Today's Mail...

New card coming in on a trade for a Jason Giambi autograph and a nice Pujols Topps Pristine bat card.  This card is a 2005 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Miguel Cabrera autograph.  I've always liked the Sweet Spot cards, but found two problems with them.  First, the boxes of Sweet Spot are really iffy.  I think I've open half a dozen in my life and gave up on the last box when my Sweet Spot autograph was Mark Lorretta.  Not dissing Mark Lorretta, but you expect better with a nice box.  Second, some of the autographs fade over time or the quality was low when the cards were initially signed.  I have a Adam LaRoche (better than Lorretta?) that looked horrible out of the pack and has only gotten worse over time.  This Cabrera autograph however is great because I didn't have to buy a whole box of Sweet Spot cards and he did a great job of signing the card in black ink pen.  Cabrera is probably my favorite non-Cardinal and non-Ray that I collect at the moment.  My in-laws live in Northern Michigan and are big Tigers fans, so I pay attention to their games and love watching Cabrera.  Curious to see how he does this year playing third again and batting with Prince Fielder behind him.