Lou Whitaker ended up being wrapped up in a few events associated with this blog recently. First of all, I got this card TTM from him, at a fee of $25. I needed the 87 Topps for the set, but I sent it off before I received a message from a fellow Instagrammer, Brandon, who apparently knows Whitaker personally, and offered to get a card signed for me. The 87 was sent out on November 28 and got the card back on February 12, for a 76-day TAT. I had received a TTM success from Whitaker a while back on a baseball, so I needed to get the card done.
Brandon offered to 50/50 Whitaker, so I chose this 1985 Topps to get back, since I knew the 87 would be back eventually. I sent Brandon a handful of cards along with this one. For the extra cards, he proposed a trade.
He sent me these Xavier Avery cards that he had gotten IP in exchange for the extra Whitakers. I didn't have either card, so I was glad to add them to the album.
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Showing posts with label Xavier Avery. Show all posts
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Friday, January 8, 2016
Partial Christmas Gift From Max
I have made a lot of friends in this hobby, from the day in October 2006 when I started helping out at the former card shop in Winston-Salem, to when I started this blog in November 2008 to when I joined the Instagram card community in November of 2013. One of the friends that count among the best of the best is my good friend, Max. He and I have been trading for a long time now, and hung out at the National this past summer. We text and skype almost every day. He is an amazing person, whom I can't imagine being without.
Max sent me what he says was half of my Christmas gift. The above Fergie Jenkis ball was something he picked up in person about a month ago for me, so I used it as an opportunity to upgrade the ball that I had. Mine was one of my original TTM successes, but was on a China ball with a bad pen, so it has faded quite a bit.
This one looks so much better and is on an OMLB ball. Definitely an upgrade!
Max knew someone who was doing some "graphing" recently, and was able to take every Bob Milacki card that I could find and turned them into autos. Max and I 50/50'ed the cards and here are a few of the notable ones.
I love 1989 Topps's design, so I had to show this one. It looks really cool signed. I need to get myself into more TTMs on cards, because I feel like TTM autos give some of the 80s-90s cards new life, so to speak.
Speaking of 80s-90s cards, here is a nice signed 1989 Donruss, followed by the below 1990 Donruss.
In all, Max sent me 9 Milacki signed cards. Not bad at all! I'm really happy with them, and they will go into my TTM binder.
Max also included some signed cards by other former Orioles. This 2012 Robert Andino is a nice one.
I was surprised last year to see that Adam Loewen popped back up in the majors in the Phillies pitching staff. I guess his left arm is feeling better now after taking a few years off from pitching and playing as a position player.
Finally, this really cool Xavier Avery auto on a 2012 Topps. Avery is back with the Orioles as a minor league signing. He will try to break camp with the O's in Spring Training. I feel like he is outfield depth at AAA, but not a bad deal on a milb contract.
So, thank you so much for the awesome package, Max. As always, I appreciate it!
Max sent me what he says was half of my Christmas gift. The above Fergie Jenkis ball was something he picked up in person about a month ago for me, so I used it as an opportunity to upgrade the ball that I had. Mine was one of my original TTM successes, but was on a China ball with a bad pen, so it has faded quite a bit.
This one looks so much better and is on an OMLB ball. Definitely an upgrade!
Max knew someone who was doing some "graphing" recently, and was able to take every Bob Milacki card that I could find and turned them into autos. Max and I 50/50'ed the cards and here are a few of the notable ones.
I love 1989 Topps's design, so I had to show this one. It looks really cool signed. I need to get myself into more TTMs on cards, because I feel like TTM autos give some of the 80s-90s cards new life, so to speak.
Speaking of 80s-90s cards, here is a nice signed 1989 Donruss, followed by the below 1990 Donruss.
In all, Max sent me 9 Milacki signed cards. Not bad at all! I'm really happy with them, and they will go into my TTM binder.
Max also included some signed cards by other former Orioles. This 2012 Robert Andino is a nice one.
I was surprised last year to see that Adam Loewen popped back up in the majors in the Phillies pitching staff. I guess his left arm is feeling better now after taking a few years off from pitching and playing as a position player.
Finally, this really cool Xavier Avery auto on a 2012 Topps. Avery is back with the Orioles as a minor league signing. He will try to break camp with the O's in Spring Training. I feel like he is outfield depth at AAA, but not a bad deal on a milb contract.
So, thank you so much for the awesome package, Max. As always, I appreciate it!
Monday, September 3, 2012
Some More Topps Chrome
I went to the LCS the other day, mainly because we were bored, and picked up another few packs of Bowman Platinum. The proprietor of the shop was sold out of Topps Chrome, but did allow me to look through his singles for some Orioles.
He hooked me up with the Chris Davis X-Fractor. They scan kind of funny. Definitely doesn't do the X-Fractor design justice, but it still looks kind of cool.
I got this Tsuyoshi Wada RC, which I needed for my Orioles PC. I have two guys sending me a ton of Chrome singles in separate trades, so I should have this set taken care of, but I wanted a few singles that I could slide into top loaders and put in my player collections. Wada hasn't thrown a pitch for the Orioles in the regular season. He went down with an elbow injury in spring training. Supposedly, he was the better of the two Japanese signings this off season, with Wei-Yin Chen being the second best. Well, if Chen is second to Wada, I definitely want to see what Wada can do. I hope he is 100% next season, because Chen has been amazing.
Finally, I picked up this Xavier Avery RC. I have watched Avery since he played for Single A Frederick. He is a good ball player who should be a regular major leaguer for years to come. He got some itme in the majors this season, starting off with a bang. The league caught up with him and he was sent down after appearing overmatched. He is now back with the team as a September call up, so he should see some playing time as the Orioles continue to put some late season pressure on the Yankees and Rays.
He hooked me up with the Chris Davis X-Fractor. They scan kind of funny. Definitely doesn't do the X-Fractor design justice, but it still looks kind of cool.
I got this Tsuyoshi Wada RC, which I needed for my Orioles PC. I have two guys sending me a ton of Chrome singles in separate trades, so I should have this set taken care of, but I wanted a few singles that I could slide into top loaders and put in my player collections. Wada hasn't thrown a pitch for the Orioles in the regular season. He went down with an elbow injury in spring training. Supposedly, he was the better of the two Japanese signings this off season, with Wei-Yin Chen being the second best. Well, if Chen is second to Wada, I definitely want to see what Wada can do. I hope he is 100% next season, because Chen has been amazing.
Finally, I picked up this Xavier Avery RC. I have watched Avery since he played for Single A Frederick. He is a good ball player who should be a regular major leaguer for years to come. He got some itme in the majors this season, starting off with a bang. The league caught up with him and he was sent down after appearing overmatched. He is now back with the team as a September call up, so he should see some playing time as the Orioles continue to put some late season pressure on the Yankees and Rays.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Mail Day: Jason Lives
Hooray for another awesomely bad sequel title to my mail Day posts...
I got a sweet package in the mail yesterday from Chris over at On Card Autos
He is still pretty stoked about the Nomars I sent him. They were pretty sweet, I do admit, b ut I was definitely pleasantly surprised at the amount of cards I got in return. I have scanned a few of them and they are featured below:
First, this Starquest NICK THE STICK!!! A very pretty card. I enjoy it highly.
Hey look, an Orioles minor leaguer that we will be hearing about once Brandon Snyder and Josh Bell get called up, Xavie Avery. I believe he was taken the same year as Wieters, but I could be mistaken. It has been a while, but from what I understand, he is going to be quite good.
I got a sweet package in the mail yesterday from Chris over at On Card Autos
He is still pretty stoked about the Nomars I sent him. They were pretty sweet, I do admit, b ut I was definitely pleasantly surprised at the amount of cards I got in return. I have scanned a few of them and they are featured below:
First, this Starquest NICK THE STICK!!! A very pretty card. I enjoy it highly.

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