A Fly named Jeff

Timing is everything , and Jeff over at 2x3Heroes  is 2 for 2. My last post was the first example and now this.
We had a family dog , Bear , who half Newfoundland half Lab , was pretty much the happy go lucky sort.We have a 4-5 foot fence in the backyard which he would climb out on occasion and give me a reason to exercise and go looking for him.An all black dog at night was a good time but never the less, his health had declined the last 6 months to where he had seperation anxiety which called for 1 of us to sleep on the first floor to be with him.His hind legs were going and on the 2nd of this month , the strain on him was too much so that we put him down. The kids were obviously devistated that their Bear was no longer with us. Kyle spent much of the monday before with him.Laying with him and keeping him company.Thinking of good times i'm sure.
On that tuesday after we had him put down , I came home from the vet and saw that our mail had come.Yep , a package from Jeff. His packages always put a smile on our faces but that day his packages gave us some time to forget our sadness and have a moment of happiness. Since day 1 of interacting with Jeff , he has definately made the day(s) for my son and I cant thank him enough.
Hopefully he doesn't mind the text messages from Kyle ( yeah , from that phone ) asking about other cards he may or may not have.
I did manage to get some of the cards that were in the package

Can't go wrong with Yankee greats.. There were definately more in the package but due to his excitement and his switching of rooms , things were put away faster than I scanned.

Thanks again Jeff , I am working on a return for you..

Cards from a Jedi

Everyone's favorite Jedi (  Jeff@2x3Heroes ) dropped a PME (padded-manilla-envelope) onKyle and I and what perfect timing it was.This house has been nothing but baseball since April with Kyle and now his sister Chloe playing little league. Chloe was going to  play softball but since her age group would start out using Tee's to hit balls , she went the baseball route where the coaches would pitch.Both had a great season and Kyle is still playing with the District team and will take all-stars into august.Well until last Thursday. Kyle went to our local amusement park here in Rochester (NY) and the short of it is they had a pipe sticking out of the ground , not really protected and he stepped on it.The pipe took off the skin about a cm deep about the size of a half dollar.Xrays were good so its all about waiting for this scab to form and heal.He missed his game last night which is the districts which if you win you continue on until you reach the LL world series.We have yet to meet with the park , you see when this happened , he went to 3 different employees with a bleeding foot , and 2 told him to go here or there , the 3rd told him he wasnt allowed in that section with bare feet , mind you his foot was covered in blood by then.Anyways it did end well , but management wasn't to pleased at the handling of this incident with their employees.
Kyle hit the couch at home and I had a prescription in hand for just what the JEDI ordered..

YANKEES !!! This was great pack , loaded with different years of Yankees.These are glossy reprints of UD masterpieces.As much as I like these , It really makes you appreciate the real deal masterpieces.

I sometimes wonder if Jeff is pulling his Mind Tricks because he is always sending great cards for Kyle. R.A. Dickey mini is just awesome and was the favorite of the bunch until this..

BAM !!!
Y.A white framed..The white border pops the solid colors to really make this card great.On top of all that,a framed Blue bordered Davis #'d 292/499..

I can't thank you enough Jeff , you really hit the mark on timing and selection on this one.Kyle sends his Thanks as always..

(apologies for the awkward looking scans )

The cast of signers headed to Rochester 2014

 This years cast of former players headed to Rochester. Fergie cancelled out in 2013 after what i heard was health issues but is on the list for 2014.I purchased a David Justice ball back in the early 90's off of QVC so he isn't a necessity. Straw , Jenkins and Blyleven are lock ins for sure..

As it turns out , a co-worker told me how he met Blyleven during the Hall of Fame festivities and asked him if he would ever come to Rochester.He told him that if he was ever asked , he would love to.Well my co-worker spoke with someone in the Red Wing Org. and made it happen.

Hurry , before you miss the Play at the plate

It seems the brainchild of Play at the plate is having a monster of a contest. He has reached 2000 posts and Topps was gracious enough to give him a box of Bowman to give away. you can read about it here.

Some Gypsy on this Easter Sunday

I purchased a blaster of GQ recently and before i / we broke it Kyle has first dibs on whose side is he on..
You see , to make it somewhat fair and entertaining , he decides whether he wants National or American League cards. And then we bust em'.

Here were the " Hits " on my American counterparts..

The Pujols is 63 of 99 and the others are really just the best of the bunch. Kyle pulled a Kris Medlan (?) (Atlanta ) not sure of the number though. The Pujols and Medlan are up for trade if wanted.

Have a great easter.

Another great 2x3 package..

It seems whenever I hit my monthly , ( card show ) , The supply of White Sox is endless , and because of a simple card that was sent to Kyle , I keep on picking up those Sox.

JediJeff  ( the recipient of said Whitesox )  @ 2x3 Heroes was kind enough to send us this a ways back and since then I find it hard not to continue to pay him back for his kindness.Yet the Jedi seems to continue to Bomb our mailbox with goodies for Kyle..Wanna see??

Always some Yankees in the envelope , and who can turn away these greats..

Curly Neal , well this will go well with my contest winnings posted  here.

And for the last chosen card , well Jedi knows what to send , 

Yep , Some Doc..

This is from 1988 Leaf , its a pop - up figure which has the 1988 All-star game logo  , so not sure if this was given out then or in packs.Regardless , he know has it..

Thanks for the package bomb Jeff , the other cards we greatly appreciated as well..

Return of the JEDI !!!

So there it is , I throttled up the randomizer 7 times for the # of entrants that were entered and Jeff has come out on top. Congrats to Jeff ( looks like my number theory is making sense..just sayin..)

To the rest of you losers , kidding , if you could email me your addys ( i know i have some but please send it anyways )so I can send out a little something for playing along , that would be most excellent. ( parq1 at yahoo )

Thanks for playing and holding me to a date specific post..