Some Yankees Vintage !

A while back I noticed some autographed vintage cards of several, for me unknown, Yankees.One of those was of Bob Carv, a Yankees outfielder in the 50ties and 60ties. So for only a few dollars I was able to get my hands on this beauty, a signed Topps 1956 card !!

Apparently, Bob Cerv was an outfielder that played for the Yankees on and off. The first time between 1951 and 1956, the second time in 1960 and his third run during the 1961-1962 season. In between these periods he had a short stint with the Dodgers and the Kansas City Athletics. Bob was an All-Star in 1958 and was part of the Yankees team that won the World Series in 1956. All in all it seems like he had a fun career by the looks of it.

Hope to score some more of these Vintage cards in the future !

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The Latest Dutch Yankee !!

So we all noticed Jeter retire from the game last year. But did you all notice who is likely going to try to fill his shoes (unlikely but he can try!), it's Dutchman Didi Gregorius !!

It doesn't happen everyday that a Dutchman plays for the Yankees so it's only appropriate to get one of his cards :-))

So here's my first, still in Diamondbacks gear !

Hope he does well and succeeds at the Yankees this season !! And of course hope to get my hands on one of his cards in Yankees gear !!

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When is a Win a Win ??

I have been away for a week, doing a quick trip to the US. Whenever I am in the US I always try to catch a baseball game and I was in luck because the Yankees were playing at home against the Red Sox. I had a blast and was very happy I had the opportunity to watch Rivera play for 2 innings, likely the last time I could see him play before he retires ! Yankees won as well !

The next day, however, I was a little confused. Rivera was credited with a Win which I wasn't sure why that was. He came in with the Yankees leading by 1, he gave up a run with the Red Sox tying the game. In the bottom of the 9th the Yankees still won due to a wild pitch which enbaled Ichiro to score. So, in my view, "at best" Rivera defended the lead (i.e. a "save") although he did let the Red Sox tie the game during his two innings.

So please help this simple European guy out and shed some light on the situation !

Thanks and soon it will be back to cards as I had some nice packages at my doormat when I returned home !

Package from Thorzul

I recently participated in a blind "Trade Bait Dump" at Thorzul will Rule. I received a big package a few days ago with lots of stuff from both the Braves (all for trade!) and the Yankees.

Let's start with the Braves. Sadly enough, no Tom Glavine cards so that was a shame. It was however, a Dion Sanders hot pack with multiple copies of the Triple Play and Donruss cards below. Any Dion Sanders collectors around ?

and more Dion Sanders and of this Donruss card even 20 were included, all for trade ! Also some cool Yankees cards, Cone and O'Neil !

Some more Braves...and there he is again, Dion Sanders...

and more Braves, some cool cards of e.g. Klesko which also had a lot of cards in the pack !

Let's move to the Yankees. Some more cool cards with the O'Neil for trade as some 10 copies were included ! Really like the Cone card !

Some more cool Yankees cards !

To finish off with some more Yankees !

Thanks Thorzul for the package !

Dimwit Loot Alert !!

I recently couldn't resist participating in one of Sam's group breaks at TheDailyDimwit in which he was opening up 2006 Upper Deck Artifacts. In the end my Yankees, and randomized, Angels didn't yield much in this break except a few base cards, but hey, that's the risk of a group break ! Here are the cards !!

First up some Yankees because I know you all love the Yankees right :-)

and some more...A-Rod with his cosy contract, and Jeter !

Also some Angels which are up for trade !

That's it for today ! Thanks very much Sam for the box break, looking forward to the next one !!

Wes' Card Draft Loot, Trade Bait Included !

Wes at Jaybarkerfan's Junk hosted a card draft with some cool cards so I couldn't contain myself (as usual) and decided to participate. The loot arrived yesterday at my doorstep, an awesome package with relics, autos, vintage and cool Glavines as well ! Trade bait near the end of the post.

Let's start with the vintage cards as I am gradually trying to complete these sets (but only just started so almost every new card means a new addition to my collection !). Let's start with a few cards from the 1966 Topps set. Despite not knowing these players at all I really like these cards !

More vintage ! Ted Davidson (1968 set) and Paul Reuschel (1978 set)

I will not show all the vintage cards but let's do two more ! Tom Sturdivant (1961) and Don Gross (1959). Really awesome these vintage cards !

The draft also included minis !!! I love minis and I really, really love my first Glavine mini !!!

I also received a cool Rivera for my Rivera PC and added a new A&G 2006 card !

As I am also trying to complete the Yankee Legacy Stadium set (mission impossible ?) Wes was kind enough to include a few, thanks Wes !!

The draft also included some "hits" which are all for trade !! a Twins Auto and a Dunn Bat Relic.

The "hits" also include this Tejada Bat relic card numbered to only 25 !!

....and another auto card, this one from Rob Bell of the Reds (all the hits are for trade!)

Before I move to the final (very cool) card, Wes also included a small pile of Glavine cards !!!! Here's two...

Oke, to finishthis overview here's a cool Yankees card from the 1973 Topps set, Thurman Munson !!

Thanks Wes for a cool draft and the extra Glavines !!! Thanks everyone for visiting my blog and staying with me until the end :-)

A Trade with Chuck !

A while back Chuck at Chuck's Used Cards contacted me, looking for European Soccer cards ! Although I am still making him a nice package as we speak, he did already send me some nice baseball cards which arrived earlier this week !

The package started with some vintage, a 1969 Jake Gibbs, the Yankees nr1 catcher in those days !

 

Chuck also send me two 2008 Allen & Ginter  of which I still needed the Litz so very happy with that !!

The Flying Dutchman, Bert Blyleven was also present, a nice addition to my recently started Blyleven PC ! And a Seaver card is always appreciated as well !

Chuck also included some more cool 80ties cards, sets I am still trying to complete !

Many thanks Chuck, some cool soccer cards will be on their way soon !!

Huge Wicked Trade !!!

A few months ago, when browsing the internet in search for cool baseball card blogs, I came across I large trade bait page with lots of interesting stuff. As I didn't know Wicked at The Cardboard Don yet I decided to simply contact him and to see what happens. Lucky for me Wicked found enough interesting stuff on my Trade Bait Page as well so after a couple of rounds going back and forth we came to a large and awesome trade. A few days ago a big envelop arrived at my doorstep with the following.....

First-up the Flying Dutchman, Bert Blyleven !! A cool auto I didn't own yet so a nice addition to my Blyleven Collection !

Wicked send me my first Bobby Abreu auto card as well, a nice addition to my Yankees collection!

Besides the autograph cards Wicked also send me a bunch of relic cards. Check out this cool Pepitone, numbered to #/40 from 2009 Upper Deck Icons !

I also really like this Tino Martinez Legendary Cuts relic card (#/75)

Two more Yankee relic cards, Sheffield and Gooden !

A trade that includes a Glavine I don't own yet is a good trade. A trade with 2 Glavines is always awesome !!

Mike Mussina also joined the party with a nice pinestripe jersey relic !

Wicked even send me a few more relics including Winfield and Abreu and in addition a pile of Yankees cards, great Yankees cards I must say ! A couple of Yankee Stadium Legacy cards were included ! As you might know I am chasing this set and need at least 5,000 more so these are always great when they are included in a package !!

Sabathia was also included as was one of the few, if not the only, Dutch Yankees player in history, Robert Eenhoorn !

Let me finish with these two very nice looking Pitcher cards, Tommy John and Guidry !

All in all an awesome trade so thanks very much Wicked !!! Check out his blog and his trade bait page for some awesome cards !

Thanks everyone for visiting my blog and enjoy the weekend !