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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Baseball Trip and Walmart Exclusives

My wife and I both like to travel.  Right now our daughter is still a little too young to make many trips so often we divide and conquer. We also think it is good for our sanity to some activities away from each other. Last year I took a baseball trip to San Diego and she went to London with her Mom. Our trips together are usually the long weekend variety.

Today I started to plan my 2017 Pirates baseball trip!!!!

The main requirement is that I visit a new stadium. Next is finding dates that work, which is the most difficult task. Last year for San Diego I could only find one person to go with me as many of my friends are of the age where having kids is the thing to do.  Thankfully this year seems to be coming together a little easier.

This year the winner looks to be Chase Field in Phoenix. It is a 4 game weekend series in mid May so it can accommodate a lot of schedules. Maybe I'll see if Daniel can meet up with me. Might be as many as five people on this trip!

How about a new card....

2016 Topps Archives 65th Anniversary Edition Kent Tekulve Auto

This card sold for cheap because the auto is not the greatest of quality.  I didn't care because it is Teke and all Teke cards need a good home. The final price was around $5 shipped. 

I couldn't bring myself to open one of these because the Pirates in the set could be had for less than the going rate of the box. Just need to find the Vern Law now. I also hate shopping with a passion so the hatred of going somewhere like Walmart usually wins over blaster boxes of cards.  The true test will be if Walmart had some type of guaranteed Kent Tekulve hot box.  I'd probably bite on that....

Thanks for reading! 



14 comments:

  1. The question is...have you already been to Texas (Arlington)?

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    1. No I haven't. For whatever reason my work brings me to Texas quite a bit so I'm hoping I just end up going to a conference or training in the Dallas area. Let my work cover the flight!

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    2. I'm about ten minutes from the stadium. Not sure when they will be here again. I wanted to see Gyorko this year but missed out and it's possible he doesn't play here again.

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    3. I get to see a good bit of Gyorko in Pittsburgh now that he is a Cardinals. I've actually seen the Cards so much that I actively avoid that series now unless it is a good deal.

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  2. I've got the Vern Law. What autos do you have for trade? I'll take a Gerrit Cole off of your hands. Email me at zman40 at hotmail dot com and we will work something out.

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    1. I'll have to check. I'm sure I have some doubles.

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    1. That statement is true for all Pirate Teke cards.

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  4. I think I'll be going out to Arizona this year too, but I'll be there in late April. If you're ever in the Bay Area, hit me up. I'll take you to see the Oakland A's, San Francisco Giants, and if you're up for it... a San Jose Giants game too.

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    1. Well it is still possible that I may be in San Francisco in July so if that happens I'll let you know.

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    2. Awesome. Let me know. I'm always looking to take in an extra game or two or three. Keep me posted.

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    3. San Francisco has been on the bucket list for a while. My wife's cousin is a PhD student in the area so we would have free lodging. Just a matter of finding time as her schedule is pretty busy.

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  5. Would love to meet up with you! Definitely keep me updated!

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    1. It is actually coming together pretty fast. So it looks like I may be seeing you in mid May! Once things are finalized I'll let you know.

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