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Thursday, January 19, 2012

The Risk of Buying Autos in the Offseason

A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to win an ebay lot of nine autographed Cubs cards. Less than a month later, I'm left with one-third of them still on the team. Here's the rundown:


Carlos Marmol: Currently with the team
Carlos Zambrano: Traded to the Marlins
Angel Guzman: Signed with the Dodgers


Andrew Cashner (x2) : Traded to the Padres
Carlos Pena: Currently with the team
D.J. LeMahieu: Traded to the Rockies
Sean Marshall: Traded to the Reds
Marlon Byrd: Currently with the team

Oh well. That's what happens when your team rebuilds. Still some great looking cards, and hopefully my loss will lead to a great amount of success down the road.

EDIT: And with Pena signing with the Rays, that brings me to 2/9.

7 comments:

  1. I think Pena is a free agent and unlikely to be back. They really seem to be shopping Byrd too, not to mention Marmol.

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  2. That's the joy of baseball cards though. These guys are forever Cubbies on these cards. I still collect cards of former Rockies as long as the Colorado uniform or name is on the card.

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  3. I like that OPC auto...nice simple clean design.

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  4. I agree with Hiflew...those are Cubbie autos and always will be.

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  5. Don't get me wrong, I still love all these cards and will keep each one of them, I was just surprised, when I looked at it, just how many of them are no longer with the team, just one month later. I think that's the fun with the hobby though. Just when you think you are getting somewhere, these things happen, which give you a whole lot more players to go after and an optimistic look to the season ahead.

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