jonerosity recognized

jon from a penny sleeve for your thoughts started the 'free stuff friday' posts, which made sense to me as he had previously proven himself to be one of the most generous blog traders out there. he inspired several others to follow suit, which resulted in a lot of people adding a lot of cool cards to their collections with no strings attached.

i claimed a few cards from his posts myself, including a 1972 topps harmon killebrew card

and later on, a 1978 tcma the 1960's dick farrell card

the farrell card is great because it is really his only dodger card.  sure, he's in the 1961 topps set as a dodger, but the photo used for that card shows him with his phillies cap on. then, in 1962, when he's wearing a dodger jersey (but not a hat), his team affiliation is the houston colts.  even the 1990 target dodger set features farrell in a colts uniform.  that target card is also interesting as it has his name as dick on the front and turk (his nickname that also appeared on some topps cards in the mid-1960s) on the back.

as jon does, he included some other cards for me in his pwe's. here are a 2018 topps chrome justin turner pink refractor

and a 2013 topps randy choate walmart blue parallel

that were "throw-ins" for my collection.

jon is one of the bloggers that i would most like to meet in person. i've appreciated our email conversations and have used him as a sounding board in the past. i'm glad that i've been able to find cards to send to him for his collection, even as it has evolved over time.

every once in a while, i'll get an email from him asking if i need certain cards. such was the case with some 2013 panini cooperstown colgan chips of tom lasorda and duke snider (spoiler alert - i said yes)

and some 1994 and 1995 score gold rush cards. jon sent me eric karros and jose offerman from 1994

chan ho park from 1994 score rookies and traded

and henry rodriguez and jim gott from 1995

all appreciated.

there is one more card that jon emailed me about that i will save for a future post, but i'll end this one with a card that i didn't know was coming.

that's a 2016 topps mike piazza mlb debut manufactured medallion card.  i liked this theme, as it generated some new piazza dodger cards, although i do feel the need to point out that piazza wore 25 during his first run with the dodgers, and he made his debut on the road at wrigley. i have another card from this set (not the medallion, but the regular insert) that did a much better job matching the photo with the actual debut of that player.  that's a post for another day, as this one is an overdue thank you to jon for offering up and sending me some cards!

thanks jon!