Sending Along The Hits

Dennis over at Too Many Verlanders blog fame sent me one-well-rounded mail day.

Yesterday you saw some Giants and 90's inserts, today, you are checking out some hits he passed along.

This Franklin I claimed from a pile of autographs he had up for grabs because I have friend who is a big Packers fan I am passing it along to. That friend has helped me with many of my projects on here and least I could do.

Paul Perkins Silhouettes jersey. These look just as good as the autograph versions.

Ramses Barden never really got a ton of playing time with the Giants so didn't make a huge impact. I find his autograph to be curious. What's the scribble above his RB?

I liked this guy a lot when he got playing time. Reminded me of the Giants Steve Smith. He was crafty and could make plays which he did in games he made starts. However, the Giants didn't see it and cut him. He now is a High School WR coach

I don't remember much about Hall, but I remember landing plenty of his cards. I didn't however land this Sp Authentic one. I have always been a fan of adding SPA when I can. Upper Deck had a great product line with that.

Clay was supposed to help the Giants return woes with his speed, but, when you muff a punt in the season opener at a critical spot, well, you don't get too far with the team.

Travis Rudolph was a guy I was very high on after watching him in the preseason of 2017 as he was explosive and I was dead set on this guy making it big. Well, he only had a few receptions and a few yards in the minimal opportunities the Giants gave him. Now he is playing in the CFL. However, he is only 24 years old so his shot at the NFL is not completely out of reach.

And this wraps up another fun, exciting, joy jumping, mail day from the man, Dennis. Thanks again my friend and I need to hit you up again soon!

Dub Gave Me Some NY Mentality

It has been some time since I last made a trade with the great Dub over at Dub Mentality blog but it seems he had been saving stuff for me for awhile to make my move.

He broke a box of 2018 Classics football back in June and pulled an autograph in which he tagged me in knowing it would lure me to it. I had to have that card once I saw it and will show it off later on in this mail day recap.

What comes before it, well, that's just as impressive.

Two new Odell Beckham Jr's. I didn't try any of the 2018 Contenders Draft product. I really need to find a trading buddy who may have the Saquon inserts from it.

 

I spoke that he broke a box of Classics, well, here are the results. Like I said in my review, totally like the base.

 

Phoenix was a cool looking product that I broke some of, but not enough to land these Giants. Odell again!

 

Speaking of Odell again, here is another one. I thought the Contenders Optic looked awesome from a distance. Wished I could had afforded to bust a box but I am thankful I at least got to add these two to my PC from it. Marshall has since moved on to the Seahawks, but this refractor Odell is sure nice!

 

Wayne Gallman I felt didn't get the chance to snag the starting spot this year with the Giants "can't pass draft" of Barkley. He had a solid year last year especially towards the end. I expect him to be a great complimentary back to Saquon.

 

How can you not give High Praise to LT on the field? Guy was a beast!

 

Can't say the same for Dayne who was by far a better college runner than pro. I just remember being excited about the Giants taking him and then watching him run into the backs of lineman and losing yards. #Fail

 

Someone not a fail, Michael Strahan. Here is his 1993 Topps gold parallel rookie. There is just something really fun about this photo that showcases early his big personality.

 

Eli is Elite! The Classics white jersey and throwback helmet looks hot!

 

Rudolph is apart of a tight Giants WR depth chart. He has the skills, but can he survive the competition. I hope so. I really like the guy.

 

Saquon! I do have these two, but that doesn't matter. Bring em all my way!

 

And here are two I didn't have. The Score NFL Draft 2018 is a really sharp card. I don't know what it is about it that catches my eye.

 

Odell's theme for 2018, catching fire! I expect a huge year from this guy.

 

Wayne Gallman rookie auto. His autograph is a bit sloppy, but better than some rookies.

 

 

 Check out this sick patch from Select!! Looks like it was apart of his name. Nice looking relic card all around.

 

And finally, that autograph card that was pulled from Classics to end this mail day. Giants pick of Kyle Lauletta. My first autograph of him. He was great in college, but is it him or Davis Webb that is the future in NY. Only time can tell and to be honest I am not ready to think about that yet.

A big thanks goes out to Dub for this terrific trade. I am hoping we can do this again sooner rather than later. Let's not give such a long gap next time!

If you haven't yet, go check out his very popular blog over at Dub Mentality.

Cards On Display

When I was growing up and growing up into the hobby, for some reason or another, my father and I liked to display our cards in the oddest places and take pictures of them. Not even good pictures. They were mostly a-bit-blur Polaroids. But, it was the best we had.

Most of the time these pictures focused on Ken Griffey Jr but sometimes we would focus on other cards as well.  Our favorites.

The pictures I have on display today are ones we took of my Ken Griffey Jr collection at the time. The first one here was taken on my rusty-ole display stand for my Pinnacle Inside baseball cards. I think the one Griffey that shines is the '89 UD.

 

Griffey Starting Lineups with their cards were always on my wall among other Ken Griffey Jr items. I no longer have most of these in this picture. Just the pennant.

I can't even tell where we took these.

These however were taken on a hot summer day on my dad's beat-up old car.

 And they may have had more value than the actual car. They at least were in better condition.

So with so many mail days coming in a row, I was wondering to myself which cards my father and I would have chosen to go in our "masterpiece" photo.

There would be a couple here in my mail day from P-Town sent me from Waiting 'til Next Year blog who recently mailed me some Hamptons.

A 1996 Topps Throwback and 1995 Topps Finest Boosters insert.

 

1996 Pinnacle Xpress that sadly only lasted a year despite it's great look.

 

1992 Stadium Club that I didn't realize I was missing til P-Town sent them along.

 

1997 Goudey. The mini cards. I was glad to finally have this one knocked off the needs list.

 

Here is one that may have made the cut for our display. 1997 Pacific Revolution Proteges with Tiki Barber. Sharp looking card.

 

And one that definitely would have made the cut. Hologram, shiny. Nothing better in a photo and on display than a card like this. This is actually also the die cut version I have been needing.

 

 

Thanks again P-Town for the excellent selection of Rodney's! Thanks to you I have reached the 530 different card mark! I will get more Cubs out to you soon!

My next mail day, this one from my friend @APetrelak on Twitter and I pulled off another small trade. He posted some basketball cards that caught my eye so I inquired and sent some hockey his way.

He also threw in couple bonuses being the good guy he is. Some Yanks here,

 

and a Gary Sanchez rookie I didn't have

 

The main part of trade was around some rookies that later transpired to some hits as well. I wanted this Ingram for my NBA rookie PC

 

And these Simmons because he is pretty solid player. These cards would have made the display as we liked top rookies.

 

And to end the mail day, we worked in a couple relics. Brown is having a decent season and the Payton I liked because of the two-color swatch.

 

 

Thanks again Alec for the trade. Looking forward to our next. 

 

I also found a couple of cards in my mail day from Tracy on Twitter @batcavelv.

A few Yanks cards I didn't have including a shiny Clint Frazier

 

Robert Refsnyder who I wished could have panned out more. Still a nice relic from one of my favorite underrated products.

 

One of the cards that would have been in our display from Tracy, this 50/50 autograph of Travis Rudolph. This guy blew it up in the preseason but failed to make much of an impact in the regular season. However the Giants really like his upside so he may stay around and I hope he does. I loved watching him in the preseason. Either way just glad to have my first Gmen autograph of him.

 

And then was this bag. Inside of the bag was an item guaranteed to have been on my father's rusty-old car.

 

Boom! Jumbo card, jumbo bat swatch. Love it!

 

Card is numbered to 500 and actually has the digits 24 in the 124/500. Works for me!

 

 

Big thanks to Tracy! I hope to get your return out soon that has been sitting on my desk forever.

 

I no longer display cards like that or take pictures of them, other than on here, in weird spots. I actually don't display cards at all. They are all tucked away. I feel like the more exposure the more of a chance an autograph fades, a card bends or something will happen to them. I know it sounds weird and odd that I don't want to display my hobby, but I just don't.

 

However, I am wondering, what card or cards you would have displayed on my father's car, my rusty shelf, the lawn and other places we did to take pictures of? Let me hear them in comments and why!