A Tomahawk of a trade!

Derek from Tomahawk Chopping sent over this nice card of Braves rookie pitcher Arodys Vizcaino from 2011 Bowman Chrome.

 

I usually don't buy much of anything Bowman so about the only way I get many cards from the various Bowman sets is by trading.  I'm looking forward to see what the young guns the Braves will have on the mound and in the bullpen will do in 2012.

A Big Thank You!

A few days a go I posted my 2011 Topps Heritage want list and within a few minutes (or so it seemed) I had several people offer up cards from the list.  Some of the arrived in the mailbox over the weekend and I couldn't be happier with the generosity of these people.

First up Derek from Tomahawk Chopping sent me 15 cards from the list, while Ryan from This Card Is Cool added another 29 cards.  Ryan also included several various older Braves cards which are appreciated.

Several others also offered up cards so I'll be sure to update my Heritage want list ASAP.  Thank you to everyone that has sent cards.  I'll make sure to send some things in return for the help.

Sunday Verse

Today's verse comes courtesy of Matt Diaz of the Pittsburg Pirates.  I saw last weekend that Derek from Tomahawk Chopping sent in a 2010 Topps card for an autograph and not only was Matt nice enough to sign and return the card, but he also referenced this verse:

Philippians 1:6 (NIV)

⁶ being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Awesome verse, awesome guy. I'm really going to have to try the whole TTM thing one day soon.  Have a great week everyone!

Very Grateful For...

...the generosity shown by both readers and fellow bloggers over these last few weeks.  When I posted my job woes on my blog I never meant for it to bring me pity or free cards, but several people contacted me with very kind words, encouragement, prayers and yes, even free cards.  I do have to admit that having this blog has helped keep my mind off the unknown.  All that said I just wanted to share some of the things (in no particular order) I've received in the mail over the last couple of weeks.

Derek from Tomahawk Chopping sent me a small stack of Charlotte Bobcats & Carolina Panthers.  Despite our QB woes here in the Carolinas I was happy that one of the cards included was a Topps Chrome Refractor RC of QB Jimmy Clausen.  Thank you Derek!

Steve from NY sent me 49 cards of various Atlanta Braves and several cards I lacked for my player collections (Julio Franco, Brad Fullmer & David Justice).  I love getting cards of the early 90's Braves team like Blauser & Lemke as it reminds me of when my dad and grandfather would take me to games.  The cards are very much appreciated!

Scott from Smed's Baseball Card Blog has sent me several nice boxes of cards over the last month or so and over this weekend I got another large box chocked full of Braves, batting pitchers and other cards I needed to fill in gaps for sets I'm working on building.  Just because I didn't scan any of the cards included in this box doesn't mean that they weren't good or appreciated.  In fact I couldn't believe some of the cards inside.  The Allen & Ginter minis (World's Biggest & Monsters of the Mesozoic) are fantastic.  I can't thank Scott enough for his generosity.  I'm also officially so far behind in cataloging and updating my Atlanta Braves master list now too!

Chris from The Call of Cardboard saw my pack break post a week or so ago of 1999 Pacific Private Stock and he left me a comment saying he had a few cards laying around.  8 more cards I can now knock of my want list.  Thank you Chris!