Trade Me Anything Is Back!

After a one-year hiatus, Trade Me Anything will be back.  Traditionally, this event has begun in late October or early November, but this year we're moving things to January.  Just wanted to give everyone the heads-up so you have time to scrounge around for something to trade.  See you at the beginning of Card-vent.

 

Merry Lynchmas!

 

 

And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round them: and they were sore afraid.

 

2025 Card-vent Calendar: December 24, 2025

December 24, 2025:

1992 DC Cosmic Cards #137 Mr. Nebula 

Yeah, it doesn't sound great on paper, but the Eiffel Tower decorated to resemble a Christmas tree kind of does it for me.  Apparently this extremely deep cut of a character was a piss take on Marvel's Galactus.  He can modify the shape, color, and texture of any object, and it looks like he's using his powers for good here?  And it that a smile?  Not very villainy if you ask me.
 

 And tomorrow... a savior.

2025 Card-vent Calendar: December 23

December 23, 2025:

1995 Upper Deck SP Championship Series #36 Barry Larkin

Sometimes, a card featuring a great player making a great play in the field is all you need to get the job done.  Good work today, Card-vent Calendar
 

2025 Card-vent Calendar: December 22

December 22, 2025:

1994 Upper Deck Minor League #49 Rick Greene

Rick played in exactly one baseball game in his career, a 10-1 loss to my Milwaukee Brewers on June 19, 1999.  After Reds starter Ron Villone got rocked for 6 runs while recording only a single out, Greene put in 5.2 innings of serviceable mop-up duty, giving up two home runs (Jose Valentin, Dave Nilsson).  One game isn't much of a career, but it's more than most of us ever get.

 

It doesn't give you license to dance around like an asshole, though.

2025 Card-vent Calendar: December 21

December 21, 2025:

2018 Topps #FP-15 Bill Withers First Pitch

If today goes as well as I hope it does, it's going to be the loveliest day I've had in quite some time, followed by a string of even lovelier days.

 

One day last year my wife got sick and I went to Target to pick up her prescription.  The pharmacy wasn't set to open for another ten or fifteen minutes, but this song came on over the in-store speakers, and it made all the frustration and hassle of waiting just go away.  Bill Withers is the man.

2025 Card-vent Calendar: December 20

December 20, 2025:

1997 Fleer #10 Andy Pettitte Team Leader Die-Cut

It's an odd choice to cut the border of a card to match the outline of a player's face.  I can't find any more of these in my collection, so I'm assuming each is sculpted a little differently?  These are the questions worth asking.

 

By the way, I had a female roommate in college who once remarked that Andy Pettitte looked like a child molester.  Not sure where that came from, but I'm going with that it's "no news is good news" for Andy in 2025.  By all accounts, he's a decent guy.