a Pirate Treasure

before I dive in to the latest loot, I'd like to thank whomever is responsible for the weather today. It's a beautiful 20 degrees outside. The last two weeks we've been inundated by 29-33 degree weather. Plants are dying. The grass is but a memory. That leafy green 14 foot tree I planted in the front yard 3 weeks ago is now a dried up stick. There's only so much watering you can do after the sun goes down at 9:30 at night.... That's why I haven't been posting over the last three days. Way to hot upstairs to be running the computer. But that is over with. I hope.

David @ IndiansBaseballCards is up to his usual again. Giving away stacks of unwanted cards. No Braves to be had, (unwanted Braves cards?! unlikely) so I pounced on the Pirates. If you ask Why the Pirates, you don't know me to well.... (hello...Adam LaRoche?)
Well, there was no Adam sightings, but quite a few other ex Braves made an appearance or two. (or three)
our old buddy Zane Smith.... Zane was one of those guys that could've been really good had he ever pitched for a good team.

100-115 over 13 seasons for Atlanta, Montreal, and Pittsburgh. Oh, and one year with Boston.

a 3.74 ERA, and a 1.30 whip for his career. Not bad Mr. Smith.

another ex Brave, P Jason Schmidt

we sent Scmidt to the Bucs for Denny Neagle. A great move at the time.

1988 Score Rafael Belliard!

take a close look. Raffy has taken a beating, but is still in the game. This is one of theose bicycle spoke cards I think.

Next up we have 1B Randal Simon. Randal was good friends with John Rocker if you rememebr that confrontation. We released Randal very soon after that.

(Iswear it was supposed to be Simon, I have no idea why a scan of Francisco Cordova came up.)

moving on.....

we have a puzzle piece of Willie Stargell's feet. That is all.

and we end up with not a former Brave, but a card that just doesn't look right.

Kirk played a whopping 16 games for Pittsburgh in 1992. Then back to Detroit.

These, along with a whack of others, arrived yesterday. Thanks Dave!

Anybody have old wantlists still?

I guess it's spring cleaning time (even though there is still snowbanks 4 feet high on either side of my driveway)
Somebody from down the street knew I collected cards (how, I do not know) and dropped off four monster boxes of cards on my doorstep. 20,000 cards. About 45 lbs of them.
They are in pack fresh condition, having not been touched in about 17 years. So if you are still trying to finish off any of the following, lmk and I'll root around the boxes for you.

Baseball;
Topps - 1989,1990,1991
Donruss - 1988,1989,1990,1992
Score - 1991
Upper Deck - 1990,1991

Hockey;
1990/91 ProSet, Score, Bowman, OPC, Topps, and OHL
Upperdeck - 1990/91 and 1991/92
Parkhurst 1991/92

OPC - 1978/79 and 79/80
OPC 1982/83

Basketball
1991 Hoops and Skybox


Yeah, I know... a lot of stuff that should be sold by the pound to a recycling depot. Anyways, I can help out those still in need.
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idle hands you know...

So I find myself with a little spare time now that I don't have to worry about that whole career thing. Why not get some trades going?
Trading for my wantlists has been rather slow lately... so I figure why be so specific? Here's what came to me.
I found a box of 92/93 Pro Set Jumbo hockey ridiculously cheap. 20 packs. I opened one and posted on A Pack A Day, the other 19, as well as a lot of other junk wax I have are available. For next to nothing. Or less than nothing.

Here's the deal. If you would like a pack of junk wax, shoot me an email. Offer me something in trade. A card. A picture of your cat. Or even, a surprise. I don't care. Include your address and I'll send you a pack or two of junk wax. I have a couple boxes each of hockey, basketball, and baseball.

You'll get something to open, and I'll be able to start my spring cleaning.