Rounding Things Out

It is always kind of weird to see a long tenured player move on. Such was the case with Neil Walker. I'm a team collector so when a guy moves on that puts a stop to that collection. Now I can focus on finding some cards that I missed over the years.

Like this one.....

2004 Donruss Elite Neil Walker Status /10

My auto/relic collection of Neil is fairly complete so most of my needs are parallels. I was happy to see this card pop up as I have a few variations of this card, but this now becomes the rarest. The extra bonus was that it only cost a shade below $10. Walker cards have a tendency to have some weird price fluctuations. This card could sell for $5 one day and easily go for $25 the next.  My only guess is that he has a few active supercollectors. 

It will be weird seeing Walker in a Mets uniform next year, but the writing was on the wall. He was entering his last year of arbitration and the Pirates didn't seem too interested in a long term pact. He would be 31 by the time a new deal would start so I'm guessing the Pirates probably think they have already got the best years. 

Thanks for reading!