Some Parallels and Some Autographs

 I have a couple of parallels to show off and a couple of autograph cards to show. Three players in this order: Will Harris, Josiah Gray and Riley Adams. Seven cards in all.

First up RHP Will Harris from 2021 Topps Baseball Update Series card US138 base and gold parallel.

 2021 Topps Baseball Update Series - US138 Will Harris

 2021 Topps Baseball Update Series Gold parallel US138 Will Harris

Next we have RHP Josiah Gray from 2022 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball base RC card 164 and RC autograph card GQA-JG on card blue sharpie autograph.

2022 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball 164 Josiah Gray RC

2022 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball Autograph - GQA-JG Josiah Gray RC

Finally we have Catcher Riley Adams first his 2022 Panini Donruss Baseball Signature Series Autograph card SS-RA on sticker in blue sharpie and then 2022 Panini Capstone Baseball RC card 16 base and Red Parallel. These two cards don't scan too well with their glossy reflective fronts. I got a rainbow effect when I scanned them in normal orientation and in sideways orientation, I used whichever of the two scans appeared slightly better and less reflective rainbow.

2022 Panini Donruss Baseball Signature Series Autograph - SS-RA Riley Adams

2022 Panini Capstone Baseball - 16 Riley Adams

2022 Panini Capstone Baseball Red parallel - 16 Riley Adams

Varying Shades of Gray

So a recent Ebay sports card order I made was for the short print of a card from the 2022 Topps Baseball base set. Card number 43 Josiah Gray RC short print w/ his knee up and him turned to the side (about to fall over). That leaves the two Juan Soto short prints for me to hunt down (a short print and a super short print), plus the NL batting average leaders card with Trea Turner, Juan Soto, and Bryce Harper, I'm getting ready to get that one on Sportlots in a huge order I'm piecing together over there.

Oh the odd thing with this order was the "buffer" cards that the dealer packed around the purchased card. I've seen all sorts of things sellers have used and it is common practice to include bonus "buffer" cards that are usually super common cards that are barely worth part of a penny. This seller was no exception except that there were 8 of these bonus cards total, but only 2 different ones. One a 2022 Topps 1st Edition Baseball card 289 Nate Pearson Toronto Blue Jays and a 2016 Bowman Draft Chrome Baseball (1st Bowman) BDC-29 Justin Dunn New York Mets.

How many of each were there? An even 4-4? No, 3-5? No, Not even 2-6 but 1-7 in favor of the Bowman Chrome card. I was tempted to send the bonus cards back, but figured it wasn't worth the postage.

So here are the images for the two variants of this card: 2022 Topps Baseball 43 Josiah Gray Washington Nationals:

2022 Topps Baseball 43 Josiah Gray Washington Nationals (base)

2022 Topps Baseball 43 Josiah Gray Washington Nationals (Short Print - picture variant)

2021 Topps Now Josiah Gray Call Up

 Alright Today's (This Month's) featured card is a Call Up for a starting pitcher. It is from 2021 Topps Now and features young RHP Josiah Gray who was acquired from the Dodgers in that Scherzer/Turner deal. (Now Scherzer is going to be a Met BLAH). It commemorates his 22 Sep 2021 call up First Career Win where he got 8Ks in 6 innings of work vs The Marlins

2021 Topps Now 842 Josiah Gray Washington Nationals

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