I'm sure the bullpen really misses this guy

The Braves could have clenched yesterday with a sweep of the Nationals...yet the Braves were the ones swept.  The magic number still stands at 4.  I'm not one of those fans that is yelling all doom and gloom, but the bullpen did get roughed up by the Nat's bats.  Venters I'm sure is missed, but now even more so than ever.

By the way, I think I knew Panini had the Pinnacle license, but when did this set come out?  This one flew under my radar, but then again everything card related has been flying under my radar of late.  Still not a bad purchase for $.99.

In the mail 7/8/10 through 7/16/10

Before I found any 2010 Allen & Ginter locally I hit up eBay to see what was available in the Braves variety and found a few Martin Prado minis & a Melky Cabrera bat relic.

Ever since Prado made the All-Star team it seems like more of his cards are appearing on eBay, but that has also caused some of the prices to go higher than if he hadn't been named to the team. I believe I grabbed the black bordered mini for $2 and the A&G back mini for $1.

No love for Melky apparently as I grabbed this bat relic card for $.99.

2009 Upper Deck Icons Lettermen "A" #d 03/40. I've grown tiresome of McLouth and I'm not entirely sure if he'll even be on the team at the end of the season. I only need one more Lettermen card though to spell out his first and last name so I can't give up now. All I need now I believe is an "L" and I'm done! Oh yeah, only paid $.99 so I'm not the only one that has given up on McLouth!

Jonathan Venters 2008 Bowman #BCP27 Refractor #d 060/599

Xfractor #d 066/275

Here's another Brave that all the sudden has gotten semi-expensive on eBay. This makes 4 variations of this card I have now (regular, chrome, refractor & xfractor).

In the mail 6/12/10

Only one lone card in the mail yesterday and it comes from eBay. Gotta love those auctions that start cheap and no one else bids against you. Scored it for a buck. I like what I've seen out of Venters on the field this last month or so and I'm hoping he continues his progression in the majors. I'm also hoping Topps includes him in one of their future sets soon.

Jonathan Venters

2008 Bowman #BP27 Gold