International Card Exchange

Another cluster of cards from a Canadian friend. 

 

It's been a bit. Let's check out some more sports cards from a variety of sports! This latest batch comes from Sportscards from the Dollar Store, which I received back in May according to my very sophisticated system of records.

Chase Davis was the Cardinals first round pick last season (21st overall) and was recently promoted to High A ball. This little die-cut parallel card is from last year's Panini Elite Extra Edition set and is numbered to just 200. I'm slowly warming up to (some of) Panini's draft-style sets, although there's still a long way to go before I'll be actively seeking them out. I do really appreciate when people send me these types of cards as they can be hard to keep track of.

A huge chunk of the package was dedicated to my 2024 Topps Heritage needs. Buckstorecards was one of the big reasons why I was able to finish off the (low series, non-SP) base set earlier than usual this year.

It is almost football season already. Can you believe that? In less than a few weeks I'll be yammering on in this space again about the Ducks, so it's probably best that I find some more non-football content to post up throughout the rest of the summer and the fall.

Jeff Maehl was a converted defensive back and fan favorite in his time at UO.

I really wish that Upper Deck was still involved in making college football cards, because I tend to like them a lot more than other stuff that's out there these days. There are way too many fledgling companies involved now to keep track of, and checklist data can be unreliable at best, provided that you can find anything.

I definitely tune out the entirety of the NFL preseason, but will be paying attention to the Eagles again once that second weekend in September comes around. D'Andre Swift had a nice run for the Eagles but turned out to be one-and-done in Philly. (This is a silver Prizm parallel, by the way.)

Of course, it wouldn't be a proper Canadian card package without a little bit of the puck-and-ice (stick-and-puck?) This looks to be a card the player signed in person or sent through the mail. Fabbri has been with the Red Wings for several years, but played for the Blues back in the late 2010's.

Good Luck Ducks, Week 6: COLO

Is it too late to uninvite a school from a conference?

When the Ducks met Colorado in the Fiesta Bowl, it might have sounded like an amazing idea for the Buffaloes to one day be a part of the Pac-10. That was January 1, 2001. Since that fateful beatdown, Colorado's football program has been in a tailspin, putting together just two winning seasons and winning just 6 games since joining the conference for the beginning of the 2011 season. What was once a very tough school to play (in the '90s) has fallen on hard, and then very hard times.

This year's Buffaloes are essentially a one-player team, relying almost entirely on the talents of wide receiver Paul Richardson. It's tough to see Colorado giving Oregon much of a challenge this time around, even without star De'Anthony Thomas. Oregon simply has too many weapons. Even though this is a road game, I can't imagine Oregon playing in tougher conditions this season than the monsoon that they endured last week, where they put the game away early by capitalizing on many of Cal's mistakes. The Buffs will have to play razor sharp football to stay in this one.

Does that smack of overconfidence by a Duck fan such as myself? Probably. The fact is, until Oregon can play with someone at or near their level, the outcome of these games isn't going to be much of a mystery. Only Oregon can beat Oregon today, and that's something I don't even want to think about. Fortunately, a much tougher road test is lurking on the horizon. We'll talk about that one next week, however.

The last visit to Colorado saw Cliff Harris gifting Colorado their only points of the day. What a guy!

Game time is 3:00 PDT with national coverage on the Pac-12 Network. Go Ducks!