One of the draws to my new job in Kansas was less travel. At the peak of my career from a travel perspective I was going 2-4 nights/week about 3 weeks per month. Since relocating here over the summer, I think I have only gone on 4 trips, less than 1/month. I have been trying to limit the trips as much as possible - for example I flew out to Los Angeles last week and left on a 6:40 AM flight on Monday and returned on a 6:25 PM flight on Tuesday. The quick turnaround didn't allow me to stop by my old LCS even through I drove right by the exit.
However, about 5 weeks ago I traveled to Sacramento for a couple meetings and made a week of it. I decided to stay a little longer so I could visit my mom and a couple of friends in the evenings. I also found time to look for any card shops. I believe there are a few in the area, I happened to track one down near the down town area. It had a couple good yelp reviews.
When I entered, it was dominated by non-sports stuff. Lots of comic books, Magic and Pokeman cards, etc. They did have a few packs of sports cards on the wall and a display case. The display case had some stacks of Giants, A's, 49ers and Raiders but was pretty disheveled and disorganized. Most of the Giants I could see were already part of my collection but I saw this guy peeking out:
It had a $30 price tag on it which I thought was slightly high but not too out of range for a 4 color patch. I picked up a couple packs of Heritage High Number and Heritage Minors and the guy knocked $5 off the price of this card. Nothing of note in the packs but I was pretty happy to bring this beauty home for just over the price of a blaster.
Sweet patch!
ReplyDeleteI think my favorite part of travel, for work or for pleasure, is finding new card stores.
Hey - that has the gold trim on the patch. That's not one of the normal uniforms but from their World Champs unis they wore. Didn't they only wear those for a single game or over the opening day series?
ReplyDeleteCorrection: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/15154546/uni-watch-friday-flashback-mlb-opening-day-glitters-gold
No - that is their base setup. I didn't realize gold was a part of their home uniforms.
Glad you're able to still get back to the Golden State, Adam! There's a shop south of downtown that I've done a bit of business with, D&P cards - check it out on your next visit and call me in advance!
ReplyDeletelooks like 5 colors counting the white.
ReplyDeleteThat's a neat Patch.
ReplyDeleteWhen I travel I look for two things, cards and beer!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely one of my favorite travel activities. Found a couple in the NYC back in February, as well as a couple near Arlington, VA.
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