I Met Another Blogger

When I met Dennis from the blog Too Many Verlanders at the local card show he was holding what I thought was a bag of purchases he had made that day. Little did I know he had been lugging around a sack of goodness for me that would make Santa jealous. First, let it be known; if I send you a package without setting up a trade it does not need retaliation. I often send small packages to bloggers I enjoy just as another way to let them know they are appreciated. We need to support each other as we have all felt the blog-burnouts from time to time and I don't want to see anybody quit the game.
Anyway, to say Dennis "one upped" me would be an understatement. I usually don't remember what I send to people. Such is the case here but I hope it gave him close to as much joy as his bag of goodies gave me. Look at the haul I took home from the card show from what Dennis generously gave me:
(I apologize for the horrible scan job, I wanted to get a post up ASAP)

Growing up my brother and I worshiped Kenny Lofton. I have never had a Lofton auto ever. This thing is PC for life! Who was cooler than Kenny Lofton in the 90's?

I can still recall sitting on my parents' bed watching Kerry Wood throw his 20K game on WGN. This is my first Wood auto too!

Chris Shelton was a beast for like 3 weeks in 2006. I will never forget him or that season.

My first black jersey relic of JJ. So sweet!

A bunch of new Big Daddy cards for the PC.

Take a closer look at this gem!

I have had this 5x7 on my ebay watch list for months. Look at that, I didn't even have to pay shipping on it. Pretty stoked for this one.

That gold Inge card is so sweet I wish I could have it in poster size!

Look at all the Boesch RC's! I think I only had one of these. The teal is even numbered and the diamond anniversary is the best.

Two Grayson Greiner cards for the investment pile. Anytime I can get a Joba in the Old English D its a good day!

JJ's for days! All PC!

Dennis hit me from every collection angle with cards, oversized pieces and even figures! Check out this Megatron relic/card standee.

Two Fidrych cards I needed!

Casty on the board

These two cards together are awesome Both gold #'ed, sequential years, both homerun derby shots, and both PC all the way.

I've always said when somebody sends me Rey Ordonez cards they dug deep and deserve something nice in return for their efforts. Needed both of these for the PC as they are rare refractors.

Crazy Robbie Alomars. These aren't even all of them!

Salty is back with Detroit in a way. I am happy to see that and super happy to add these cards to the Salty book!

Scherzer cards by the pound including over a dozen of the SI for kids card bottom left. I have to believe those aren't all that easy to find.

8x10 of Tony the Tiger. Now do I get it signed? It looks nice the way it is and his auto's are a scribbled mess. Hmm.

Looky here. The black box version! I think I only need the white box and the scribbled version for the set!

Jim Thome SLU in his Indians gear! The only way I'd want it. So awesome. This guy will be staring at me next to my monitor for all my posts to come!

As you can see, Dennis is a crazy generous guy and one of the best bloggers around too. If you aren't following him yet, do it now : TOO MANY VERLANDERS or his other blog TOO MANY MANNINGHAMS for football stuff. Thank you very much Dennis, I hope this measly post illustrated how grateful I am for all the great stuff.

Pre-Tigerfest Card Show Haul!

I went to my local card show with $2.75 in my pocket. In my mind I needed one Daz Cameron card for Tigerfest in case he will be there, two if I can afford them. Shame on me for taking a twenty from my wife "just in case" before leaving the house. Lucky for me I did because I ran into some crazy exciting deals.
First, I cannot EVER walk by a nickel box. Dime boxes are plentiful at most shows but nickel boxes hold an even greater magic. That twenty came in handy right away as I spent over $3 at the nickel box alone. I don't usually pick up football, basketball, or hockey but at 5 cents a piece I couldn't help myself. Some big names and cool cards. Plus, my first wrestling cards. Here are some of the gems:

It took facebook a while to identify the top right Tigers player. It is still a toss up between Rob Deer and Dan Gladden.

My first boxing and wrestling cards.

Glittery cards.

Big names

Rookies!

That Kariya is amazine! I didn't know Classic ever made cards that didn't look like they came from the dollar store.

The Stevey Y's were 10 cents.

Andre the Giant was the man! These other guys are pretty sweet too.

The tannest Omar I have ever seen. I was unaware of this error.

Next I wandered into the dimeboxes. The douche selling started packing up during my dig so I bailed. I understand there is an important football game on but it sucked I could only go today and he packed up at 1pm when the show ran until 4pm.

Yelich for the PC!

... and Canseco!

The top three Stars and Stripes are /199. For 10 cents!

RC's!

20 K's for 10 cents.

Then I hit the motherload! A guy was selling Tigers cards 30 for $1. Unbelievable. I wish I would have seen these boxes first. There was so many amazing cards. I ran out of money without even going through half of what he had. It was heartbreaking walking away from those boxes. So .033333 cents a card! My God! Check this out:

My first Desert Shield! It may be in crap condition but I have one now.

Do I spy the start of a rainbow?

MYSTERY: Why is one Brian Hunter die-cut but not the other?

Serial numbered suckers!

Tiger variations aplenty.

Doubles my Clete Thomas PC

Filled some Inge holes.

Started a Gabe Kapler PC

My first Inaugural Season cards!

Silver Sigs!

Complete team sets GOLD!

GOLD and GOLD WINNERS team sets!

I also picked up some posters to maybe take to Tigerfest, some 25 cent cards, and a Canseco figure.

I had a couple of these when I was a kid we got from the dollar store. I know I had Kirk Gibson.

Another Edmonds to add to the PC stack helped by Julie's last package to me.

I may start a Santa PC

Last but not least, I FINALLY have in my hands this:

My pick for card of the year 2017 is now mine!