2017 trade package #8: Sports Cards From the Dollar Store

You wouldn't know it by the score, but today's victory over Cincinnati was a close one for a large part of the game thanks to a pile of mistakes by the Wolverines.  Still, a win's a win, plus Michigan seems to have escaped the game with everyone healthy as far as I can tell, so I'm more than satisfied.  2-0!

Let's celebrate with a third straight 2017 trade package from buddy of the blog Canadoug, a.k.a. Doug from Sports Cards From the Dollar Store.  A couple months ago he teased me with a partial image of a huge pull from his 2017 Score Football break, then sent that very card plus lots more football content (with a side of hockey) my way, and now I'm finally getting around to showing it all off.

Let's start with the sport of the moment, football:

From another of Doug's breaks, a box of 1989 Panini football stickers, here's career Packer LB John Anderson, whose RC I showed off in this post last April.  My brother and I were big into the baseball versions but not football, and frankly I can't even remember if they were available around here or what.  Anyway, it's nice to see a defensive guy here.

Next is a pair representing QB Tom Brady.  On the left is some pattern or another from 2015 Topps High Tek (which should just be "Tek" in my opinion since it sounds better), while on the right, Twelve is joined on a 2017 Score insert by since-departed RB Blount (off to be ineffective away from New England again) and out-for-the-year receiver Edelman.

Now let's take things back a bit to 1970 and a vintage OPC CFL issue of RB Dave Raimey.  This is my second Raimey as I have his card from the following year, also thanks to Doug, and it features a fantastic photo on a colorful design!

Now we'll get back to the present and this year's Prestige product.  This Panini offering almost always features college unis and excellent designs, and I'm happy to say that this year is par for the course.  Better yet, this Xtra Points parallel of shutdown corner Jourdan Lewis is Blue!  I'm looking forward to grabbing the base versions of all the first-year Wolverines from this one.

Speaking of football rookies, here's a four spot of those courtesy of Doug's 2017 Score break.  Once again I'm a big fan of this low-end Panini product and its simple design plus college action photos.  He was able to pull four extras, giving me my first RCs of TE extraordinaire Butt, DL beast Charlton, all-everything Peppers, and the also effective Wormley.  I'm excited about the Peppers the most because his college career means he'll get plenty of NFL hype, upping the prices of his cards...

...cards like this one, a Red parallel from the same product.  That looks nice, but I'm not the biggest fan of the color.  Maybe Doug could find something a bit different...

Yep, that'll do!  I was very happy for him to have pulled this because I'm sure it would have covered the price of the box, and now I'm even happier that he was generous enough to send it my way.  Of course I've wanted a Peppers auto since they were made and now I'm thrilled to own one with a college photo, low numbering, and a blue border to boot!  The first Cleveland Brown I'll be rooting for in quite a while is the 205th member of my football hits collection and I couldn't be happier to have him.

So why not throw in another to make it twice as nice?  Completing the tri-Pep-ta, here's an excellent maize & blue-theme Panini Father's Day College Memorabilia relic of the Cracked Ice variety.  Some of the Father's Day manurelics are fine, but I'm happier here with this blue college jersey.  Going from zero to two hits of Jabrill sure is exciting!

And now we'll finish up with a handful of hockey:

No doubt from one of Doug's favorite dollar repacks, this Knuble/Turco pairing hails from 2008-09 Upper Deck Victory, something like UD's answer to Score.

And finally, from last year we have an Upper Deck Trilogy Rainbow Green jersey (numbered 238/629) of Columbus D Jack Johnson, a former fan favorite in Ann Arbor.  It features a larger-than-usual jersey swatch, and a bold red one from the Blue Jackets' 'Murica-esque sweaters to boot.  That makes 13 hits of Johnson in my Michigan Hockey collection.

What an awesome wealth of Wolverines, Doug, and thanks again especially for the amazing Peppers stuff!  Once again I hope to return the favor soon.

2015 trade package #26: thankful for Wolverines from SCFtDS

As I said on tonight's TMV post, I'm thankful for many things, including the generosity of Doug over at Sports Cards From the Dollar Store, especially since this mark's my 50th trade post between my pair of blogs!  It's been a blast swapping cards with my Canadian neighbor and I can't wait to hit the century mark (which won't take long, knowing Doug!).

All right, here's what you came over here for--the goods:

Baseball, basketball, and football:  there's a lot going on here.  First, the 1991 Michigan Ontiveros is my first non-mainstream card of the former pitcher, and I love that it's from a Michigan-centric set (which I totally need to track down).  

A pair of stars in Burke and C-Webb comprise the basketball portion this time, which is great since I still have very little of the talented Burke.  Doug sent a pair of Tom Brady base cards from this year's Topps, and I'm not surprised he had dupes as he's working on that set.  Also from 2015 is a Valor RC of Funchess, who's come on a bit as of late.  (By the way, I've finally made my Michigan Football rookie project more visible on the sidebar to your right, and that includes the checklist.)  

Last up is a 1971 OPC CFL card of Dave Raimey, an HB/DB who briefly played for the Browns before having a nice run with Winnipeg and Toronto in the CFL.  Leave it to Doug to find another player I didn't know much about and dig up a CFL card of him!

Mitch McGary 2014-15 Totally Certified Jerseys Purple Die Cuts jersey (#82/99)

The basketball hits portion consists of this very cool die-cut jersey relic of big man Mitch McGary, my first of the OK City prospect (and 22nd overall player).  This thick, die-cut card includes a nice Oklahoma City blue swatch and is a great addition to my basketball collection.

Denard Robinson 2015 Panini Spectra Sunday Best Jerseys jersey (#069/199)

While I prefer his Saturday best in terms of uniform, I'm very happy to see Denard play on Sundays with the Jags.  Here's a really nice black swatch from a shiny Panini Spectra relic, which represents what's already my 22nd hit of Shoelace!

As usual the hockey portion dominated the package.  I got a bunch of hockey Mikes, mostly Cammalleri but also a new Comrie, to go along with hockey Andrews Cogliano (Ducks) and Copp (Jets), Copp's teammate Jacob Trouba, and finally Max Pacioretty.  Keep an eye on that Cogliano--it may look familiar in a minute.

If you're down with O-Pee-Chee then you probably know Doug, who scored me a pair of vintage Wolverines here.  Fox, whose card hails from 1982-83, was a four-year defenseman who spent the largest chunk of his NHL career with the Hawks.  Manery, from the 1981-82 set, was a prolific four-year forward in Ann Arbor (111 goals and 97 assists!) appeared with a few different NHL teams over a short career.  Some hockey history to go with the earlier football version, I love it.

Andrew Cogliano 2013-14 Upper Deck Team Canada Autographs auto

And now for the hockey hits.  Didn't I say the Cogliano earlier would look familiar?  UD took the base version, added the word "Signatures" along the left side, and affixed a sticker autograph, and in my opinion that resulted in a very nice card.  With some of the designs UD uses I agree that there's no need to mess with what works.  This is my 10th hit of the current Ducks C and I love how he included his (former Oilers) jersey number

Jack Johnson 2013-14 Panini Titanium Game Worn Gear Dual Memorabilia dual jersey (with Erik Johnson) (#252/300)

Hell yeah, it's JMFJ!  This card features two different Johnson defensemen (no relation), both of which are American, were high draft picks, and played for the USNDTP here in Ann Arbor.  Jack joins Cogliano in the 10-hits club with this card.

David Oliver 1995 Classic Images Autographs auto (#200/1500)

Here's another guy that's new to my collection--the 40th player among my hockey hits, in fact.  Oliver starred at RW in the early 90s for Michigan, potting 97 goals and 98 assists in his four college seasons.  He went on to play for the Oilers, Rangers, Coyotes, Senators, and Stars, as well as teams from several other leagues.  As you can clearly see on this Classic card, he has a beautiful signature.

Mary Turco 2015-16 ITG Used Maximum Memorabilia Silver jersey (#48/50)

Last (and maybe most) is this enormous jersey swatch of blog favorite goalie Marty Turco.  This simply has to be one of the largest relic cards in my collection.  I'd venture to guess that Doug and I are two of the bigger supports of In The Game because they make very cool cards, often of guys that don't get much hobby love.  Hell, I love the fact that they made a Turco card despite the fact that he's been retired since 12.  What a very cool piece, which includes something along the lines of stitching towards the bottom.  Since today has been pretty milestone-heavy I'm happy to announce that this is my 30th hit of Marty, who still leads the hockey collection.

Once again, Doug, I'm thankful for this package and every other envelope you've sent my way.  I'm also looking forward to sending things back to you across the border after this weekend's show and whenever my COMC package arrives.