Four Rays From Twitter

I had the chance to pick up a couple of great looking Rays cards last weekend from a collector on Twitter.  I started out looking at a card and ended up taking home several.  Here's a look at the cards.....

This is the card that started the whole transaction.  I already own a copy of this card, but Mike Montgomery is kind of a favorite, I did see him throw that no-hitter last year, so I had to inquire.  The price was right so I pulled the trigger.  However, while I was there I spotted another Rays card of catching prospect Nick Ciuffo.

The Rays took Ciuffo in the first round of the 2013 MLB Draft, but I have not done a lot with his cards.  I believe he has some autographs in one of the Bowman products, but this looked really nice, so this seemed like a good card to pick up.  So, there are two cards.  I figured after landing two Rays cards I should go back and got one more that I had tried to trade for/buy a month or two ago, but could not close the deal......

This is obviously a really cool card.  I have seen the metal framed autographs that Topps put out last year, they are similar to the gold framed Gold Label inserts they put in Topps Series 2 last year, but I did not own one of these signatures.  Cobb is a former Durham Bull and I love the look of the silver signature on the black background.  Throw in the fact that there are only 15 copies and this card is a great add to my collection.  The collector who sold me these cards also threw in a really nice card to make this an even better mail day.....

This is from last year's Topps Chrome set and is the Cracked Ice parallel of Alex Cobb.  Again, I have seen one of these, but I do not actually own one.  Cool looking parallel card if you ask me and serial numbered out of just ten copies on the back of the card.

Trinity, Killer Patch

I do not dabble in the non-licensed sets too often, but I will bend that rule for something really cool.  I have had my eye on a couple of cards out of the Leaf Trinity set the past few weeks.  While I am not a huge fan of Leaf, they do a great job of getting recent draft picks to sign and include some really cool patch pieces too.  Initially, I was looking for some of the players who were on the NC State baseball last year.  Then I found a few Cardinals cards that I really liked.  

I decided to focus on Luke Weaver cards.  I saw him pitch for USA Baseball and Florida State the last two years and was impressed with his play.  Plus the Cardinals have done pretty well the past two years with Michael Wacha and Marco Gonzales.  So, this is what I ended up landing....

I am not sure where the patch piece ranks in my Cardinals collection, but it is pretty spectacular.  There were other cards with pieces of his name or number, but I decided a piece of the Cardinal would be even cooler.  Hopefully Mr. Weaver will make it to St Louis, but if not, this is still a really cool card. 

Oh, and the title......