Rich? e-Rich!

My 80th Rich Hill in my now-organized PC of him is this card,

2007 eTopps (#601/749)

I picked it up on eBay earlier this week at a reasonable price considering it's the only one I've ever seen for sale.  Rich isn't the type of guy to have people clamoring to get his one and only eTopps issue delivered, I guess, but I bought it from a guy that appears to just about exclusively deal in that set, which worked out for me.  This is one of those sets that's difficult to scan because the card is uncirculated and therefore encased, and I'm inclined to leave it that way.  Still, you can kind of tell it's a Refractor-type card done in the style of 1985 Topps, which is kind of cool.  And if you look at it from the side, you can REALLY tell it's a Chrome-like card since, even in that case, it shows tell-tale signs of bending.  Still, it's a very cool and unique card to add to my collection of Hill.  Here's the back for completeness' sake:

Good news for the few of you (if any) that like seeing me post Rich Hill stuff:  I have some more of him coming in via SportLots pretty soon, and then a LOT via COMC at some point, so stay tuned (or tune out)!

Yo Adrian!

Here's a recent eBay pickup that I'm excited about mainly because I passed up a good opportunity to grab it on COMC and then went a long time without finding a good price for it anywhere...until last week:

Adrian Arrington 2009 Topps Magic auto

Yep, it's from one of my all-time favorite sets:  Topps Magic.  It's one of those sets I believe Topps got 100% right.  Really, shouldn't there be one all-college uni set every year?  Combine that with the excellent artistry of the design and you've really got a winner.  You might also remember that I already have B.J. Askew and Steve Breaston, and I'm always on the lookout for the other featured Wolverines. 

I also like to show off the backs of these because they're fun as well:

I'll give you one guess as to the answer for the trivia question...

Anyway, this was an exciting pickup for me, and it marks yet another milestone:  30 hits of Adrian--every single one of them being an autograph.  That's 29 "regular" autos plus one letter manupatch.  Arrington joins Braylon Edwards, Mike Hart, Chad Henne, Jake Long, and Mario Manningham in the football 30-plus hit club.  Interestingly enough (but definitely not coincidentally), all but Edwards are from my favorite draft class of all time:  2008.

I've got a couple more fun things due to arrive soon which I'll get scanned up while I await being able to ship a simply massive COMC haul that's getting larger by the day!