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My Carl Crawford collection has traditionally been the most disorganized part of random piles of cards. This sucks because it is one of my favorite parts of my collection. I have a lot of them, his cards. A lot of different ones. I don’t know how many. Right now I have a full shoebox. I need to take action. Back when I had about 100 cards I typed out a list. From there when I got new cards I would check against the list and if it wasn’t there, I added it. The past few months I haven’t even done that. I am pretty sure I am getting close to having 300 different CC cards, but I really don’t know. The box is getting more full. The one stipulation is that if I get a card from another blogger it has to be posted before it hits the box. I have a separate box (boxes) for cards that I have yet to post. I also have the top of my desk, the hutch in my dining room and the floor of the extra bedroom. Once posted, the Crawford cards go in the Crawford box. I am that organized. Most other players have their own binder, I have just been lazy with CC. Plus I have many relic cards of him that don’t fit into binder pages. Anyway,
today’s quick post will be a 3 from 3-Carl Crawford Edition. Three awesome and new high-end CC cards that can now go into the box to await going into a binder. The box is full, so they will actually sit on the top of the box, but…
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Anyway,
the first card comes from super trader Wicked Ortega of
My Past Time…I Love It! fame. I have many CC cards from him in my unposted box. I also had 15 unposted autographed cards from him in there. Now there are only 14. This is a Just Minors Certified Auto of CC in his Charleston River Dogs uniform. It is a bit odd seeing CC wearing #2 (or a number starting with 2), but the thing I love about getting his older autographs is that his signature is much longer and more legible. I have a ton more cards to post from my neighbor to the south, but I this is 3 FROM 3 and there are two more traders to get to…
Card # 2 comes from Jacob Marley. JM sent me a super awesome package a few months back with a really long (Troll-like) letter explaining a similar incident that he suffered through, having his car robbed while buying a $2000. Roll of tape.
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He sent a TON (a Wicked-like) of great Rays cards that need posting, but for now here is a 2007 Upper Deck Game Materials jersey relic of Crawford. I really like the silver crest they use to frame the swatch in this series. The card shows 3 different Devil Rays logos on Crawford, I miss that Upper Deck. Anyway, moving right along…
Speaking of people sending a Wicked-like TON of cards-one day I will actually get around to posting all of the great stuff that
Chris from Stale Gum sent my way.
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Literally hundreds of great cards. Several autographs, many relics, black refractors and all kinds of goodies including this autographed mini of Crawford from 2005 Topps Cracker Jack. I am a Topps guy. I love Topps flagship and my favorite sets each year are that and Allen and Ginter and Heritage. I also love their releases that don’t come every year like Bazooka, T-206, Total and Cracker Jack. When I send an autographed card to another blogger it is always right on top in a top loader. This gem was just in the box with the rest of the goodies. The auto is on-card, but even just a few years after the Just Minors card up top you can see the de-evolution of CC’s signature. It has become even smaller in the last 5 years.
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Thanks so much to all 3 of these awesome, generous, sympathetic and all around great collectors. One day the Crawford collection will be organized. So organized in fact that I will even have a list of dupes. I think I have mentioned before that my current financial situation is keeping me from buying new product.
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I still want to keep trading, but my trade-fuel is diminishing quickly. I still have a lot of cards to get rid off and the more time I have to sort, the more cards I find that are expendable. If you are starting a collection of Crawford or Longoria, Price, Upton, Kazmir, Baldelli, Pena or Iwamura, please get in touch. I could set you up with a nice starter lot. Oh, does anyone know how to reach the super kind and awesome Jacob Mrley??? Does he have a blog, please let me know... Thanks again to Wicked, Chris and Jacob M!!! You guys are awesome!!! That’s it for now. Go Rays! Troll out.
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