Rockie Trading Post #27 - Special Returning Guest David from e rayhahn rayhahn

Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Welcome to the latest edition of The Rockie Trading Post.  Tonight's special returning guest is David (aka Rhubarb Runner) from e rayhahn rayhahn.  David is making his second appearance on TRTP having previously appeared on episode #7.  In case you have forgotten, David loves the Twins and has such an extensive collection that it is sometimes hard to find something he needs.  I hope my Rockies collection gets somewhere close to that eventually.  This post is actually a 2 in 1 trade post because I hadn't gotten to posting about one trade before we had a second completed and received.  Yes I am a tad bit behind.  Anyway, I sent a Harmon Killebrew Goudey mini from my Spastikmooss draft (yes, him again) and a few Heritage cards and in return I got these new beauts.  Let's take a look.

The star of the first package from David is this short printed Troy Tulowitzki.  Tulo seems to get short printed every year in Heritage.  When David sent this card I needed it for my set, then I pulled another Tulo out of my final retail box.  That works out fine because now I have one for my Rockies binder also.

David also sent me several cards for my Opening Day master set.  My goal is to have this set completed including the blue parallels and autos by the All Star Game.  I think I have a pretty good shot at it.

Here we have more Opening Day.  The two Rockies are going to my Rockie binder.  I am now just a Carlos Gonzalez away from having a 2nd card of each Rockie for the team set.

Next we have a sort of blah photo of Seth Smith from 2009 O Pee Chee.  This stands out because Smith and Eric Young Jr. are usually the best Rockie photos in most card sets.  Also included was my first gold parallel from 2008 UD Documentary.  I don't know what it is about my luck, but nearly every card I have from this set is from a Rockies loss.

A couple more Documentaries featuring losses to the Dodgers.  Colorado was just shy of splitting the season series (8-10) with L.A. in 2008, I think I have a card from nearly every Rockie loss vs. L.A. in this set and none of the wins.

This is the second trade package that arrived from David.  It was a small Heritage trade of Twins for needs.  The Ryan Braun completes my NL All Star team which was not short printed.  My goal on the Heritage is to have it (including high series) complete by the end of the year.  I love this set so much.  I am sort of glad that a lot of bloggers are kind of turned off by the head shots or simple photography in general.  That means better chances at short prints for me and more easily available cards during trades.

Thanks again David for the trade and I hope my 3rd trade package has already reached you by now.  Check out his blog here for some super sweet Twins knowledge along with other great stuff from this Renaissance man.  Well that just about wraps up this edition of The Rockie Trading Post, but before we go I have one bit of news regarding TRTP.  I am BEHIND in these because of all the great traders out there in blogland.  I am sticking to my belief that every trader deserves their own post/plug, so I will start an upcoming editions on the sidebar with a link to each trader's blog since it might take a little while to get your trade posted here.  Sound good?  Tune in next time for a first time visitor to the Quarry from Orioleville.  Until then, we are officially signed off.

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RTP #7 - Special Guest David from e rayhahn rayhahn

Friday, 4 February 2011

Welcome to the seventh episode of The Rockie Trading Post.  Today's special guest is David (aka Rhubarb_Runner) from e rayhahn rayhahn.  If you haven't met him, David is a big time Twins collector and is also an insect photographer (man I wish I had a really quirky side hobby like that).  We quickly agreed on a relatively small trade.  I sent him a Topps gold Jason Bartlett along with a few other Twins inserts and/or parallels.  In return I got these beauts.

First is Seth Smith (a name I would love to hear someone with a bad lisp say) from the monotonous set Moments and Milestones.  Next up is shiny goodness of Troy Tulowitzki.  If this card looks familiar you saw it here.  Since I have been slow to get my wantlists together, I have no problem getting a few dupes per package and they arrived on the same day.  This is NOT an invitation for a Bipping : )

But for now I LOVE GOLD!!!!!!

The first golden goody is 2010 Ubaldo All Star.  Who would've thought in the mid 90s that a dominant Colorado pitcher would starting the All Star Game?  I do fear that his days as a Rockie are numbered after the big extensions to Tulo and CarGo, but I will enjoy him while he is in purple.

Next is a 2009 Update Gold Matt Murton.  Murton didn't do much for the Rockies before being released.  However, he was involved in two memorable trades in the past.  He was part of the 4 team deal that sent Nomar Garciaparra out of Boston and he was part of the package the Cubs sent to the A's for Rich Harden.

Next up we have a 2001 Ultra Gold Medallion of two failed Rockies catcher prospects.  Melhuse actually had 2 different stints with the Rockies in 2000-01 and for a handful of games in 2008.  Petrick is quite possibly my least favorite Rockie of all time (but still ranks higher in my mind than my favorite Giant).  I tried him as my fantasy team catcher for three years in a row in the early 2000s thinking each year would be his breakout.  Alas, it never happened.

 

It wouldn't be an episode of the Rockie Trading Post without at least one Todd Helton card.  This is also a 2001 Ultra Gold Medallion.  I still believe and will to my dying day that Helton deserved the MVP in 2000.  Hell his OBP and SLG percentages were even better than "he who must not be named" from the San Francisco franchise.  And somehow he ended up 5th behind "winner" NAMELESS 2nd BASEMAN. 

Thanks again to David (or Rhubarb whichever you prefer) for the trade and for giving me a reason to reference Austin Powers.  Thank you also to the wonderful United States Postal Service for returning the package I sent for being 58 cents short on shipping.  I was understandably upset at the inefficiency of the government and the faultiness of the Automatic Postage Machine until I pulled a Twins jersey card in this box break and was able to include it in his package for free.  This is a first for TRTP a card traded for A Relic to be Named Later.  So until we see David again, this has been The Rockie Trading Post, hope you had fun.

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