Tuesday, April 26, 2016

new cards and an upgrade

Zach Eflin, was drafted by the Padres in 2012 and is now in the Phillies system.
Chip Ambres, Chip played in 24 games for the Padres 2008.
Justin Upton, Justin played in 150 games for the Padres last year and is currently with the Tigers.
Trevor Megill, Trevor was drafted by the Padres in 2014.
Eddie Rodriguez, Eddie is the first base coach for the Padres after two seasons as a minor league coordinator.
James Shields, this is an upgrade card.
With the five cards I now have 966 different Padres signatures.

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Ebay Haul


Found a couple of dealers who had just returned from spring training and picked up a few more current, former and future Padres.
Brandon Morrow, pitched for the Padres last year and is expected back from shoulder surgery soon.
Austin Allen, drafted by the Padres in 2015 and is currently catching at Ft. Wayne.
Marc "Scrabble" Rzepczynski, pitched for the Padres in 2015 and then was traded to the A's.
Alex Dickerson, played in a few games for the Padres in 2015 and is currently at AAA El Paso.
Colin Rea, pitched last year for the Padres and is currently pitching for the Padres.
Christian Bethancourt, came to the Padres in December 2015 and just hit a homerun for the Padres today.

I have cards in the mail for all of these guys put it has been over a month and they were fairly cheap on ebay.

Sunday, April 3, 2016

1957 Padres and Customs

 I picked some more 1957 Padres and got some customs back.
Bill Moran-Bill Moran played in San Diego in 1957 and 1959.  He went on to have a 7 year MLB career.
Bill Harrell-Bill Harrell played in San Diego in 1957 and would play in the majors for 4 seasons.
Gary Bell-Gary Wiese played in San Diego in 1957 and 1958 and would play in the majors for 12 seasons.
Earl Averill Jr.-Earl Averill Jr. played in San Diego in 1957 and 1958 and played in the majors for 7 seasons.
Jim "Mudcat" Grant-the orginial Mudcat Grant pitched in San Diego in 1957 and then played for 14 years in the majors.
Brian Dorsett-Brian played in 11 games for the Padres in 1991 in the middle of an 8 year major league career.
Mandy Romero-Mandy played in 27 games in San Diego in 1997 and 1998 before playing in Boston and Colorado.
Paul Doyle-Paul split 1970 between California and San Diego, starting 9 games for the Padres.
Steve Rosenberg-Steve appeared in 10 games for the Padres in 1991 finishing his major league career after three seasons with the White Sox.