A Sterling Sabathia !!

Quick post today on a very cool card I was able to pick-up !! A CC Sabathia Topps Sterling, numbered to only 10 !! The card celebrates his 2007 AL CY Young award !!

CYA everyone !! thanks for visting today !

Plain Grey Swatch Loot !!

I recently received a cool package from Roy at Plain Grey Swatch, one of my regular trading partners ! Roy had several of Topps Series 1 inserts for me available and a bunch of cool Yankees cards and Glavines !!

Here's what Roy send me !! First up Chris Sale Chasing the Dream and Chipper Chasing History !! I am chasing both insert sets so these help me on my way !!

Roy also had 2 silver foil Chasing History cards for me, 2 of my favourite Yankees pitchers: Rivera and Sabathia !!

Roy also send me 2 numbered Pieces of History, Rodriguez and Damon !

One can never go wrong with Glavine, here are two !!

The Flying Dutchman mini !! I am still trying to complete the set and nicely on my way, if you have some for trade let me know !! Also a great gold Mesa !

Lastly (although Roy send me much more) a cool Sabathia inset from 2010 Allen & Ginter !!

Thanks Roy for a great trade, looking forward to the next one !

Thanks all for visiting my blog today !

2013 Turkey Red Loot

I recently participated in a group box at Crackin Wax, opening a box of 2013 Turkey Red. As the Yankees were already taken I took the Dodgers for some Kershaw and Trade Bait....well we can't have it all.....5 cards in total came my way.....with no Kershaw in sight....

Here's what I got !

Kemp was also present, as was Ethier !

The last card of the break was

That's the risk of a group break ! Still some fun and excitement to see what is being pulled so I enjoyed myself and now have some cards which can be part of a future trade !!

Thanks Crackin Wax for the group break, looking forward to the next one !!

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 !!

Thanks for visiting my blog everyone !

A National Treasure !

Finally, finally I am done with the exam ! Or at least I have taken it, now I have to wait a few weeks to see if I actually passed it ! To me it became clear that I am getting too old to study.....if the summary of the literature is already a 1,000 pages and you have two kids running around the house it does bring some extra challenges !!

As a "reward" for all the hard work I am taking my wife on a small break the next few days but I, of course, I also went on eBay to get me a nice new card. A National Treasure to be exact !! I actually like the National Treasure set and feel Panini is gradually improving its offering. Here's what I got. A cool Verlander booklet numbered to #/99 !!

I will be back on Monday and will start working on my rapidly expanding backlog of trade posts !!

Thanks for visiting my blog today !

Yeah baby !

My first post from an ipad so lets see if this works. I am still studying hard for tomorrow's exam but just saw clips from the Netherlands beating Cuba to move on to the Semis is San Francisco with a walk-off !! Exciting game after a horrible game yesterday in which Holland got crushed. Anyways, SF here we come !!

No pictures but we will be back full force on this blog soon !

Hup Holland Hup !!

Oke, taking a small break from my study break to write a quick post !! As some of you might know, the World Baseball Classics are currently being held. After successes in the past, Holland is again doing very well. The team beat Korea in the openings game and last night even beat Cuba !! Next up Japan !! So "Hup Holland Hup" as we say in Dutch !!

To finish with a card, here's my first "Holland" baseball card including Curt Smith who hit a solo home-run last night !

Oke, I am going back to study, thanks for visiting my blog !!