plus the box topper. Here’s the big moment when we find out if we lost, or if we really lost. Let’s find out. Pack 23 #94 Luke Hochevar #185 X-Rays (+1 because X-Rays are special) #233 Rick Ankiel #43 Yovani Gallardo #234 Nick Johnson (-1 because Yankees are […]

Gint-A-Cuffs: Rounds 21-22
July 23rd, 2010 by slangon

The box is almost done. I’m actually pretty damn impressed with myself that I haven’t broken down and just busted the whole think in one sitting. I need to remember this for future reference because it really made the enjoyment of busting this box last a good long time. Usually though I never have that […]

Gint-A-Cuffs: Rounds 19-20
July 21st, 2010 by slangon

Here we go again. Getting down to the wire. Pack 19 #277 Regis Philbin (I don’t know why, but I’m sort of glad to have a Regis Philbin card.) #124 Andrew McCutchen #34 Delmon Young #186 Jose Reyes (+1 for being a member of my favorite team, although the Mets are skating on thin ice […]

Gint-A-Cuffs: Rounds 17-18
July 20th, 2010 by slangon

We’re moving into the the third and final stack of packs. I feel a little bit like I’m just playing out the string at this point what with being 2/3 of the way through and only having 106 points. That’s okay though, maybe I’ll at least pull some cool cards. Let’s see. Pack 17 #83 […]

Gint-A-Cuffs: Rounds 13-16
July 18th, 2010 by slangon

We’ve already knocked out half of the packs in this box and we’re sitting at 70 points. I’ve not been too happy thus far, but we still have 2 hits (hopefully) and the box topper left to go, so maybe this box won’t be as bad as I’ve been expecting. Let’s get to it. Pack […]

Gint-A-Cuffs: Rounds 11-12
July 16th, 2010 by slangon

Half way through the box and we’re nowhere near breaking 100 points. I’d say that’s a good recipe for success, wouldn’t you? Here we go. Pack 11 #179 Ben Zobrist #242 Jules Verne #187 Jair Jurrjens #168 Rickie Weeks #32 Joba Chamberlain (-1 for being a Damn Yankee) #218 Todd Helton #SSS3 Sir Walter Raleigh […]

Gint-A-Cuffs: Rounds 9-10
July 14th, 2010 by slangon

Pack 9 #254 Rich Harden #264 Captain Nemo (I almost want to give myself points for this card because it’s so cool, but I’ll stick to the rules) #26 Andy Pettitte (-1 for being a Yankee) #220 Manny Ramirez #1 Adam Lind #312 Carlos Ruiz SP (+2 for being short printed) #110 Sherlock Holmes Mini […]

Gint-A-Cuffs: Rounds 5-8
July 11th, 2010 by slangon

So apparently nobody in the Mets organization has been paying attention to my well thought-out treatise on why it is so important for them to win games against the Braves. They’ve already lost a disastrous 2 games against them, putting them 5 games behind. Hopefully Johan Santana can work his magic and at least salvage […]