Johnny two times

I received a PWE from Johnny's Trading Spot the other day, followed up shortly by a second PWE, so let's take a look.

The first envelope was mostly Gavins, highlighted by this shiny Gavin Grahovac "So Money!" auto numbered 1/7 on the back. Looks like Grahovac is still in college, off to a solid start to the 2026 NCAA baseball season at Texas A&M.

Here we've got more Gavins plus a Caminiti. Good stuff. Gavin Lux apparently grew out his beard after leaving Los Angeles. He's with Tampa now.

The second envelope was all Greg Maddux cards. I nearly got surprised by the winnings, but I was reading John's blog where he mentioned I had won the premiere edition of Maddux Monday (the ongoing giveaway of John's plentiful Greg Maddux duplicates), and before I had even finished reading the post, the envelope flopped through my mail slot, right on cue.

I thought it'd be redundant to show all 18 cards since they were all up on Johnny's blog recently, but here are four I picked out to feature. I collected Maddux since my original stint as a young collector, with his Rated Rookie being a highlight of my early collection. His career really blossomed with the Braves, and he'd go on to pitch for my Padres for a couple years as he was winding down his HOF career. A random personal connection is that he reminds me of one of my cousins-- well, my cousin is older and balder now, but back in the day he looked sorta like him, and has a similar sounding voice too.

But anyways, I'm always happy to add to my Greg Maddux PC, and any common dupes can be useful for cardart, so Maddux Mondays are right up my alley.

This contest win comes on the heels of scoring the Hunter Renfroe SSP featured last post, and while it's tempting to try riding that hot streak-- like, how hilarious would it be if I ran the table on Maddux Mondays?! lol-- I should probably give it a week or two before trying to claim more free cards from the cardsphere, and maybe think about running another contest/giveaway of my own one of these days.

Thanks for the cards, John!