While I wait for Series One...

Despite my lack of general excitement for 2020 Topps Series One, I still plan to pick some up this weekend. I have some Target gift cards for Christmas, and I usually save them for this occasion. I'll venture out at some point and hopefully will find a blaster or hanger box.

I do have a Yankees team set on the way that I'll use for my Topps Yankees Project TTM requests. I usually order a second to keep intact.

Anyways, while I wait, a few cards did roll in this week, including some TCDB trades. I'll get to those in another post.

This week's eBay mail days consisted of Yankees prospects. For some reason I continue to buy their cards. I haven't gotten any Clarke Schmidts lately because the secret about him being underpriced is out. I'm glad I stocked up when he did. If he has a big Spring Training, I'll definitely unload some because I bought too many.

It's not often you can get the Yankees first rounder for dirt cheap, but I guess that's what happens when all the focus is on Jasson Dominguez. So I found these two Anthony Volpe cards, and won them for a very affordable price. I hope he lights it up this year!

Another guy gaining some traction in the Yanks system is Antonio Cabello. I won this for the minimum bid of $0.99 (Yes, ZZ, it cost $3 to have it shipped so it was $4.34 after shipping and tax). His signature really stinks. One of the worst I've ever seen, I think.

The last card...WTF? Just kidding, I bought it on purpose. I traded it to a guy on TCDB, but after a month he told me the card never arrived, but said not to worry about it. I still felt bad, so I ordered a new one and was going to ship it to him. Right before the replacement arrived, he sent me a note and said it DID actually arrive. So now I have it. I guess I'll put it back on TCDB. At least it's a popular player.

Alrighty, so the 2019 NL ROY and two dudes who might never reach the majors. I guess it really is time to open some 2020 Topps.

Christmas cards

Usually, Christmas comes and goes without me getting any cards from my family. I can't say I don't get any cards because there is usually a blogger Secret Santa gift or another random act of kindness.

And I don't blame my family. I never ask for cards, and I try to imagine my wife at Target looking at the boxes and having no clue what to get. It's like if she told me "go pick up some eyeliner" without any direction, I'd have zero clue where to begin.

This year I was pleasantly surprised to find a nice little hanger of 2019 Heritage High Number in my stocking! That's only happened once or twice before, so it was a nice little treat, and I appreciate the effort.

The first card out was a Yankee, JA Happ. Nice start.

None of the big base RCs fell out, although there was a Pete Alonso Rookie Performers insert. I'm not sure why these don't have the "RC" logo on them, as I thought inserts of rookies usually do?

And I did flip the cards over to check out the codes, which revealed a SP photo variation or something?

The cards in the rear were more of the same, as the highlights were Manny Machado and Zack Britton. I thought the pose on the Machado was cool.

The Alonso was a nice card to grab, and I'm not upset at no big RC hit. I'm thankful that my wife even attempted to whether the card aisle, and a hanger of Heritage High Number is definitely not a bad pick it all. It was just fun to open a couple cards on Christmas!