Some Autos From Michael

My friend, Michael, hooked me up with some signed cards that he got taken care of for me.  He picked some of these up from me when he was visiting in May.  The above Fred Valentine was a nice one that he got done.  I think we found it at the LCS, but I can't remember.

I don't think there were all mine.  Still, it was cool to see some Oriole Bird signed cards come in.

I liked this Jay Gibbons that Michael had.  I thought I got one already, but I think we had discussed it in a deal, then I substituted it later on.

Michael got a lot of Larry Sheets cards signed.  A LOT of them.

Here are even more Sheets cards.  They all look cool,and I am glad they made it into my album.

Thanks for getting these cards done, Michael!

Signed Cards From Michael

My friend, Michael, visited last month, and during his visit, we made a deal for some signed cards.  I have a surplus of IP autos that I have gotten, and was able to turn those into some nice cards for my album.  I don't have many relic cards in my album, so I wanted to take this Jay Gibbons off of his hands.

I added a few more 2018 Topps to the album with these three horizontal cards.  They all look really nice.

Michael was also nice enough to help me with my 1987 set.  I needed three of the four cards; I later found out that I had McGregor, but I will keep it anyway.

Finally, I was able to choose some random cards of his, and chose these six.  I thought they all looked nice, and some helped with various Topps years.

Thanks for the deal, Michael!

Autographed Cards From Dugan

I finally was able to get up with my good friend, Dugan, recently, and picked up the cards he had been holding for me for almost a year.  For whatever reason, we just couldn't connect on making the handoff, but when we finally did, it was a really nice package of cards.

I had completely forgotten that I sent him this Kevin Maitan to get signed for me, but he came through.  I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the package and saw the card.

Dugan got some other cards signed for me when Norfolk came through Durham.  I'm not sure where he got the Jay Gibbons, but I was glad to have that as well.

The Corey Ray and Marcos Diplan were from July 4th last season, and finally got back to me.  Dugan and I had to work out the time gap in between, but in the end, it all worked out.  I'm glad he and I are friends, and I hope to catch some more games with him.

TTM Success - Jay Gibbons

I have had a bunch of exciting TTM successes come in recently.  One that I may have been the most excited about is this return from former Oriole, Jay Gibbons.

I had a multitude of Gibby's cards to choose from, and the above 2005 Studio was a card I wanted to get into my album for a long time.  I'm glad Gibbons was the first out of that set that I was able to add.  I love the background of the card, a shot of the Baltimore skyline as seen from the Inner Harbor.

I had to add a few Topps cards to the album, so I chose these two, a 2003 and a 2005 Topps.  The Oriole orange and blue border of the 2003 don't quite go together well, but still, 2003 is a pretty nice set.

Finally, I decided to add two other different sets to the album in 2005 Gallery (left) and 2006 Fleer (right).

Gibbons (b. 1977) played in the majors from 2001 to 2007 and 2011 to 2012 for the Orioles and Dodgers.  He had 759 hits, 127 home runs and a .260 batting average.  He was obtained by the Orioles when picked during the 2000 Rule V Draft.  He was a member of the O's during the "dark ages" of the organization, when they were right in the middle of a 14-year losing streak.  I remember him fondly.   He was also shown on a TV in the movie, "Wedding Crashers" hitting a home run (when Owen Wilson's character is depressed and avoiding Vince Vaughn).  Gibbons is now a coach in the Dodgers system.

I mailed to Gibbons on May 10 via the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and got the cards back on October 20, for a 163-day TAT.