I don’t know if I’ve ever scanned as much for a post as I did with the 2nd half of the great envelope that Gavin from Baseball Card Breakdown sent me.12 scans! What was I thinking. I might have to go on the DL with scanner’s elbow…All kidding aside, Gavin did a great job at knocking a bunch of Blue Jays off the want list.A 6 pack of Heritage, including 3 high numbers! There was actually 8 cards total in the Heritage portion, leaving me with just a couple more Bautista high number versions to go.There were 7 ’99 Bowman cards in the lot, Vernon Wells didn’t make the cut because he appears later on.There were just 5 2000 Bowman cards, so I threw in a 2000 Topps Chrome Tony Fernandez to make the scan a little more even. A couple of ’85 Fleer Limited Editions that I thought I already had, but didn’t. The 9 of Spades represented by Tom Candiotti is also new to the collection.Told you Vernon would show up later, as part of a duo of ’06 Fleer Showcase cards. This is just the start of the Roy Halladay cards.2007 Heritage 2005 Donruss. Can’t believe I still need a couple more of these.A little Gold Label for you. Sorry drinkers, no Red or Blue Labels here… Finish up the base cards with Billy Koch from Topps 2000 (yes, I still need some of these as well). This segues into…1998 Best Billy Koch autograph! I believe it’s the first minor league auto card of a Blue Jay that I own. It’s already on the Just the Hits–Blue Jays page.This next one was even better..2004 Topps Chrome Dave Stieb autograph!! My favorite all time Blue Jays pitcher, I now have 2 copies of this card, and wouldn’t mind owning more. Shame on me for not adding the other one I had to the hits page before.Last but certainly not least, Gavin sent me a couple cards that I really got a kick out of pulling from the envelope.A couple of his customs.A Vin Scully card!! Can’t beat that no way no how. I am going to miss hearing his voice once he retires. A true broadcasting legend, there will never be another like him. The Josh Donaldson card was actually in the envelope twice, so I have an extra one for any of my fellow Blue Jays bloggers/collectors if they want.Gavin, a fantastic envelope, thank you very much!!! Let’s not wait a couple of years before the next trade, shall we?thanks for reading, Robert
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