Walk Around the Park

Baseball season in Seattle means two things: new baseball cards and a disappointing Mariners team.  This year is a little different, though.  After a disappointing 0-5 opening home stand, the Mariners have not lost a series and sit atop the AL West with a record of 21-14.  With some players who I'm actually excited about, I decided to pick up this year's team set.

The crown jewel of Seattle baseball: Safeco Field

I work relatively close to Safeco Field and more importantly, the team store.  So during my lunch break one sunny day, I headed down to the Mariners team store to buy the 2016 team set.  I'm not a big fan of this year's Topps design.  The colors on the cards are too muted and the white smoke overlay on the corners of the pictures seems unnecessary.  But for $7 I'm pleased, especially since I would only want to buy packs from the main set for the Mariners cards.  I was also happy to get a Ketel Marte rookie card since he has been playing well this year.

I was a little disappointed that Felix wasn't card #1

The King!

Hopefully the Mariners' long term SS option

While I was at the team store they were selling some other cards on discount and I managed to pick up a pack of 2015 Topps Series 2 for only $1.50.  That is a steal! I got a couple nice pulls such as a Andrew McCutchen, Jose Altuve, and a parallel rainbow foil LA Dodgers card.