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Monday, December 21, 2015

Oscar Sends Skinny Bonds

Late post tonight as I was cheering on my Mountaineers to a victory over Eastern Kentucky. It was the final tune up before conference play starts.

My good buddy and fellow craft beer enthusiast Oscar from All Trade Bait, All The Time hit me up with a Christmas card full of goodies. I'm trying hard to get all the cards posted before Xmas, but I'm running out of days. It is a good problem to have!

Speaking of beer, do you know anybody that trades beer. I have some friends that do it. It is not the easiest venture because of shipping costs, but they have it down to a science. I would love to do it, but WV is not a good beer state. Our selection is getting better, but still bring up the rear when it comes to choices. Fortunately I'm less than 10 miles from the Pennsylvania border and about 30 miles from Maryland who have much better selection. Plus, I have two friends who hook me up with stuff as one is from the DC area and the other grew up in New Jersey.

Enough beer rambling. On to cards!


Milner had a nice long career, but is probably most known for his involvement in the cocaine issues that plagued the Pirates in the last 70's early 80's. He even had to testify in court. 

 In case you didn't know this was a Gold Leaf Rookie they made sure to place it in big black font in the background. I'm loving all the mid 90's cards I've been receiving lately.  The 90's cardboard is making a comeback. Invest all your life's savings...../don't do that.
 It is kind of cool to see Bonds back in baseball as the hitting instructor for the Marlins. How long to all of them are suspended....I kid, I kid.  Seriously though, could you imagine Giancarlo Stanton on juice.
 I have a sneaking suspicion that the Pirates are going to trade Melancon.  He is going to make almost 10 mil dollars. The Pirates have a long history of letting relievers walk when a payday is coming.

Manager cards are awesome!
Thanks for the nice Xmas note and cards Oscar. I put something in the mail for you on Saturday so I hope it gets there before Friday, but the mail seems to be moving slow.

Thanks for reading!

11 comments:

  1. GCS on juice might alter time and space

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    1. Stanton is one of my favorite non Pirates. Him crushing baseballs is a beautiful thing. Worth the price of a ticket!

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  2. Hey buddy,
    Your package arrived safely today - and blew me out of the water! Wow!
    Cheater McGwire was the Dodgers hitting coach for 3 years, and the Dodgers' homer numbers did go up, so keep an eye on Miami.
    Craft beer trading? I like your idea. Tell me more about this science thing.

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    1. Yeah, this craft beer trading...interesting. Do tell.

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    2. Basically the whole trick is to ship it and not tell Fed Ex it is alcohol. My buddy (he is from DC) trades with a friend that lives in Texas. They actually just finished a trade without a hitch. I'm not sure how much it cost him but he probably does it a handful of times a year.

      Obviously the key is the packing. Lots of threads on Beer Advocate explaining some good tricks for shipping.

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    3. Hopefully this thread isn't dead, and you guys will see this.
      I like the beer trading idea and I'm open to us trying to get something going.
      We can possibly get an email list of trading buddies and go from there.
      Tony L is interested and I'll bet others are as well.
      I'll try to get up a post about this, or we can just do it email from here.
      Thoughts?

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    4. My problem is I live in an area that is hard to get high end beer. Whatever I get is from traveling or going beer hunting in Pennsylvania. I'm sure I could make something work, but WV beer scene is still lacking.

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  3. Generous as always - I'm especially fond of the gaudiness that is that Cummings card. Gotta love the 90's.

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    1. My favorites from the 90's are either the crazy Skybox inserts or some of the Pacific craziness.

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  4. I never thought I'd see the day when 90s nostalgia would be in. Hold on to your mullets!

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    1. It's happening. Just search some of those late 90's sets. The market is on the rise!

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