A Dimwitted Contest

Sam from the blog The Daily Dimwit recently came out of retirement. This was awesome for a few reasons. First, Sam is a great trader. I was only able to swap with him once as I was relatively new, but it was a big trade involving a Mark Appel and Geno Smith auto. Secondly, Sam was having an easy contest as a welcome back. All you had to do was leave a comment. I was lucky enough to win. Here is the free swag.

Sam was nice enough to tailor the prize and send me all Pirates. The big surprise was the two low numbered Triple Threads cards. The Clemente is a silver parallel /99 and the Grilli is a multi-swatch jersey /36. Awesome cards Sam! Also, it was a nice touch sending the mini Pirates pennant. 

It is nice having you back Sam. I'm looking forward to trading with you again in the near future.Thanks for the contest.

Thanks for reading.

Trade: The Daily Dimwit

A few weeks back I sent Sam from the blog The Daily Dimwit a few Astros cards highlighted by a Mark Appel dual auto.  Appel was drafted a couple years back by the Pirates but didn't sign.  After another great season at Stanford the Astros took Appel # 1 overall.  Since the card didn't fit in my Pirates collection I went hunting for an Astros collector.  After a few emails with Samuel I sent the Appel along with a few other cards.  Samuel returned the favor by sending me some awesome cards.  Take a look....

 Young Cutch!

 Some beautiful Tribute cards of Pirate legends

 Great Clemente!

 Always happy to receive a Cutch!

 Love the Geno Smith auto!  Let's Go Mountaineers.

I love Triple Threads so I was happy to receive this Neil Walker jersey.  Neil doesn't have a ton of hits so I'm always happy to get one when I can.

Thanks again for the great trade Samuel.  I know I have a few more Astros cards around so I'm sure we will be able to deal again in the near future.