A Sparkle and a Sparkle

I recently picked up 2 different Sparkly cards of Ryan Howard. (Shocking I know) They are both cool and fairly limited in production.

This one is from 2011 Topps:

The sticker is not on the card no worries. I believe the print run on these were one per case so to get it for less then 5 dollars I was quite happy. Look at his arm shine!

This is the Silver Slate parallel. I believe the print run on these based on other people's math were between 150-175 per. It should really be called a blue shiny parallel. I'll call Topps and tell them to get on that.

Thanks for reading and if you want to trade other cards let me know (the 2 above aren't for trade unless you really blow my socks off)!

A Few Cards Pulled!

These are some cards that have been pulled directly from the packs either by myself or my girlfriend! I would be willing to trade for some sort of Phillies auto/relic or Frank Thomas etc. Just give a shout (or comment nicely) if you're interested and we can work something out.

I went to the Phillies game on Sunday during the day. It was overcast all day but it did not rain at all during the game, thankfully. The best part is I saw back to back home runs for the win. I have no idea if that has ever happened previously but either way it was pretty awesome to watch! High fives all around and everyone leaves happy (until they sit in traffic trying to get back onto the highway). We were sitting 1st base side lower level so we had a real good view of the home runs that were hit out to left field (both pull shots by Kratz and Galvis). And they were hit off of Chapman, which is crazy cause of how good he has been the last few years. All in all a fun afternoon.

Now back to the cards, pulled these 2 from some retail 2013 Topps:

A pretty cool Jason Heyward relic card and the out of bounds short print of Anthony Rizzo!

The Matt Adams auto has already been traded so that is no longer available. The Dwight Smith and Jedd Gyorko are available. Jedd is doing pretty decent for his first season.

A little change of pace. I do like Mike Richards seeing as he is a former Flyer but I would rather see him in a Flyers uniform so this can be traded. Any Edmonton Oilers fans out there? If so this Sam Gagner can be yours!

I plan on getting to scanning and trying to get some trade waters going! I haven't completed a trade in almost a week or so now! Too long!

If you're interested drop me a line.. if you don't see anything you like check out the Trade Bait page (scans available if you want to see anything just haven't had the time to post all the cards in the Trade Bait section) And if you want other stuff I have a few cards that I hold for off trade bait. Cards that would be a bit harder for my to let go but anything can be had if the deal is right! So you never know unless you ask! (that was the wordiest way ever just to say hey just ask!)

Thanks for reading my diatribes and hope to trade with you soon!

Real Quick Post -- A Little Fergie!

I recently picked up this pretty sweet card from National Treasures. I like this set quite a bit but the price point is a little high for me to bust a box. But picking up singles for way less then a box is easy!

Check out this sweet auto  numbered out of 25!

I had traded my Five Star auto a few weeks (months?) ago so I am happy to add this auto back to my collection. I like the look.

That's all just saying hi!

Thanks for reading!

Trade with Sportscards from the Dollar Store!

I recently completed a fun trade with Sportscards from the Dollar Store! I sent him a whole bunch of set needs and a couple autos. He sent me back a whole bunch of good stuff too. The cards got here quite quickly and Thank you for completing my UD Hockey set!

Check it out!

I really like the photography in this set, quite nice. Happy to get the Ryan Nugent Hopkins in a trade so I didn't have to buy it (wasn't going to buy any more packs considering the amount of doubles we have) (I say we because this is my girlfriends set not mine).

This is all from 1991 O-Pee-Chee! He did include the entire team set in the trade package but I scanned these nine. Thanks for including the traded cards as well that was a nice touch. 

A sweet dual jersey of Simon Gagne. Always liked him for his time with the Flyers. Kinda hopes he sticks around but I get it if they let him go considering the team performance last year.

2 More sweet Flyers relics. A Kimmo Timmonen, the lone bright spot this year on the Flyers blueline. RJ Umberger and Keith Primeau. I really liked Primeau when him and Recchi played together. They were a fun tandem to watch, always seemed to get something done!

Thanks for the trade and thanks for reading!

A Early Birthday Present from the DK!

I received a very nice surprise package from The Diamond King! My birthday officially starts in a couple hours. My man Kevin hooked it up big time with this package! I def will search around to try and repay you in the coming weeks!

Just check out this awesomeness!

The Big Hurt!!!

An amazing mix of cards from oddballs to inserts and cool things in between. I felt it was appropriate to highlight The Diamond King last. Thanks again for the cards!

Thanks for reading!

Trade with The Legend of the Shoebox!

I recently completed another trade with Shane over at Shoe Box Legends! I posted a few Red Sox cards he said he wanted I said no problem.. He gathered up every Phillies card known to man and sent them to me! It was 2 rather large stacks of cards so I scanned a few!

 

A few nice things going on in these cards. A double dose of Utley (4 for 5 today big win!) A new Ryan Howard card. And YES Tommy Greene is in the NO Hit Club!! It's like the hair club for men, he's not only the president he's also a member!! 

 

I really like the Bowman Heritage Pat Burrell card. I am a big fan of 1955 Bowman. Another Howard probably hitting a home run in that picture. A pretty cool Turkey Red card. Like the painted shots. 

Look at the Vet! The 700 level used to be a great spot to see some fights and take in a game! Kruk and Daulton are all over the airwaves these days. If you are in the Philly area talking baseball with Dutch is my afternoon listening on the drive home from work. Obviously Krukker is on national TV. (I do like how he managed to get his autos into 500 dollar a box products!) Good for him though not a bad accomplishment. On the bottom there is a Mike Grace rookie. I met him when he was in double A and he signed a bat for me. Nice guy, unfortunately his career ended because of arm trouble.

Thanks for the trade!

Thanks for reading!

Trade with Mmmmrhubarb!

I recently completed a trade with twins fan Rhubarb! He sent me a nice eclectic mix of cards and the trade worked out quite nicely. For this post I am Sergio (if you have no idea what I am talking about click the link above and you will know quickly). Welcome back to the blog after clicking the link.

Lets show off some cool stuff!

Always appreciate a smattering of Big Hurt's 90s shininess. Especially like the Score Gold Rush card. I bought a ton of that as a kid and always liked the one per pack gold parallel. Shiny is good. That's probably written somewhere in the constitution.

Three pretty sweet cards here. The Thome relic is my first of his and def a keeper. The Revere is a current Philly so he is on my current collecting list. I wish he would get on base more cause he's so dangerous once he gets on, this kid is crazy fast. The Will Clark is a pretty sweet relic. It will probably make its way to a Giants collector at some point but for now I'm happy with it hanging out in my collection.

He also sent me an entire team set! I haven't opened it.. don't think I'm going too.. or maybe I will.. I don't know Sergio will decide that later.

This a heritage boxtopper with Chooch on it. I didn't buy a box so getting a boxtopper is pretty cool. I found it interesting that Justin Verlander was the back of the card. Just an observation!

Have a happy friday!

Thanks for reading and thanks for the trade!