Nationals Countdown to Opening Day
Written by Steve on February 6th, 2010Chris from On Card Autos contacted me a couple weeks ago and we arranged a Cubs-for-Nationals trade. He sent me an impressive collection of over two hundred 2005-2009 Nationals cards (with a couple 2004 Expos thrown in for good measure). Since I almost exclusively buy Topps flagship, I probably would have never seen any of these brands of cards if it weren’t for Chris. Thanks Chris!
Now since there are quite a few cards here and I like to have my cards neatly organized in my database, I’m going to take my time integrating these cards into my collection. What I’ve come up with is the “25 Years of Baseball Nationals Countdown to Opening Day”. Each day from today until Nationals Opening Day on April 5, I’ll introduce some of the new Nationals cards I acquired from this trade.
With 58 days left ’til Nationals Opening Day, here’s the first selection of Nats:
2004 Ultra #250 Nick Johnson
2005 National Pastime #23 Brad Wilkerson
2006 SP Authentic #24 Austin Kearns
2007 UD Masterpieces #67 Ryan Zimmerman
2008 UD A Piece of History #150 Justin Maxwell (Rookie)
2009 Topps Allen and Ginter #174 John Lannan
