This might be how we do these for a little while. Especially as the vast majority of stuff is Rafaela cards. This post will include a recent Zippy Zapping though.
In other news, the Red Sox season is over. I am not happy about how it ended up. I am sure I will discuss that at length in future posts.
1. Bailey Horn. Topps Chrome this year featured a number of Rookie Autograph cards of players that are appearing on Red Sox cards for the first time. So, I have a bunch of cards to track down. Bailey Horn was the first one I grabbed. Horn was acquired early in the 2024 season to provide a lefty arm out of the bullpen. The results were mixed. He appeared in 18 games with a 6.50 ERA, striking out 13 and walking ten in 18 innings, but there were times he looked pretty good. He had a disastrous game against the Rockies in which he gave up five earned runs in an inning and a third. His numbers would not have been as bad without that.
Here are the Ceddanne Rafaela cards I received this week. There are quite a few more coming in. I grabbed a bunch of cards off of my wantlist after his walkoff hit propelling the Red Sox into the postseason so that they didn't get bought up. That tends to happen after a big moment. So, there are some pretty colorful parallels here. Unfortunately, his performance did not carry over into the postseason apart from one very impressive at-bat in which he drew a walk that led to a rally in the game the Red Sox won. So, now we wait to find out if he won the Gold Glove, which he should.
And next is the Zippy Zapping:
He came through with a couple of the rare Sega Card-Gen cards of David Ortiz and Adrian Gonzalez this time. I needed both of them. He has been dismantling most of his collection lately, which is always somewhat sad to see. It's not something I have ever considered really. Collecting has been a big part of my life for 35 years. It may fade in and out, but I am glad I have never taken the step where I dismantled a collection. It's an escape for me. I have an incredibly difficult job that can be difficult to compartmentalize, but I can lose myself in baseball. It's the one thing I can truly unplug the stresses of my job from and focus on. So, I don't know if this is the last thing I will receive from him, but if it is, thanks for everything Kenny! You certainly didn't have to send anything, but I always appreciate it.
Glad you got the cards.
ReplyDeleteI know my downsizing seems extreme but the thing with me is that I picked up way too many cards that I thought were cool but somewhere in the back of my mind made me go "this would be better served in someone else's collection though". Once I have thoughts like that it's basically the kiss of death in terms of whether the card(s) stick around in my collection.