'59 topps: one f/g card at a time: G-A-C Packs 8 to 16

Here we go with the next group of packs from my Allen and Ginter box. But I'm already behind the 8-ball and I probably ought to move on to more productive things. Yeah, right.

Pack 8:
Wee Man. #272 He's a skateboard guy. Ought to lose points for this one.
Belt 60
Lind 281
Halladay 90
Pavano 192
Valencia 344 OK, a Short Print +2

Mini Uninvited Guests RMS Queen Mary U69 +3

HMS Devastation FF18 +2

Pack Total= 7 points
Running Total= 75

Pack 9:
Billingsly 124
Carlos Santana 41
Uggla 95
Luke Scott ORIOLE! MY fave team. Only took my 9th pack. +1

Furcal 77 Ginter Code +3

BB Hi-lite sketches Bautista BHS6 +3

HTH Crawford HH75 +1

Mini Gaby Sanchez #334 this is a SP parallel +3

Pack Total=11
Running Total=86

Pack 10:
Mickey F'ing Mantle 7 It's a crying shame he's a -1. Yes, he's a Yankee but he's MICKEY MANTLE fer gawds sake. Oh well, rules are rules..... -1
Zamenhof Inventor of Esperanza. 107 Too bad its not the mini which is worth points.
Ichiro 250
Pierre 229
Escobar 58
Derrek Lee 259 another Oriole. Cool +1

Mini Matt Guy, waste of cardboard. 191 wait... is this a black boarder parallel? +3 I love this Guy!!

Hometown Hero Anderson. HH56 +1

Pack total=4
Running Tot=90

Pack 11:
Nickeas the unknown (to me) Met 243
Drabek 180
Thome 204
Vazquez 49
Bay 98
Nunez 313 SP +2

Mini The Human Blockhead SRU6 Hideous card but it gets me +3

Home town Hero Beckham HH36 +1

Pack Total=6
R.Total=96

Pack 12:
Kyle Petty +1
NASCAR hasn't been the same since DE died.
But I still follow it.

Young 271
Kendrick 258
Castro 66 Fave Player list +2

Peavy 199
Wallace 318 SP +2 and Ginter Code card +3 for a card of +5!

Hometown Hero Werth HH74 +1

and the one I need to figure on for awhile
Mini Jay Bruce 197 black border. OK....Fave player list +2 and black border +3 for a card total +5

Nice pack!
Pack total=14
Running total=110

Pack 13:
Jackson 284 a kayak-er playing a paddle like a guitar. I like these A&G cards more with every pack I open but I don't need this.
Aimee Mullins base +1

Dempster 122
Adrian Gonzalez 120 Fave player list +2

Helton 154
Ludwick 307 SP +2

Mini Albert Pujols A&G ad back! +2 But I can't believe he's not anyone's favorite player. Jeez.

Minds that Made the Future L. Euler MMF 20 +2

Pack=9
Running total=119

Pack 14:
Auerrima 133 uh oh -1
Liriano 48
Young 142
Posada 144 uh oh again -1
Santana 248
Ascent of Man Porifera AOM 4 +1

Werth 315 SP +2

Mini Feliz 69 Bazooka back with a hand number 3 of 25 Cool +20

Hometown Hero Tulowitzki HH70 +1 and Fave player list +2 So it's a +3 card

Total for pack=24 and yes, I had nine cards in that pack. Probably a seven card pack in here someplace.
Running total=143

Pack 15:
Prado 109 Fave Player list +2