First Volley Fired

Jeremy from Topps Cards That Never Were is the kind of team collector I like.  He's got comprehensive lists of his wants for (in this case, two teams) broken down by product.  And he isn't that far along on them, so there are a lot of base and inserts he can still use.  And the best part is that one of his teams is the Tampa Bay Rays, which don't have a huge following outside their local area.  I saw his wants pages and messaged him that I could do some damage.  He said he's been thinking of starting a trade with me as well, and sent the first batch already.

A couple '92 Gold Winners.  Interesting how they handled the stamping on the prospects card.

Three set hits to 2003 Topps and Upper Deck, and Cal from '94 Score Gold Rush.

Two 2011 Heritage singles, including Max Scherzer, now the ace of the 2019 World Champion Washington Nationals!  Whew, that's nice to be able to say...

Then for my player collections, this cool Bowman Julio Franco featuring his signature stance.

Three Mike Mussinas including a custom from Jeremy.  That Rock & Fire is a Hobby Reserve parallel, which is good, because I probably have three extras of the plain version.  Jeremy also made note of the gold hologram version of this Upper Deck.  Another good call, because I probably wouldn't have caught it right away.

More PC guys and more copious parallels.  Pinnacle Away Stats and foil versions.  And that E-X is just elegant.

Yet another rare version - the black Leaf - among these Livans.  Those Pinnacle Mints have about six coin and semi-coin versions too.  Lots of shiny here.

The capper is back to Mussina in this oversize Zenith Impulse jumbo.  Glad it survived the trip through the mail!

Thanks a lot Jeremy!  I am still building on about a six inch stack for the return flight - some serious Rays!