O yeah! A Tigery trade package from Ryan H.

Yeah, sorry for the title--it's a play on his blog name that everybody makes, but I got nothin'.

So now that he's done with his most recent group break, Ryan of "O" No!!! Another Orioles Blog and I came up with another great trade.  Oddly enough, we agreed to get another trade going because I have an Orioles card he didn't manage to pull from that latest break.

Being the great trader he is, I've already received my end of the deal, and I still have to get his sent out this weekend. (which I promise to do!)  Here's what I ended up getting:

A solid group of Tigers.  Most of these (excluding the Guillen and Cobb) hail from his group break.  My favorite is right down the middle--an awesome 1994 Finest Alan Trammell (with David Wells and Tony Phillips flanking him).  I'm also excited to have another Dean Palmer, especially one in a Tigers uni.

O hai, random Ripken insert smack dab in the middle of a bunch of Tigers!  Ryan is as aware as anyone that I do like collecting Cal when I can, so this is perfect.  And if I haven't already said it before, I really prefer cards depicting him fielding because he always looked awesome making a play.  (plus he had a thousand different weird batting stances)  So this'll slide right into that PC and is much appreciated.

Here's a mix of some modern and recent-but-classic Tigers.  The Dirks and Magglio are both numbered, which I love, that's another Granderson I didn't have, and another Sweet Lou while we're at it!

And then there's the card I wanted most since he offered it to me:

a Rick Porcello 2012 Topps Golden Moments jersey.  The card celebrates a nice game he had against Pittsburgh last year in which he pitched eight innings of one-run ball for a Tigers team that was struggling to score.  It's a solid design with a real nice gray jersey swatch, and I'm very happy to add another hit to my Porcello collection.  He's certainly a player of whom I'm happy to get anything, so I'm obviously pumped about a nice relic like this.

Big thanks again for the trade, Ryan, and I'm hoping what I dug up for you will appear to be a fair return!  Everyone else should head on over to Ryan's blog to check out his most recent break and some Orioles-inspired card fun.

O Yes! Another Ryan H trade package, or, Wisconsin, please don't sue me

Some good news:  I've been keeping up with several of my resolutions, and this week that definitely paid off in the form of a bunch of trades.  With lots of stuff going on I'll be jumping around in terms of how I post them, but if you sent me stuff I promise I'll get a trade post up very soon.

Today's comes to me from Ryan of "O" No!!! Another Orioles Blog.  When I threw up this post last Sunday about wanting to get rid of a lot of my set-fillers, Ryan asked for some of my Bowman Chromes, which I knew would help him towards some of his sets, so this was already destined to be a pretty good trade.  I also kicked a few Orioles cards his way for fun, because, why not?

Ryan sent me one of my favorite things to get in return:  major wantlist help.  Because I didn't want to go imageless in this post, here's my favorite from the group:

This is former NC State/Wisconsin QB Russell Wilson's 2010 Bowman Draft Prospects card, the one that caused some controversey because, bah gawd, King, he's a student-athlete!  Anyway, here's how much Ryan was able to help me with this one trade package, You Complete Me-style:

• 2002 Bowman:  17 cards, down to 27 needed
• 2004 Bowman Draft:  3, need 36
• 2008 Topps II set 2:  2, need 13
• 2009 Bowman Prospects:  1, need 5
• 2009 Topps Update:  3, need 1
• 2010 Bowman Draft base:  15, complete!
• 2010 Bowman Draft prospects:  17, complete!

Total cards:  58     Sets added to:  7     Sets completed:  2

This is very exciting for me because, not only did he complete two of my sets--which were up to this point the newest ones on the list--he put me within five cards or fewer for two others, which makes it that much more likely I can knock them off via Sportlots very soon.

A big thanks again to Ryan who put together an excellent and VERY useful trade package for me, and I hope we can deal again soon, especially if it means more chipping away at my incredibly shrinking wantlist!