A Trade From Noah

Blind trades sometimes yield the best results. Sometimes not. Usually in blind trades I end up with a bunch of cards I already have. I tend to get rid of a bunch, so it works out in the end.

Lately, I've been having some pretty good luck with blind trades. If I don't know what's coming, I usually have to look up cards. This happens when I receive my first cards of a set that I haven't actually seen in person. I received a lot of cards like that in this trade.

I had the 2005 Topps Rookie Cup cards on my list, but I never ran across them, until now. I had never even heard of the V.J. Lovero Showcase cards from Upper Deck. I wasn't collecting in 1996.

Noah managed to hit needs from 1983, which I haven't put on my want list yet. He even completed some pesky sets. I needed one card for the 1998 Topps regular set. Lyle Mouton arrived to fill that void. I've had trouble tracking down the 1990 Swell card of Luke Appling. I found it in this package.

Enough build up. Let's see what needs Noah managed to hit. These aren't all the cards that came. Just the ones I needed.

1983 Topps
72 – Tom Paciorek
124 – Marc Hill

1990 Swell Greats
3 – Luke Appling

1996 Upper Deck V.J. Lovero Showcase
VJ15 – Frank Thomas

1997 Fleer Update
600 – Albert Belle

1998 Topps
74 – Lyle Mouton

1998 Topps Stars
133 – Albert Belle (0291/9799)

1999 Upper Deck 10th Anniversary Team
X17 – Albert Belle

1999 Ultra Gold Medallion
84G – Magglio Ordonez

2000 Ovation
56 – Magglio Ordonez

2003 Donruss Rookies
6 – Arnie Munoz

2003 Fleer Authentix
17 – Magglio Ordonez

2003 Upper Deck
363 – Joe Crede

2004 SP Prospects
197 – Adam Russell

2004 Studio
53 – Joe Borchard

2004 Upper Deck R-Class
92 – Shingo Takatsu

2005 Diamond Kings Framed Red
64 – Shingo Takatsu

2005 Donruss Greats
142 – Tadahito Iguchi

2005 MVP
71 – Paul Konerko

2005 Origins
262 – Pedro Lopez

2005 Sweet Spot
99 – Casey Rogowski

2005 Topps Opening Day
57 – Jose Valentin

2005 Topps Rookie Cup
56 – Ozzie Guillen
93 – Ray Durham

2005 Topps Rookie Cup Gold
56 – Ozzie Guillen (235/299)

2005 Topps Rookie Cup Green
37 – Chet Lemon (064/199)
112 – Magglio Ordonez (087/199)

2005 Topps Rookie Cup Red
37 – Chet Lemon (393/499)
56 – Ozzie Guillen (420/499)
93 – Ray Durham (216/499)

2005 Topps Rookie Cup Reprints
56 – Ozzie Guillen
93 – Ray Durham
147 – Tadahito Iguchi

2005 Upper Deck Classics
68 – Luis Aparicio
69 – Luke Appling

2006 Bowman Draft
BDP35 – Charlie Haeger

2006 Bowman Draft Draft Picks
DP59 – Tyler Reves

2006 Fleer Greats Of The Game
61 – Luis Aparicio

2006 National Baseball Card Day
UD10 – Paul Konerko

2006 SP Authentic
17 – Tadahito Iguchi
18 – Scott Podsednik
19 – Jermaine Dye

2006 Turkey Red Red
370 – Jim Thome

2006 Turkey Red White
448 – Scott Podsednik

2008 Goudey Mini Red Backs
41 – Orlando Cabrera


Mark Buehrle

2007 Allen & Ginter #299
2007 Ultra SE #38


Bobby Thigpen
1987 Donruss #370

Thanks you, Noah! This was an awesome trade. There should be a package of Mets cards headed your way before the end of the week.