Lots of the Same

Watching some boob tube before the Michigan basketball game starts tonight and figured I could knock out a post.

This former Wolverine has some pro cards but not many and most of what I have are parallels of one card.

This would be one of those parallels. This is the On Demand Mini of James Bourque. It's my 5th version of that card and I only have 6. He only has 43 cards listed on TCDB and 24 are versions of this card, 15 versions of a Bowman Chrome auto and 4 different minor league cards. So basically, it's not surprising that I have 5 of this card. The one bonus is those 6 cards have me at #1 on TCDB.

More to come

I took some time this morning to catch myself up on the cards I've had come in in the last week. I got a few from Fred as well as some I picked up yesterday at the show even though I wasn't going to buy anything. The bad part was I ended up having to scan over half of them for the TCDB so it took longer than I was hoping. That also means I got some good cards if there weren't that many images yet.

You don't get to see any of those today though because the random said so. Today you get a Michigan player collection who I haven't added to in just over 2 years.

I got this in my mailbox from Sportlots. I had a couple of them shipped direct because it cost the same and this was one of them. This is the 150th Anniversary version, it's also the 4th variation I have of that card with more to come when the rest of my Sportlots order gets here.

This is only my 5th card of James Bourque but it puts me in a tie for the most of TCDB. He only has 43 listed so that would be why.

Blue is back! Almost.

Hey, you finally get a non White Sox post which is great because we've sucked ass this week. The great random in the laptop must sense my feelings so he's giving us a break on the Sox cards. We're also getting something that has been ramping up and getting ready to start. The last Michigan post were new player collections. These are the players I already had cards of.

Obviously I wasn't talking about Michigan baseball starting up so I'll get these out of the way first. These 2 give me 4 of James Bourque, sadly, 3 of those are different versions of this card. The other is an auto so there is that. I just checked TCDB and he basically has 2 pro cards. The auto that I have and this one, and 37 different versions of those 2 cards. These are the rainbow and gold version.

This is my 3rd card of Tommy Henry. The other 2 are his Bowman Draft cards so why not go forward with a minor league card from this year.

These 4 of Devin Bush give me 5 as I only had 1 other before. The top 2 obviously go with the Michigan collection as well. I thought I would be able to grab more of his but he had a pretty good rookie season so his cards have gone up.

Shea's cards, however, aren't too hard to pick up as he barely dipped into the pro pond and I don't believe he is even in it now. These 2 give me 6 of his cards. Not surprisingly, all his cards are in Michigan uniforms which is better for me but doesn't bode well for him.

I also grabbed 4 more of DPJ giving me 6 of his. All 6 are Michigan uniforms as well. Last I remember, he signed with Cleveland and as far as I know, he is still there.

So there's your break from Sox cards but don't worry I have plenty more to come. Especially when I get into the huge box of not only cards but other Sox items that Jeff (not me, 2x3 Heroes) sent me. I'm looking forward to getting more in depth with that box this weekend.

3 Singles

* I put my January purchases on random for today's post.

I pulled up one of my single card purchases (player collection) so instead, I'm going to drop 3 of my single card purchases in one post. They are all related as they are all previous Michigan alumns.

We'll start with the only of the 3 that also goes to the Michigan collection. Just because they took the wings off his helmet doesn't mean you can fool me. This is my 10th card of Chesson. I already had the gold version of this so now I have the base to go with it.

I also picked up another Caris LeVert for his collection. This is my 12th card of LeVert and I have none in a Michigan jersey. I'm not sure I've ever seen one either.

Last but not least, the actual card that got randomned for this post. James Bourque was my last player collection to start (until I get my next cards from Sportlots). This is only my 2nd card of his as I just started his collection last month. As of now, TCDB only shows 41 total cards so hopefully that will go up so I have a better chance of continuing this collection. I'm thinking if he's getting these kind of cards, maybe some Bowman this year? He was in last years, but only autographs.

New PC Collection

I got a couple more cards, both Michigan men again. One is a PC I've had for a few years, the other is the first card of his new PC.

I'm not sure I've ever seen this card before but now I have, and in person. I picked up this Maize and Blue Funchess for $.35/shipped. This is my 38th card of him.

This is a new collection as he was drafted out of Michigan back in 2014. This is the first card I've even seen of him, not that I've been looking heavily. According to TCDB, he only has 35 cards to begin with. I picked this up for $2.13/shipped.