GintaCuffs VIII Part 1: the Gintering Begins

(It seems this is the only thing that gets me to the old computer to type spontaneous words about this hobby that I am still actively hobbying.)

Here are some of the in-use definitions of gintering:

1. To open a box of Allen&Ginter and get buried under an avalanche of mini cards
2. To be stuck in a frame with a tropical motif
3. To travel around life with a fluorescent backsplash highlighting your movements
4. To be forced to be only write in cursive for all eternity

On to the cuffing of the ginter.

Boxloader

Mike Trout +4

Pack 1

115- Brad Miller
124- Jonathan Lucroy
311-Wellington Castillo
Mini 112-Kris Bryant
128-Aroldis Chapman -1
252-Cole Hamels my FP +4
Numbers Game (NG)-100 Ryne Sandberg +2

(7 cards in the 1st pack, not good)

Pack 1: 5
Overall: 9

Pack 2

208-Joe Panik
275-Jacob Degrom
140-Caleb Cotham
276-Matt Harvey
Mini 112- Kris Bryant
62-Dellin Betances -1
155-Brandon Phillips
242-DJ LeMahieu
Baseball Legends-25 Eddie Mathews +2

(same mini in back-to-back packs)

Pack 2: 1
Overall: 10

Pack 3

299-Clayton Kershaw FP+2
110-Michelle Steele
114-Randy Sklar
Mini 96-Jason Kipnis
Relic Brandon Belt +5x1.7 FP=8.5
55-Hector Rondon
327-Raul Mondesi, Jr

Pack: 10.5
Overall: 20.5
Pack 4

228-Colin Cowherd -1
287-Andre Dawson
122-Andrew Heaney
143-Adrian Gonzalez
Natural Wonders 13-Komodo Island +2
Mini A&G Back 232 Hector Olivera +2
257-Chris Archer
NG-74 Jim Rice +2

(they called Komodo Dragons gentle on the back of the card....what?)

Pack: +5
Overall: 25.5
Pack 5

218-Masahiro Tanaka -1
19-Rollie Fingers
226-Luke Jackson +2 FP
76-Colin McHugh
Mini 289 Jose Quintana
177-Mark Teixeira -1
182-Nolan Arenado
349-Travis D'Arnaud

(it was a very long time ago when Roy Halladay was traded to the Phillies for a package that included D'Arnaud.)

Pack: 0
Overall: 25.5

Pack 6

284-Orlando Cepeda
134-Henry Owens
283-Michael Wacha
BL-23 Nolan Ryan +2
Mini Black Border Josh Reddick +3
15-Mark Trumbo
197-George Springer
NG-33 Yoenis Cespedes +2

(quick, name the players on the active A's roster left over from the 2014 team (not Reddick)....answer: Stephen Vogt (Gray and Lowrie are on the DL))

Pack: 7
Overall: 32.5
Pack 7

181- Alex Wood
151-David Ortiz
46-Ben Revere
NW-2 Great Barrier Reef +2
Mini US Mayors 3 Sam Liccardo (semi-local in San Jose, CA) +2
147-Martin Prado
296-Rickey Henderson
303-Wei-Yi Chen

(I don't know the answer to this question: after David Ortiz retires, how many players left have appeared in all A&G sets since 2006?)

Pack: 4
Overall: 36.5

Pack 8

251-Stephen Piscotty
232-Hector Olivera
225-Brandon Drury +2 FP
278-Madison Bumgarner
Mini Subways and Streetcars 11 R.V. +2
279-Paul Molitor
127-Lucas Duda
NG-75 Kyle Seager +2

Pack: 6
Overall: 42.5