First Trades Are Always The Biggest

@StephenJFurlong, and I have been Twitter buddies for awhile now. Fellow NY Giants fans too.

Recently he was moving some cards and contacted me about a possible trade. I wasn't sure what to expect him to pull out and offer my way but when I finally saw the gallery of magic, I knew we would have to work out a major trade.

So we did.

In this trade, I hit major PC areas, crossed a major autograph off from my want list (posting tomorrow) and grabbed some fun cards just because.

So let's take a look at the big chunk of the mail day today and lead up to the bigger "meats"of tomorrow.

Chipper and Vlad. I really liked Vlad and can't explain why so when I saw this bat relic I grabbed it. As for Chipper, I wanted it to use as a trading piece.

Same goes for these Red Sox cards even though I did like the Ortiz bat relic. But, I have a major trade going on with a Red Sox fan and needed more pieces for the trade to try and complete it.

Two more players I enjoyed from the 90's. My father-I wonder if I have a picture-looked like Randy Johnson from the 90's with the longer scraggly hair and he is a bit tall. Gwynn I just enjoyed because he was a great player that didn't get enough recognition.

I always like adding a guy's autograph in Cooperstown and a new Yankee relic add with a pants swatch from Reggie. Love my pinstripe relics.

 

Another fun vintage add. Well, vintage player. I like older player relics.

I really liked this Jorge Posada relic. I didn't have a relic of his besides a bat one. The Manny relic is for my Sox fan.

Eddie George was another one of those 90's guys. Maybe I should just start a 90's guys PC after this mail day. I just snagged them for fun.

Stephen threw a bunch of extras in the trade which I didn't separate out on here. Examples are of former Giants like Derek Hagan. My first autograph of his.

More 90's guy love

And some more former NY Giants adds. I like the Pascoe and Hixon autographs.

Travis Beckham looked good the few times he played. Just never completely panned out at TE. I always kept him on Madden and used him because of his 84 Spd.

A couple more former Giants. Thomas was an on and off player and Rivers only played a little while for the Gmen. I was pretty happy to have him the short time they did. This dual relic is pretty sweet.

Warrick was a huge name back when he was drafted but never quite lived up to all of the hype not like Jevon Kearse. Offenses feared him. This is my first relic of his.

more freebies Stephen threw in. Owens, Roy Williams (safety), Steve Smith (Panthers WR, and Antonio Gates relics.

A few more freebies along with an Alstott that I claimed. I just wanted a relic of his and hopefully an autograph one day. 90's guy.

90's autographs, just 'cause.

Kevin Faulk was the best of the 90's autographs I grabbed. He had a few decent seasons in New England. I always had a thing for the '99 Collectors Edge Advantage.

And for the finale of part one, some more 90's freebies! Maybe I should add the Powerdeck disks to my Sets Of My Childhood.

 

If you enjoyed Part 1 gallery, well, stay tuned for Part 2 as that is going to get even bigger.

Area 40 Goes 90's!

During Wes' retirement tour-formerly blogger of Jay Barker Fan blog and now runs a last big hurrah blog in Area 40-he has been unloading packages onto bloggers for goodbye gifts.

Here we go again. After a one day hiatus, we are back into the box that the great Wes sent me. I will be taking breaks in-between new posts from this box as I am so, so, so backed up on mail day thank yous.

This has gotta be in my Top 5 favorite Upper Deck football cards of the late 90's. How awesome is this photo??!

A Favre rookie year card I didn't have. Nice! Wished I had the signed version.

Shaq. The only big time star I can remember that moved around to more teams than Lebron

Another Set From My Childhood I am chasing. I don't have many so far, but I am trying.

I surprisingly didn't have this Landeta card. I just love the photograph, it cracks me up.

This guy just has a fun last name and he will go into my shiny binder.

MJ. I never get mad to add some more MJ. The greatest player ever to play the game. I hated him in the 90's, but love him now and appreciated the fact I got to watch him play compared to today's terrible NBA.

A couple of Tebow rookies. I only had one rookie of the guy til this mail day. A Champ Bailey for my 90's PC and a Barry Sanders rookie. I wanted another but also hoping for the iconic '89 Score one.

Vlad refractor...so pretty.

90's insert at it's best. Acetate and all. I haven't seen one of these yet and it's of one of my favorite players, so overall a nice add.

We don't get great looking products like this anymore. Thick cardstock and rainbow foil. Looks better in person.

Star QB right here. A three star one. Yes, big time Akili Smith sarcasm. I chased this guy in the 90's and believe I have his Sage Auto as well.

My favorite player for baseball in the 90's. No roids, just plain hittah!

Everyone loved Heath, then he hit the field. I know I praise every brand from the 90's, but Collectors Edge had some really cool stuff out.

I just all around love this card. This is what makes Archives great.

My first Craig Griffey on one side...

And here comes Ken. New card for my PC.

And to finish out another mail day, Christian Okoye doesn't look impressed with a floating football going through the goal posts while he is standing in a cornfield. But, I am. Gotta give some props 90's cheesiness.

 

Another section of my Wes' mail day down. Still much more to come including a grand finale. Stay tuned!

1997 Upper Deck UD3 Baseball Pack # 13

Time for another riveting adventure into a UD3 pack. Today marks Pack #13 so we are more than halfway done.

Today's pack, well, all doubles. But a couple of good players found so I am okay with that.

Pack #14 coming at ya tomorrow!

1997 Upper Deck UD3 Baseball Pack # 9

Pack #9 didn't provide me an insert yet, but the easiest ones are1:11 so let's hope soon!

Three decent players today.

I wasn't ever really much of a Palmeiro fan. One, I was a Yankees fan. Two, well, roid era player.

 

Ozzie!

 

And my favorite card of the pack, Mr Vlad. Loved the way this guy swung a bat and there is just something about those Expos uni's. I actually got to see him once play for the Expos in Montreal. I believe he hit a deep home run that day. But, the Expos lost. Seemed like a thing then.

 

 

Three more cards down in the set. 

And hopefully Pack #10 will be busted tomorrow. Thoughts on today' pack are welcomed!

Random Card On My Desk:1998 Topps Vladimir Guerrero