The Yanks Cardboard Comes Marching In

Last week I got a message from @batcavelv that a package was heading my way to finish up a trade awhile ago. I never know what to expect when I get a package from him. They come in all shapes and sizes.

So let's check it out!

Whoa. Big packed box that was sent in one of the priority bubblers I have been using for everything I ship. Why ship a box like this for $12 when you can stick the box in a bubbler for $8 and have it tracked and insured. Yeah. Exactly.

 El Duque! Love Ex!!

 Gary Sanchez rookie. I didn't have this one.

 Jorge Mateo. Interesting signature especially the eo that sags at the end.

 Ruben Randle Topps Prime. The Stadium Club of football at one point.

 El Duque again!! And Ex again!

 I assume what is a sample pack of 1997 Leaf. This will look great in my 90's PC. Keeping it sealed.

 Yogi Berra numbered card.

 Aaron Boone parallel

Pinnacle had some of my favorite cards in the 90's, I will take any and all but these oddball Sample cards are always fun addition.

 Late 90's Bowman parallel, sign me up!

Three new Mattinglys for my Yankees PC. Mattingly is the third highest Yankees player cards I have other than Jeter (way in first) and Judge (who is barely ahead of Mattingly after I traded a ton off)

 Pops! If only Jr had worn pinstripes and scored himself a ring

 

Gozilla strikes! I have never seen one of these but totally digging it!

 Chuck Knoblauch shiny

 90's Prism still looks better than todays.

This Ron Guidry caught my eye. Seems like the color scheme is off.

 Luis Severino OD rookie

And two brand spankin new NY Giants cards I haven't seen before or even knew the brand of.

Thanks goes out to Tracy for this mail day which I think you said was only one of two coming. That should be interesting. Lots of new additions to multiple PC's. Much appreciated!

I Had A Visit From Wax Heaven

The 90's are alive and well over at The Baseball Card Blog and so isn't the life of a Jose Canseco collector.

I have enjoyed being a follower of @TheWaxHeaven and checking out his tweets and posts when they pertain to his passion of the 90's and showing off 90's cards. Because I feel the same way. There may be a time soon where I change things up a bit to something similar on here. Hmm.....

In the meantime, I wanna show off some contest scores I won from @TheWaxHeaven on Twitter. One card I have waited over twenty years for, mostly because I forgot about it.

 

The National Bowman Chrome shiny card. Everyone knows me and shiny cards.

 

WHOA! This is a bonus? Yeah I know right I would have entered the contest just to win this! 90's refractors are the greatest and I will take them all day til the cows come home.

 

A youngin' of a Canseco picture with a nice bat swatch in there.

 

And the beauty I have waited forever to own, a 1998 Bowman Chrome International Refractor of Yankees Orlando Hernandez. It's truly a stunning card! I never even pulled the base rookie back in 1998 as he was one of the hottest prospects back then. Now I need to find myself the other parts of this card, the base and regular refractor. Of course I bet they are much easier and affordable now then they once used to be. Sometimes you have so many chases that you forget about certain cards you always wanted to add and now this one can be taken off from the memory bank when my mind resurfaces that I want to add the other parts to this card.

Huge thanks to Mario over @TheWaxHeaven and if you aren't following him please do so. Also check out his blog The Baseball Card Blog for 90's, Canseco mail days and much more.

Opening Day..... Gallery Of Fun

To celebrate Opening Day in baseball, here are a bunch of random baseball cards I found in my blogger albums. Most of these you may have seen, but say you may have not.

Let's get this gallery on and hope everyone enjoys a great day of baseball!

Pack pulled this a couple of years ago

Cool card, player I don't respect however. Sorry Bonds fans.

Dufex!

Miss this guy playing. Yankees do to.

I never did finish my rainbow of him...

Always liked his signature

He was better in pinstripes.....

Always the type of players I pull in Bowman....

USA...USA...USA...

 Found this in a mystery box

Obvious card had to be here.

90's! Don't make inserts like this anymore.

Yard Sale pickups a couple of years ago

Wished this was in a Yanks uni, but I still like it

This is actually a picture, but still awesome and was a must post

There is nothing wrong with posting extra Yankees today...

One of my favorite 2015 pickups...

So good luck to your MLB team if they play today, unless you are an Astros fan, cause I am just going to leave you with this image...

2015 Yard Sale Autograph Pickups Part 5:El Duque

My last pickup from the yard sale was an autograph I have always wanted since his days with the Yankees. Mr Orlando Hernandez or as the rest of us Yankee fans know his as, El Duque.

The dude was dominant and when he got that high leg kick going, you know hitters were in fear.

Even though he wasn't the top player in the group of autographs I picked up, this was my favorite piece.

First up, I like the photo. Great pose and even though not a Yankee uni, you gotta love the classic Expos look. Secondly, he has a great looking auto. Third, I got it for $5. A steal in my opinion.

 

Now that you have seen all five of my pickups, which one is your favorite and which one did you consider to be a steal?