Sunday, June 7, 2020

A start with a Legend

Today, we get back to the business at hand - spending a few days with a legend. Okay, a bit cryptic, but to spell it out maybe this will help...



Yes - a box of 2012 Leaf The Living Legend Pete Rose set. So you may be asking me, why would you pick that up because..

Is it a set I would normally collect? No.

Is it a player I collect? No.

Did I have any interest before seeing it on sale at Dave & Adam's? No.

Did I pick it up because I thought I may be lucky and close to a complete the 50 card set in the box, and also get an autograph from Pete Rose? Yeah - pretty much this one.

I am not a huge fan of Pete Rose. I wasn't around for his heyday,and wasn't around to live through the controversy. That said, I was around for his run ins with Kane in WWE, so I knew enough to figure, an autograph at a cheap price...why not!

There are no inserts other than the autographs, so this should be a low scoring box, but with the chance of a complete set if correlation is kind, isn't a bad thing.

So, the scoring...though it won't matter too much here...

2020 Box Scores Points
Base Card 1
Base Sports Card Need 3
Base Wrestling Card Need 4
Base Variation / Short Print Card Odds
Base Toronto Card 15
Base Toronto Variation / Short Print Card 5 * Odds
Insert Card Odds
Toronto Insert Card 5 * Odds
Box Bonus Cards Per Pack Odds
Error Card Double Score

Let's get right to the autograph first...



Well, I'll be darned! Pete has a pretty nice signature, and I luck out and get him in his Montreal card which is the one I would want most given the Canada connection there.

While amassing over 3,500 games, he only played 95 with Montreal. I didn't look at the checklist for the autograph cards, but I would assume there is only a couple that may be Montreal related...*takes a look*...maybe 3 of the 45.

As for the base cards...let's open a pack today for a glimpse...



I like the black and white photo look for these cards, probably also makes it easier to get rid of logos and such as needed.



I really don't like the fact the cards use the exact same photo of Pete on each and every one. Also, take a read of the descriptions - for a man who played as long and had as many accomplishments as he did, not sure that running the bases for exercise is the spectacle needed for a 50 card set, but I gather there were some limitations in what material they could use.

At least I hope that is the reason.

1 Pack, 7 Cards, 28 Points.

7 comments:

  1. So they airbrushed his logos off but not off the guy in the dug-out? Ha.

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  2. Old Petey. I noticed the fellow in the dugout too! I like it! At least this product gives you a nice card, be it auto or redemption.

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    1. Pretty much. For the price to get one auto and hopefully a complete little set, hard to pass up.

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  3. Congratulations on pulling an Expos autograph of Pete. I picked up three boxes of this stuff back in 2013, because I couldn't pass up the opportunity to own 3 autographs of the Hit King for under $30.

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    1. Exactly - the Canadian connection is an added bonus, but really for the price, happy getting the auto period.

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  4. Nice! If you happen onto any duplicates of Expos (aside from that auto since I bet you're keeping that) you know who can use them..

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