Grand Salami Of Trade Bait: Friday Night Earthquake Angels

Hey everybody,

Happy Saturday night.  Is the ground a-swaying out there where you live tonight?  I chose the Angels for tonight's trade bait, since we're playing in the Freeway Series this weekend, and as I was scanning these cards we had a pretty decent earthquake.  It was centered about 25 minutes away from me, and I felt the slip and slide fairly well.  I reckon if I felt it that strongly, those folks in La Habra (where it was centered) probably experienced a doozy.

I was trying to think of a witty introduction that would poke fun at those wacky names that the Vatos Locos of Beisbol de Anaheim love so much, when the earth suddenly stepped - or I should say, "rolled" - in and handed me a perfect title.  Thanks Mother Nature, but I'm now hoping for a peaceful ground underneath us all for the rest of the night.

Here come the Angels:

Grand Salami of Trade Bait - Atlanta Braves

Hey there, tomahawk choppers...

Never mind the cavalry - Here come the Braves!

Bonus Vladdy !

Chippah!

The REAL Home Run King

Sample oddball

Now for something completely different - crooked scans!

Ending with a great card featuring two young stars.

Thanks for looking!

Trade Me (Almost) Anything: Montreal Expos

Hey everybody,

Yesterday, reader Chris Ross reminded me that the Washington Nationals were once the Montreal Expos.  So let's add some Expos to the National's trade pile:

Remember when these two were Dodgers?

Here's "The Big Cat" in the less common 1987 Donruss Opening Day set.

Have a great night, everybody!