Team Baggie Number Three

 Well, the last of the tram baggies at least is as easy as yesterday's to know why - another case of prospecting gone, not so successfully.

The San Fran prospect started in the minors in 2010, getting to Triple A ball with Fresno in 2013 before calling it a career without getting to the bigs.

The shortstop just didn't have it together enough to get there but I couldn't find why he retired as I would have thought, given his age and being at Triple A that last season, he was generally headed in the right direction, but obviously there are many non-sport related reasons for it too.

Team Baggie Number Two

Well, this team baggie in the 2026 Lot makes sense.. 

Looks like someone was prospecting on a single player and gave up.

Kolbrin managed to float around the minor league system for Boston from 2010 through 2013, but never made it past AA ball. He didn't hit for average or much power, and with 50+ errors at 3rd in less than 200 games, with left field and DH not working out, it kept him from getting any further.

The good news is, I get two insert cards to keep, but now have about 50 dupes to try and find a home for...anyone interested?

Team Baggie Number One

There were three team bags in the first box of 2026 Lot cards, so I figure there must be a reason so we can look at each separately. First up, what I thought might be a 1989 Score Team set at first...

Instead, just seemed to be an assorted bunch of cards from the set. Works better in so much as I get another Dave Stieb card, and if you want great Jays pitching in the late 80s, Dave is the man.

I'd be happy with these backs on current cards - full stats, long write ups, not sure there is anything missing or that I would change on these.

So, not really sure why this one got the team bag treatment, but so be it.

Still Nothing

The 2026 Lot is back into 1990-91 Pro Set, but not the greatest bunch today - well, for me.

I will always give a thumbs up to a Ranford card, but other than that, the Bruins cards to pass along to local collector Jeff is about all in the positive column for these ones.

A reminder that even in the early 90s, you had the remnants of the last players who played without helmets.

I do love the team logo subset as the front logos are great, but look at all the fantastic information that was fit into the back of the single card!

Not much for me today, but still over 10k cards to go in this lot.

You Are On The List!

 New lots are good for this - getting enough of a new to me set that I add it to the list of slow build sets....and here we have 2024 Topps Chrome...

No surprise that with similar reasoning as the flagship set, I think there will be enough in the lot to take a run at this 300 card base set, and this is the first chunk of cards t go through and make a bit of a dent. The design of course is very similar to the flagship set....just chrome-ier. At least we are getting some solid cards right off the bat with Albies, Altuve and Gurriel Jr. for quick example.

I think I need to wipe my scanner off....lol...as it looks like a lot of marks here on the cards, but not in hand, though the Chrome cards do tend to pick up little flecks with static. Long story short - the cards are fine, I just need to apparently do some wiping of cards and scanner bed given how some of them look in the scans.

I will say, the best part of the bunch is what follows below...

There aren't a lot of Joey Votto Jays cards given how that situation all worked out, but I did have one of these cards, and now three, which is really cool. Turner is a new addition, and will need another doing the set build, but big thumbs up for the Jays additions to go along with the start of a new set build.

A Smattering of Hockey

 Though the 2026 Lot has been pretty set "chunky", it isn't all that way, definitely lots of "assorted" sections, and a hockey one is what we got to explore today, and we do have a few solid keepers.

A 1990-91 Score Wendel is a solid Leaf add, even if not new for me. The blue Score colour on the front means it's the American set (Canadian is red). That's probably the easiest way to tell.

As for the Bowman Hat Trick inserts - I think these are Tiffany versions but unless I have a non-Tiffany and Tiffany version in hand, I always find it hard to tell.

1990-91 Bowman to go with the Hat Trick inserts, but I need no base cards for that one. Early Stadium Club on the other hand, is cool to see as I don't see it very often at all.

Biggest volume for a set today is 1996-97 Dontuss. A middling set, not one I have any care to collect, but do have great want to trade....like any other traders I have.

Actually, taking a look, my traders are around 50k....Definitely something I will work to reduce once I finish with this lot.

Flat With Plat

The 2026 Lot teases me today with a stack of 1991-92 Pro Set Platinum as I have less than 10 cards remaining to complete the set...but unfortunately doesn't help me at all this time. Still, some nice cards to take a look at.

I'll call it one of the normal practices, the set goes through the teams in alphabetical order, and with the cards starting at the beginning of the set, we get Buffalo and Calgary to start (well, a couple Bruins which are aside already for a new home).

Definitely different backs looking to be a bit higher end, but at least there is a different second pic and not a re-using of the front photo. Also a reminder of the Chicago players that irritated me as a Leafs fan for the tough team they were.

Uniforms I miss definitely include the Whalers.

A good bunch of cards - just a shame there wasn't help on my set build.