September Pickup Thread
 

Arrived today:

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If modern closers beyond Rivera and Hoffman can be hall of famers, Rodriguez has to at least be in the conversation.

Devers is 24, younger than some rookies. He has two 30 HR seasons already.

You're right about Devers, kid is a stud and an extra base machine.

Had a small sub pop tonight. It was my first non auto (DNA/JSA/BAS) sub in a decade. Not sure what I missed on the Springer.



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Hope I'm not monopolizing the thread.

Today's mail was a Great 8 and two promising young stars. Been looking for a clean looking Rickey for a bit now. The Griffey finishes off the Donrussed Preferred for my 90's type collection.


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Mvp?

I've started buying Topps Tiffany of the cards I enjoyed most in my youth.
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Picked this one up for a Reggie Jackson 1971 all star game display. This is from 1991 and upper deck.

Upgraded the deGrom from a 9 to 9.5, which puts my heart at ease. Posey was tougher than I expected to come by. I've been looking for one for about two months. And it blows my mind that how solid and great Merrifield has been since his call up - he didn't have a flagship card until 2018. I settled on his 16 Heritage for the modern RC collection.

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A pickup of a sure-fire future hall of famer:

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1996 studio masterstrokes
 

best enjoyed raw (the cards have texture)

Another Verlander:

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Impulse.

Trout 2013 Finest Red #'d/25!

He's turning just 29, after all these years, and IMO he's back in the discussion.

Yeah, it's a good call. He's at 40 WAR at age 29, averaging right around 5 WAR per 162 games played. Four more years of that gets you right around Vald Sr, Ichiro, Abreu, Sheffield range (likely HOF range). A little more gets you closer to "sure thing" territory. He's got 266 career HR, so 500 isn't out of the question.

Recent win so not in hand yet.
I remember Joe's World Series game winning home run vividly so it's great to have his RC finally.

Nice card. Tough in high grade. Great pick up!


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Thanks. :)

I was watching 4 end last night and although this wasn't the most sought after one, I thought it was the best centered one, at least left to right.
Surprisingly, one, that wasn't the best centered copy, imo, finished a bit higher.
Maybe they seen something I didn't? :confused:

Either way, I am real happy with this one even though it isn't in hand yet.