Tradewinds

I managed to get on here and do a post in between naps. I've been sick this past week and I can't remember the last time I've gone more than 30 seconds without coughing. I'll tell ya what tough, all that coughing has done wonders for my abs...

...


...


???

...

Anyways, I'll start off with the guy I probably trade with the most, Cam from The Bullpen Cardboard. I heard whispers that he had a Joe Smith auto so we struck a deal.

This is the second Smith auto I have form the '07 SP Rookie Edition set. I believe there's 3 more of his autos from this set, although there may only be 2. There's either 2 or 3. I could look at my checklists but, it's all the way over there...
Also included were some neato #/d cards!

Some Piece of History's a Triple Threads base and an '08 Co-Signers parallel.

Next up we have a trade that was foreshadowed a bit. A while ago I got an email from é rayhahn, rayhahn saying that he got a stack of Piazzas with my name on it. I looked for some Twins stuff for him but came up with nothing. A few weeks later, I had completely forgotten to email back but luckily he was persistent! That's when I went out and bought this...

You didn't REALLY think I didn't have an ulterior motive behind this did you? In return I got 50+ Piazzas, all but 5 I needed for the Collection, but the doubles I was able to use for the Mets team sets.

This was by far the jewel of the package. A '96 Leaf "Gold Stars", these cards fall 1:190 packs! That in itself would be awesome enough, but the gold boarder on the front of the card is made from actual 22 karat gold. It's a very thin layer, so it's not like holding a hunk of metal, but still, that's kindda fucking cool!

Next we have two major Player Collector headaches...

'99 Topps Tek and '07 Moments and Milestones.
For Topps Tek, there's a 1a and 1b fro each card. Then for each Card(a) and Card(b) there are 30 different background patterns to go with it. Fuck you Topps.
The Moments and Milestones has like, 10 different "Milestones" for each player, each home run or stolen base etc having its own card and then 6 or 7 thousand parallels of each card. Fuck you Topps. Fuck you hard.

And finally, after having worked in both retail and food service, it is my professional opinion that some people must set out each morning with the intention of being the most difficult, obnoxious pain in the dick possible. I believe that Pacific had the same exact motivation during the '90s...

How else could you explain any of their sets?

Thanks for the trades guys! I'll be looking for more stuff for you soon!



(...Joe)