Contested Shots 26: A Game at Johnny's Trading Spot

There was a game recently over at Johnny's Trading Spot, a game whose origins predate my time in the trading card blogger community. But these games have made a comeback recently, with a couple already finished and one currently running over at All Trade Bait, All the Time. The main idea of the game is that there are a number of hidden prizes equal to the number of participants. The participants take turns selecting a prize number, revealing the prizes one at a time. After the prizes start being revealed, later people can pick a new number or steal a previous prize. Most of the time there is a limit to the number of times a particular prize can be stolen.

Pick stealing came into play for me in the Johnny's Trading Spot game, as my original selection was a 1964 Topps Buyback of Dean Chance. Bo came next and stole a different pick from Tom, then Tom stole my pick, and I stole this 2013 Topps Kyle Kendrick error card from Bo. It was the 2nd time this card had been stolen in the game, so I was able to lock it up as my prize. This is apparently a fairly hard-to-find item, as they were only released in early printings of the 2013 Topps factory sets. I plan on keeping this one, as it is just the kind of oddball error that appeals to me. You can't even see his face! I felt moderately bad about stealing such a plum prize, but the game is designed to encourage those shenanigans, and with one more steal available on it, someone else probably would have locked it up eventually.

Also included in the prize package was this Kyle Hendricks Programs insert from 2017 Topps Bunt. Kyle Kendrick and Kyle Hendricks have similar names, and might even be the same person. We'll never know, as we don't actually know what Kyle Kendricks' face looks like. We're pretty familiar with his beltline, though.

Thanks for the game, John! It was pretty fun!