Stacking Them Chips

During a few of my recent-ish runs to the grocery store I finally found them.

The Utz chips that come with baseball cards.

I passed on these last year for no reason in particular but this time around I thought "why not?" and picked up two bags.

To me baseball cards coming along with potato chips isn't new. I spent my high school years in Japan where Calbee chips and cards are a staple and part of the cultural zeitgeist.

But what is new is buying a giant bag with 12 small bags inside and that only gets you three cards total. In Japan a bag of Calbee chips is like one dollar and it comes with two cards, one of which could be an insert. Hmm.

The chips that I got were the plain flavored chips. Nothing really special. I've made chips like these before with sliced potatoes, 350 degree (Fahrenheit) oil and a dab of salt.

Just yesterday I saw that they finally had the chips with actual flavors come with cards too. I didn't pick these up because I opted for cookies instead, but good to know these exist too.

As for the cards? They're perfectly serviceable but they honestly kinda just give off the vibe of what those Honus Bonus cards from 2017 would look like if they had logos.

Also good grief does your heart sink when you're greeted by Rockies. Although Trevor Story and Charlie Blackmon are salvageable in that they do sign TTM autographs (provided you send along a donation to the Colorado Rockies Foundation). If/when baseball resumes I might look into that. I'm a sucker for getting food-issue oddballs signed.

For the curious, the non-Rockies were Tim Anderson, Rafael Devers, Justin Verlander and Lorenzo Cain. Also two $1 off coupons for packs of 2020 Flagship (Series 1, 2 or Update). Fine, sure, whatever. I already have designated homes for these cards BTW.

The backs look like this. As you can see whatever the color of the front is will determine what the color of the back is. Is this insightful commentary? Probably not since just noticing things and saying them isn't really adding much, but that's all I've got.

These aren't prospect cards, these aren't rainbow building cards, these aren't Luis Torrens cards, these are merely regular cards. Mirrors how the chips are merely regular potato chips.

As always thanks for stopping by and take care.