Not a sushi guy, but I like this kind.

Spiegel over at Nomo's Sushi Platter and I recently made a swap. He saw a Dodgers card on my blog, claimed it, and sent me a great stack of Yanks chock full of shinies, shimmeries, minis, and parallels. It was a blast to go through.

While I won't scan everything, I would like to thank Spiegel for sending such a great batch of cards. Here are the highlights:

Greg Bird is a really exciting prospected. He started as a C but primarily played 1B last year. He mashed, hitting .288/.428/.511 with 20 HRs and 36 Doubles in Low A Charleston. I'm anxious to see if he can follow up with similar numbers between A+ and AA. If he does, he'll get a lot of attention. Here is a card of him I didn't have: