it's not often that i receive a package of cards that contain no plain old base cards, but that's what happened a while back. for some reason, i've been delinquent in posting about this particular trade package that i received from wes at jaybarkerfan's junk, but that doesn't reflect my level of appreciation for it. there were 8 cards total, with all but one being serial numbered. have a look.
2002 fleer tradition update eric gagne all-star glossy edition; numbered /200
the sport goggles! game over!
2003 donruss studio hong-chih kuo numbered /1500
that's a nice angle on the top deck and reserve sections of dodger stadium behind the giant kuo. these days, those seats are baby blue or sea-foam blue or whatever it was that the o'malley's originally had installed in the stadium. as for the card, this is kuo's base card, but he was a rookie, so his card in the set is serially numbered.
2003 topps kevin brown gold parallel numbered /2003
2003 was brown's bounce-back season for the dodgers as he returned to form with a 2.39 era and made the yankees want to trade for him despite his huge contract.
2003 topps chrome andy ashby gold refractor numbered /449
that is a nice shiny card. unlike brown, ashby was 3-10 with an era over 5 in his final year with the dodgers. still, he wasn't unwanted, as he returned to san diego as a free agent for the 2004 season.
2004 donruss classics edwin jackson numbered /1999
similar to the kuo card, this is jackson's base card - it's just numbered because he was a rookie. i've mentioned seeing jackson's final 2003 start before - it was in san francisco, and he allowed 2 hits and no runs over 6 innings. he struck out 7, but gave up 8 walks! still, the dodgers were up 1-0 after 8 innings, barry bonds had struck out twice (and walked and was hit by a pitch), and i was looking forward to seeing eric gagne get a save. the dodgers went and scored three times in the top of the 9th, so even though gagne pitched, he didn't get the save. in fact, i think that the only game in which i saw gagne earn a save in person was the night before shawn green's 4-homer game in milwaukee. that was in the early part of gagne's career as a closer, so it wasn't quite the event that a gagne save eventually became.
2006 topps finest jd drew xfractor numbered /250
moving on…
2007 bowman russell martin orange parallel numbered /250
martin has caught nine extra-inning complete games this season, including a 16-inning affair. i don't know if that is abnormal or not, but it's a cool stat. he's also hitting .292 on the season which would look nice for a catcher in a dodger box score these days.
so i noted that there was only one card in the package that wasn't serial numbered, and it was this 2014 topps ricky nolasco trajectory auto
topps went all out with nolasco in 2014, adding his sticker auto to cards in multiple sets, and then he went and signed with the twins.
thanks again for all the cards wes!
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