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Delivery Time! Trade with Night Owl (Plus a New Goal for Me!)

FanOfReds — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:30:00 +0000

The last few days have been incredibly busy for me. Unfortunately, the quality of posts on my blog (which, let's be honest were never that high to begin with) has been quite poor. While it may seem like a poor idea to use a trade post as a "pick me up" for blog writing - that's exactly what I am to do. The particular package is from Night Owl - a person who never seems to lack for quality posts (or great cards to send me). The great thing about our relationship is my knack for pulling Dodgers seems to be equaled only by his knack for pulling cards that reside on my want list!

While the venerable Night Owl did send me a bunch of Reds plus a Ginter relic (that I'll get to later in the post), in many ways, the real highlight of the package was three surprise cards: Kosuke Fukudome, Pedro Martinez, and Clayton Kershaw. Yes, you read that right - the highlight wasn't relic, nor Reds cards - but a Cub, Met, and Dodger (oh my!).

You see, I needed the three aforementioned cards as part of my quest to complete the 2008 Upper Deck Timeline set. You may recall that's the set with 50 base cards and then 300 short prints (I kid you not). And yes, I'm dumb enough to try and collect the thing. Companies like Topps and Upper Deck rely on shmucks like me - it's probably good for them to see that I'm not letting them down.

Now that I have the three Timeline cards, I am down to only needing 19 more cards to complete the set. In case you don't feel like clicking over to my want list, here's what I still need:

Base: #235, 276, 279, 288, 300, 302, 308, 332, 334, 336, 341, 345, 356, 361, 363, 366, 373, 374, 375

As you can see, I'm tantalizingly close to completing the bad boy. I should mention that I have a ton of cards from the set still available for trade - and I'll gladly trade two-for-one, three-for-one, or ten-for-one if I have to. My newest goal is to complete this set before Ginter comes out this summer. I'd love to finally cross of a full set from the want list - and this one seems to be as good as any to try to meet my goal. Perhaps some of you had decided to try and complete the set and have since given up - or maybe you are still working on it and can possibly trade me one (or more) of the cards I need in exchange for two (or more) cards that you still need...it'd be a win-win for all of us!

Besides the UD Timeline cards, Night Owl also sent me my first Golden Sparkle card from 2012.

That's right - I didn't buy a single pack of 2012 Topps, nor Opening Day, nor Heritage. I think I'm still annoyed that I can't finish off a bunch of sets from the past few years which is sort of pushing me in the direction of not trying to start a bunch of new sets! In addition, money has been extra tight lately - so frivolous spending on cards is an easy way to save a buck or two. Luckily for me, the group breaks that I've hosted still help me satisfy my pack opening itch, even if I don't get to keep most of the cards.

The Golden Sparkle wasn't the only 2012 card in the package, there was also this 1987 mini of Joey Votto.

I certainly hope Votto remains a Red for many years to come - but recent signs (and statements) seem to put the odds at 50-50 (at best). I suppose I should be sure to enjoy Votto's cards while he remains a Red and be happy that such a good player played for Cincinnati. It's been quite awhile since the Reds have had a true superstar - the last probably being Ken Griffey Jr. and we all know how that worked out.

There were a few other assorted Reds - including a true 1975 mini and a rather ugly Calvin "Pokey" Reese card. However, as team collectors know - even an ugly card, if it is a new one for the collection, is much appreciated!

And finally, the reason the trade started in the first place:

That's the 65th different relic card that I now own from the 2011 Topps Allen & Ginter set. Unfortunately, by my count, there are almost 200 different relics in the set - 198 if my list is correct. I'm debating about trying to sell my entire collection of both 2011 and 2010 relics (and autos) in an attempt to raise enough funds to put serious charge into the 2012 Topps Allen & Ginter relic set. It's hard to part with the relics though...so I guess we'll see. Maybe in a moment of weakness you'll see them on eBay.

Thanks for all the great cards Night Owl! And, as always, if anyone else would like to trade - check out my want list and make an offer!

Hero Numbers Part II: Can they Mean More?

deal — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:02:00 +0000

2012 Topps #100 Jose Bautista
As an adult I now realize Hero is a term that is more appropriate when applied to my local EMT making snap decisions under difficult circumstances then a Millionaire Ballplayer throwing and hitting a little white ball. In that way I suppose we should use the term Glamor Number, but Hero Number is what I grew up with and I am sticking to it.

This line of thinking let me down a strange path ...Lets look at this years Heroes.

100 Jose Bautista
200 Miguel Cabrera
300 Josh Hamilton

I quickly noted that the latter 2 in the group have had various issues with alcohol and substance abuse.

Should Hamilton and Cabrera get Hero Numbers?

I wanted to find out how much this is noted by fans of the players.

Regarding Miguel Cabrera
Too Many Verlanders:
When he got in trouble again for drinking and driving, I definitely got very frustrated, as I get every time some knuckleheaded gazillionaire athlete, who could easily afford 10 different limo drivers every night, pulls that crap. He's more frustrating than most for me because he plays for a team I root for, and more importantly he obviously has so much more talent than almost every Major Leaguer that I would hate to see him throw that away.

Then TVL went on to add an interesting comment
....while what Cabrera did (multiple times) was very reprehensible, and probably should have resulted in more severe punishment either by the local authorities, MLB or both, I find people criticizing Cabrera and fawning over Josh Hamilton frustratingly hypocritical.

When I asked the questions Too Many Verlanders was unaware that one of the other Hero Number Mates was Hamiton.

Regarding Hamilton
Play at the Plate

We would all hope the people our kids look up to would be solid citizens who don’t make mistakes. In reality, many athletes aren’t good role models. It could be for any variety of on or off field behavior, but it’s true nonetheless. The thing I like about Josh Hamilton is that he stood up and faced the media, and thus his fans, when he could have just tried to ignore or cover up his recent relapse. All of us make mistakes, but most of us don’t face the scrutiny someone like Hamilton faces.

interesting comments all. And I am glad I asked the question.

Granted at the time of publication Topps didn't know that Hamilton would tarnish his refurbished image. Regardless It's obvious that Topps didn't really note off the field activities when awarding the numbers.

And I ask Why Not?

Would you consider it a gimmick if Topps awarded the Hero Numbers to star players who are also solid citizens???

Check the Right Hand Side - Topps sort of owns the concept of Hero Numbers so why not capitalize on it.

Award Numbers 100 200 and 300 to star players who are also part of the community and generally on the good behavior side.

Hero Numbers could be a topic of instant conversation every year and not just another lame gimmick.

On Deck
Hero Numbers Pt III - Two more Hero numbers I want to see

Replay - Previous Post on Hero Numbers Plus
Are Hero Numbers Significant
A comprehensive List of Topps Hero Numbers (1952-2012) compliments of Night Owl Cards big THANKS

Thanks also to Too Many Verlanders and Play at the Plate for some insights into two of the games biggest stars.

Hero Numbers Pt I: Why Don’t We Talk about Hero Numbers?

deal — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:15:00 +0000

When I collected cards as a kid I had a certain fascination with Hero Numbers and to some extent I still do. Each year I enjoy seeing which players have been awarded hero numbers - and with heritage it is interesting to see what players get paired with stars of yesteryear on those numbers.

2012 Topps #100 Jose Bautista (b-Side)

Recently it occurred to me with literrally hundreds of blogs discussing every topic in the world related to cards we rarely hear any discusiion about Hero Numbers. Heroes are an aspect of Topps Cards that date all the way back to their classic sets of the 1950s.

This got me thinking, am I the only person that gives a damn about hero numbers? Am I just numbers obsessed with numbers while the typical collector views them as fluff.

This led me to ask around for some outside opinions.

One of the folks I thought of turning to was our resident Mathamatician, Reds Fan, and Super BoxBreaker Chris from Nacho's Grande. I was interested on his take on numbers and our perception of them.

Nachos Grande:

Although mathematicians don't think of numbers in terms of "hero" numbers much - they do think in terms of different bases. For most of us, we are used to counting by tens (base 10) so numbers like 10, 100, and 1000 DO hold a special place in a mathematicians heart. Computer scientists are used to base 2 (1s and 0s) so the powers of 2 are their form of "hero" numbers (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, etc.).

Ahh - of course - we have 10 fingers and that is the basis for a lot of our numbers thinking - can you imagine if we were all Simpsons - Our hero Numbers would be 80, 160, and 240 - actually they would still be 100 200 and 300, but they woudl occur every 80th card. The 660 card set woudl contain 8 heroes rather than 6.

For the record The Computer Scientists Hero Numbers in 2012 Series 1 would yield:

2 Trevor Cahill

4 Jeremy Guthrie

8 Mike Adams

16 Desmond Jennings

32 Detroit Tigers Post Season highlights

64 Michael Martinez

128 Lucas Duda

256 Mat Latos

of course all your Hero Numbers would be in S1 - Series two would only yield 512. Interesting list there - Lets face it only in the Comp Sci world of Binary Numbers is Michael Martinez a Hero Number. I think Desmond Jennings is a prospect - maybe he is a future HN candidate.

Next up I spoke with Greg from Night Owl Cards. The Night Owl is one of the stronger Topps enthusiasts among card bloggers and is always good for fresh insight on every aspect of collecting.

Night Owl Cards:

I've read hero numbers in the past from older blogs, like The Baseball Card Blog. I thought it was something that had been addressed pretty completely already so that's why I've never mentioned it on my blog.

As for what I think: I grew up with the hero number system, so it makes sense to me. At some point in the '90s, Topps got away from it. Now it addresses it -- sort of. It seems to be that it uses an appropriate hero number whenever it feels like it -- which is basically Topps' philosophy in everything now. "If I feel like it."

Personally, I'd like Topps to do what Fleer used to do -- group each team together by card number. Maybe it wouldn't look as great in a binder, but it sure makes it easy for collectors in other ways.

Interesting take here - Has Topps devalued the Hero Number by ignoring them? Recently Topps Series 1 and 2 have at least given the idea a nod. The Updates and Highlights sets have been sporadic. Heritage only recognizes Hero Numbers to pair active players with their historically significant teammates.

I was a little dismayed about all this. Maybe I am the only person that cares about Hero Numbers and that is why they do not get talked about. Perhaps they are too inherently obvious and posting about them is just restating the obvious.

The last paragraph from Night Owl also bummed me out. I have never been partial to the Fleer/UD thing of bunching teams together - I like the cards spread out through a set and seeing a binder page with a variety of players - that's just personal preference. I appreciate the convenience of having all of a teams players in one area - for me the variety in a base set trumps that convenience. In the NetWorld there are plenty of places to dig up team set information.

Exception - Dammit Topps can you put the League Leaders cards together. sprinkling them through the set is just plain annoying.

On Deck

Hero Numbers 2012 - in the Part 2 we will discuss the Merits of this years Heroes Mr Bautsita (above), Miguel Cabrera, and Josh Hamilton

Delivery Time: Night Owl Trades Peanuts for Good Stuff

FanOfReds — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Greg (from Night Owl Cards) and I recently completed our gabillionth* trade. This time, I sent Greg 25 base cards from 2011 Lineage (or as he calls them, packing peanuts). In return, I was able land about a dozen cards from my own want lists!

*approximately

What amazed me the most about this trade is that no matter how many times I trade with Greg, he always manages to knock a substantial chunk of cards off my want list. It's almost like he is manufacturing cards specifically for my want list in an effort to keep wooing Dodgers (and packing peanuts) away from me. Whatever he's doing, I hope it continues because there's not much better than getting to knock cards off the 'ol want list.

We'll start with the only card that Greg sent me that wasn't on my want list...but it's probably the coolest of all the cards - 2011 Topps Diamond Platinum Cognac Blue Tint Sparkly Exclusive* card of Fred Lewis (#ed 57/60)

*real name for the parallel unknown since I never pull anything this rare, but I'm guessing that it some of the above words in it somewhere so I'm close enough.

Next, a pair of regular 'ol diamond parallels. I'm still working my way towards completing the set so every bit helps!

Greg also sent me a pair of Topps Lineage cards.

First, a Hunter Pence stand-up card (which means I'm now only missing the A-Rod stand-up and the Hank Aaron stand-up). The other Lineage card was a platinum parallel of Joey Votto. I decided against trying to complete any of the parallel sets in their entirety, instead I am focusing only on the Reds in the three parallel sets (diamond, platinum, and 1975 minis).

The above cards were all appreciated, but not entirely surprising (other than the Lewis card) because they are relatively new. Greg blew the trade package out of the proverbial water with his inclusion of seven different 2008 UD Timelines cards that I needed.

Given that group of cards, I'm oh-so-close to having the Timelines set complete. I'm only missing the following 22 cards:

Base: 232, 235, 274, 276, 279, 288, 300, 302, 304, 308, 332, 334, 336, 341, 345, 356, 361, 363, 366, 373, 374, 375

Not bad considering there are something like 250 short prints in that set!

Thanks a lot for yet another trade Greg! And, as always, if anyone else would like to trade, check out my want list and make an offer!

Trade with Night Owl

dkwilson — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:07:00 +0000

Greg, a.k.a. Night Owl, and I have traded Dodgers and D-Backs back and forth multiple times. This time I had a Chrome Kershaw that he needed and he sent me a nice healthy stack of D-Backs cards. Thanks Greg! Here are my two favorites.

2002 Donruss Classics LUIS GONZALEZ - This card is going to look great signed. Gonzo is a great ttm signer, so I hope to get this autographed soon.

2011 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Highlight Sketches EDWIN JACKSON - I have been wanting this card for a while now and so it was awesome to see it in the stack that Night Owl sent. I bought tickets from this game on eBay hoping to get them signed - this was before Edwin was traded, but this card will go nicely with those tickets.

Delivery Time! More Night Owl Goodies.

FanOfReds — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +0000

Greg (from the always wonderful Night Owl Cards) and I recently completed our second trade in the last couple of weeks...each time I ended up with some cards from my want list and Greg ended up with another pile of 1975 minis from the 2011 Topps Lineage set.

Here's my most recent haul from Greg:

2010 Topps National Chicle:
304. Ryan Howard
307. Brent Dlugach

If I didn't know better, I would have said that the Dlugach card was one of Topps' infamous gimmicks. However, under the assumption that there actually exists a player named Brent Dlugach, I feel bad for the guy...the back of his card mentions Cal Ripken Jr, Derek Jeter, A-rod, and Troy Tulowitzki...there's not much of a chance that Dlugach lives up to any of the above guys, and that's too bad.

1991 Score:
634. Tony Fossas

What's that you say? I traded away Lineage minis (which seem to be almost equivalent to gold these days) in exchange for a 1991 Score card?! Answer: You betcha*.

*apologies to Sarah for stealing her phrase...or at least her only phrase that makes sense. I'd like to say that I see Russia from my house, but alas, I don't.

2008 Topps Stadium Club:
110b. David Purcey
127b. Blake DeWitt

Of all the cards in this particular trade package, these were by far the best two. You see, I now only need four more cards from the 2008 Topps Stadium Club set (namely: 15, 78, 108b, 117b ). My hopes have been renewed that I might actually be able to finish this set off sometime soon...

2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces:

Greg really mined his collection looking for cards to send me - a few 2010s, a couple 2008s, a 1991 card, and now another '08...and soon a 2011 card. Trades like that are fun for me - lots of cards off the want list, and a bunch of sets that I feel like I'm "making progress" on. And, after this Jeter is put into the binder, I don't have to look at the pair of Yankees celebrating again...or at least not in any way except as part of a binder page (in which the other cards will hopefully overshadow Mr. Jeter.

And finally, one more card - this one happened to be the only representative from 2011:

Gypsy Queen:
97. Stan Musial

I have no idea if I'll ever finish the Gypsy Queen set, but until I think it's impossible, I'll keep it on my want list. At least I'm over 50% complete, that's something...

Thanks for the trade Greg! And, as always, if anyone else would like to trade, check out my want list and make an offer!

Delivery Time! Who Gives a Hoot?

Chris — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:30:00 +0000

I send Greg (Night Owl) some Dodgers.

He sends me some Reds.

Greg sends me some Reds.

I send Greg some Dodgers.

And so it goes.

2011 Topps Diamond parallel:
163. Carlos Pena

I get to cross off one more card from the 2011 Diamond parallel want list - I'm slowly approaching the end of the journey.

2011 Topps gold parallel:
317. Yonder Alonso

Alonso's place in the big leagues is blocked by some guy named Votto. Yeah, looks like Yonder won't be making the Reds big club anytime soon...

And some shiny:

Oooooooooooh. The pretties, the pretties.

Thanks Greg! And you guys know the drill: Want to trade? Check my want list. Email offer. Check mailbox. Enjoy card(s).

Swag from Night Owl Cards

deal — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:15:00 +0000

A nice surprise package from Night Owl Cards arrived at Team Phungo Headquarters a few weeks back. NOC has traded with folks from across the nation and occasionally tracks the locations. I figure I have recieved 5 or 6 trade packages from the Night Owl. It amazes me that He finds time to blog.

There were several Highlights in the package - Today I am focusing on the Prospects and the Phillies hobbled second baseman Chase Utley.

The Greg Golson card is from the 2008 Bowman Draft Set. Each year in this set there is a subset dedicated to the players featured in the years Futures Game. The 2008 game was played at the Old Yankee Stadium and Team Phungo was there. This card will go into the Phungo Games Attended binder - which is one of my favorites.

The bottom row are cards from the 2010 Bowman Set and include Trevor May and Tyson Gillies. May is a 21 year old RHP had a pretty good year at Lo-A Lakewood in 2010 after a Rough start at Hi-A Clearwater. Tyson Gillies came over in the outgoing Cliff Lee deal - he lost most of 2010 due to an injury - his development was hampered further when Gillies was involved in a drug related incident with the Florida Authorities. Gillies was eventually acquitted of the offense, hopefully 2011 is a more productive season for the young man.

As you likely know by now Chase Utley has not set foot on the field during spring training and there are whispers that Chase may be out for a large part of the 2011 season. This year is one that has a lot of promise for the Phils, I hope that Utley gets to take part.

Delivery Time! Cards from the Night Owl

FanOfReds — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:00:00 +0000

Greg (from Night Owl Cards) and I have exchanged 27 trade packages (by my count) dating back to mid-2009. The latest mailing went to me from Greg – and it contained a bunch of cards that I needed from my 2011 Topps set, plus a couple of new Larkins for my collection, and a few other goodies – let’s take a look!

2011 Topps:
Topps 60:
T60-5. Lou Gehrig
T60-42. Mat Latos

Did you know that Mat Latos was in the top 10 WHIP for 2010? Me either. As a Reds fan, I was also a little bit surprised to see Bronson Arroyo in the top 10. Oswalt and Halladay were one-two, and while I would have thought Halladay would have been one, I’m sure any Phillies fan won’t mind which order the two Roys appear in a top 10 list!

History of Topps:
HOT-5. Topps Goes Public

HOT-8. Topps Moves from Booklyn to NYC

These are last two cards that I needed from the History of Topps insert set. Somehow, I had a feeling that this would be the easiest set to complete (it was small – only 10 cards but more importantly, most people seemed uninterested in the set)! As for me, I’m simply thankful that I get to knock another set off my want list entirely!

Topps Town:
TT-5. Roy Halladay

I know no one wants to see scans of Topps Town anymore, but you know what – when someone sends me the last card I need from the set, not only are you going to see the scan, you’re going to like it. And yes, if you are keeping track at home, that means that Greg managed to finish off two of my sets for me – no wonder why we trade so many times over the years!

Diamond parallels:
164. Koji Uehara
276. Miguel Olivo

It’s been awhile since I received some diamond parallels – these two will net Greg a pair of entries into my contest – and they helped me hit the 60% completion threshold! Also, the two cards aren’t terribly miscut, I simply scanned them poorly and didn’t bother redoing the scan.

Finally, Greg also threw in a couple of Barry Larkins and some assorted Reds cards. The Larkins will get their own chance to shine at some point in my ongoing Barry Larkin Collection series.

Thanks a lot for all the great cards! And, as always, if anyone else would like to trade – check out my want list and make an offer!

Delivery Time! Cards from Greg over at Night Owl Cards

FanOfReds — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:30:00 +0000

There are many great bloggers out there and there are many great traders out there. However, there are only a few who manage to be prolific in both aspects - Greg from Night Owl Cards is one such person. Last year, I completed a total of 122 trades - 10 of which were with Greg! The last package I sent him was a bunch of Dodgers out of the blue. Not to be out done, here's what he sent me a month and half later:

Since I began keeping track, Greg and I have completed 17 trades, sometimes prearranged, other times just sending stuff because we both seem to be better at pulling "the other guy's team" rather than our own from packs. For each package I've sent Greg, I think he's managed to produce an epic post full of scans. It's only fair that I do the same.

Let's take a look:

First up, a whole bunch of "Tom Terrific" cards from 1992 Pacific. I really enjoyed Pacific's late 90s and early 00s stuff (you know, once they went die-cut crazy and all) but their earlier stuff was mostly drab...and so I avoided it. I don't know what set these cards actually came from, perhaps a Tom Terrific set?

At least the back of the card does say that they are authorized by Tom Seaver - I didn't know individual players had to authorize their cards (isn't that what the MLBPA logo is for now)? Maybe things were different wayyyy back in '92 (said tongue in cheek in case my sarcasm didn't show up in text form).

Much like the Seaver cards above, Greg managed to send me some cards from another set that I didn't own any representatives from - and a 2010 set to boot! In this case, it's 2010 Topps Updates & Highlights (or whatever they called it this year). I bought some of last year's Updates set and was completely underwhelmed so I avoided this year's rendition. Judging by these two Reds cards, I made the correct choice.

The Leake card is actually pretty nice - I especially enjoy the write up on the back of the card featuring information about his MLB debut. The second card is a better example of why I generally don't care for Updates & Highlights - it's so freaking boring! In this case, you have a card of two young stars, both exciting players in their own right and you slap them together on a card when they are frowning while playing catch. *yawn*.

From 2010, Greg's package jumped way back to 1975 with a Clay Carroll card.

The '75 set was before my time, which is too bad because I actually dig all the funky colors. Maybe when I become independently wealthy I'll pursue the set in its entirety. Until that point, I'll try to stay satisfied with the morsels that others throw (or preferably mail) my way.

As if two sets weren't enough, Greg managed to find a third set that I never bought cards from - the 1998 Bowman set (not to be confused with every single other freaking Bowman set since then).

Obviously, my disdain for the Bowman line has been documented before - but I'll still gladly accept any and all Reds! I like the team-by-team statistical breakdown on the back of the card, but the base design of Bowman bores me to tears. Any one set design like the card above would be fine, but to me, ALL Bowman sets from the past decade plus look identical...and that's not a good thing (unlike with Allen & Ginter which I'll be mad if they deviate too far from their formula)!

Collectors sure are fickle, huh?

Moving along.

Next up, a card from a set line that I really enjoyed - Goudey.

This particular card is a green back mini card from the 2007 UD Goudey set. I haven't decided whether or not I'll chase the '07 set (especially since I have yet to finish the '08 and '09 sets) but I'll happily take any mini cards from the set! Perhaps I'll work on a hybrid red/green mini set - that'd be kind of cool, and Christmas-y.

From one retro themed set to another - 2010 Topps Turkey Red, #58 Joey Votto.

Votto is a beast so acquiring his cards is always fun for me. I am a bit worried he's a bit of a head-case though...and there have been rumblings of him returning to his native Canada and playing for the Blue Jays in a few years. Hopefully he makes the right decision and stays in Cincinnati!

At this point, it's time for the three "best" cards in the trade package:

First up, a gold parallel 2010 Updates and Highlights card of Chris Heisey.

I'm fairly high on Heisey's chances of becoming a great major leaguer, but it does appear that the Reds brass isn't...especially since they are supposedly talking to Podsednik and Renteria's agents about a 2011 contract. As for the card itself, when did Topps decide to stop using gold foil for the serially numbering? I hope that's only in effect for the 2010 U&H set...the blank print just looks cheap! Still, I am now the proud owner of a card that at most 2009 other people also own.

I may have gone a bit overboard on 2010 Allen & Ginter, but I probably ended up spending close to what I spent in 2009 thanks to the lack of variety and compelling sets out there. As such, I haven't bought anything new since Allen & Ginter - and that includes Topps Chrome in all of its curvy goodness!

This Drew Stubbs card is pretty sharp, Stubbs almost has a 3D effect going on there - I actually enjoy the Topps Chrome line but I'm usually too burnt out of the base set design to bother spending three bucks for a pack of four curved cards. It doesn't help that I usually pull nothing but crap when I buy Chrome too.

And finally, the big hit of the package! A purple refractor of Brandon Phillips #014/599.

See what I mean, Night Owl pulls Reds like you wouldn't believe...good thing I keep pulling Dodgers so he always has someone to send the cool cards to!

Thanks a lot Greg! I hope this eleven scan montrosity of a trade post was worthy of your genorsity! And, as always, if anyone else would like to trade - check out my want list and make an offer!