Trade with John from Sac Bunt

A great package arrived during the week from John, a Twins Fan, at Sac Bunt. I had completed a trade with his fellow Sac Bunt'er' Chris in February. In that post I confused them. I won't be making the same mistake again.
I understand that this is a difficult trade for the boys at Sac Bunt who 'hate the Red Sox almost as much as the Yankees.' So I was pleased to have received the cards and what a great selection there was too.
I really liked the Upper Deck Masterpieces set. It was popular with other collectors too. The canvas feel and look, even the off-white (I'm sure there is a name like Vanilla for it) card colour gave this set a very unique feel. They have produced this set two years running and changed very little. Although the insane number of parallels and the ridiculous border names such as Ionized, Bronze Ore, Hades, Forest Green, Persian Blue, Serious Black and what the hell is Urban Grey? Is it a variation of Rural Grey or Commuter Belt Grey? These really put some collectors off. So whether of not Upper Deck will go for three straight years I'm not sure.

John sent:
2007 UD Masterpieces Captured on Canvas #CC-CR Coco Crisp
2007 Fleer Untra Swing Kings #SK-DO David Ortiz
2008 A piece of History #15 Manny Ramirez
2008 Bowman #5 Daisuke Matsuzaka
2008 Bowman #50 David Ortiz
2008 Bowman #83 Jason Varitek
2008 Bowman #89 Curt Schilling
2008 Bowman #181 Dustin Pedroia
2008 Goudey #28 Daisuke Matsuzaka
2008 Stadium Club #99 Ted Williams 1st
2008 Stadium Club #145 Clay Buchholz
2008 SP Authentic #5 Daisuke Matsuzaka
2008 SP Authentic #91 Jonathan Papelbon
2008 SP Authentic #93 David Ortiz
2008 Sweet Spot #32 David Ortiz

2008 Topps Chrome #6 Daisuke Matsuzaka

2008 Topps Chrome #20 Mike Lowell

2008 Topps Heritage #88 Clay Buchholz
2008 UD Masterpieces #11 Carl Yastrzemski
2008 UD Masterpieces #12 Wade Boggs
2008 UD Masterpieces #13 Curt Schilling
2008 UD Masterpieces #14 Daisuke Matsuzaka
2008 UD Masterpieces #15 David Ortiz
2008 UD Masterpieces #16 Jonathan Papelbon
2008 UD Masterpieces #17 Manny Ramirez

Thanks John. These are such excellent cards. It was great trading with you.
I really wanted to show the Dice-K Topps card, which is blue. But the scanner wouldn't capture it very well. I very nice David Ortiz game used will have to do.

Trade with Chris from Sac Bunt

There have been a number of newer blogs arriving on the scene lately and they raised the bar on blogging. The great looking site Sac Bunt Baseball is one one of them. Chris and John, Orioles and Twins supporters respectively, not only write very well but add, what I think, are some stunning photos. Where do they get those fantastic stadium shots? Their banner is particularly impressive and have me exploring for a better picture of my own blog. We recently undertook a trade, a first with these two, and I had my first helping back. What a brilliant selection of cards, including my first 2009 card, arrived from Vienna Virginia. Included was:
1980 Topps #40 Carlton Fisk
1987 Score #625 Jody Reed
1990 Post #2/30 Roger Clemens
1991 Stadium Club #459 Phil Plantier
1992 Donruss #23 Wade Boggs
1992 Donruss #523 Mike Greenwell
1992 Fleer #4 Roger Clemens
1992 Fleer #33 Tom Bolton
1992 Fleer #34 Tom Brunansky
1992 Fleer #35 Elleis Burks
1992 Fleer #40 Joe Hesketh
1992 Fleer #44 Phil Plantier
1992 Fleer #45 Carlos Quintana
1992 Score #21 Roger Clemens
1992 Score #58 Jeff Reardon
1992 Score #156 Greg Harris
1992 Score #187 Jeff Gray
1992 Score #189 Carlos Quintana
1992 Score #294 Steve Lyons
1992 Topps #59 Mo Vaughn
1992 Topps #677 John Marzano
1992 Upper Deck #505 Matt Young
1992 Upper Deck #676 Kevin Morton
1993 Fleer #12/18 Eric Wedge
1993 Fleer Excel #2/20 Joel Bennett
1993 Leaf heritage Series #BC3 Wade Boggs
2008 A piece of History #FM4-8 David Ortiz
2008 A piece of History #CSC-PS Curt Schilling /Jonathan Papelbon
2008 Allen + Ginter #US37 Jacoby Ellsbury
2008 Baseball Heroes #92 Jon Lester Green 143/499
2008 Baseball History #177 Carlton Fisk/ Carl Yastrzemski Green 191/499
2008 Masterpieces #31 David Ortiz Green
2008 Upper Deck SP Authentic #RE-CB Clay Buchholz 61/99
2009 Topps #50 David Ortiz

Wow, fantastic cards Chris. A 1980 Topps, three numbered cards, my first green Masterpieces and a Jacoby. I really appreciated the trade and look forward to more in the future.