I'm Glad the Giants Won

Don't get me wrong I want them to lose eventually,  The Mets were just way too banged up to give the Cubs a competitive series. I can't stand Madison Bumgarner, but you have to tip your cap. Syndergaard was more dominant, but Bumgarner was more efficient.

I'm not even sure what I want to happen in the Cubs/Giants series.  My personal preference is that I would love to see the Nats or Dodgers make the World Series. I have man crushes on Kershaw, Scherzer and Harper. My fear is that my preseason pick of the Cubs/Red Sox will come true.  It would be a great matchup but the media coverage would be insufferable.

Seriously, can you imagine all the gooey promos and hot takes about a Cubs/Red Sox World Series. Ratings would be through the roof, but you would have the skip all the pregame and watch it on mute. Might be worth to check out the Spanish broadcast.  Although I could probably recall enough of my high school Spanish to know that they are talking about the curse of the goat, Grandpa David Ross and Big Papi.

I bet the commissioner would cry if the Indians/Nats made the World Series.  I think a rugby match on Fox Sports 1 would get better ratings.

How about a card!

2016 Topps Series 2 Sean Rodriguez Clear Acetate /10

It has been a few months since I've added a clear parallel.  I'm always on the hunt, but the Ebay well has gone dry.  Thankfully this one came to auction a few weeks back and didn't get much attention. The winning bid was a shade under $10.  That is very cheap for the clear parallels.  I'm sure this selling price makes Sean Rodriguez unhappy.

Thanks for reading! Enjoy all the games. 

Blogger Meeting

Tonight I'm meeting up with Mark Hoyle and Shane from Shoebox Legends.  I picture Mark going in somewhere and handing out Ted Williams rookies to everyone. I'll take pictures if that happens.

Big shout out to both Mark and Shane for hooking me up with a great local card shop. The shop had everything from high end patch autos to all the commons from recent sets.  I bought over 100 cards! If you are in the Providence area anytime soon I highly suggest Central Sports Cards. 

Card time

I have a sneeking suspician this will likely be the last Pirates Topps Now cards. Playing poorly doesn't lend itself to great moments.  At least the last two have been pretty cool.

The Clemente card was a nice suprise.  That is like card catnip for a Pirate collector. I think it was the best selling one minus the Jameson Taillon debut.

The walkoff cards make for good Now cards.  Love the pictures that actually capture a specific moment rather than the generic photos.

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