Going Once, Going Twice...

I'm going to give everyone a few more hours to express interest in either of these two Topps series one inserts before sending them out to eBay. The Miguel Cabrera gold is in a pending transaction, but the Junior Lake snow camo parallel #33/99 and the Paul Goldschmidt First Home Run Medallion are still up for grabs. If you or anyone you know might have interest in trading for either, please let me know today. Later tonight, they'll seek new homes through auction. Thanks everyone, have a great day!

Junior Lake snow camo 33/99

Paul Goldschmidt First Home Run Medallion

On the Trading Block vol. 1

It's been a busy few days catching up on work stuff after digging out of the great NC snowstorm last week. As I sit here, I realize that it's Heritage release week coming up! Not only does that mean more product to go find at my local Target, but it also means that the start of the next group break I'm signed up for is coming up soon! With that in mind, I wanted to get an idea of interest in a few items I pulled out of Topps series one before I out them on eBay.

Junior Lake Snow Camo 33/99

Miguel Cabrera Gold 1613/2015

Paul Goldschmidt First Hoe Run Medallion

I'll give it a day or two for folks to speak up before throwing these up for auction. If anyone is interested, shoot me an emailt at: tim dot trisomenc at gmail dot com.

I've also got a bunch of the Toys R Us purple parallels, so let me know if there are particular players you're looking for. Thanks!

Who is Billy Moran?

The other day I found a few packs of 2014 Topps Heritage retail on clearance so I snapped them up. I didn't expect to pull anything except maybe a high number SP or two. However, in the second of four packs I opened, this Real Ones autograph of... Billy Moran?!? It's a cool card, but I had never heard of him before. I felt the need to do a little research. This is what I unearthed:

He played from 1958-1964 for the Indians, the Angels, then the Indians again. He was mostly a one season wonder, earning an All-Star nod in 1962 with the Angels. He got the starting slot, beating out NY Yankees second baseman, Bobby Richardson who would place second in AL MVP voting that season. His career numbers were average at best. He batted .262 with 28 home runs and 202 runs batted in over his 7 seasons.

Its always cool to pull an on-card auto from a pack. It's interesting to me that Topps would have players like this on their autograph checklist. I just wish it was a relatively unknown Yankee player that I had pulled. If anyone is interested in Mr. Moran, leave me a comment or send me an email and we'll work something out.