more cards from Rod (and a couple PWEs from John)

Some highlights from the third box of cards Rod hooked me up with recently.

Lots of additions to my PCs of current Padres. Notables here include a bunch of sweet Jackson Merrill rookies, a Dylan Cease Topps Now x4, and a Tatis logofractor.

Bobby Witt, Jr. and Julio Rodriguez are a couple young stars of the game that hadn't been all that well represented in my collection yet.

Something for my Chris Jones supercollection.. a near-complete 1986 Phoenix Firebirds team set (that screwed up his name), just missing the trainer card.

I ripped the pair of hockey packs and even scored 2 or 3 guys I've heard of, so that's pretty cool.

And the glow-in-the-dark playing cards were a nice surprise.

Snapped a pic with the light-out to give you an idea how they look in action. I'm not sure how feasible it'd be to really play games with them in the dark and/or underwater, but it's a neat concept and another interesting thing to add to the "Glow-in-the-dark museum" that doubles as my basement bathroom.

A bit of vintage slipped into the box.

1952 Bowman Television and Radio Stars of the NBC #20 Joel McCrea

1958 Topps TV Westerns #57 Tales of Wells Fargo - Dale Robertson (as Jim Hardie)

1952 Topps Look 'n See #64 Winston Churchill

Some modern cards of HOFers I collect. I appreciate keeping those PCs fresh with a sampling of the new stuff that Fanatics cranks out these days.

And again, that's just a small percentage of the cards he dropped on me. Muchas gracias, Rod! I can't thank you enough for all the great cards and stuff you've given me over the years.

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I know I'm very fortunate to live close to Rod, facilitating card dumps like this without having to worry about postage. 

Closing the post with a couple PWEs from John Miller, another MVP of my collection these past several years. Sometimes I wish I lived near him over across the country so I could help him thin out his vast hoard of nonkeepers for my collection's benefit, but alas, we must rely on the post office as the middleman.

Heavy on Gavins here, with most new to me. Dig the shiny cards of Sheets and Cross. Gavin Sheets was let go by the White Sox in November, so I'm curious if/where he resurfaces this coming season.

Thanks a lot, John! I had just mailed an overdue package out to you the same day the PWEs arrived, so hopefully that arrived safe by now. 

That's all for this time.. take care, guys!