The Easter Bunny brings chocolates and candy to little kids. Well, it also brought a completed Beckett trade. Let’s see what I shipped out to flood and fire Monday morning!
John Kruk
Several Kruk-ster cards. A 1987 Donruss (#328) rookie and a 1988 Topps (#596) show him with the Padres. Then, in his well-known Phillie uniform from 1991 Stadium Club (#227) and Fleer (#402 … love the yellow) and 1995 Topps (#572).
Bowman Top 100s
Two from 2022 (top row) and two from 2023 (bottom). The card number matches their ranking.
Bummer about Marte’s 80-game PED suspension.
(mostly) Junk Wax Era
The 1979 Topps Tony Perez (#495) is a nice add, especially as an Expo. The 1982 Donruss Diamond King Mike Norris (#19) I wasn’t sure how I got a duplicate. Two 1984 Donruss White Sox (#86 Jerry Hairston and #570 Salome Barojas) finish that top row.
Bottom row starts with Dmitri Young (#7F) and Reggie Sanders / Ryan Klesko (#1F) from 1991 Upper Deck Final Edition. Then, 1993 Fleer cards of Freddie Benavides (#402) and Chris James (#531). I love a trade that picks off commons!
Assorted Variety
From top left to bottom right:
2o23 Topps Update Garrett Stubbs (#US137), 1994 Score Gold Rush Bud Black (#176), a 2014 Topps Sabermetrics variation of Evan Longoria (#330), 2002 Topps Archives Reserve Hank Aaron (#61), 2021 Bowman blue parallel of Anderson Tejada (#33, out of 150), and 2018 Topps Chrome ’83 Refractor Mookie Betts (#83T4).
Refractors
Top Row features Bowman’s Best: 2017 Best Cuts Rhys Hoskins (#97BCRH), 2021 Heatwave die-cut Alec Bohm (#HW22), and 2020 Franchise ’20 die cut Jo Adell (#FFDCJA).
Bottomw Row are 2023 Topps Chrome Refractors of Joey Meneses (#60) and Bo Naylor (#54).
2002 E-X
I -LOVE- the E-X brand.
Top left to bottom right:
Ichiro Suzuki (#6), Derek Jeter (#51), Roger Clemens (#44), Matt Williams (#8), Mark Grace (#32), David Justice (#33), Jeff Bagwell (#42), and Pat Burrell (#10).
More 2002 E-X
Top left to bottom right:
Tony Clark (#12), Rafael Furcal (#14), Eric Chavez (#30), John Olerud (#36), Jason Kendall (#17), Preston Wilson (#22), Robin Ventura (#40), and Juan Gonzalez (#47).
Still more 2002 E-X!
Top left to bottom right:
Paul LoDuca (#85), Chuck Knoblauch (#81), Jermaine Dye (#71), Bret Boone (#67), and Phil Nevin (#55).
Final count: 49 cards for $74.10