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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Famous Kevin's

Kevin from The Card Papoy is my all time favorite French baseball card blogger. At last check he is still holding the # 1 ranking. Congrats Kevin! 

In all seriousness I love trading with Kevin. He has made quite a name for himself as being a thoughtful and consistent trader even though he has an ocean to deal with. We are well into double digits swapping and have a pretty successful box busting venture. In honor of the latest results of our box busting and the great extra cards sent my way I figured it was safe to include Kevin among other famous Kevin's. 

 Kevin McCallister.
 Kevin Spacey
 Kevin Bacon
 Kevin Costner
Kevin Malone from the Office.

I hope you are honored to be on the list of such accomplished Kevin's.

Now on to the cards.....

For our box break Kevin chose 2009 UD Signature Stars. Overall I thought this box was one of our most balanced. Kevin got the NL minus the Buccos and I got the AL minus the Jays. You can see Kevin's write up here.

The base cards are nothing special. Couple of the more notable out of my box were Mr. Jeter and Bay featured as a Red Sox.
 You can also pull USA cards. Nick Castellanos was the most notable.
My hits were actually pretty solid. Like many boxes that Kevin and I open the autograph list is all over the place. We were lucky enough to get this Perkins auto and Kevin did even better with a Kolten Wong USA auto.
 An even bigger name for my second hit. Machado is developing into a beast.

As usual, Kevin also threw in some awesome Buccos for good measure.
 I was kind of pissed that Bruce Bochy didn't throw Burnett into the game considering he was a first time All Star and he is retiring at the end of the year.
 CUTCH! Nice relic from an awesome set.
I haven't hid the fact that I love Leaf Trinity. It is the perfect set to chase big name prospects without having to spend crazy amounts of money. Some of the personalized script is a little cheesy, but I like the fact they give so much room for on card autos.
 Trae Arbet is a shortstop that looks to actually stay a shortstop. His bat will be the determinant if he ever wants to see the upper minor leagues.
 This is a beauty that is /50!
Alen Hanson is pretty close to major league ready. I'm guessing he may be a September call up this year. Interesting to see how he'll be in the fold next year as Neil Walker's defense continues to regress at a fast pace.
 Harrison cards are always welcomed in trades. His stuff is hard to come by. In terms of higher end parallels and autos he just doesn't have that many yet. So in turn you get higher secondary market prices. This cards is from Archives and is out of /199.
Last but not least we have 1/9th of a completed Bieber puzzle.  Guess I need to swap with Kevin a bunch more to complete it.

You cease to amaze me Kevin. Thanks for all the great cards. I'm stocking up as we speak with some Jays to send back for our next break. What should I choose next.....maybe Stadium Club!

Thanks for reading!

24 comments:

  1. Great trade with Kevin. I wish I'd gotten in on your box break idea when you brought it up last year with me. Looks like a ton of fun!

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    1. I think expansion will be in our future. The longer gap in between each persons purchase would probably help Kevin since he gets destroyed with customs fees.

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    2. Then keep me in mind, definitely!

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  2. Wow, Perkins and Machado--you definitely did well in that break. Very nice Cutch and Joe as well, love those Trinity cards (thanks again for mine!)

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    1. Plus Kevin pulled a Harper sp and a Kolten Wong auto. It was a good box.

      Leaf really should send me money. I've been promoting Leaf Trinity like crazy.

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  3. Fun fact about my name : Kevin was a very rare name in France when I was born (there were only 300 of us in a 55 Million environment). And then Kevin Costner came about around 90/91, and French people went all Kevin-crazy. 8 000 were born in 91

    I used to have to explain how to pronounce my name, and now it's considered an insult (it's the epitomy of geek) to be called Kevin. Cruel world. But hey, I had a good run !

    thanks for the kind words, Matt, looking forward to our next break !

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    1. That is funny everyone fell in love with Kevin Costner. What movie made the French go crazy? At least you can say you were an original.

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    2. My guess - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

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    3. When did Waterworld come out.....

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  4. Well done leading off with Kevin McAllister.

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  5. That Connor Joe is freakin' adorbs. Neat pull.

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    1. HA! He better start hitting if he wants to live the dream.

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  6. Damn. That's not just any Bieber. That's a 1st print Bieber. Gotta track down that Machado to add to my USA page.

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    1. I can just hold it for you if you want to trade.

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  7. I'm curious if the Bieber set has hits like autos or relics - I'm guessing Kevin would just keep all of those...

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    1. I'm sure a Justin Bieber auto would sell for about 5k on eBay.

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    2. P.S. I got that same McCutchen /99 patch card for you awhile back and had been waiting for the right package to send it in, I guess I waited too long!

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    3. I would happily take another copy if you don't want it in your collection.

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    4. And I will happily send it to you in the next mailing!

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  8. ive so missed these posts! so much love going around here!

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