National Baseball Card Day 2016

This last Saturday was National Baseball Card Day, sponsored mainly by Topps.  Caroline and I had a daddy / daughter date day thing going on, consisting of heading to Best Buy to purchase a 3TB hard drive, Build A Bear, lunch, the movies (The Angry Birds Movie), and then to Sports Treasures to pick up a free pack of baseball cards.

Caroline and I each got a pack.

  I opened my pack that night.  Six cards.  The usual suspects.  I was pleased to have an Ichiro in my pack.

Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016
Evan Longoria (card # 20)

Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016
Jose Abreu (card # 26)

Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016
Ichiro (card # 43)

Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016
Jose Bautista (card # 40)

Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016
Joe Mauer (card # 31)

Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016
Sonny Gray (card # 34)

On Sunday we opened her pack.

Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016
Madison Bumgarner (card # 1)

Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016
Evan Longoria (card # 20)

Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016
Ichiro (card # 43)

Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016
Jose Bautista (card # 40)

Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016
Joe Mauer (card # 31)

Topps National Baseball Card Day 2016
Sonny Gray (card # 34)

Holy Collation Issues.  Her pack had five of the same cards as my pack.  She picked up Bumgarner and dropped Abreu.

I like the clean look of the cards and the depth of field / focus thing going on.  The backs have a decent write up.  Maybe getting away from stats isn't a bad thing on occasion.

Thanks, Sports Treasures and Topps, for free cards.