even more cards from doc holoday

finishing up the trade posts for today with a few more from my trade with doc holoday.  he really did send a nice group of cards as part of a 'spring cleaning' on his part.  i am quite appreciative.

2007 topps jeff kent hit parade insert

kent was 7th on the active leader list for career rbi when this card came out.  he is currently 49th on the all-time leader list, but should be passed by albert pujols this season

1994 upper deck minors todd hollandsworth

one of holly's two cards in that set

2007 topps update & highlights brady clark

by the time this card was released, i believe clark was already an ex-dodger playing in san diego

2007 upper deck sp authentic rafael furcal authentic speed insert

i don't know if doc saw this post or not, but the furky was needed and is appreciated!

2008 upper deck x andruw jones xponential insert

he's an x-dodger, thankfully

2009 upper deck o-pee-chee mark loretta

still working on that set!

2011 bowman chrome justin sellers

and 2011 bowman chrome dee gordon

and 2012 bowman chrome clayton kershaw

both the gordon and the kershaw cards show the duke snider memorial patch, which i will address in a future post.

thanks again for the trade!

from alston to young to me from someone, part 2

while i was able to determine who sent me the 'anonymous' package the other day, there are still a bunch of cards to show off from the 150 dodgers that were included.  the cards were packaged alphabetically by last name, so this post will focus on the second half of the alphabet.  here's a 1997 fleer golden memories card of hideo nomo

it, of course, highlights his no-hitter at coors field in 1996.  it might be the only card to also reference a player's 'wa'.

here's a 1999 fleer tradition warning track card of carlos perez

apparently playing fetch in dodger stadium.  i miss the outfield wall murals.

did you know that juan pierre was fast?  upper deck figured that out and included him in the 2007 sp authentic 'authentic speed' insert set

rafael furcal is also in the set, so i guess i need to track him down now.

i had never heard of 1993 upper deck diamond gallery until a short time ago, and here's a mike piazza card from that set

he looks a bit like an unfrozen caveman lawyer who is being thawed out after falling into a crevasse.  phil hartman, you are missed.

also missed is johnny podres, seen here on a 2005 donruss greats card.

i need to see if i have all of the dodgers from this set.  it's very nicely done.

there were a few ismael valdes cards in the box, including this nice 1998 fleer ultra gold medallion parallel

it's strange to see dodger stadium in a montone color like that.

i was going to end the post with this 1999 fleer tradition warning track card of valdes tipping his cap

but i figured i would go all the way to the end of the package's alphabet.  that means that this 2007 upper deck sp legendary cuts maury wills card

gets to see some blog time, as does this 1999 bowman eric young international parallel.

so there you have it, a sampling of the cards i received from eutaw street cardboard.  good stuff.

a card lot from the sandlot

i recently completed a trade with joe over at the sandlot.  he had a bunch of autos and game used stuff he advertised and i jumped on the dodgers and twins.

here's a 2007 sp authentic by the letter rookie signature card of andy laroche

if it weren't a dodger, i wouldn't bother - just like shaq's biological.  a messy auto on a manufactured patch artificially numbered to 40 as if it's really scarce.  note that laroche is wearing 66.  the last dodger rookie i recall wearing 66 was paul konerko.  another dodger prospect they traded away.

2006 fleer flair showcase rafael furcal jersey

i still think of furcal as a brave, even though this is his 5th season in la.  he just passed 1500 career hits and will play in his 500th game as a dodger this weekend.  still a brave to me, though.

2006 topps turkey red joe mauer jersey

joe mauer even has the kirby puckett generation of twins fans wearing number 7 jerseys.  in related news, i went to target field twice last week.  it is awesome.  and so is joe mauer.

2006 ud future stars jason kubel auto

it's strange to think that after a breakout season in 2009, kubel is losing at bats to jim thome this year.

2005 topps chrome kevin west auto

kevin west looks to have been a very good minor league player who never got a shot in the big leagues.  he was in the twins organization from 1999 through 2006 and then with the rangers' minor league system in 2007. the next two years saw him playing in the independent northern league.  he had some good seasons for the twins' aaa club, but i gues couldn't break through the shannon stewart/torii hunter/jacque jones/michael cuddyer outfield in the majors.

2007 topps chrome glen perkins auto

perky is the fifth minnesota gopher to play for the twinkies that i can think of off the top of my head.  denny neagle, terry steinbach, dave winfield and paul molitor being the others.  right now perkins is in the doghouse in aaa.

1998 fleer sports illustrated world series fever orel hershiser

with jeff hamilton and rick dempsey lurking.  i like the idea of orel as a new mr. october (and i reject the idea of derek jeter as mr. november).  i wonder if there would have been a market for 'bulldog' candy bars.

thanks joe!