Alright, time to dust off this piece of the internet with a trade post. As you, my faithful readers, might remember I gave myself a half-ass goal of getting to 100 Zistle trades by the end of the year. I knocked out about 3 trades and then stopped. There was no good reason to stopping other than laziness. God knows it’s not like I’m buying more cards (because JustinG. Is extra broke now. If you’re interested in a nice two-bedroom condo in lovely Florida drop me a line).
But now, like Slim Shady and the Terminator, I’m back and ready to hit that goal. Last week I completed a small trade a gentleman who goes by the name halos17, a Marty St. Louis fan living in Indiana of all places. There aren’t many Lightning collectors circulating on the web so it’s always nice to unload some doubles on a fellow fan.
In return he dropped off a handful of cards that I was looking for.
2010 Topps - John Smoltz and Tim Hudson.
Both pitchers in uniforms that they normally aren’t associated with. Hudson had a pretty good run with his hometown Braves winning 113 games for Atlanta before injuries set him back. Smoltz - not so much in St. Louis. The Hall of Famer signed with the Cardinals after being released by the Red Sox in 2009. At 42 he didn’t have much left in the tank as he went 1-3 in his 7 starts.
It’s just really, really weird seeing him in a St. Louis uniform. Like Frank Thomas as an Athletic weird. Or Andy Van Slyke as an Oriole weird. Stadium Club should show their retired stars in oddball uniforms next year. I wouldn’t mind pulling a Sammy Sosa as a Ranger or Gary Sheffield as a Met card.
Two cards closer to completing that set (only a couple hundred more to go). I really don’t know why I picked this set to complete. I’m not really a fan of the design and didn’t collect it when it came out (I was in the process of moving to Chicago). I guess it doesn’t really matter because I’ve started down the road.
1989 Upper Deck - Team Card and Larry Sheets
Speaking of Orioles uniforms, two cards from Upper Deck’s inaugural set. One of these days I’m going to put this whole thing together, I’ve cobbled probably a third of it through random means. Of course, that Griffey rookie got a little more expensive with his induction.
Did you know that Larry Sheets hit 31 home runs in 1987? That’s more than Eddie Murray (30) and Cal Ripken, Jr (27). He also only walked 31 times in 508 plate appearances, which may be more impressive than the home runs.
2015 Stadium Club - 8 cards
Once I’m financially solvent again (no really, if you want to move to Florida, Largo is a great place to live) I’m buying another box. This really is my favorite product from the last two years. I thought I was a lot closer to completing it then I actually am (just over 50%), but it’s fun chasing down the missing cards because they all look so good.
Thank you Rob, and here’s to getting 10 more trades done over the next couple of months.
Also, I’ll get this site up and running again. There won’t be much in the way of Lightning content as you can see everything I write over at Raw Charge so expect more card stuff, some baseball (I swear I have thoughts about this O’s team) and some Chicago stuff.
Thank you, as always, for reading.
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