Parsley, SAGE HIT, Rosemary and Thyme

Listening:  Foxygen We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic

I have a fair amount to share today.  Over the weekend we went to Target and I saw 2019 Sage Hit blasters.  I have never purchased a Sage product before so I picked up the box, looked it over, and put it back down.  This morning I found myself back at Target and thought, "What the Hell?" and bought a box:



These are my first Sage cards so I'm new to this, but are they supposed to look like crappy 90s cards?  Ugh.  Unimpressed with the base cards:



Some Portrait inserts.  These are a bit better than the base:



The remaining inserts and parallels from the box.  The three autos are disappointing:



The box did include two additions for the Michigan collection:



As well as two for the Bama collection:



This will likely be my only Sage Hit purchase this year.  While at Target I also grabbed a fat pack of 2019 Topps Garbage Pail Kids We Hate the ’90s:



I have a fair number of 1986 GPK and even picked up a pack of Oh The Horror-bile! last year.  I still get a kick out these childish cards.  24 cards in the fat pack including 18 base cards:



The six remaining cards include two inserts and four parallels.  The "Fishy Fred" is a Fool's Gold parallel carrying a SN50:



I also received two packages in the mail today; both trades with TCDB members.  First, a few additions to the Michigan collection from jmkidd.  The Shoelace cards are pretty slick:



The other trade, my second with Lugnut80, netted a nice stack of 1990 Upper Deck baseball:



I finally started a project today that I've been kicking around for a few months.  Our second child, a son, is due in about four weeks.  I thought it might be neat to purchase packs of baseball, basketball, football, and hockey cards covering each season of his life and then give them to him as a gift on say his 12th or 13th birthday.  Today is Opening Day of the 2019 baseball season so while at Target this morning I did something I haven't done in 25 years - I bought packs of baseball cards:



Sitting down and opening these in 12 or 13 years will be a lot fun; reflecting on the stars and the hot rookies who never panned out.  The plan then is to pick up a pack or two during each Target run and slowly build a collection of packs for "Junior" that cover the four major sports and various sets Target offers.  By 2031, 2032 he could be sitting on the beginnings of a decent collection.