First trade comes via Charlie over the Lifetime Topps Project. I happened to be reading one of his posts when I noticed he had a 2011 Topps sparkly card of Sox fav, Jon Lester. As a Lester collector, I offered up three 2011 Topps sparklies for the one. Charlie was also nice enough to include some other goodies too.
Lars and Scutaro actually ended up in my Red Sox All-Time Roster collection since they show their 2010 Sox stats while VMart and Paps went towards the Topps base set. Come the end of the 2011 (VMart has already left for Detroit), these guys will all be gone from the Sox organization. Paps is clearly headed for free agency, one time top prospect Lars Anderson is blocked by Theo's man-crush, Adrian Gonzelez, and Marco (Polo) Scutaro is a bridge to prospect Jose Iglesias.
Thanks again Charlie for the trade and be sure to check out his blog. It's a nice ride back in time when many of us were getting our feet wet in the baseball collecting universe.
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Next trade recap is from my buddy Chris over at The Call of Cardboard. Chris sent along another package of 2009 UD Goodwin Champion minis. I still need to put a want list together, just need to find five minutes to do so.
First three mini are of the retired legend variety. A young looking Whitey Ford, Bucky "Bleepin" Dent and World Series hero, Joe Carter. I always like Joe Carter when I was younger. Never got in trouble, seemed to always be having fun playing the game and a heck of a ballplayer to boot. I cannot tell you how many times growing up as a kid that we would hear rumors of Joe Carter coming to the Sox or the Sox trading for Carter. Seemed to happen almost every year. He would have been a nice fit at Fenway for sure.
Next up, some current day players, including another guy I wished had donned a different color of Sox, Jim Thome. He has had one heck of a career and I think evades of the "juice" and "roids" talk. From afar, Thome has always been a class act and a pretty consistent player. I was glad to see him go back to Minnesota for another year. Also in this lot, a possible (yet he's hurt again already) fantasy bounce back player in Brian Roberts and the lone face of the Rays, Evan Longoria.
And finally some Goodwin non-sport (real sport) minis. I never got into the whole MMA craze so I couldn't tell you who the two on the right are. I have heard of Evelyn Ng thanks to ESPN's poker coverage, surfer and artist (done a couple of his art puzzles), Laird Hamilton and the biker, uhm no clue but cool card (according to my six-year old). So 11 more minis closer to a set. Thanks again Chris, will have your cards in the mail this week and I'm sure we'll be wheeling and dealing soon!
Sweet cards.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the MMA cards go the white guy is Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell, who was arguably THE fighter that made MMA somewhat mainstream. The black (before I'm called a racist he is not an American so the PC term doesn't apply) guy is Anderson "The Spider" Silva. He is considered to be the best current pound-for-pound fighter although he is prone to dogging it on occasion. If you want two cards that define MMA those would be the ones to have.
That being said, the non-baseball cards are one of the main reasons I can't stand the Goodwin and A&G sets. There is just way too much throwback currently.
I hear you on the non-baseball cards and that was my original feelings from the get go with both Goodwin and Ginter. But the more I picked up these cards after the fact, the more I am drawn to the uniqueness about them.
ReplyDeleteA second Buchholz mini will be on the way to your residence sometime next week.
ReplyDeleteYou bet my friend. I hesitated to even include Bucky Bleeping Dent, but a set is a set.
ReplyDeleteI am just glad there was no Aaron Bleeping Boone too.
Great trading with you!
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