A True Walk Off (War with JBF)

I'm currently in Providence Rhode Island for work, but the war with JBF knows no borders. JBF has been trolling all my posts for the last few weeks and he finally delivered his first shot. These pics are terrible as I hurried to take them right as I was leaving for the airport.  I'll have a more complete post on my return.

First was this ominous note.

What could it be......

 A whole bundle of Bob Walk's.  I'll have some better pictures when I get home, but after a quick count it was 316 total Walk's.  You are a crazy man.  I'm pretty sure I own every Bob Walk now.

The good thing is I've fired back multiple times.  I'm not going down without a fight.

My Scanner is on Fire (War with JBF)

I finally carved out some time to scan the rest of the massive haul from my arch nemesis JBF. As is tradition, JBF likes to troll me and come up with creative ways to bomb my mailbox. I will give credit where credit is due, the notes were a nice touch.

 I do agree with old being dangerous.  I have a very elderly neighbor that drives his card like a freaking madman.  If you are visiting me and see an old Buick coming down my street, take cover.

 Clemente is always an attention grabber.

 Nice slide by Mr. Atwell.

 I love this card!

 Stargell doesn't look that much younger.....looks like his high school days.

 A new old card.....An old new card.  Buybacks are confusing.

 Anytime I see a 1970's era hockey card I always think of the movie Slapshot.

 Acid trip card.

 Javier Bardem had the same haircut in No Country for Old Men

 I'm sure Val Fonteyne was tough as shit, but he looks like my elementary school gym teacher.

 This was my favorite of the bunch.  I'm always enamored with old hockey cards when I receive them in trades.

 I think my mailbox about gave in with the weight of this last bombing.

 The Leaf cards are numbered. Lambert was a scary dude.

 The bumble bee uniforms are not my favorites......   I remember Brian St. Pierre when he was a quarterback for Boston College.  That program went to hell when they left the Big East.

 Kordell was all the rage when he came into the league.  His cards were so hard to get.

 An early certified auto of Yancy Thigpen!

 The scan didn't come out well on this.  This is a super thick parallel of Antonio Brown.

 I think we can all agree that variety is the spice of life.

 I didn't buy any Bunt, but I liked the idea of another bargain set. Opening Day has gotten pretty boring over the last few years so at least Bunt has its own look.

 It is hard to see, but I laughed when I saw the redemption.  It is of former WVU running back Quincy Wilson and expired in 2004.  That was my senior year of college!

 Power Surge Greg Lloyd for the win out of this bunch.

 The other McCutchen.

If it was for the name plate taking up so much room this set would be even more awesome.

 The Carlos Silva is much more subtle with the nameplate.

 I always get excited to receive base cards from the high end sets.  They are not easy to find.  Extra bonus as this is a Polanco rookie card.

 I don't think Tikes future was all that bright.

 Emotion cards always made me laugh.  They were so different.

 So high end parallels.  Love the Maz and Cutch!

 More parallel madness.

These were some of my favorite cards of the random grouping JBF sent.  Sean Casey doesn't have much in the way of Bucco cards so I always enjoy seeing those come in trades. The Circa Tony Womack is among the craziest cards ever. It is hard to tell the back from the front of the card. 

 The Burnitz Ginter card is awesome.

 I got pretty excited when I saw the Van Slyke.  He is an all time favorite of mine.

Diaz was likely going to be the Pirate catcher of the future, but injuries keeps holding him back.  So much so that the Pirates signed Cervelli long term. He still looks to be part of the equation, but more as a backup now.

Holy crap Wes you really went overboard.  Can you see the smoke from my scanner in Hazel Green.  I know you have more tricks up your sleeve so I'm going to regroup and figure out a plan of attack. Thanks again, you maniac.

Friendly Fire: Cards from JBF

Before things escalated out of control with JBF and I to the point where we were swapping game used bats and autographed books, more "normal" trading occurred. That seems like so long a go.

Well, this week I received a package from JBF that was "normal" sized. Was it a trap, perhaps the others were to big to get through the front door. After a little investigating it was in fact just one "normal" sized package. The memories of cardboard war are still fresh in my mind so I may just still be a little rattled. JBF has honored the Hazel Green/Morgantown cardboard treaty of 2015.

 Vintage football is always cool. JBF has hooked me up with a bunch of old football in our swaps.

 I talk about Gorzo a lot. He was a guy I felt we gave up on too soon, but his trade to the Cubs netted us Josh Harrison.

 The Co-Signers set was full of Pirates.

 Mark Recchi is the man. One of my favorite Pens growing up.

Three nice jerseys of former WVU standout Stedman Bailey.  The middle is a parallel /75. Really hoping Stedman and Tavon Austin breakout in a big way with Nick Foles throwing to them.

 Speaking of Tavon here is his Topps Chrome version of the same jersey.

 Randle El was a great slot receiver for the Steelers for many years. Back in his college days at Indiana he was a quarterback so the Steelers would often find ways to utilize that skillset as well. In some ways he was kind of a reverse Kordell Stewart.

Some old SpX Pirates. Jason Schmidt is a good example of why the Pirates were inept for 20 years. While never consistent as a Pirate, he showed signs of being a quality major league pitcher. The Pirates lost patience and Schmidt would end up becoming a front line starter with the Giants.

 Some nice Bowman Buccos

Thanks for all the great cards JBF. I've been holding onto some cards for you so I will be able to hit you back very soon. Somehow I knew you couldn't resist sending mail to Morgantown. Now that I've been through a cardboard war I'm more prepared.

Thanks for reading.