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Trade Night at the LCS - Freebie Edition.

This past Wednesday night was the monthly trade night at the card shop I go to. He had closed down his shop the week before, but it was only to move to a much larger location. Exciting news. So trade night was also opening night. I think it is safe to say that all went well. It's been awhile since I remember that many people still there at 9:30pm. It's been awhile since I've been there at 9:30pm.

Anyways, on with the cards. I got some freebies during the night. Remember Mike? The dude who pulled not one, not two, but three Bryce Harper autos? Well he gave me this sweet '77 Rob Belloir for my team set in progress.

He then proceeded to buy two 1982 Fleer cello packs and pull a Cal Ripken rookie card. A $6 Call Ripken rookie card.

I need mike to buy my lottery tickets. Or pick out my packs at least.

Darren the owner handed me a few base cards for '08 Legendary Cuts, which included this sweet Dodger card.
Night Owl, if you need it for your PC, you get first dibs :)

I then got two more Braves from a guy whose name completely escapes me at the moment. I feel shame.

But not enough to not show off this sweet horizontal Chipper Jones. Love that swing.

and my very first Fabulous Freddie Freeman card!!!

His walk up music needs to be Freebird. Just sayin'.

Generousness... a good start to the new year.

One thing you will not see here is the obligatory new year 'state of the blog' address, nor any resolutions, look backs, recollections, top 10 lists of 2010, or any other review type post. There are enough of those out there right now. Not to say that they aren't interesting, but I've never been one to follow the crowd. And I'm a wee lazy too... so when you combine those, you get what we have here. A post that barely even acknowledges that we are in a new year. Just another day. I remember the biggest pain in the butt of the new year was remembering to write the correct year on your cheques. But I don't think I've written a cheque in over 10 years. Do they still even have cheques? Whatever. I digress.

The title of this post in Generousness. I thought I made it up. It's a great word to describe most of the great bloggers out there. Turns out I didn't make it up. It's a word. Look it up. I did.

Before xmas I posted about a package I received from Darkship aka Todd. He sent over one of the last two stickers I need for the 2010 Panini World Cup sticker book. Not being satisfied with just sending a sticker, Todd ran throughout his house, frantically looking for something else to send with it. He did. I can picture him doing it. Lord knows I've done it dozens of times. It's almost a dance.

A dance Todd does well. He sent over one of those fancy, only available in the U.S. Orange refractor thingies of Braves phenom Tommy Hanson.

and an auto of perhaps the greatest race car driver of all time, David Pearson.

A very cool on card auto of a former moon shine runner. What a country!

Thanks Todd!!! And let's have a great next 365.

Trade Night Success! and an update....

My 'local' card shop has a trade night every month. Nothing too special, just a bunch of guys getting together to generally belittle each other's choice in sports teams, with pizza and pack wars thrown in. Surprisingly, very little trading occurs. But a lot of wax gets busted.

This time, there was a lot of trading. Usually when someone comes up to me around here and says; 'You're that Braves fan, right?' It isn't a good thing. This time it turned out to be.

I was able to trade a couple of Martin Brodeur inserts for this baby....

On card /99. Doesn't get much better than that. Thanks for the swap Mike.
I also traded for a bunch of hockey stuff, but you can see that on Just A Bit Offside when I get around to it. Maybe tonite. Maybe.

Also a small envelope from Darkship arrived. Todd had one of the last two stickers I needed for the 2010 Panini World Cup Sticker Book.

Shiny!

Chris Harris had sent me two of the last four I needed....

So now I'm just down to #36. From what I hear, dayf has it on the way. I can't wait. I just might finish this sucker in 2010. Awesome.

Trading with a Yankees fan....

Okay, first off, I know I haven't been around.... it's World Cup time, and it's hotter than Hades around here. So I've been..... secluded you might say. Others might say I've been hiding in the cool basement refusing to come out. But who listens to "others"?

So to get back in the swing of things, I thought I might put up a trade post. Those of you who don't care, may leave now.... or continue staring at the latest World Cup girl, whichever. But I warn you.... this is no ordinary trade post. This is a weird one.... maybe you can help figure it out.

It's from Sooz. World renowned Yankee fan. But that's okay. We still like her. Well, most of us do.

A couple of weeks ago I had casually inquired (or maybe there was begging involved) about some Chippers she had, along with some 2010 Bowman Braves. Sooz, being the great trader she is, mentioned that she had some Topps Series 2 Braves that she would throw in too. Perfect. All that's left is the waiting. Well wait no more. The package is here. It arrived the day that I got off my butt and mailed her package. (oops. Sorry Suzy)

It starts off according to plan.... 2010 Bowman Braves....

Jair, who should have got the win against the Phillies last night after throwing a two hitter, but the Braves chose to win in extra time.

The best hitter in baseball, Mr All Star, Martin Prado

another All Star, the Old Man, Tim Hudson.

The injured one, who if he wants to go back to the All Star game, must go back to Pittsburgh.

A BMac! And it's Gold! meh..... nice pic though.

some ex-Yankee that we got for Javy.

and his gold version as well.

along with a Smoltz insert. Somebody, anybody... please swap him onto radio and bring Don Sutton back to TV. Thanks.

Now here is where the trade starts to sway.... instead of Topps Series 2, we get a dose of Topps Chicle.

The Future.

BMac - 5 All Star Games in four years of playing. Not bad.

Mr Lucky... or Mr Run Support.

Jair doing his best Tiger Woods smile.

Nate looking like one of those Asian blow up dolls.

Mr Murphy.

and another Mr Murphy.... holy crap.

Game Used Bat Baby! I love you Suzy! Nevermind what I say about the Yankees. They don't deserve you.

Okay, so maybe the Topps Series 2 is next? She just wanted to surprise me with the Murph?

No. Instead, I got these.

and these..

not a Brave in sight. Seriously though? Sometimes I just don't get women. Am I complaining though? Not a chance. These are pretty cool cards. And in case you didn't look to closely, there was this little number.

It is currently on ebay with a BIN of $100,000

Sooz has taken care of my retirement. Thanks Sooz!

btw, if you're interested in the Strasburg, after purchase, mention that you read this blog and I'll throw in free shipping....

Nocturnal interchange

a little while ago, I received packages from my two favourite Dodger collectors. One was a bipping that I still refuse to post. In fact, the cards are still in a pile in the furthest corner under my desk. The other, was from my good friend Night Owl. We will focus on his kindness today. And save the other for another.

First up, a mini card of Dale Murphy. Same size as a '75 mini.

next, a black border Kenshin from the '09 OPC set... which I've almost completed.

and a card of a pitcher that 29 other teams would love to have on their staff. I wonder how long before he replaces someone in the Braves rotation?

and I wonder when he'll learn how to wear a hat?

a shiny refractor of Jordan Schafer....

and the Ace of the staff. (see what I did there?)

a psychadelic Earl Williams.

Earl is so badass, he's about to take his All Star Rookie Trophy yard. It also looks like a submarine just surfaced behind him.

Now Greg knows I've been working on the '76 set for awhile now. He sent over a couple of gently loved cards for the cause.

I wonder if little Greg collected these way back when?

and a complete surprise, but one most welcome. Out of the '09 OPC baseball set, an insert set falling one per box.

I'm down to needing one for this set after the addition of young Henrik here. I love these cards.

I remember Greg posting this card for any takers, and I remember asking for it. But what I do not remember is the reason I really wanted it. There was one. But I can't remember.

Oh well, a card of the Expos broadcaster is always welcome.

These are some of my favourites from the stack I received. Thanks Mr Owl! A package was sent on it's way to you a few days ago. It was mostly '89 Topps. I hope that's okay. heh..........

a question...

I've got a stack of Will Clark's sitting on my desk.

Who the hell were they for?

Speak up. My hearing might be going... my mind sure as hell is.

Trolling for cards

A couple of days ago, I received a package from oone of my Floridian friends. The Collective Troll had promised to send over some '76 Topps that I needed for my set. I am getting so close now I can taste it. Among the beauties sent was this Expos team card. BTW, "Retraits" is french for "withdrawl." So I'm guessing that's some kind of exit over there. But "exit" in french is "sortie" So what the hell do I know.

I remember as a kid watching the Expos on tv playing in Houston, and the PA announcer would announce "now batting.... Jose Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
I thought that was pretty cool.

Troll also sent a few other goodies off of my wantlists...

a BMac that I didn't have...

a new Roach card. This is the first new Roach in my PC in a long time. I need to rectify that. Been ignoring him lately.

Why the hell am I showing off '87 Donruss??? Ole Cliff here is in the motion of throwing the Palmball! I haven't seen a good palmball since Bryn Smith. Google him if you have to....

One of the few remaining cards I needed for my '66 Topps Braves team set... Eddie played for the Braves for 46 straight years. Did we really need to airbrush out the logo?

and finally, a card that I have been chasing since the day it came out. I've never been able to acquire one until now....

Thanks again bud... I just sent out another package to you this morning.

Puttin' on the Hits, 2008 Masterpiece style...

A few days back, I posted this little beauty. I bought two boxes of this stuff for around $75. Since base cards bore most of you, I'll skip to the hits.

The following are black bordered and not serial numbered.