Tuesday, September 18, 2018

36 Pack Wax Match: Pack 33

The Stage has been set. The Match is underway. Who will come out on top? There’s only one way to find out.

Keep going, and open that thirty-third pack!

As we dive into this pack, 1990 is hoping to clinch the match, after a victory in pack 32. Can it do it with this pack? Let's see!

First, we'll start with all the scoring cards from the 1988 pack!













Yup. Crickets! Not a single point scored by 1988. Now, it's possible to win a pack with a zero score, but it will be tough! Let's see the 1990 pack!

Hall of Fame +1
 This great card of Kirby Puckett gets 1990 off to a great start. All it needs is positive points from here on out.

Hall of Fame +1
Another Hall of Famer! This card isn't exactly exciting. Even the action shot isn't very action-y. But, it gets the pack another point!
  
Red Sox +2
More points! At some point, one of the Boston stations made a parody of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" about the previous Red Sox season. The only line I remember is "Esasky's gone, they'll never win!"

Hall of Fame +1
Another Hall of Famer! Points or no points, this pack is fantastic! Another great action shot too. Only thing better would be if Ozzie's bat extended into the border like his head does. Otherwise, a great card.

Mercifully, that is where the scoring ends! 1990 clinches the match with a convincing victory in pack 33!

Box Bottom: 1988 +1 (1-0)
Pack 1:  1990 +6 (1-1)
Pack 2:  1990 +4 (2-1)
Pack 3:  1988 +3 (2-2)
Pack 4:  1990 +1 (3-2)
Pack 5:  1990 +1 (4-2)
Pack 6:  1988 +2 (3-4)
Pack 7:  1988 +3 (4-4)
Pack 8:  TIE   +0 (4-4)
Pack 9:  1990 +2 (5-4)
Pack 10: 1990 +4 (6-4)
Pack 11: 1990 +4 (7-4)
Pack 12: 1990 +1 (8-4)
Pack 13: 1990 +5 (9-4)
Pack 14: 1988 +3 (5-9)
Pack 15: 1988 +2 (6-9)
Pack 16: 1988 +3 (7-9)
Pack 17: 1990 +3 (10-7)
Pack 18: 1988 +2 (8-10)
Pack 19: 1988 +3 (9-10)
Pack 20: 1990 +2 (11-9)
Pack 21: TIE   +0 (11-9)
Pack 22: 1990 +2 (12-9)
Pack 23: 1988 +2 (10-12)
Pack 24: TIE   +0 (10-12)
Pack 25: 1988 +3 (11-12)
Pack 26: TIE   +0 (11-12)
Pack 27: TIE   +0 (11-12)
Pack 28: 1988 +1 (12-12)
Pack 29: TIE   +0 (12-12)
Pack 30: 1990 +1 (13-12)
Pack 31: 1990 +3 (14-12)
Pack 32: 1990 +2 (15-12)
Pack 33: 1990 +5 (16-12)

Congratulations 1990!



Of course, it wouldn't be any fun if we didn't open the last three packs. So, what will happen next time?

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