Cards From An Offseason Break

 Hello Friends!

I'm back with a new post. I had some small health issues between posts but I'm ready to post something tonight. 

Over the holiday season, just after the World Series ended, a group of people I trade and interact with held a break for our little group. Well, when the break happened, Canada Post went on strike and it took a bit for the backlog at the border to clear to have USPS accept mail to Canada again. 

So, while others got their cards, logged, put away, and likely forgot about the cards from the break, mine got here last week. I'm not complaining. In fact, I was the one who was updating the group on the status of Canada Post. 

Anyway, I wanted to show some of the cards from that break. I believe there were a few extras thrown in. We broke 2024 Update, 2024 Holiday, and I think Stadium Club and maybe Prism from 2023.. I may be wrong. Anyway...

First card is one of the extras I mentioned. A Leaf Ed Sprague. 

It seems so long ago that Alek Manoah was considered anything but a walking injury. I hope he can recover enough to return.. 

A couple nice Vlads. 

Canadian Content always welcome. Bo Naylor!

It's kind of odd seeing Pat Gillick on a card. I checked TCDB and there's apparently 172 cards available. Mind you, it's Leaf and Panini with their endless parallels. I know for sure I have two, but may have three.. One looks very familiar. 

More Vlads!

Possibly the only time the Canada Day unis look good.. On a black card...

Davis Schneider! 

An image that, while I was intrigued of his signing, also feel shouldn't exist. 

I wanted so badly for Joey to be able to play in Toronto, but I'm kind of glad it ended in Buffalo, so he stays a Red in the Majors. 

The Mystical insert is.. Interesting? I guess??

I love these Allen and Ginter cards. 

Another Joey. I believe this one is either from Spring Training or a photoshopped uni again..

Vlad and Vlad and Davis round out the cards I wanted to show. I'm not quite sure what the play was on that Schneider card. I just like the photo. The angle on the Jr card reminds me of some cards from the Astrodome with that same perspective. 

I didn't show anything from the Holiday set because well.. I've never been a fan of Holiday. It's a set that shouldn't exist and has gotten progressively worse to me since it started. This year it was like someone just vomited Christmas onto a design software, created a card and hit print. 

Anyway, that was the break. I didn't show everything. I don't want to take up that much time. Thanks to the Team Collectors Forum for the break!