2011 Summer Clearance Trade with Nachos Grande

The second package of cards I got in the 2011 Summer Clearance Trade was from Chris at Nachos Grande. It was a nice stack of cards. Most were dups but there were 12 cards I needed. I'm quite satisfied again. At $2.50 for postage, that works out to about 20 cents per card. Works for me. I got these a bit out of order.

2004 Upper Deck Vintage #27 Richard HidalgoUpper Deck Vintage, Upper Deck's attempt to duplicate Topps Heritage from the heritage they don't have buy stealing card designs of the past.

2008 Upper Deck Goudey #83 Hunter PenceGoudey is a design from the past that they paid for. Apparently Fleer owned the Goudey name and designs.

1997 Collector's ChoiceI didn't buy much of this set. I have all of the Phillies cards from the set since I bought the Phillies cards on eBay last year.
But I didn't have too many of the Astros.
This is now the only 1997 Luis Gonzalez card I have for some reason.
This guy appeared in all of 52 games for the Astros, all in 1997. There are only 2 cards featuring him in an Astros uniform that I know of.
Abreu was still not a regular player in 1997, his last with the Astros. In 1998 he'll be with the Phillies and his career will take off.

1998 Collector's Choice StarQuest Special Delivery #21 Richard HidalgoIf you though those Star Quest cards that Upper Deck saddled us with for a few years were a new idea, think again. They used the same concept in mid to late 1990s Collector's Choice cards.

2003 Upper Deck Honor Roll #35 Jeff Kent
2003 Upper Deck Honor Roll #85I had exactly 2 cards from this set and they were both Lance Berkman cards. I'll take every Craig Biggio card I can find.

2005 UD All-Star Classics #92 Mike SchmidtMan, I love this card. But I already had it.

2007 Topps Allen & Ginter #196 Brad AusmusAs much as I've always liked Allen & Ginter, I didn't really get on the A&G bandwagon until 2008. So I don't have many cards from the 2007 set.

2007 Topps Heritage #251I didn't buy too many cards from this set either. Flash Gordon signed an $18 million 3-year contract with the Phillies in 2006 and responded with 34 saves that year. But he had rotator cuff surgery in May of 2007 and was never really effective again.