Thunder from Down Under

I hope no one gets the wrong idea from the title of the post. This post is strictly baseball/baseball card related. Come on people!

This 1996 Pinnacle Aficionado card came in a package recently from Jeroen, The Dutch Card Guy.

I was planning on having it be a part of my Commenting on cards from The Dutch Card Guy (Part #5) post, but after a little research I knew it needed its own post.

I saw the "a.k.a THUNDER" on the back and wondered how Dave Nilsson got a nickname like Thunder. Then I realized that he's from Australia, so you see, Dave Nilsson is literally Thunder from Down Under.

The only thing that would make this better is if it listed his birthplace on the back of the card.

Commenting on cards from The Dutch Card Guy (Part #4)

The Dutch Card Guy sent me a package of cards recently that included these 2009 Bowman and Bowman Chrome cards of Josh Collmenter.

Collmenter has had a pretty good season and I'll never forget his 3 hit shutout against the Reds this season where he faced the minimum of 27 batters. 

Collmenter has a unique delivery which can be seen here.

Commenting on cards from The Dutch Card Guy (Part #1)

The Dutch Card Guy recently sent me a package that contained these two cards.  They are 1999 Topps Stars cards of Travis Lee. Both cards are #39. As you can see, Topps took the same photo and then just cropped it for the second card. I did a little research and it looks like there are at least 4 versions of each card from the 1999 Topps Stars set, with each one being cropped from the same initial photo.

So what do you think? Is this another case of Topps being lazy or is it a cool concept? Is it something that you would like them to do today?

2 Unexpected Packages from The Dutch Card Guy and Cervin' Up Cards

On Monday I got 2 unexpected packages in the mail! Now, unexpected cards are always AWESOME, but when you recently committed to not making any card related purchases, unexpected cards in the mail are even more AWESOME!

The Dutch Card Guy hooked me up from overseas with a bunch of D-Backs cards as a thank you for helping him secure a mini metal Rizzo card for his collection! Thanks Jeroen!

Here are just a couple of the cards that he sent. More will follow with commentary.

I was then Zippy Zapped by Kenny of the blog Cervin' Up Cards! Thanks Kenny!

Here are a few of the cards he sent. More will follow with commentary.