Operation Fig Tree: Have You Seen Kevin Slowey?

SHARPE'S MOST WANTED 2009 GOUDEY CARDS
#121 KEVIN SLOWEY

Well, it's down to three cards, and I'll just name drop everyone right here. Kevin Slowey, Bob Gibson, and Carlos Gonzalez. Those are my marks.

But here, I present to you Mr. Kevin Slowey. He of the underachieving Minnesota Twins. My current hometown team. I need him. Need him bad, and I know someone out there has him, because someone out there has had everyone else.

Kevin Youkilis, Roy Oswalt, and Phil Coke were found by my good friend Brian.
Matt Holiday came from Baseball Dad.
And Vlad Guerrero came over from JD's Wild Cardz.

Those were the first 5 of the 8 I need to complete my 2009 Goudey base set and I'm aiming to knock this out in the final days of summer.

I'm still looking to trade off a pile of A&G base cards, and I may be able to make some other creative offers. Please let me know if you've seen Mr. Slowey.

Belated Mail Day - Part 2: A Package From Baseball Dad

Really, honestly, you people are too kind. I mean that.

Especially you, Baseball Dad.

Although I consider the package I received late last week the first part of a "cards to be named later" trade, I was very heppy with what I found.

First of all, thank you for helping my narrow my 2009 Goudey base set search down to 5 cards by sending over Matt Holiday.



That alone would have me on the lookout for any cool Indians cards to send you way. However, your generosity didn't stop there. You sent along a stack of Brewers and Twins cards for me to pour over and enjoy. And I did.

I wanted to post my favorite from the stack.



It's a Cecil Cooper Purina card, licensed by Topps. It's a great photo of Coop, who was one of my favorite childhood Brewer heroes. The best part is I'll get to spend a little bit of today tracking down the origins of this set and maybe trying to find more.

Thank you also for the other Brewers and Twins cards that I'll certainly be able to use in trade with my good friends Cole and Alex. These kids enjoy getting adding to their Brewers and Twins binders and usually have some cards I need for sets to trade. It's a win-win situation.

Operation Fig Tree: Have You Seen Roy Oswalt?

SHARPE'S MOST WANTED 2009 GOUDEY CARDS #80 ROY OSWALT





Thanks again to Baseball Dad for knocking the Holliday card off my list. He'll be receiving a card to be named later (possibly of the Indians variety) in exchange. I'm sure I can find something worthy.

I'd like to have ya'll take a look for Roy Oswalt for me. 2009 Goudey #80, in case you missed it. You name your "price" in trade.

7 Is The Magic Number

So here's the Operación Higuera update. The curious case of the missing Kevin Youlkilis has yet to be solved, but fellow bloggers have stepped forward to produce 2 of the other 9 cards I'm missing to bring the total down to 7.

Mike, from JD's Wild Cardz, is sending over both of these cards:



Vlad, The Impaler




And, a short print of Brooks Robinson that I need as well.

In exchange for these two cards, I'm sending Mike 4 Allen & Ginter cards he needs for his 2009 set.

I've also been informed by Steve at White Sox Cards that he's got #87 John Lackey waiting for me.



Thanks guys.

OPERATION FIG TREE: HAVE YOU SEEN KEVIN YOUKILIS?

SHARPE'S MOST WANTED 2009 GOUDEY CARDS #25

KEVIN YOUKILIS

WEEE WOOOO WEEEE WOOO!! Have you seen this card? Maybe lying around next to some blasters you destroyed back in May? Maybe underneath a pile of Allen & Ginter wrappers? Next to the 1972 Topps set you are trying to complete? Somewhere near your Jorge Julio jersey relic? Or maybe lying on top of a stack of Big Papi cards you're thinking about burning. I don't know where he is, but if you've got him. I want to trade for him.

This will be my first in a series of pleas for the last remaining cards to finish off the 2009 Goudey base set. Although I think it needs a catchy nickname to get some press. Let's call it Operation Fig Tree. Or in Spanish, that's Operación Higuera.