09 January 2016

Buying Cards for the Wrong Player Collection


A few months ago when I was starting a player collection for Daniel Norris I cast a pretty wide search net, probably at some point just doing a search on eBay for 'Topps Norris' or something. Some Derek Norris cards popped up in my feed and I thought something like, "Hey, I like that guy too! I'll get some of his cards!" So I wound up with a couple of random Derek Norris cards. One is this 2012 Bowman Chrome Draft Picks & Prospects card. It's a Bowman Chrome base card. I don't have a lot to say about it, really. I got it with combined shipping alongside one of the Daniel Norris cards I picked up.


The other card I wound up with is this 2012 Bowman Platinum Autograph Prospects Green Refractor. The green color accents of the parallels go nicely with Oakland's colors. It's serially-numbered with this being copy # 034 / 399. I got it for the starting bid of $0.99 plus a pretty minimal shipping cost.


Norris moved to the Padres for 2015, where I kind of lost track of him. I'm more of an American League guy anyway, so for the most part the National League passes me by without much notice. I do have a few NL teams that I kind of follow, but the Padres aren't really one of them. I think their old brown uniforms are pretty cool, though. I feel like I should have more connection to the Padres because I lived in San Diego for a couple of years, but it's just never really clicked for me. I do like the Padres blogs that are out there, though. Most of those folks have connections to San Diego, too, so I feel like we've got something in common.

Anyway, that's how I ended up with a couple of Derek Norris cards for my collection.

2 comments:

  1. I'm a Norris fan too. I was so bummed when the A's traded away Norris, but so glad he went to my other favorite team.

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    1. Trades and free agency are one of the difficult realities of being a sports fan. There are relatively few guarantees that your favorite players will stay with your favorite teams for any length of time.

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