My fall break has finally arrived and I have a few weeks to spend doing the things that I want to do. This is my second break of the year, with winter break being first. Other schools are just starting up and I am already a quarter of the way through my school year. I spent the weekend on total relax mode which meant no posts, but I got to spend some good time with my parents, wife, and son. Even went to a college football game and almost saw my alma mater, NC State, pull over a huge upset against Florida State. The NC State quarterback is awesome....
So, what to do with the rest of my break? I am going to do a little bit of traveling, but I also have a stack of cards sitting on my desk which need to be scanned and shown a little love on this blog. I might also open a few boxes. Bowman Chrome just came out and I have a jumbo box sitting at my local card shop. Stadium Club looks cool too. So, here's the first of my cards I need to catch up on....
I am a pretty big fan of Rays pitcher Brad Boxberger. He briefly appeared for the Durham Bulls this year, after coming over from the Padres in a trade, and was lights out. I even saw him close out a no hitter for Mike Montgomery. After he was called up to the Rays he continued to dominate posting a 5-2 record with a 2.37 ERA, 104 strikeouts in 64 innings of work, and ERA+ of 158. Kind of flying under the radar.
His rookie card is apart of the 2009 Donruss Elite set which featured draft picks in their college uniforms. These patches are really cool and have always been some of my favorite prospect cards to find. It's too bad they do not make these anymore. Anyway, Boxberger was a USC Trojan and is shown on his card in a Southern Cal uni with a patch and an autograph. This is my second copy of the card and was extraordinarily cheap on COMC.
Another one of these in a day or so, but until then if you have never seen Boxberger in action.....
Sweet card! I have a few of those patches in my collection as well.
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