rod rocks

rod from padrographs has been ripping a ton of packs over the last few months, and is now sharing the cards he pulled with many in the good ol' blogosphere. i received the cards he sent my way and was happy to find this 2023 topps heritage high numbers taylor motter card

among the bounty.  this was one of my most wanted non-dodger cards! always a good day when a card from the "nefarious 9" gets knocked off the list!

rod sent some other cards that fit my mini-collections, including this custom card of brandon dixon

that would fit with my tatooine cards. i decided to keep it with other custom cards that i've received from folks over the years. 

one of the boxes rod opened was 2023 topps stadium club, and he sent me the kodai senga card

for the "nob" collection, and the michael harris card

that would fit in either that same collection as the senga or the lurker collection. i put it in the lurker collection thanks to ronald acuna jr's presence.

most of what rod sent my way were twins cards from his breaks, and there were some good ones, like joe ryan's card from stadium club

the visitor side of target field gives a great view of part of downtown minneapolis through the plaza into the warehouse district and beyond. target center, the home of the timberwolves, is the building with the target mascot on it.

you don't see 1982 fleer too often these days, so i figured i'd show this jack o'connor card

and there you have it.

here are a couple of hall of famers - harmon killebrew on a 1991 sportflics kellogg's corn flakes baseball greats card

and jim thome on a 2021 topps allen & ginter historical hits card

torii hunter is hanging on the hall of fame ballot, but i don't see him being voted in by the writers. here's his 2022 topps stadium club chrome card

showing him doing what he did best - robbing home runs!

thanks to the variety that rod sent, i was easily able to compare a 1988 topps card of backup catcher tom nieto to a 1988 topps insert from 2023 topps update of twins stellar rookie edouardo julien side-by-side

that's pretty close, with the player name being the most notable difference

here are the backs

i think the twins are going to be fun to watch this year with julien and royce lewis playing together. here's another julien rookie card 

that's from the totally unnecessary 2023 topps cosmic chrome release.

speaking of unnecessary, here's a silver patterned foil parallel of christian vazquez

from last year's update release.

one of my favorite cards in the package was this 2023 topps holiday byron buxton card

it looks like buck in in the midst of a snowball fight, and he has just thrown a snowball out in the yard.

adding to the fun, rod also included a package of pop rocks

which i hadn't had since the late 1970's. now i'm off to eat them while drinking a diet coke just to see what happens.

thanks rod!