jaybarkerfan's junk sends the blues

it's hard not to be excited when a package from wes at jaybarkerfan's junk shows up at your doorstep.  now, i have not been drawn into one of his trade wars (thankfully, as i know i would not be able to keep up), but we've traded several packages over the last couple of years.  this latest return from wes was certainly no disappointment.

first up is perhaps the bluest card i've seen - it's a 2002 donruss cesar izturis rookie crusade card

good golly miss molly, that's a blue card.

onelki garcia's 2014 topps chrome blue refractor parallel

pales in comparison.

but then there is this 2014 bowman platinum chrome prospects zach lee sapphire parallel card

that is pretty blue.

the blues end there, sort of, as we still have dodger cards, but they aren't of the same hue.  this is an emerald parallel of chris anderson's 2014 bowman platinum chrome prospects card

that brings the green rather than the blue.

there were some regular cards in the package as well, including a 1988 fleer mini kirk gibson card

and a 2005 topps roger craig dem bums insert

craig is fortuitously flashing his bum on the card, by the way.

wes also hit my list of most wanted cards, sending two of the remaining jackie robinson story inserts from 2015 topps that i needed my way

two pretty important milestones there.

i'll finish up with some more hued parallels - these are of the dodger first baseman of the moment, adrian gonzalez.  first is his 2013 bowman chrome purple parallel

and next is his 2013 topps triple threads emerald parallel

both are pretty colorful, bun not as colorful as this 2014 donruss gonzalez elite dominator card

which was not part of the package wes sent, but fits in nicely with this post.

thanks wes, for another great trade!

steve sax turns two with a side of rice

yes, it's saxy time.  i recently picked up a few cards of the former dodger second baseman via sportlots, most of which show him turning two at second base.  like this 1990 score 100 superstars card

it kind of looks like he's losing his hat there.

this next one is his 1991 score 100 superstars card, and i count it as a dp turn due to his positioning around the second base bag.

it might not be a turn, but whatever.

his 1991 upper deck card definitely displays his dp turning talent

as does his 1993 fleer ultra card

that looks like luis polonia sliding in.  saxy led the league in errors by a second baseman in 1992, so in 1993 the white sox moved him to the outfield.

sax may have been more comfortable in the kitchen, as this 1993 usa rice council card suggests.

the sportlots seller included this card in my package as a bonus.  not sure how i feel about that.

there was a non-double play card in the group that i did order, however - a 1988 fleer mini

i picked up another small sax collectible in a separate deal.  this one is a 1990 topps doubleheader thingy which consists of a miniature version of his 1990 topps card encased in plastic

backed with a miniature version of his 1982 topps rookie card

it has a base so that it can stand up.  i'm thinking this thing isn't long for my collection.  it's weird and not really a card.  during this sax finding adventure, i was hoping to find a 1995 card that would have served as a final tribute.  alas, there are none. nor are there any cards of him in an oakland uniform.  he was acquired by the a's in late april of 1994, so he missed out on the mother's cookies set that year.  and, he didn't return after becoming a free agent when the '94 season ended, so he wasn't in any 1995 sets, either.

i smell a custom card coming up sometime soon.  i just realized that i forgot to pick up a copy of sax's 1987 drake's card while on this recent buying spree.  it's been added to the nefarious 9, if anyone has a copy.  you will be rewarded!