generosity has been prevalent in the blogosphere for a long time, and recently there were some giveaways and surprise envelopes from multiple sources. i figured it was time to highlight some of these instances that have furthered my collection.
first, the diamond king had a giveaway featuring shohei ohtani cards. i requested a 2018 panini diamond kings card
and true to form, kevin included a couple of extras. this is a 2017 panini black friday cody bellinger cardcomc calls it rainbow spokes, tcdb calls it wedges. whatever it is, it's great! and this is a 2022 topps chrome platinum anniversary max muncy card
platinum cream toile & rose gold refractor, and it's numbered on the back to 75.
kevin wasn't done there, as a while later, he offered up some paul skenes cards. i requested a 2024 bowman insert chrome prospect card
and once again, kevin included some bonus dodgers.
that's a 2020 panini chronicles phoenix ruby wave cody bellinger card numbered to 199, and this is a 2018 topps fire duke snider orange parallel card
numbered to 299.
that's a 2020 panini chronicles phoenix ruby wave cody bellinger card numbered to 199, and this is a 2018 topps fire duke snider orange parallel card
numbered to 299.
thanks kevin - i hope the cards i sent your way made it there ok!
next up, rod from padrographs had posted that there were some mailings sent out from padrographs hq, and that one of them was a poster in a tube mailer. well, guess who got the poster?!
rod sent me the steve garvey "out of the blue" poster that looks like this:
mine isn't signed, but it was easier to find a photo online than to try to roll it out and take one myself. i have a couple other garvey posters that i need to get set up somewhere.
rod also sent some cards, including one of the garv
along with a 1982 fleer roger erickson signed card
there were also some unopened packs, including 2002 upper deck world series heroes. nice to see don drysdale on the wrapper!
i don't really believe in unopened product, so here we go. my pack included a duke snider card
plus some other folks who played in the world series at some point
with one of the better broken bat cards out there.
there were also some unopened packs, including 2002 upper deck world series heroes. nice to see don drysdale on the wrapper!
i don't really believe in unopened product, so here we go. my pack included a duke snider card
plus some other folks who played in the world series at some point
other packs included two 1992 upper deck minors which yielded some fun content, including chad ogea in tailored shorts
these days a few players are wearing these "above the knees" pants for real. here's the immortal skeets thomaswith one of the better broken bat cards out there.
there was one dodger card in the packs - greg hansell
i already had this card in my collection, but i found someone who needed one for theirs...that would be tom, from angels in order. the hansell came in handy because i was preparing a return envelope for tom thanks to him sending me some cards a couple of weeks earlier. he sent these three cards from 1992 classic update white travel edition
along with a 1993-94 fleer excel roger cedeno minor league card
and a 1995 upper deck minor league top prospects karim garcia future stock cardi don't typically seek out minor league cards so it's great to have someone sending them my way!
not to be outdone, tom later had a giveaway in which i was able to procure this card:
2013 bowman platinum yasiel puig prospects chrome green refractor /399. it's really shiny and a great lead-in to st. patrick's day.thanks kevin, rod, tom, and everyone else out there for bringing the generosity to the blogs. i am feeling inspired to do another "almost free stuff friday" in the near future. stay tuned!
Always glad to send something your way.
ReplyDeleteOgea wins it.
ReplyDeleteA. The PNW blogging crew came through big time.
ReplyDeleteB. I have a DK Ohtani (where he's batting), but mine looks different. I wonder how many versions there are.
C. That poster is really cool. I wish I had more wall space, because I'd love to start collecting old sports posters.