The Electric Friar

Posted by ElectricFriar on September 2nd, 2009 in Ebay Wins, Mailday

In last year’s Rule V draft, the Padres selected an unknown middle infielder from the Rockies.  Since he was taken in the Rule V draft, the team was forced to play him all season or risk sending him back to the Rockies.  A daunting task for someone who never played above Class A.  He was [...]

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Posted by ElectricFriar on August 26th, 2009 in Ebay Wins, Mailday

My first Ebay win in quite a while and this one’s sweet.  The first two Padres players in the Hall of Fame, Tony Gwynn and Dave Winfield, featured on an autographed card from Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classics.  Ok, so most baseball fans don’t automatically associate Dave Winfield with the Padres, but whatever.  Right now [...]

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Posted by ElectricFriar on May 15th, 2009 in Ebay Wins, Mailday

It’s been awhile since I’ve won anything from Ebay, so a few days ago I started bidding and won these two cards.  This year’s Goudey design has pretty much been destroyed in the blogosphere, but I’m still a fan of anything with on-card autographs.  Especially anything with Padres autographs.
Some good news for Matt Antonelli this [...]

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Posted by ElectricFriar on April 2nd, 2009 in Ebay Wins, Mailday

Just received this one, should be a nice complement to my Magic Johnson UD Sweet Shots Autograph.

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Posted by ElectricFriar on April 1st, 2009 in Ebay Wins

I love Ebay.  In case you haven’t noticed, most of the cards in my collection come from Ebay auctions.  I love that I can get a 50 card lot of assorted Padres cards.  It’s like buying a few packs but knowing that I’m scoring all “hits”. Sure I end up with a lot of duplicates, [...]

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Posted by ElectricFriar on March 31st, 2009 in Collection Highlight, Ebay Wins

The other day I won Tony Gwynn’s Topps rookie card from Ebay.  This was graded MINT by PSA.  For Tony Gwynn collector’s, this is the definitive card to have in your collection.  I have a couple of ungraded copies, but I’ve been wanting to get a graded copy for a while.
That should complement the other [...]

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Posted by ElectricFriar on March 28th, 2009 in Ebay Wins, Set Building

I’ve been diligently trying to put the finishing touches on the 2008 Upper Deck football set the past few weeks.  Getting a lot closer to completion.  I went on Ebay and started hunting for most of the short prints that I needed.  Here’s what I’ve picked up since my last update:

#274 Matt Flynn – The [...]

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Posted by ElectricFriar on March 25th, 2009 in Ebay Wins

2008 Topps Sterling is usually the type of set that I admire from afar.  At well over $200 a pop for boxes (packs really), it is well out of my price range.  However, I when I saw this group of Tony Gwynn Sterling cards on Ebay, I decided to give it a shot. Normally, each [...]

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Posted by ElectricFriar on March 19th, 2009 in Ebay Wins, Mailday

I got this little gem in the mail, via Ebay:
A nice autographed Chrome Refractor card of Matt Antonelli.  Graded by Beckett, 9.5 GEM Mint with a 10 for the autograph.  Everyone knows that Antonelli struggled last year, so hopefully he’s ready to bounce back this season.  He recently turned to studying video of his at-bats [...]

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Posted by ElectricFriar on March 17th, 2009 in Ebay Wins, Mailday

The Big Fella is getting a lot of playing time with Adrian off to the World Baseball Classic. However, with Mexico’s elimination, look for his playing time to decrease as the Pads try to get Adrian back in the groove.  If he continues to develop, the Padres face an interesting dilemma.  Trade him, trade Gonzalez, [...]

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