ginter wax cracked!

these are heady days for dodger fans.  believe it or not, i was a little jaded last year after the big trade with boston.  that was not the 'dodger way' that i grew up with.  now i am happy to see the team in first place and looking forward to the remainder of the season and beyond.  besides, with all these marquee players on the roster, there are a ton of dodger cards in recent releases.  take 2013 topps allen & ginter as an example.

i received my haul from crackin' wax's charity case break.  the healthy stack of cards begins with this matt kemp box topper

and continues with a few complete team sets.  let's take a look at all the base dodger goodness in this set.

sandy koufax

jackie robinson

yasiel puig

clayton kershaw

paco rodriguez

hanley ramirez

chad billingsley

andre ethier

hyun-jin ryu

adrian gonzalez

josh beckett

aj ellis

duke snider

and short-printed matt kemp.

wow.  what, nick punto doesn't rate?  actually, i am kind of surprised that a few of those guys made the checklist.  14 cards out of a set of 350, not all of which are baseball players is a pretty high ratio - that's yankees territory!

here are the dodger 'across the years' cards that i received.

andre ethier

adrian gonzalez

clayton kershaw

sandy koufax

jackie robinson

and then there are the minis.

ethier

gonzalez

kemp

kershaw

puig

hanley ramirez black border

and jackie robinson

that would be the a&g back version

but wait, there are relics, too!

billingsley

gonzalez

ramirez

(not shown, a second ramirez relic)

and a full sized andre ethier

that is some serious checklist domination brought to you by the free spending dodger owners.  and, there are other dodgers on the relics and auto checklist that didn't get included in the base set.  i should have a couple of those to showcase later this week.  no autos for me, unfortunately, but i can't complain about this haul.

topher also included one more card, just for kicks i suppose.  a 2013 bowman platinum clayton kershaw

as if all that ginter wasn't enough.

thanks topher! can't wait for your next team case break!