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Gather around collectors and listen to a story about a card collector named Shane.
Shane contacted me about a month ago and asked me whether I'd be interested in a trade. He had traded with a couple of
bloggers, and I had noticed their enthusiastic response to the cards they received, so I gave it try.
Damn glad I did, too.
What follows is not the greatest card package I ever received. But it is in the top 5, easily. Shane has a crazy eye for detail as you'll soon see. He hit virtually every collecting interest that I have.
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The package started out with some cool random stuff like this 1982 O-Pee-
Chee card of Fernando Valenzuela, who was a "
Etoile de la L.N." in 1981.
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And there was one of the
eleventy billion combo cards featuring Russell Martin.
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At the last minute Shane added a member of the Nebulous 9 to the package. Jim Tracy's stay on the nebulous list was mercifully brief.
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Then Shane moved on to set-building needs. He's a set-builder himself, so he understands. He found a few cards for my 1981
Topps quest, including future
Sawx broadcaster Jerry Remy.
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And Remy's teammate, Mike
Torrez, standing next to the disembodied glove.
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Then Shane went way back with a bunch of great 1972
Topps needs. Here's Mo.
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And here's The Rooster, looking for a place to spit.
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He found some 1971
Topps want list needs, as well. Just 96 cards to go!
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And there was a WHOLE BUNCH of great 1984
Donruss cards. Carlton and
Carew. Hernandez and Gibson. Murray ...
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... and Rose ...
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... and
Seaver.
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Best of all, there was Sid Fernandez in a Dodger uniform! (Sid was traded to the
Mets for Bob
Bailor and Carlos
Diaz. That didn't work out so well for L.A.)
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OK, I lied. Best of all, was The Chicken card from the '84
Donruss set! I didn't know the Chicken actually had to field ground balls.
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Shane even found some dastardly high numbers from that 2008 Heritage set.
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Then he went after the night cards. Wow, did Shane find a stack. The most I have received in one package.
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Here's Reggie doing something at night that I'm sure I didn't like.
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And here is
Daisuke with his red glove glistening under the stadium lights.
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The best part of any card package are the Dodgers. Let's say there were a few of those.
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Yes, Juan
Marichal as a Dodger. Look how happy he is to be out of that Giants uniform.
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There were archive cards of Dodger greats.
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There were fan favorite cards of Dodger greats.
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And there were real, live vintage cards of Dodger pretty goods.
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There were happy cards of the last great Dodger era.
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There was a relic card (a little marked up on the edge) of Game Over.
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Shane found a number of cards of the Dodgers stars of the 1990s. There were
Mondesis ...
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And Piazzas. (Those are 4 absolutely awesome cards. The Hamburger Helper Piazza card gets special mention because it looks like it was cut right off the box).
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And
Nomos!!!!!! They make me so happy.
Then Shane sent something totally unexpected: a few autographed cards that he received through the mail.
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Yes, autographed Dodger cards. Wow. That is really fantastic. But here's one even better:
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Ben
Diggins? Who? Where's his photo? I barely know who this guy ... Ah, never mind. I was just messing with you. Here's what I was talking about. ...
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EL TIANTE! Now that is tremendous.
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Finally, because it's my blog, here are two Ron Cey cards I didn't have. The first is from the Archive set from a few years back. The second is the 1978 O-Pee-Chee card. Very cool.
So, that's the true story of collector Shane and his rockin' ability to personalize a card package. It's quite the tale, if you ask me.
And between the cards I got from Joe L. and Shane, now you know what I've been doing the last few weeks. But the cataloging is finally DONE. Tomorrow I shop for binders and pages.
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But yeah, Shane is a great trader. Trade on Shane, trade on!