A Zach Putnam card in his Michigan Baseball uni is awesome enough, but this one even clearly shows him pitching at Michigan's Ray Fisher Stadium, so as far as that goes it's over 9000. I actually already had the autographed version, but it took me a while to find a seller whose price for the base version I could stand. Welcome to the PC, Putnam #39/52, good for 75% exactly!
As with previously-featured J.J. Putz, I had a good amount of luck finding new stuff of fellow pitcher Clayton Richard. The Bowman Gold is the usually crappy Bowman throw-in, enough said. Meanwhile, the sticker pairs up with Putz's and should mean I'm done with those for 2013. But the real highlight here is the quartet of 2013 Topps parallels. Well, sort of--I mean, you all know my feelings on the retail exclusives, but the Emeralds look great (just not nearly as beautiful as the Opening Day Blues), and the Gold is a familiar standby that I wouldn't want to be without. Today's haul brings Richard's IHAS total to 84/131, with a couple more from COMC you'll be seeing soon.
If you've ever had to chase any of these down, you probably already know that prices for these can be all over the map, though mostly they tend to stray from the reality I think most of us inhabit. Not so with this one, which I nabbed for $2.50, which had me wondering if it was actually the version I thought it was! As I already own the base version, that closes the (two-card) book on Scales' 2010 issues, and gives me a new IHAS total of 19/31, with a 20th arriving shortly from COMC. And since I'm not insane like Greg Z., I won't be trying to acquire all 99 copies of this one....
All right, just eight cards left from SportLots, then you get to see a small handful of COMC scores!
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