There's a fun little statistic that always stuck with me as a fun bit of trivia. When MLB pitcher Jaime Moyer finished his 25-year career in 2012, he had, at that time,
faced 8.9% of all hitters to have ever played in the Major Leagues.
There's no way to prove this, but I'm willing to bet that Johnny (
Johnny's Trading Spot) has at the least touched 8.9% of all baseball cards in existence. The sheer volume of cards he adds is made all the more impressive by the sheer volume of dime/quarter/cheap boxes he goes through finding deals galore. It makes his blog one of the more enjoyable reads out there.
Johnny is also hands down one of the most generous collectors out there. This is the second time this year that he has gifted me with 5 envelopes of Red Sox goodness.
Just like before, each envelope deserves it's own look, as well as it's own thank you!
Envelope #1
When the PWE arrived in my mailbox, the envelope marked 1/5 was missing. It eventually showed up a week later, providing me with an extra day's worth of unexpected happiness.
Favorite Card: I like the elegant stamp-based design of the Jacoby Ellsbury card!
Thank you for envelope #1 Johnny!
Envelope #2
As I opened each envelope, I noticed Johnny had packed these in a way to give a nice visual mix. Each envelope contained a few 2006 Fleer cards, lots of Chrome goodness, and all but one contained some of the magazine cards he recently got his hands on.
Favorite Card: The Dwight Evans is such a fun card/sticker, and I like the photo used with it!
Thank you for envelope #2 Johnny!
Envelope #3
Of all the great names donning a Boston uniform, I finally saw one I didn't recognize: Alejandro Machado. His career consisted of 5 at-bats across 10 games in 2005.
Favorite Card: The green Jackie Bradley Jr. card is a foil board parallel serial numbered to 499. Pretty sharp looking in hand!
Thank you for envelope #3 Johnny!
Envelope #4
I am 99.9% positive I had that Mike Greenwell once. I had a whole stack of Baseball Card magazines, and I never removed the cards from the publications. I don't know what happened to them, I may still have them buried in a box somewhere.
Favorite Card: That border on the the Phil Plantier card - I forgot Topps had it's own magazine, and that border is so very 90's!
Thank you for envelope #4 Johnny!
Envelope #5
Thanks to these cards from Johnny, I'm only missing 3 of the 16 Red Sox cards from the 2006 Fleer list. Not a priority, but I will be on the lookout for David Ortiz, Jonathan Papelbon, and Craig Hansen to complete the team set someday.
Favorite Card: I don't know what that kanji says, but Hideki Okajima's card looks amazing.
Thank you for envelope #5 Johnny, and for being an amazingly generous person!
Oh, there are more cards Johnny generously sent me, but those are for another post! Stay tuned!
