A thoughtful, Sox-less trade package from AdamE

So a couple weeks ago (why do so many of my posts start like that?  Oh yeah, I forgot, I'm a lazy procrastinator) I hit up Adam over at Thoughts and Sox because I'm thinning out my collection quite a bit and sorting things by team, and he was the first person I thought of when I thought of the Red Sox (pun sort of unintended).  Despite the fact that this was an unsolicited trade request, Adam already sent out my stuff even though I've taken longer to send his because I'm still trying to jam as much as I can into one box and get my ass down to the PO.  Even better, he may have more stuff to send my way soon, and if that's the case you'll likely see it over on TMM.

Anyway, here's the best of the Tigers stuff he sent me already:

A strong start with more Too Many Grandersons than Verlanders, but I'm not changing the name;  the Dlugach "RC" is a sweet Refractor #d to 599; the Cabrera is a 2011 Topps insert, which means I definitely didn't have it; the Castellanos may be my favorite of the package because I don't believe I had anything of him in a Tigers uni, and he's definitely a guy to hold onto, just like the Tigers wisely did at the deadline; the A-Jax is a 2011 Refractor and those are always awesome to grab, especially when you're talking about a guy who's top-five in BA right now.

And now a bunch of Tigers from the past.  The Higginson is back from the days when Topps actually stamped serial numbers on their Golds instead of whatever crap they do now;  the Lolich, et al Strikeout Leaders card is well-loved, which is appropriate for cards of that era; the Morris is awesome because anything of the best pitcher of the 1980s in a Tigers uni is awesome.

Thanks again, Adam, and I promise I'll get your stuff out this even.  The rest of you who haven't read his blog or traded with this Sox Fan-for-some-reason should head on over there right now!

Thoughts and Sox somehow knew I'm Italian

My second (and possibly last) trade post of the month comes courtesy of Adam of Thoughts and Sox.  I made it pretty clear that I had a bunch of Sawx stuff available and he went ahead with sending me a trade package first.  After I opened it, I figured he was trying to tell me he knew I'm part Italian...

Pictured:  Silver Brian Griese, Red Brian Griese, QBert Brian Griese, Bob Griese's son Brian and time-traveling Brian Griese

Here comes the greaseball!

More stuff:  Protected Brian Griese, helmet-butted Brian Griese, draft pick Brian Griese, levitating Brian Griese and John Elway's heir apparent (Brian Griese)

And now a quick break from that for an unrelated video:


With that out of the way, we continue:

Oversized Brian Griese

You know, I'm starting to think the guy's being a fargin icehole...

Ah, some 100% American '87 Leaf Tigers.  Well, the cards are Canadian, but the Tigers are 110% AMURIKAN!  But I still have a few funny Italian videos left, all from Family Guy, so enjoy:





All kidding aside, I'm very happy about my first trade with Adam and will be getting his stuff in the mail as soon as I can. Also, Griese is a player I definitely needed more of since I wasn't really collecting football during his heyday. While I do have a few hits of Michigan's most recent national champion QB, I had a relative dearth of his RCs.  Even better, I got five of him in a Michigan uni and five in the NFL.  Thanks again for a great trade, Adam!

I hope you all enjoyed this trade recap, 99% of which was YouTube videos.