Pack Break: 2017 Topps Heritage Minors

I picked up a couple of packs yesterday at the local card shop.  If you follow A Pack To Be Named Later, I posted the "better" pack on there a few minutes ago.  My knowledge of current players and prospects is limited.  I admit, I haven't heard of one player from the pack below.  I had heard of three or four in the other. 

If you're interested in trading for any of them, they'll be in my Trading Card Database inventory before you even read this. 

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TRADE ME YOUR 2017 GYPSY QUEEN!

Okay, you don't HAVE to.  However, if you have some that you don't want or need that I do need, I'm interested.  I want to put the regular set (including SPs) together.

I don't have all of my baseball listed in my inventory, but all of my 2017 product is there.  If there's something that you want, let me know.  I'll send it to you and you send me back what you think is fair from the list o' needs.

I also have stuff not yet listed, so I can take a look if you have needs.  It may take me a few days to get through that, though.

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So GQ

On lunch Friday, I ran (okay, drove) to the Target that's a couple of minutes from my office.  Cards weren't the reason, but I knew I'd leave with some Gypsy Queen if they had any.

They had three blasters and a handful of the three-pack blisters.  Initially, I put two blasters into my basket and went shopping for my other items.  I pondered it over the whole time and put them back.  Instead, I grabbed two of the three-pack blisters.  I love the green parallels and that's what it came down to.  I also got the two free Opening Day packs with them.

I've decided that I want to do this set.  I like both the design and images better than Heritage.  I don't hate that there are less SPs in GQ.  Here's a look at the goods!

2017 Gypsy Queen #180 Tanner Roark

2017 Gypsy Queen #257 Addison Russell

2017 Gypsy Queen #247 Charlie Blackmon

2017 Gypsy Queen #81 Starling Marte

2017 Gypsy Queen #198 Noah Syndergaard

2017 Gypsy Queen #292 Ryan Zimmerman

2017 Gypsy Queen #127 Yoenis Cespedes

2017 Gypsy Queen #27 Roberto Osuna

Roberto Osuna is a duplicate and I don't even have too many of these.  Concerns me that I'm going to end up with more duplicates.

2017 Gypsy Queen #299 Orlando Arcia

2017 Gypsy Queen #245 DJ LeMahieu

2017 Gypsy Queen #107 Tim Anderson

2017 Gypsy Queen #33 Tom Murphy

2017 Gypsy Queen #56 Yasmani Grandal

2017 Gypsy Queen #2 Edwin Diaz

2017 Gypsy Queen #260 Trey Mancini

 The Trey Mancini is a double.  It is for trade.

2017 Gypsy Queen #194 Joey Votto

 Another double.  <sigh>

2017 Gypsy Queen #15 Danny Valencia

2017 Gypsy Queen #132 Teoscar Hernandez

2017 Gypsy Queen Green #124 Buster Posey

2017 Gypsy Queen Green #13 Taijuan Walker

2017 Gypsy Queen Green #75 Clayton Kershaw

2017 Gypsy Queen #215 Bruce Maxwell

2017 Gypsy Queen #66 Justin Upton

2017 Gypsy Queen #93 Ichiro

2017 Gypsy Queen Fortune Teller Mini #FTYG Yulieski Gurriel

2017 Gypsy Queen #148 Aledmys Diaz

2017 Gypsy Queen #30 Jonathan Schoop

2017 Gypsy Queen #94 Ryan Schimpf

 UGH!  Another duplicate!

2017 Gypsy Queen #55 Corey Dickerson

2017 Gypsy Queen Missing Blackplate #292 Ryan Zimmerman

2017 Gypsy Queen #41 A.J. Ramos

2017 Gypsy Queen #23 Blake Snell

 Duplicar.

2017 Gypsy Queen #249 Luke Weaver

2017 Gypsy Queen #183 George Springer

2017 Gypsy Queen #290 Yonder Alonso

2017 Gypsy Queen #21 Braden Shipley

2017 Gypsy Queen #84 Ender Inciarte

2017 Gypsy Queen #59 Kenley Jansen

2017 Gypsy Queen Green #163 Renato Nunez 

2017 Gypsy Queen Green #96 Daniel Murphy

2017 Gypsy Queen Green #7 Stephen Strasburg

2017 Topps Opening Day #152 Brandon Belt

2017 Topps Opening Day #127 Wil Myers

2017 Topps Opening Day #38 David Wright

2017 Topps Opening Day Superstar Celebrations #SC15 David Ortiz

2017 Topps Opening Day #129 Trea Turner

2017 Topps Opening Day #71 Jacob deGrom

2017 Topps Opening Day #61 Kenta Maeda

2017 Topps Opening Day #137 Jonathan Lucroy

2017 Topps Opening Day #137 Jonathan Lucroy

2017 Topps Opening Day Edition #101 Starling Marte

2017 Topps Opening Day #41 Jose Bautista

2017 Topps Opening Day #34 David Ortiz

Two David Ortiz cards.  I'd like to say "thankfully I won't have to hear about him anymore," but there's always someone else that will get shoved down our throats.  If this guy gets into the Hall of Fame, then Edgar Martinez needs to go in as well.  The "he was a DH" argument will then be invalid.
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