Barter: Care of Night Owl

First of all, if you traded with me recently, and I didn’t share it on here, I’m sorry. Just as of last month, I didn’t have internet or a scanner that worked more than 10% of the time, so cards were not posted and cards were assimilated into my collection and they were all very much appreciated. Now that I have these luxuries, posting a trade post doesn’t take me 3 1/2 hours to put together.

This latest one is from Night Owl. He contacted me about some Dodgers he spotted from my ’93 Action Packed box break, and he had several great Darryl Strawberry cards that I didn’t own yet. He also took a stab at my needs list and knocked a few off of there!

Some examples of my base card needs he sent:

2009 Allen & Ginter #213 Stephanie Brown Trafton. She brought home US gold from Beijing for discus.

2009 Topps #259 National League Strikeout Leaders Tim Lincecum (265k), Johan Santana (206k) and Dan Haren (206k). Edinson Volquez also had 206k but I guess he lost the popularity contest.

2008 Stadium Club #98 Roberto Clemente. These Stadium Club cards #91-100 are among my all time favorite cards. Incredibly high quality vintage images with a glossy finish. Nothing better.

Here are all the Darryl Strawberrys I traded for. 1993 Upper Deck #477 Team Stars w/ Eric Davis.

1994 Pinnacle #309 Hometown Heroes.

1992 Studio #50.

1992 Leaf #29.

1991 Fleer Update #U-96.

1991 Donruss #696. This might have been my most heavily collected set as a kid so eventually I’ll have to put this one together.

1991 Classic Blue #T68.

Once again, thanks for the great trade Night Owl!

Barter: Care of Night Owl Cards

A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about my first packs of Goodwin and pulled a nice Cory Wade auto. It quickly caught the eye of Night Owl at Night Owl Cards and we worked out a quick trade. I ended up sending him a few more Dodgers on his needs list, and he knocked off a bunch of cards off my ’09 Topps and ’69 Topps needs lists. Thanks night owl! I’ll just highlight a few of my favorites or cards of recent playoff significance. The first one here shows Brian Fuentes in his Rockies uni. He played for the Angels this year and did a pretty good job, racking up a career high 48 saves. He’s got a pretty important role for the halos right about now.

Lincecum put on another outstanding show this year. This guy maintained a 2.48 ERA and struck out 261. About the same as last year with a 2.62 ERA and 265 K’s. One stat that stuck out were the walks.. only 68 this year as opposed to 84 in ’08. That’s experience and even more control starting to show. It’s just too bad he couldn’t get some post season experience under his belt this year. Maybe his Giants can pull it together next year.

We’ll probably be seeing a lot of this guy in the next few weeks. Let’s see if he’s got what it takes to be a Yankee in the post season.

Lou’s Cubbies finished 7.5 games behind the Cardinals this year. Tough competition.

Adam had an incredible year posting a 19-8 record with only a 2.63 ERA. Adam, Chris and Albert might just be unstoppable this year.

Ryan only had a .241 AVG this year, pushing him down the Rockies depth chart to the bench.

Juan had a better year this time, staying healthy and consistent.

No playoffs for Rios again, but did you know he was acquired by the White Sox a couple of months ago?

No post season for these guys either. I honestly thought they were a sure thing before their slide into disappointment.

He also sent me 10 1969 Topps cards I needed for my set. Only 9 would fit on my scanner.

2009 Baseball Card of the Year: 5th Nomination

I would have nominated this one already had I owned it. I picked it up, along with the entire Rangers set off of eBay for a cheap way to knock some cards off of my checklist and also to feed the need to acquire my first Topps Wal-Mart Dark parallels, which I’m glad I got out of my system.

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington really looks like a great ballpark. It’s hard to believe it’s already 15 years old! The stadium in the background plus Murphy and Hamilton celebrating what looks to be a Rangers run.. all put together, this card just might be the best of the year.

Noms thus far:

1. Topps #559 Esteban German
2. Topps # 124 Reed Johnson
3. Topps # 7 Mickey Mantle
4. Topps Allen & Ginter # 18 Clyde Parris
5. Topps #614 David Murphy

My Rules:

1. Base cards only.
2. I will only pick from cards I own. Any cards I do not own are automatically DISqualified!
3. Focus will mostly be on photography. Design only plays a small part since this is base cards only.
4. I’ll pick as many noms as I want.
5. You can suggest noms, but, see rule 2.
6. I don’t know yet how the best card will be selected. (contest?)
7. The card subject must be about baseball and not the Milky Way or something like that.

2009 Baseball Card of the Year: 3rd Nomination

Seeing Mickey during his playing days in something other than a posed head shot is a major plus for me. And this photo is in color! Great picture. Think how much better it could have been if it was taken at Yankee Stadium though?

Noms thus far:

1. Topps #559 Esteban German
2. Topps # 124 Reed Johnson
3. Topps # 7 Mickey Mantle

My Rules:

1. Base cards only.
2. Can only pick from cards I own. Any cards I’ve not seen or do not have are automatically DISqualified!
3. Focus will mostly be on photography. Design only plays a small part since this is base cards only.
4. I’ll pick as many noms as I want.
5. You can suggest noms, but, see rule 2.
6. I don’t know yet how the best card will be selected. (contest?)

2009 Baseball Card of the Year: 2nd Nomination

Reed Johnson appears to be risking it all making this catch at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
As a fan of any and all things baseball, I can’t imagine the game without Wrigley Field. And with the sale of the Cubs finalized just hours ago to a die-hard Cubs fan who even first met his wife at “the friendly confines”, hopefully this will bring another 96 years of professional baseball to Wrigley and maybe even a championship for once. The last championship the Cubs won was when their home was at West Side Park.

2009 Baseball Card of the Year: 1st Nomination

This idea is being done on other blogs, but I can’t resist doing it myself. I’ll be posting my favorites throughout the rest of the year as I acquire more cards. Only cards that I own and only base cards will be chosen. I don’t know yet how I’ll pick the winner. Either a poll or I’ll just pick it myself.

When I first saw this card, it instantly became one of my favorites. This is Topps #559 featuring Esteban German. The cool green grass, the baby blue uniform, the shimmering LED outfield wall in the background.There’s a reason the photo guy at Topps didn’t crop into this photo too much because he must have felt the same way. I know you’ve heard it before elsewhere, and I’ll say it too. I can’t express enough how nice it is to have some really great baseball photography on this years Topps set. Well done!

Barter: Care of No One’s Going to Read This Blog

A couple of weeks ago, Jeremy from No One’s Going to Read This Blog contacted me to see if I wanted to swap some ’09 Topps. I’d been wanting to start trading online but I never initiated any for lots of dumb reasons, but now I had no excuses! This trade was exactly what I needed to get my trading feet wet. Jeremy send over a nice stack of Series 1 and 2 for my set in progress. These are some of my faves.

This home run might be the most thrilling moment I got to see of the post season last year. Great pinch hit home run! I didn’t know this card existed so this was a surprise!

This is the view you get from the ground if you actually lose a brawl after charging the pitcher who beaned your helmet off.

Want List (updated 3/1/10)

I collect all cards Portland Trail Blazers, Ichiro and Darryl Strawberry (click here for the Darryl Strawberrys I already own).

03/01/10 added 2010 Upper Deck baseball

02/27/10 edited 2009 Topps baseball

02/25/10 added 2010 Topps UFC Main Event Propaganda Posters

02/25/10 edited 2003 Netpro tennis

02/25/10 added 2009 Topps 206 baseball

02/25/10 added 2010 Topps baseball

02/22/10 edited 1969 Topps baseball Deckle

02/20/10 edited 2009 Allen and Ginter baseball

02/18/10 edited 2008 Topps Stadium Club baseball

02/11/10 added 2009 Upper Deck A Piece of History baseball

01/15/10 edited 2009 Topps Updates and Highlights baseball
01/13/10 edited 2009 Score football
01/09/10 added 2009 Topps Updates & Highlights baseball Propaganda Posters

1969 Topps Baseball:
9, 36, 40, 75, 77, 80, 87, 90, 113, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 150, 152, 159, 160, 163, 165, 166, 168, 169, 170, 171, 176, 177, 182, 185, 187, 190, 191, 193, 195, 196, 198, 200, 203, 204, 205, 206, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 236, 237, 239, 255, 267, 290, 299, 300, 302, 307, 317, 320, 322, 330, 332, 335, 336, 338, 340, 342, 345, 349, 355, 357, 358, 360, 364, 366, 370, 372, 375, 377, 382, 383, 385, 390, 395, 396, 397, 398, 400, 402, 407, 412, 414, 416, 418, 420, 421, 422, 424, 425, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 434, 435, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 552, 554, 555, 557, 558, 560, 561, 562, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 628, 629, 630, 631, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664

Deckle Edge

8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30

2003 NetPro Tennis:
43, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99

2009 Topps American Heritage:
8, 90, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 117, 121, 125

2009 Topps American Heritage “Heroes Edition”:
3, 13, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 35, 37, 39, 44, 45, 54, 56, 58, 61, 63, 67, 68, 69, 71, 73, 87, 88, 90, 92, 96, 102, 103, 106, 108, 112, 113, 115, 117, 122, 124, 125

2008 Topps Stadium Club Baseball:
will use any variety (reg., 1st day or ser.#)
6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 66, 68, 69, 72, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 87, 89, 90, 94, 99, 102, 103, 106, 107, 108, 123, 126, 129, 132, 138, 147, 148, 150

2008 Upper Deck Baseball Heroes:
1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 28, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 42, 47, 48, 52, 54, 55, 61, 63, 65, 67, 72, 74, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86, 89, 93, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 101, 112, 114, 117, 121, 122, 124, 127, 128, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 144, 146, 149, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 159, 162, 164, 165, 166, 169, 175, 178, 179, 180, 182, 184, 185, 186, 191, 195, 196, 198, 199

2009 Topps Baseball:
50, 72, 160, 202, 208, 218, 240, 257, 267, 273, 344, 352, 353, 389, 393, 405,423, 441, 457, 469, 493, 499, 502, 505, 510, 534, 535, 540, 541, 545, 548, 571, 572, 581, 585, 590, 593, 601, 632, 641

Any of the retired player variations.

2009 Topps Updates & Highlights:
2, 6, 15, 27, 33, 37, 39, 40, 42, 51, 52, 55, 58, 60, 65, 66, 69, 70, 73, 75, 87, 89, 91, 94, 96, 98, 105, 106, 108, 111, 113, 117, 122, 123, 131, 132, 135, 137, 139, 141, 142, 146, 148, 149, 152, 155, 158, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169, 174, 178, 179, 180, 184, 185, 188, 189, 190, 191, 199, 202, 203, 207, 209, 211, 212, 213, 227, 230, 231, 236, 240, 249, 250, 254, 256, 261, 265, 266, 276, 290, 298, 299, 315, 318, 323, 324, 326, 328, 330

Propaganda Posters
All except PP9 & PP16

Any of the retired player variations.

2009 Topps Allen & Ginter
4, 5, 6, 19, 22, 25, 33, 35, 44, 53, 61, 66, 71, 73, 84, 87, 88, 89, 90, 95, 100, 104, 112, 125, 130, 131, 170, 171, 172, 175, 177, 180, 182, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 203, 204, 208, 212, 214, 215, 224, 225, 226, 229, 230, 231, 234, 236, 237, 238, 239, 242, 244, 246, 247, 250, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 259, 261, 264, 265, 266, 268, 270, 273, 274, 275, 278, 281, 282, 283, 286, 287, 290, 291, 292, 295, 299, 301, 304, 305, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 319, 321, 323, 324, 326, 327, 329, 330, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 343, 345, 346, 347, 349

2009 Topps 206 Baseball:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 47, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 279, 280, 281, 285, 286, 287, 288, 290, 292, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300

Mantle Checklists:

1, 4

2009 Score Football:
6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 20, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 39, 41, 42, 49, 52, 53, 58, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70, 73, 77, 78, 81, 84, 87, 90, 91, 92, 95, 96, 99, 100, 101, 105, 106, 108, 110, 113, 120, 121, 124, 128, 132, 133, 137, 140, 144, 145, 148, 149, 150, 152, 154, 155, 158, 162, 163, 166, 168, 170, 173, 175, 178, 182, 185, 188, 193, 194, 195, 197, 199, 201, 205, 215, 216, 218, 219, 221, 224, 226, 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236, 239, 240, 242, 245, 246, 249, 256, 263, 266, 267, 271, 272, 275, 276, 277, 279, 281, 285, 286, 288, 290, 293, 295, 297, 298, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 307, 311, 315, 318, 319, 320, 327, 329, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 337, 339, 341, 342, 343, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 353, 355, 360, 361, 362, 367, 368, 370, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 382, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400

Retro Rookies
1, 2, 4, 7

Hot Rookies
1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28

The Franchise
1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19

Future Franchise
3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19

Young Stars
1,2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20

2009 Upper Deck A Piece of History Baseball:

1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 57, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 73, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 89, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 103, 106, 108, 109, 110, 112, 115, 116, 118, 120, 121, 122, 124, 126, 127, 128, 130, 132, 133, 134, 137, 138, 141, 143, 146, 147, 149, 150, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198

2010 Topps Baseball:

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17, 20, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38, 41, 43, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 58, 59, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 74, 76, 77, 79, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 95, 98, 100, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 130, 131, 132, 134, 136, 137, 139, 146, 150, 151, 157, 159, 161, 165, 167, 168, 169, 170, 172, 174, 176, 179, 182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 191, 192, 194, 195, 196, 198, 200, 204, 205, 207, 208, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 228, 230, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 240, 242, 243, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 252, 253, 254, 256, 259, 261, 262, 264, 266, 267, 268, 271, 272, 274, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283, 284, 286, 288, 289, 290, 291, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 306, 308, 309, 310, 311, 314, 315, 317, 318, 319, 322, 327, 330

Cards Your Mom Threw Out:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56, 57, 58

History of the Game:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24

Legendary Lineage:

1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

Peak Performance:

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50

Tales of the Game:

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24

Ticket to ToppsTown:

2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24

Any of the retired player variations except #80.

2010 Topps UFC Main Event:

Propaganda Inserts:

All

2010 Upper Deck Baseball:

Joe DiMaggio Baseball Heroes:

All but BH-1 and BH-5

All World:

All