Hey everybody,
Last week the Dodgers held their Fanfest, which a couple of the other bloggers out there wrote about. You can see Speigel's Nomo's Sushi Platter post
here , and Greg's Plashke, Thy Sweater Is Argyle post
here.
Although I was there, I chose not to stand around all day at Linefest, so I broke off to enjoy my Saturday in other ways. But that was not before I had a great time meeting a few of the other LA-based Dodger bloggers, shooting the breeze for a bit (while standing in the longest line I have ever seen for anything in my life) and engaging in a "Pile o' Cards Swap" with Speigel.
One would think that when one Dodger collector hands another Dodger collector a couple of piles of cards that it would be anticlimactic. I mean, we collect the same team, and thus the same players, so it would seem most of what we trade would be boring repeats, right? One could not be more wrong. While a few were repeats, the vast majority were brand new to me.
Speigel handed me a GREAT variety. Shiny cards, miiiiiinnnnniiiiiis, Dodger legends, MLB legends, oddball cards, new issues, flash in the pans, today's stars and HOFers. What a great hunka cards. Let's check out a few...
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| I got at least 5 new Nomo cards for my collection. This one is a beauty. |
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| This card reminds me of the 55 Bowman "TV" set. Really thick card stock on this one. |
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| A nice framed piece. Paulie hit the only inside-the-park home run that I ever witnessed. He line drove it into the right field corner and he was off to the races! |
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A new Piazza! What a cool photo. Piazza's wearing the Dean Man's Number patch for Tim Crews.
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| Awesomme Gehrig! |
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| Here's a miiiinnnnniiiii Mike! |
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| Here's a nice shot. Overall, a great card, but that obnoxious trademark "R" has gotta go. |
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| Here's a great shot of Sciosca wearin' the tools of ignorance - at Spring Training, perhaps? Note the "Yeager Special" neck protector hanging from the catchers mask. Everyone wore those after Steve Yeager took a broken bat to the throat. I saw that on TV. |
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| How about this cool Hideki Kuroda card! |
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| I'm not a Juan Pierre fan, but this card is awesome for this photo of the rabbit looking for his chance to break. |
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| Speaking of awesome - here's a Kershaw I never saw before! |
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| did somebody order shiny and sparkly? |
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| Another great Nomo. This trade was so great, even the cards themselves had lurkers attached to their backs. |
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| Closing out with a great new addition to my Don Sutton collection. |
THANKS for a great trade, Speigel! and THANKS for reading, everyone.
