Casual Cards XXC : Ryan Wiegand

Casual Cards XXC -Ryan Wiegand 2010 Bowman Chrome BCP174

Bowman Chrome, one of the most popular sets of a year, but doesn't scan to well.

Wiegand played first base for the Southern Division All Stars in the 2007 NECBL All star game,
representing Newport Gulls, The Southern Team had Catcher Ryan Lavarnway & pitcher Stephen Strasburg.

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Martyn

Casual Cards LXXVII : Vincent Jackson '10 Prime

Casual Cards LXXVII - Vincent Jackson 2010 Topps Prime #51

This is good card stock.

The 6'5 30 year old native of Colorado, is now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Martyn

Casual Cards LXXVI : Alexei Ramirez TDIH

Casual Cards LXXVI - Alexei Ramirez 2010 Topps Allen & Ginter This Day in History #TDH69

Want a steady guy up the middle for your line up?
Alexei should be your guy.

He may get you 30 steals & Home Runs combined, but he will turn DP's & Out's are a valuable commodity.

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Martyn

Casual Cards LXI : Foltynewicz Platinum

Casual Cards LXI - Mike Foltynewicz 2011 Bowman Platinum #BPP48

A beautiful shiny card, the best Astro card of 2011?

Drafted 19th overall in 2010 by Houston, it was the Astro's second pick as compensation. Delino DeShields Jr was Houston's 1st pick at #8.

Foltynewicz came from Minooka High School, Illinois & is a right handed pitcher. Drafted 6 places behind All Star Chris Sale.

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MJ

Casual Cards XLVIII : Jon Garland

Casual Cards XLVIII - Jon Garland 2010 Topps Update #US166

Garland has been a journeyman since leaving the White Sox in 2007.  Chicago drafted him 10th overall in 1997.

Garland's Stat's:

Games Played: 353
Innings Pitched: 2083.1
Complete Games: 11
Win - Loss: 132-119
Earned Runs: 1001
Strike Outs: 1124
WHIP: 1.38
ERA: 4.32

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MJ

Casual Cards XXXIX : Stephen Parker Purple

Casual Cards XXXIX - Stephen Parker 2010 Bowman Chrome Prospect Purple Refractor #BCP177

What's ace is opening Bowman Chrome, seeing you have a refractor and wondering have you got the #1 overall draft pick.

809/899

 Parker's 2012 AAA Numbers:
(Sacramento River Cats)

Games played: 99
Runs: 43
Hits: 84
Doubles: 13
Homers: 7
Total Bases: 128
RBI's: 47
Steals: 5
Average: .277

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MJ

Casual Cards XXXIII : Travis Zajac

Casual Cards XXXIII - Travis Zajac 2010 Panini Score #293

The first NHL card of the series is here, I like Panini cards and Score is a beautiful set 2014 Score Baseball?

Zajac should be in his prime but thanks to the lock out he's not making the most of his prime, Drafted 20th overall by the Devils in 2004 he made his debut in 2006 he only missed 2 games that season.

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MJ 

Casual Cards XXXII : Jim Edmonds

Casual Cards XXXII - Jim Edmonds 2010 Topps Update US-178

The 4 Time All Star is 55th all time in Home Runs with 393.

 Edmonds' Stat's:

Games Played: 2011
Hits: 1949
Runs: 1251
RBI's: 1199
Homers: 393
Steals: 67
Total Bases: 3615
Average: .284

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MJ

Casual Cards XXIX : Ike Davis Gold

Casual Cards XXIX : Ike Davis 2010 Topps update #US-14 Rookie Debut Gold /2010

Rookie Debut April 19th 2010, Drafted 18th overall in the 2008 draft by the Mets.

Davis had a good 2010, a better 2011 but struggled last year.

His Stats:

Games Played: 339
Hits: 295
Runs: 159
RBI's: 186
Homers: 58
Average: .252

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MJ

Casual Cards XXII : LA Lakers

Casual Cards XXII - LA Lakers 2010 Donruss #290

I like team cards, here's one of the most iconic teams in world sports.

Team Checklist, some huge names there.

Here's how the Lakers did in 2010-11

Win - Loss: 57 - 25
Win %: .695
2nd in Western Conference
Lakers were swept by eventual champions Dallas in the Conference Semi Finals.

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MJ

Casual Cards XI : Elton Brand

Casual Cards XI - Elton Brand 2010 Panini Rookies & Stars #12

Power Forward for the Mavericks, here Brand is with the Sixers.
though he started his NBA career with the Chicago Bulls.

As always Panini's design is spot on.

Brands Stat's (up to 9th January 2013)

Games Played: 892
Rebounds: 8282
Assists: 2034
Blocks: 1656
Steals: 843
Points: 15944
FG%: .501
FT%: .739

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MJ

Casual Cards IV : Hideki Matsui

January 4th 2013 - Hideki Matsui 2010 Topps Update US-10

The World Series MVP of 2009, moved to Anahiem.

Matsui only played 34 games in 2012 for the Rays.

Matsui's MLB Stat's:

Games Played: 1236
Hits: 1253
Home Runs: 175
RBI's: 760
Walks: 547
Average: .282

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MJ