Chasing Alex

Alex Morgan is gorgeous.  Not sure when or where she first popped up on my radar, but I'm guessing it had to do with here body paint photographs inside this 2012 issue of the Sports Illustrated.

This is a family friendly card blog, so I'll hold off on showing scans of her from the above magazine.  Instead... how about the three card collection I've built over the years:

2011 Upper Deck MLS #198

2015 Leaf Sportkings Printing Plate #027

2019 Sports Illustrated for Kids #858

Over the summer, a few bloggers showed off their 2021 Parkside Collectibles NWSL box/pack breaks.  After looking over the checklist, I discovered she has a card (#114) in the set.  That's why I grabbed this box/pack when I found it at my local Target:

The box contains one pack of 25 cards.

Out of the twenty-five cards, six are parallels or inserts and the remaining nineteen are base cards.  A complete set contains 200 cards, which meant I had about a 10% chance of pulling her.

In the end... I was unsuccessful.  In fact, there were only two players in the pack that I recognized:

2021 Parkside Collectibles NWSL #22

Marta has made a name for herself representing Brazil in numerous World Cups and Olympics.

2021 Parkside Collectibles NWSL #84

Raisa Strom Okimoto is a familiar name, because I saw this card over at Torren Up Cards a few weeks ago.  I immediately searched her up and discovered that she's from Hawaii and graduated from UH.  Unfortunately... if you look closely at the card back scan, you'll notice this card suffered from being diamond cut.  But don't worry... there's a happy ending to this story.  Stay tuned.

No way I'm gonna scan every card in the pack.  However I did take the time to show off the four Team USA players I pulled:

And the parallels and inserts:

As for the happy ending... I received a PWE from Kenny last week that contained the Okimoto he pulled a few weeks ago:

The copy he sent was flawless:

He also tossed in a pair of minor league cards featuring two Oakland A's top prospects:

2019 Choice New York-Penn League Top Prospects #23

2019 Choice New York-Penn League Top Prospects #24

Baum and Davidson were the A's first two picks in the 2019 MLB Amateur Draft.  A quick Google search revealed Baum is playing in the Arizona League, while Davidson is in Midland with the Rockhounds.  It'll be fun to track these guys to see if they have the talent to play in The Show.

Thank you Kenny for the PWE!  Plus thanks to any of you who stuck around to read a women's soccer post.  And if you clicked on this post to see Kate Upton, this card is for you:

2012 Topps A&G Relics #AGR-KU

Happy Sunday and sayonara!