Tuesday, September 24, 2013

A big thanks to Jeff at 2 x 3 Heroes for two very cool PWEs and some advice please!

A little while back, Jeff at 2 x 3 Heroes was kind enough to offer people a chance to receive a nice random PWE with some players from their favourite club. Even though I am a huge baseball fan, I don't have much in the way of cards so getting some free Tigers cards sounded like lots of fun. Several weeks later one envelope arrived and then yesterday a second one arrived which means I need to thank Jeff for some serious kindness. Here is the loot!

Here are the cards from the first batch. A great variety of Tigers from an equal varied amount of sets. I love the variety and without a doubt my favourite of this batch is the Doyle Alexander. It almost looks like he is asking God a question. A pair of Sweet Lou's and Willie's Stache make this a pretty awesome six pack.




 Jeff then sent a second batch which is equally awesome with a nice Miggy insert and some Devils action. I am going to have to mail this Clarkson away to Toronto in the hopes that maybe David will sign it for a Devils fan with all that free time he now has.

Thank you very much Jeff and unlike the last envelope I was smart enough to save then one so I am going to try and hit you back just as well as you hit me! Thanks for showing me once again sports card bloggers are some of the greatest people in the world.


There has actually been a bit of a side effect of getting these PWEs and my recent acquisition of a Randy Johnson rookie and that is I think my collection might need ONE complete baseball set. However, there are two problems. One is I don't know what set to get and second is budget. I want a set but I don't want to drop hundreds on a set. So if anyone out there has a suggest for a set, please make one here is what I want.

A baseball set with a good number of decent rookies, costs less than $40 and is aesthetically attractive. Do you know of something that fits that discription? Please share. Also if you have one you want to sell or trade please feel free to email me too. I don't mind trading some hockey for a baseball set.

Thanks!

6 comments:

  1. maybe an '89 Upper Deck factory set. Rookies include Smoltz, Griffey Jr, Randy Johnson, Omar Vizquel, Biggio, Sandy Alomar, Gary Sheffield, etc...

    an iconic set that changed the way we view baseball cards, and can easily be purchased for under $40 if you look around.

    But there are a lot of great sets out there.... good luck

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  2. CC hits on it - what age range? There are lots of 80s sets and probably 90s that fit the bill, or are you looking more recent?

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    1. I am thinking of ANY year between 80-93. No picky just want something that is good and representative of baseball.

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    2. My problem is I just am not sure what would be THE must have set given my parameters.

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  3. 1984 Donruss is worth a look, got a post coming on it soon...

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    1. Just took a look, that is a nice set too. 89 UD and 84 Donruss are both candidates for sure. I would love to know of any others too if someone else has some.

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