Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Trade With My Cardboard Mistress: Trevor Bauer, My Fellow UCLA Bruin, and New Kemps and Martins

The fact that I currently go to school with Bauer (and am older than him) makes me feel really, really aged.

I digress.

This is my third trade with Adam from My Cardboard Mistress. You can check out the first here and the second here. He was kind enough to point out in a post that Trevor Bauer was currently pitching for UCLA. Sadly, I did not know this prior to his post. You see, I don't get out much.

Anyways, after learning that Bauer - who is projected as a top-ten pick in this year's upcoming draft, and perhaps even a top-five pick - was a fellow Bruin, I knew I wanted to acquire this relic of his. I proposed Adam a college hit for college hit swap (current UCLA athlete for VA Tech alum), and he kindly obliged. This is what I received in return for an Ed Wang auto I sent his way.

098/499

This nice Jackie Robinson exclusive refractor thingamabob.


And to finish off the trade, 5(!) new Matt Kemps and 4(!) new Russell Martins.


The Star Attractions and Upper Deck X are by far my favorites.


Bling bling y'all. I really like the StarQuest cards, and the black bordered, multi-bat wielding Bowman is just nails all around.

Thanks so much for another great trade Adam! I look forward to # 4!

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Some quick contest pimping.

Autographed Cards is holding a College Baseball World Series contest.

The Diamond King has some sweet hits up for grabs in a contest.

RBI Collecting is holding an A's-themed contest, complete with unopened packs as the prize.

3 comments:

  1. Glad you liked them. Now that I look at it, that Bauer would look pretty good with an auto above the swatches...you should chase him down on campus one day...haha.

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  2. Cool Bauer card. Now you need to get a Gerrit Cole card to go with it.

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  3. Adam- Haha, creeper status. Plus, I've only got like a week left. If only I had more time to chase him down.

    If only.

    Spiegel- If Cole cards weren't expensive as hell, I'd like to think I'd already have at least one haha.

    A man can dream though.

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