Set Help from the Night Owl

A few weeks back Night Owl managed to find some heavily discounted blasters of last season's Opening Day. I know one of the biggest benefits of blogging is working out trades, but sometimes, I feel a little Oliver Twist-y after others rip some packs.

So I refrained from asking for anything. But a few days later, he made another post about having 13 blasters, so surely he could spare some, right? So I held my little bowl out and asked for card #37 as that would complete my 2013 Opening Day base set. I don't know how I got the want list down to just one card but it seems once I got that close, it was out of sight and out of mind.

2013 Topps Opening Day #37 Jurickson Profar

Fast forward to yesterday and a PWE showed up in my mail. With the above Jurickson Profar, my run of Opening Day sets now stretches a whopping three years (2011-2013). And I'm just 6 cards short of 2014. One of these days I'll go back and try to finish the years before the 2010 break as well.

Not only did Night Owl finish off OD for me, but he took some time to dig through my Junk Wax Wants too and found some 1990 Bowman. He got the most for his PWE postage by fitting three cards from the set in the same envelope. Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire are pretty big names and Ben McDonald was too once upon a time. Look at that turtleneck!

Thanks Greg for the help!

And coincidentally, tonight's Horizontal Card Challenge match up will feature a pair of Night Owl's favorite team the Dodgers, so don't forget to check that out at 7PM EST!

Trade with Night Owl

I'm pretty sure that Night Owl is prolific enough within the blogosphere to have quite possibly traded away more cards than I can hope to own so I'm not even going to attempt a witty/punny headline that has probably  already been done anyway.

I seemed to get a disproportionate amount of Dodgers in my boxes of Opening Day a few weeks ago and N.O. was kind enough to take them off my hands.

In return, I received some cards from my Opening Day Want List and some cards I didn't even know I wanted! This dozen brings my Want List down to just 22 base cards.

A pair of Cubs minis helped fill out the package. The Starlin Castro was part of my Series 1 Want List. I missed Topps Lineage completely so any addition from that set is more than welcome. 

As for the cards I didn't know I wanted, N.O. threw in some actual 1975 Minis (not just the Lineage lookalike). I don't know what the average age for baseball card bloggers is but I was born in the late '70s. With the amount of mass production I have seen in my lifetime, anything that pre-dates me (even by just a couple of years) is as good as gold. While I have quite a few Cubs cards that fit this bill, these are the first minis that do.

Thanks for the trade Night Owl!!