Topps 2011 Waits Another Day: Game Used Edition

So I checked walmart and target again today with no luck, my local sports card store did have boxes of both packs and jumbo but was only selling them by the box.  So, instead of Topps 2011 I ended up with some cool game used stuff and a Logan Morrison rookie card.

First up is my second David Wright game used card. 2008 Topps Highlights.  One thing I like about this card is that the back actually has some cool statistics which most game used cards do not.  Mine also has a blue pinstripe unlike the one depicted below (I'm always a fan of a more interesting jersey piece).

I also grabbed this Quad Swatch card from 2009 UD Ballpark Collection.  I couldn't pass up a single card with jersey pieces from four great players from the same team that all helped the Red Sox win the Series in 2007.  I don't really root for the Red Sox too much anymore, but I was still rooting for them in 2007 and I collect all four of these players, so I was happy with the find. Some of these quad patch cards have strange combinations of players, but this one makes a lot of sense.

Let me know what you think, and in the meantime I'll keep enjoying other people's posts of 2011 Topps.

Tuesday Visit to the Card Shop

So I stopped by my local card store today and picked up some nice game used cards. I grabbed a Matt Cain, Adam Dunn, Johan Santana in a Twins uniform, and this Pedro (all but the Pedro would be available for the right offer).

I am a big fan of this card as I have been fortunate enough to see him in person at Fenway in his prime and at Shea (once each when it was his first home start of the season). Even after he was clearly past his prime with the Mets it was always an event to see him pitch.

As for the card itself, it is my first dual jersey. Jersey cards clearly are more than just cardboard, and I do not think that it is merely coincidence that game used cards started becoming more common at about the same time that card companies began experimenting with different card stocks.

While I am a huge fan of this card for sentimental personal experience reasons, I do wish that the two uniforms had been different colors. Why not one home and one away? The way it is makes it very easy for me to imagine that both pieces are from the same uniform, which would defeat the purpose of the card. And why do neither of the Pedro pictures show him in a white uniform when the two pieces of uniform are white?

Those are the kind of details that separate a good card like this one from a great card. On the bright side at least he has the jerry curls in one photo and not the other! Oh Pedro, I was rooting for you even when you pitched for the Phillies this past season. I wonder where you will end up this year.

PS: There is a seem in the top jersey piece, though that is not as exciting as a pinstripe.