Trade with the Sandlot !

I am finally back so stay tuned for a stream of posts in the coming period !! I received multiple trade packages and had some boxes to break as well while also had some eBay scores ! Let's start today with a nice package from one of my regular trading partners Joe at The Sandlot !! Joe and I have exchanged multiple packages in the recent year with piles of Piazza's going his way and fun Yankees and pitchers coming my way. This time was no different !! Here's what Joe send me !

Let's Cut to the Chase with Babe Ruth !! A great insert set and I am chasing them all so this one was very welcome !! At the same time I am also Chasing History with a Hank Aaron that was also still missing. Still a couple of inserts to go from 2013 Series One so check out my Want List in case you have stuff to trade !!

Joe also send me a Red-bordered Jeter, a great card as these red and blue variations are not really available for overseas collectors (retail only). I also like this Turkey Red one !

I like pitchers so really like this Sports Illustrated about Wells perfect game !! Also a cool new Rivera for my Rivera PC !!

Two great Heritage cards, Gehrig and Matsui MVP !!

Lastly, one more "Chasing History" for my set !

This was only a small selection of what Joe send me, a cool pile of cards !! Thanks very much Joe for a great trade, looking forward to the next one !!

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Pin relic cards: Sabathia !

Pin cards, a new concept for me but when I noticed that several of the pitchers I collect had one in Series 1 the "Chase" began ! I was able to score my first last week, a cool, very thick, Sabathia (and to be clear I mean the card!). Like with the Rizzo my nervousness caused me to bid on two of these and I won them both..... So now one is up for trade, preferably for one of the other CY Young pin cards of Kershaw, Verlander or Lincecum !!

Here's Sabathia in Indian's gear !

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Two new Jersey cards !

Quick post today on two cool Topps 2013 jersey cards. Both guys are Chasing History and these cards are nice additions to my player collections !!

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Rizzo Autos !!!

As most of you know by now, I collect several pitchers as well as Yankees. However, I do make exceptions sometimes. Anothony Rizzo is such an exception. Last summer I had the opportunity to attend a Cubs game while I was visiting Chicago. Against the Mets, Rizzo had a great debut for the Cubs and really got the crowd going in an otherwise fairly boring game. He had several hits and played a great game. Since then I have been following him a bit so when I noticed that Topps 2013 had several autos of Rizzo I thought it would be cool to own one.

And so it happened that a nice pakcage hit my doormat...oohh wait, 2 packages hit my doormat.....yes, in my quest to get an auto I bid one two different ones, clearly overestimating the popularity of mr Rizzo at the moment so I won them both ! Well, maybe this is the start of my first non-pitcher PC. Here they are !

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137 Numbered Glavines & Dimwit Loot !!

As usual I had the pleasure of participating in another cool group break, hosted by Sam at the Daily Dimwit. Sam was opening Topps 2013 as well as some 2005 Topps Chrome. As the Yankees were taken I went for the Cubs and the Marlins and scored a few nice (insert) cards.

In addition to the box break loot, Sam also helped me out big time as he was willing to receive a package of Glavines for me from eBay (as the seller didn't want to ship to Europe). I am so happy that Sam was willing to help me out here as this was an awesome pile of numbered Glavine cards !!!!

What are these cool Glavine cards you are talking about you must think ?!? Well, as some of you might know I am trying to complete the Moments & Milestones insert set, consisting of over 300 different numbered Glavine cards (with actually 4 different colour versions so make that over 1200 cards!!!). Through Sam I was able to receive 137 Glavine cards, all numbered to 150 (the white version) !!! Here are a few !

So I very happy Glavine supercollector here and if you have any of the 2007 or 2008 Moments & Milestones let me know so we can set up a trade !!

On the box break I got 3 nice cards, in addition to a lot of base cards. First-up a great Cut to the Chase insert, these are awesome and I am working on completing the full set.

Sam also pulled a relic for me, a nice one I must say, Starlin Castro of the Cubs !

Lastly, another one of the Chasing the Dream inserts I was still missing, here's Stanton !

All in all another cool break by Sam but to be honest I more happy with the pile of 137 (!!) new Glavines !! Many thanks Sam for helping me out here.

Thanks for visiting my blog again and check out my Want List as I still need some of the Topps 2013 inserts and SPs.

 

Free Giveaway !!

So, apparently I have less than 24 people reading my blog....or at least less than 24 that actually want Free Million Dollar Chase codes ! Well, let's take a positive view and assume that a lot of you just had issues leaving a comment last week, were on holiday and/or had some other very good excuse to miss my free giveaway when I published my original post Wanna join the Million Dollar Chase ?

So if you haven't received a free code yet from me do check out the original post and leave a comment there ! I still have around 10 codes to hand out !!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone and thanks for visiting my blog today !