Trading With Rickey Henderson Collectibles

See Ozzie jump? Is it out of frustration or joy? Maybe both!

Sometimes there doesn't seem to be enough time in the day to sort everything out. Especially when you get huge stacks of cards in the mail close together.

This box of cards came Saturday. After a Robin Yount sighting and tender feet, it almost felt like a chore going through mail. That feeling disappeared as soon as I opened the first package. With my dad's birthday. site maintenance, and little projects around the house, the job of sorting these cards fell by the wayside.

Brad, of Rickey Henderson Collectibles, and I have been trying to get a trade together since May. With new additions over by Brad and just plain odd things going on over at this end, the trade was left up in the air. Out of the blue, Brad e-mailed me recently. We quickly caught up and then this box arrived.

Was it worth the wait? Oh yeah. Brad mentioned that I should have most of these cards, since he was pulling mostly from my want list. I would have to say that a good 95% of the box were cards that I still needed. To save a little repetition, I'll only list the cards that I needed.

1984 Nestle
560 - Carlton Fisk

1987 Donruss Opening Day
232 - Carlton Fisk
233 - Greg Walker
234 - Ron Karkovice
235 - Ozzie Guillen
236 - Harold Baines
237 - Donnie Hill
238 - Rich Dotson
271 - Chicago Logos

1989 Donruss
489 - Fred Manrique

1992 Cracker Jack
34 - Jack McDowell

1992 Leaf
39 - Charlie Hough
85 - Alex Fernandez

1992 Score
561 - Craig Grebeck

1992 Topps Kids
102 - Robin Ventura

1992 Triple Play
129 - Jack McDowell

1993 Leaf
85 - Ozzie Guillen
316 - Bo Jackson

1993 Topps
41 - Alex Fernandez

1993 Ultra
180 - Bobby Thigpen

1994 Fleer
94 - Steve Sax

1994 Leaf
268 - Alex Fernandez
300 - Darrin Jackson

1994 Oscar Mayer Superstar Roundup
8 - Jack McDowell

1994 Pinnacle
289 - Alex Fernandez
318 - Joey Cora

1994 Score Gold Rush
347 - Robin Ventura

1994 Score Rookie/Traded
RT29 - Julio Franco

1994 Stadium Club
315 - Robin Ventura
350 - Tim Raines
375 - Dan Pasqua
462 - Wilson Alvarez
466 - Rod Bolton
482 - Jeff Schwarz
523 - Andre Dawson/Tim Raines

1994 Stadium Club Golden Rainbow
315 - Robin Ventura

1994 Tombstone
22 - Jack McDowell

1995 Donruss
165 - Norberto Martin
279 - Roberto Hernandez
328 - Julio Franco

1995 Fleer
109 - Wilson Alvarez
110 - Paul Assenmacher
111 - Jason Bere
112 - Dennis Cook
114 - Jose DeLeon
115 - AlexFernandez
120 - Darrin Jackson
121 - Lance Johnson
123 - Mike LaValliere
124 - Norberto Martin
125 - Kirk McCaskill
126 - Jack McDowell
127 - Tim Raines

1995 Leaf
117 - Ozzie Guillen
200 - Lance Johnson (miscut)

1995 Pinnacle
66 - Darrin Jackson
68 - Ron Karkovice
107 - Ozzie Guillen
123 - Wilson Alvarez
256 - Scott Ruffcorn
257 - Robin Ventura
334 - Jason Bere
413 - James Baldwin
416 - Ray Durham

1995 Score
90 - Wilson Alvarez
428 - Lance Johnson

1995 Stadium Club
173 - Lance Johnson
248 - Julio Franco

1995 Stadium Club Virtual Reality
44 - Darrin Jackson

1995 Topps Cyberstats
54 - Tim Raines

1996 Collector's Choice
91 - James Baldwin

1996 Leaf
51 - Ray Durham
187 - Jason Bere

1996 Pinnacle
40 - Alex Fernandez

1996 Score
37 - Ray Durham
66 - Wilson Alvarez
148 - Lance Johnson
163 - Scott Ruffcorn
182 - Ron Karkovice
192 - Roberto Hernandez
449 - Tim Raines

1996 Stadium Club
243 - Wilson Alvarez

1996 Studio
40 - Robin Ventura

1996 Upper Deck
41 - Ozzie Guillen
43 - Brian Keyser

1997 Collector's Choice
71 - Wilson Alvarez

1997 Donruss
22 - Robin Ventura
32 - Alex Fernandez
129 - Roberto Hernandez
156 - Ray Durham
199 - Harold Baines
218 - Tony Phillips
234 - Mike Cameron
258 - Jeff Darwin

1997 Fleer
66 - Lyle Mouton
70 - Kevin Tapani

1997 Leaf
10 - Roberto Hernandez
33 - Robin Ventura
52 - Jaime Navarro
138 - James Baldwin

1997 Pacific
53 - Ozzie Guillen

1997 Pinnacle Cetified
140 - Albert Belle

1997 Score
158 - Ray Durham

1997 Select
17 - Albert Belle

1997 Stadium Club
317 - James Baldwin

1998 Bowman
14 - Robin Ventura

1998 Sports Illustrated Then & Now
41 - Albert Belle

1999 Topps
155 - Magglio Ordonez

2000 MLB Showdown
103 - Greg Norton

2000 Upper Deck
349 - Frank Thomas

2001 Topps
143 - Charles Johnson
327 - Jerry Manuel

2002 Donruss Fan Club
45 - Mark Buehrle
121 - Jose Canseco

2002 Fleer Tradition
398 - Jose Canseco

2003 Donruss
109 - Magglio Ordonez

2004 Fleer Tradition
260 - Carl Everett

2006 Topps Heritage
257 - Jermaine Dye

That was an experience going through that box. There were many things in there that I never thought I'd see. The 1984 Nestle Carlton Fisk comes to mind. I'm psyched to have two copies of Jack McDowell's 1994 Tombstone Pizza card!

Thank you, Brad! This box was definitely worth the wait! I will try to find something off of your recent want list. I'm not sure if I can find anything off of your Rickey Henderson list, but if I do, it's going to be sent straight to you!