Giant in Person Trade

One of the coolest parts of my trip to Arizona was getting to meet Daniel from It's Like Having My Own Card Shop.  Daniel's generosity knows no bounds. He had already hooked my brother and I up with great tickets when he handed me pile of cards.

 I cropped the scan a little bit, but this is actually one of those gigantic box topper jersey cards. Here is a better photo to see the actual size.

Takes up a good portion of the keyboard.

 Here is a Sweet Spot auto that has held up nicely over time.

 Now this is an awesome card. What a great looking card with a nice bold auto of the greatest Canadian ever to walk the earth.

 Some new base from Gypsy Queen.  Man, did Kang and Marte ever screw over the Pirates chances this year.  Marte got pinged for PED's and Kang likes to drink and drive.

 John Holdzkom pulled the pitching version of the Natural a few years back. He came out of nowhere and was one of the best relievers for a month when the Pirates were making a playoff push. Next year he got hurt and hasn't been back to the big leagues since.

I like the Bowman Chrome tallboys. Poor Taillon has the worst luck ever. He had recently went on the DL with groin discomfort which ended up being testicular cancer. The prognosis is good as it is being reported that the cancer was found early.

Thanks so much for the great trade Daniel.  It was fun chatting with you.  Hopefully our paths cross again.

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Daniel Delivers a White Whale

Might as well start big. Recently I shipped off some Dbacks to Daniel from It's Like Having My Own Cardshop and boy did he fire back. Man I love this card. Such a nice on card signature to go with a cool photo. Thanks for tracking this one down for me Daniel. I've probably lost this card via auction about 10 times.

Daniel wasn't done with just the Groat......

These Game Face Gear cards are huge. If I recall only Kendall and Giles were featured in the set. Great card!

I miss the dreads! That is what happens when you get married. Poor Cutch lost his calling card. At least it didn't effect his game. Superstitious Pirates fans were worried.

Jose Hernandez was your typical all or nothing hitter. He had great power, but boy could he strike out with the best of them. He was able to stay in baseball forever because of his versatility. The card above is a stat line parallel from 2004 Donruss. This is numbered to 251 which is Jose's career batting average.

The base parallels in UD were hard to come by. Glad to see Daniel sent me this Freddy from 2008 Series 2. These were numbered to 99

I'm a huge Diamond Kings fan. The Pirates were well represented in these sets. This is a parallel numbered to 100.

Thanks so much for the cards Daniel. The Dick Groat was such a nice surprise. I'm sure I'll have plenty of new Dbacks for you in the near future.

Thanks for reading.

Trade: It's like having my own Card Shop

Late post tonight as I was enjoying the Pirates beating the Brewers 15-5 tonight.  Daniel from It's like having my own Card Shop sent me some great Pirate cards in the mail this week.  We have made several trades as he was the benefactor of my Paul Goldschmidt hot streak right after I had started the blog.  Check out my latest package from Daniel....

2013 Topps /62

 Daniel helped keep my Gerrit Cole hot streak going by adding a purple refractor from Heritage.

 Skinny Bonds!

 Some former Pirates catchers.

 I love the Chad Hermansen "Talent Show" card.  What a bust he turned out to be.

Some fun minis!

Thanks for the trade Daniel.  I'll keep my eye out for some more Diamondbacks.