This is what I love about trading cards. The package that Greg sent along included almost all the cards I needed to complete the 1984 Donruss Red Sox set. Cards from this era, in particular Donruss have been elusive. To receive these 12 cards in one throw is brilliant. Not to stop there Greg also included a mixture of cards from 1974 up to 2010.
Here is note attached to some cards from Greg at Night Owl. I knew they would be good, but I couldn't help but notice the plural on Jacoby, as in Jacoby's. Here is the best bit, Greg didn't place them on top so they would be the first cards I stumbled across. He placed them through out the other cards so I would find them in at intervals, leaving the best a 2009 Topps Chrome refractor until last.
My children share my excitement of the yellow packages arriving from the USA and Canada. Even our postman enquires about the cards I receive. So this package from Greg was a treasure hunt for all of us. So much so that we had to label, with post it notes,my two 7 year old daughter's Pokemon cards and hide them around the house. I was finding cards for days.
So not only thanks for the fantastic cards Greg (still cannot believe 4 Jacoby's in one package)but also for the game, now called Greg's Game in our house. It will keep us amused on the cold wet days of winter that are just around the corner.
Oh and Greg sent these Red Sox from Watertown New York as well:
1983 Topps #654 Bob Ojeda
1983 Fleer Red Sox sticker
1987 Donruss #622 David Henderson
1991 O-Pee-Chee Red Sox set
1992 Bowman #690 John Valentin
1993 O-Pee-Chee #35 Andre Dawson
1993 O-Pee-Chee #88 Ivan Calderon
1993 O-Pee-Chee #220 John Valentin
1993 O-Pee-Chee Premier #9 Jeff Russell
1993 O-Pee-Chee Premier #18 Andre Dawson
1993 O-Pee-Chee Premier #48 Scott Fletcher
1993 Pacific #31 John Dopson
1993 Pacific #34 Tony Pena
1994 Topps #292 Danny Dawson
1995 Upper Deck CC #413 Tom Brunansky
1996 Leaf #32 Dwayne Hosey
1997 Stadium Club #354 Heathcliffe Slocumb
1998 Donruss #191 Derek Lowe
1998 Thunder #141 Jim Leyritz
1998 Topps #178 Darren Bragg
1998 Topps #242 Tim Wakefield
2000 Fleer Gamers #94 David Eckstein
2000 Topps #169 Reggie Jefferson
2000 Victory #247 Jason Varitek
2002 Leaf Rookie Stars #199 Cliff Floyd
2009 O-Pee-Chee #18 Justin Masterson
2009 O-Pee-Chee #78 Julio Lugo
2009 O-Pee-Chee #365 Jacoby Ellsbury
2009 O-Pee-Chee #375 Daisuke Matsuzaka
2009 O-Pee-Chee #454 Jon Lester black border
2009 O-Pee-Chee #AR6 Jacoby Ellsbury
2009 Topps Chrome #96 Justin Masterson
2009 Topps Chrome #117 Josh Beckett
2009 Topps Chrome #170 Jacoby Ellsbury
2009 Upper Deck X #11 Jacoby Ellsbury
Thanks Greg. Always a pleasure to trade Dodgers for Red Sox.
I am really glad to have Greg from Nightowl as a trade buddy. I actively seek out Red Sox cards and I am happy when I pull one out of a pack or obtain a card in trade, but I am always pulling Dodgers and recently when I purchased some random, description less cards from e-bayUK, yes you guessed it Dodgers, 90% of the cards. I refer to it as a Dodgers magnet. Thankfully Greg is a collector and offers them a good home.
I appear to have a Dodgers magnet in me somewhere and cards are attracted to it. I pull a fair amount of Dodgers from packs and recently when a bought a blind auction on e-bay looking for Red Sox, it seems as if the collector was a closet Dodgers fan, there were more Dodgers than any other team. That's OK though, because I know that Greg at Night Owl will appreciate them. We may be forming a mutual admiration society but I look forward to receiving these packages from Greg.
The third package to arrive recently was from Greg in Post Falls, Indiana. He was one of three people who agreed to a trade through the forum 'The Bench'. Although I only arranged three trades through this forum, each of the members have gone above and beyond in the cards they sent. I will continue to pursue trades for the Mariners, Blue Jays and Diamondbacks, there must be collectors of these teams out there somewhere, surely. These are the only three teams I have left to make a trade partner, although some collectors have streamlined their collections so I will be looking for different collectors for the Yankees, Brewers and Marlins.
Night Owl cards is not only a fascinating Blog but the best looking blog out there.
I contacted many blogs to try and trade some of the baseball cards I have sitting around in boxes. It seems a tragedy that these cards are not enjoyed by a 'collector'. All the people I contacted have e-mailed back, which is a testament to the hobby and the people who belong to it.
