how sweet it is, to taste the fruits of victory!

i recently won a contest run by mat at bob walk the plank.  matt and i are frequent traders, and i was really excited to see what a contest winning package would look like given how great his trade packages are. i was not disappointed.

matt sent over a great selection of cards from 2016 panini immaculate, including a gil hodges/ted kluszewski dual relic

and a clayton kershaw/max scherzer dual relic

plus a trayce thompson relic/auto combo!

but the big card in the lot was a 2015 panini prizm corey seager on-card auto

giddyup!

another pittsburgh pirate collector, brian from collecting cutch, also held a contest, and although i was not the randomized winner of that one, i still received some cards.

there were some 2017 topps bunt cards of kenta maeda

and kenley jansen

plus a relic of, as brian put it, 'a former dodger prospect'

that beats the paul konerko relic i was expecting when i first read the note!

awesome cards guys! thanks!