I was blessed by a surprise gift from Chris at the blog, Nachos Grande.
I am not sure if Chris is aware of this, but whenever I see his blog title pop up in my reading list I think of this:
Anyway, Chris sent me this package in exchange for the prize pack and Cutchmas gift I sent his way.
Chris sent me a lot of cards ranging from the 90s to current team. Brian Giles was acquired for a relief pitcher (Ricardo Rincon) on the downside of his career and went on to have a very nice career. Aramis Ramirez could be a 1st ballot Hall of Very Good candidate next year. Jose Lind won a gold glove the same year he committed an error in the 9th inning of Game 7 of the NLCS. The error ultimately lead to 20 years of losing records. Carlos Garcia was with the organization for nearly those 2 decades of futility.
I completely forgot about Don Kelly playing for the Pirates. He just got hired to be the Pirates bench coach for the 2020 season. The most notable thing I know about Don Kelly is that he married former Pirates 2nd baseman's sister. Carrie Walker, sister to Neil, became a professional womans basketball player.
2 new Roberto Clemente cards?!?!!!!
Um yes please!!!
And to wrap things up an octaset of Cutch cards including a 2009 WalMart black card. I stated I wanted to get more copies of Cutch's 2005 Topps Update and 2009 Topps Update cards for 2020. Chris gave me a head start towards that goal.
Thank you for the surprise return package Chris.
I love that Nacho song-and Homer's hat. Very catchy. Now I'm mad at myself for not sending you a PWE full of Pirates, I'm so laser-focused on finding Cutch cards you don't have that I don't bother with anything else. :/
ReplyDeleteI love Homer's hat in that episode. So classic. Jose Lind brings back so many memories of Pirates games I went to in the 80's. I have to admit I was a Garcia fan when he was here. I thought he was going to be good, but it never happened. Thanks for this dose of nostalgia.
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