Gracious Gifts from Grant and Random Packs Update

Grant may be known as the "Old School Pack Buster," but what he sent me was FAR from Old School!!


Yeah, you see that correctly! That's a Cliff Lee AUTO'D Masterpieces card! That is way too cool! He also threw in a Pronk Masterpiece for good measure!

And then, he included a couple of 2009 A&G Minis!


That's Kelly Shoppach and Matt LaPorta. Very nice in deed.

But, wait! There's more!


How about a couple 2009 Topps Chrome cards!? Jeremy Sowers and Trevor Crowe round out the gift pack.

THANK YOU very much, Grant! The Lee card says it all: "Stroke of Genius!"

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Quick update to the Random Packs of Kindness team packs... They're done, finished, kaput. At least for now. SpastikMooss has laid claim what's left. I know, some of the team packs had more than one left, but I am saving any remaining team packs for another giveaway.

Of course, randomly random is still open to anyone that wants some (even if you've asked before)!

THANKS to EVERYONE that participated in the Random Team Packs giveaway! Don't worry, if you laid claim to some and haven't gotten them yet, yours will be coming soon!

Grant-ed some Tribecards!

Grant, over at Old School Breaks, took part in the A&G group break, and sent his payment along with some TRIBECARDS! Wahoo! I don't expect folks to send anything other than their payment, but it is a very cool surprise to get Indians cards - whatever the reason! :-)


There are Topps Finest, Upper Deck Icons, Topps, and A&G in there. Plus, one of the Icons is a Pronk #'d! That is very cool! I love the National Pride A&G cards. I think those some of the coolest of the designs this year. It was great getting A&G after having sent off A&G!

Thank you VERY much, Grant! I can't wait to add these to my collection.

Next, I'll be sharing cards I got from Mark over at Stats-on-the-Back, one of which is ALSO an Icon #'d Pronk card! Some great minds were thinking alike!

Slipping WAAAYYY Behind!

Let me start off by saying this has nothing to do with the real-life ball-playing counterparts of whom I collect little bits of cardboard. This has EVERYTHING to do with mailing out bubbleopes and other goodies.

I know several of you are expecting items that were SUPPOSED to have been mailed off the Tuesday after Memorial Day. Let me assure you, those are still sitting in the center console of my milestone-reaching HEMI (hit 100,000 miles the other day!). But, I can also assure you that since I now have Fridays off from work (summer hours = 4 10-hour days), I can be much more diligent about sending out trades and random packs of kindness!

I appreciate your patience with me, and hopefully you'll find it well worth it!

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I am also WAAAYYY behind in one particular trade because, well, I hadn't even started pulling cards yet when I received a package in the mail from Grant (Old School Pack Buster)!

If you have not checked out his blog or if you've missed him on iamjoecollector (in the comments section), you're missing a treat. And once you start emailing, he is a resource of fun-filled information and activity!

During a recent box break (SweetSpot) on iamjoecollector, he had ended up with the Indians and I offered to trade him anything to get whatever cards he ended up with. Well, not only did he send me his Tribe hits from the break, but also a "whole mess of" other Indians cards, too! I've got a lot of catching up to do!


The card in the center is a Jeremy Sowers Auto'd GLOVE card! It is a thing of beauty, and is actually more like a 'box' than a card - this thing is thick, far too thick to fit in a standard 9-pocket page, I fear.

In addition to that card, there are a host of other serially-numbered cards, autographs, game-used and other issues...


I have a list of teams and players that Grant collects which will help get me started, but I have a long way to go in order to feel I have "evened" the trade! These cards are a great addition to my Indians collection!


THANK YOU very much, Grant! This was a great treat to come home to.