3 Box Topps Series 2 Break Update

Well, I probably started this too close to the release date because I haven't had quite as much interest in this Topps Series 2 break as I had hoped. Since I've already ordered the boxes, here is what I'm going to do.

Every person who has a confirmed team by midnight EST Wednesday (36 hours from this post being published) will be entered into the randomizer and one lucky winner will be able to pick a 2nd team for free (2nd team subject to what is available at 12:00:01 Thursday morning). Should this incentive be extremely popular and all teams sellout, a backup prize of similar value will be granted at my discretion (more than likely a package of various inserts from the winning participant's selected team).

If you buy in AND plug the break on your blog (and send me the link), I'll give you 2 entries into the randomizer. Let's see if we can't get this sold out!

See the checklist potential here or here.

Here's the link to the original post to claim your team. Thanks!

And for a little visual interest here are a trio of current Nationals who were former Cubs: 

These cards have been featured on the blog before but here are the autographed counterparts, courtesy of Doug over at Chisoxcollector.com. He had them signed for me during his Spring Training exploits that you can check out on his website. In return, I got quite a few cards signed for him of the Winston-Salem Dash, the Single A+affiliate of the White Sox in the Carolina League. Thanks Doug!

Mailday Monday

Today is the first installment of Mailday Monday. It was a bit of a slow week but I'm real pleased with my pickups. The first two were separate eBay purchases but will help get the ball rolling on completing the set. There is nothing wrong with the fronts of the cards themselves but apparently my scanner likes to pick up each pixel. The corners and centering are pretty good on both although the border on the Luis Salazar is a little thinner on the top.

Mitch Williams was only with the Cubs for 2 seasons but he falls into that Boys of Zimmer category that I mentioned the other day with Jerome Walton. Luis Salazar is currently the manager of the Lynchburg Hillcats, the Braves low Single A affiliate. They play my local minor league team, the Potomac Nationals, several times a season so I picked this card up in anticipation of going to a game to get it signed.

My third item was actually a card I've had for over 20 years. There was listing over on Sportscollectors.net for a Cecil Fielder signing and this card came to mind instantly. No, Fielder was never a Cub, but since he is on a card with my favorite one ever, it was a no brainer to send in for the signing. I hope to finish it off by adding Sandberg's signature soon. Maybe it's just me, but Cecil seems a lot slimmer than I remember as a kid.

Today's ATCRCS card of the day: Former Cub, current Washington National, Mark DeRosa