Gypsy Queen City Connect Variations Pt. 4

I just picked up the fourth one of these last weekend for a really good price.  It was the least I have spent on one so far, which is strange since Bogaerts is arguably the biggest star of the available variations.  This leaves me with just the Chris Sale, J.D. Martinez and Alex Verdugo cards to track down.  None of the players are still with the team, but that is not going to stop me from tracking the cards down.  Oddly, the Verdugo is the card that seems like it will be the hardest to track down for a reasonable price.

Gypsy Queen City Connect Variations Pt. 3

It is probably fitting given my lone collecting goal in 2023 that the next of the Gypsy Queen City Connect variations is Rafael Devers.  There are four more of these out there for me to track down.  Devers was probably the biggest one to get though, so there is that.  I almost bought one of these jerseys at one point, but it was a Bogaerts jersey and I was not sure he would be coming back.  Had it been a Devers jersey, I definitely would have grabbed it.

Gypsy Queen City Connect Variations Pt. 2

Several days ago I showed off one of the Gypsy Queen City Connect image variations that I have picked up.  There were quite a few available players, but as these are rare short-prints, they are not easy to come by and often a little pricey.  The first one I landed was Enrique Hernandez.  This is number two:

Nathan Eovaldi is going to go down as one of the Red Sox' greatest trade deadline pickups of all time.  He was crucial to the team down the stretch in 2018 after being acquired in a trade with the Rays for Jalen Beeks.  He won two games in the postseason.  His greatest moment though was his epic relief pitching stint in the World Series against the Dodgers, even though he took the loss.  He turned in a gutsy performance that left an impression on the team and was able to save bullpen arms for the final game.  He was hurt much of 2019, but became the best pitcher on the staff in 2020 and proved that by finishing fourth in the Cy Young vote in 2021.  He had a very good, but injury-plagued season again in 2022, his last with the Red Sox.  It would have been nice to see him come back to Boston, but he has moved on to Texas.  His final line with Boston is a record of 26-18, with a 4.05 ERA, 468 strikeouts to 109 walks in 461.2 innings pitched.  

Gypsy Queen City Connect Variations Pt. 1

I have mentioned before that I actually really like Boston's City Connect uniforms.  The bright yellow and blue grew on me quickly because I did not think I would like them when they were first announced.  I am obviously not saying I think they should go with these full-time, but the occasional game with them is fine with me.

Gypsy Queen in 2022 made one of their image variations the City Connect uniforms.  Several Red Sox players had variations in the set and I decided to go after them.  I have not gotten too far in this endeavor however.

Here is the first one:

Enrique Hernandez was the first one I scored.  He seemed to be the least expensive and I snatched this one up right away.  This was even better since Hernandez had such a great postseason for the Red Sox in 2021 that he has been a low-key favorite player for me to pick up.