gone fishin'

several months ago, i read a post on fuji's blog about si for kids cards and how some were selling for a decent amount of money. i went looking for some sheets i had from 2008 and 2009, back when i had a subscription for my son. 

sure enough, i still had the sheets and so i put them up for sale. mind you, i had tried to sell these before back in 2010 or so with no takers. this time, i sold three or four of the sheets. one had a lewis hamilton card, one had a usain bolt card, and one had a steph curry (college) card. between those three sheets and a 2000 topps update miguel cabrera dupe i found in one of my monster boxes, i had flipped just about enough bait to pick up a card that i should have already owned. 

i went fishin' and reeled in a big one:

yes, i went out and bought a 2011 topps update mike trout card at just about the worst time possible. i did wait until he was on the injured list, and i "settled" for a psa 6 version, but still.  i don't think i bought any packs of 2011 update as i was on a "no more packs" kick for a little bit back then. i did buy a bunch of the dee gordon rookies, as well as the brandon crawford rookie from that set because dodgers and double plays. if only trout had been shown sliding in to second trying to break up a double play on his card, too.

i am happy to add this card to my collection, which i am trying to get to its proper configuration.  let's see it again:

that's a big fish!