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I picked up a pair of 2012 Gypsy Queen minis on eBay. They should be called Gypsy Princess. ( Ha Ha) I paid less than a dime for each one. The cards feature Nelson Cruz and Ricky Nolasco. Nolasco recently went to the Twins. Cruz is a free agent. I have always liked the Gypsy Queen cards. But, these mini cards are starting to grow on me.
I found an errant pack of 2009 Topps Chrome and figured it would be a decent pack to open on a cold winter day. This pack originally was purchased as part of a repack. I only get 7 cards, so let’s make them count.
5 Brad Lidge – former excellent and terrible pitcher depending on the vintage
122 Carlos Lee – also a recent retiree
W42 Ruben Tejada (WBC) – Star in Panama, Role player in the states
11 Erick Aybar (XFractor) – Not a big name, but definitely the pull of the pack
143 Adrian Gonzalez - meh
1 Alex Rodriguez – great pull in 2009 and I’m still happy to get it
124 Joe Nathan – new Tigers closer and a local product
I have certainly opened worse packs than this. I got a parallel, an insert, and an ARod card. That’s a decent pack.
I picked up 8 cards of Mat Latos on eBay recently. It was a pretty good haul and it set me back less than 50 cents. There was a good representation of Bowman product including a Bowman Gold card. The lot contains both Padres cards and the newer Reds cards. As an aside, doesn’t it seem like the Padres and Reds swap players a lot?
I picked up 6 2012 Topps White Sox cards on Listia for only 27 credits. The Chris Sale card is an Opening Day but the rest are from the base set. I tried to win the Yankee lot but it didn’t work out. According to the Listia/Dollar exchange rate (not a real thing), I paid less than a dime for the whole lot. For that money, I couldn’t resist.
This was my latest eBay purchase. It should be noted that this 2013 Topps card of Troy Tulowitzki is a landscape shot only to accommodate his cannon and the giant vein on his cannon. It's there if you look closely. There's no way a portrait shot could contain his throwing arm and that vein. Good call Topps!
I bought 5 2012 Topps cards of Aubrey Huff on eBay. Why did I do this? I can’t say. Maybe it’s because the purchase only set me back a grand total of 11 cents shipped. Maybe it’s because Huff recently retired to become an announcer. Maybe it’s both. Actually, Huff didn’t play last year, so he really was retired after 2012. Aubrey just didn’t realize it. I wonder if Bernie Williams has retired yet.
I picked up a 2011 Bowman card of Dustin Ackley for just a few cents. Remember in 2013 when Ackley was terrible and Seattle sent him down to AAA? Yeah, that was the year he was on my fantasy team as my starting second baseman. He was hitting like .220 and I finally had to dump him when he got sent down. It’s nice to add a Bowman card to the collection. I don’t buy Bowman packs anymore, so I don’t get as many opportunities as I once did.
I recently popped open a jumbo pack of 2013 Topps. I did fairly well. I scanned the highlights of the pack. I have 3 blue parallel card, including Michael Pineda. I am now the proud owner of a Yasiel Puig rookie card. And I picked up a snazzy camo card of Bartolo Colon. The base cards weren’t that shabby either.
I bought a 2013 Allen & Ginter insert card of Ian Kinsler on eBay recently. It’s kind of a pointless insert set, but whatever. A lifelong Ranger, Kinsler was traded to Detroit for Prince Fielder. I have to think Texas got the better part of that deal in terms of talent and production. But second basemen are hard to come by and Prince Fielder will have to be paid a zillion dollars over the next few years.
I picked up a 2013 Topps Silk card of Ryan Madson on eBay. I paid a grand total of a dollar, which makes this the least expensive Silk card I have ever purchased. I typically buy 1 or 2 Silk cards each year. Madson is in an Angels uniform, but he never played for the Angels due to injury. He hasn’t played in two seasons actually following Tommy John surgery. He is a free agent and will try to latch on somewhere in 2014.
