Quarried Angels

I think that's how you spell quarried.  

Anyhow a nice package of Angels came from Johnny of Cards From The Quarry.

It was a package that made me smile.

Here are just a few of the great cards.

2006 Topps Heritage Clubhouse Collection CC-VG relic.

Vladdy seemed to always be happy when he was playing.

Always smiling on his baseball cards.

I don't think the photographer had to ask him to smile either, I think it just came naturally.

That leads me to some of these other Angels cards that came from The Quarry.

Let's see what my first thought is about that players personality when I see who's pictured on the card.

2009 Upper Deck Icons IC-WE relic.

Jered Weaver.

Happy but serious.  When it's game time it's go time.

Intensely focused.

2010 Topps #141 Black 43/59.

Chone Figgins.

Happy, especially when stealing bases.

Went by "Figgy", a very happy nickname.

2008 Topps Heritage Chrome C68 0959/1959; 2011 Topps Heritage Chrome C91 1263/1962.

John Lackey - Never happy, never will be. 

Dan Haren - Not happy to be here.

I was happy to see you both go.

2002 Donruss Rookie Crusade RC-44.

Figgy.

Happy just for the chance to play.

Happy to do anything asked of him.

2008 Topps #62.

Rich Thompson.

Australian, G-Day Mate, Happy.  All Australians are happy.

The Wiggles are Australian.

That card and the next one are actually mine.  I'm showing them to lead up to the card I got from The Quarry.

I'm very familiar with that last card and this one in red representing the Opening Day set.

But this card I got from The Quarry struck me as odd:

My first thought was this was an error, and how cool and generous of The Quarry to give it to me.

It's missing the red coloring, and the circles around the letters in ANGELS.

Sweet!  I love error cards.

However, research led me to find out that this is in fact not an error but a "gold" version and is numbered 0114/2199.

Here's the three compared.

that's my first gold card from 2008, hence my unfamiliarity with it.

2006 Upper Deck Ovation#3.

Figgy again, though not smiling here, one of the happiest Angels ever.

Awesome card with a rising full baseball moon in the background.

2000 Topps Update T38.

K-Rod rookie card, you'd think he'd be happy.

Not Happy.

I don't think he ever has been.

I think that's a middle finger he's showing us.

Garret Anderson - Happy but quiet.

Darin Erstad - Happy but intense.

I have an issue with these 1998 Aurora cards though.

Anderson's card has him as an "outfielder".

Erstad's card therefore should list him as a "first baseMAN" and not "first base".

If you're gonna say FIRST BASE, then you have to say OUTFIELD.

Get it?

PITCHER - PITCHER

CATCHER - CATCHER

FIRST BASE - FIRST BASEMAN

SECOND BASE - SECOND BASEMAN

THIRD BASE - THIRD BASEMAN

SHORT STOP - SHORT STOP

OUTFIELD - OUTFIELDER

Bad editing, and that really chaps my hide.

2009 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Autograph #118.

Kevin Jepsen.

I just can't read him.

Bitchen card though.

I like the cards with the raised baseball stitches.

Some Pretty Cool Angels From The Quarry

I made a trade a trade with Cards From The Quarry, and Johnny sent me some pretty sweet Angels cards.

2011 Topps 60 Jersey T60R-TH

Man, that's a great looking card!

Red jersey swatches are so much better than white ones.

Actually any color other than white, in my opinion, looks fantastic.

Don't get me wrong though, I'd definitely appreciate a white jersey card!

1994 Donruss #307

Quarry how did you know?

I've been quietly gobbling up Bo Jackson cards.

He looks great in an Angels uniform too.

1995 Fleer Ultra #23 Gold Medallion

See the little medallion in the upper right corner?

That's what makes this card even more cool than it already is.

Can't tell you how many times I've had to go back through my old Ultras to pull out the medallion cards.

One gold medallion was inserted in each foil pack.

1998 Aurora #34 Pennant Fever

Oooh, I love it when someone sends me a card that I've never seen before!

Johnny sent me three of these: this of Tim Salmon and the others being of Jim Edmonds and Darin Erstad.

1991 Fleer Logo Sticker

It's always great to get another Angels decal as well.

2008 Topps Update Gold #UH129

The gold cards are very difficult to spot.  You really have to look close, and in the right light, to see the gold foil name at the bottom.

I think that's the only difference between these and the regular issue cards which have silver foil.

There was a Joe Saunders gold card as well.

Another oh yeah!  Two more Todd Greenes.

1997 Topps baby Boomers #BB12 and a 1994 Upper Deck Minors #25.

I love Todd Greene Cards.

These along with a little stack of other Angels came in the package from the Quarry.

Thanks!

Trade Mail from the Quarry

Colorado Rockies collector and blogger of Cards From The Quarry Johnny, sent a nice fat package of Angels cards in exchange for a nice fat package of Rockies cards. I love getting fat packages in the mail.

With the 90's era wax Johnny sent I was able to complete my 1990 Fleer Angels team set, and get much closer to completing the 1991 and 1992 Topps, 1991 Donruss, and 1988 Fleer team sets.
Included in the package were some of my most favorite cards: Angels logo cards. These are logo stickers from the 1986 Fleer set and have different "Baseballs Famous Feats" on the back of each one.

Speaking of 1982 Fleer, 16 of the team set of 25 were also included.

And a nice relic bat card of Elpidio Guzman numbered 523/700. Guzman never made it up to the big club, so the "Authentic Game-Used Bat" doesn't mean Anaheim Angels game-used, it must mean Angels minor league game-used. And in 2000 he was at single-A Lake Elsinore. Look for him to be featured in a future Farm Boy post.

And for more icing on the cake, this awesome Topps Certified Dustin Mosely autograph card.

Be sure Johnny that if I come across any Rockies relics they're yours. Thanks for the trade.