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pghbuccos

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today I received the last card I needed to complete my run of Jason Bay rookie cards.

2002 Finest X-Fractors Protectors /99
2002FinestXFractorsProtectors.jpg

here they all are together...

2002Bowman.jpg2002BowmanChrome.jpg2002BowmanChromeGoldRefractors.jpg

2002BowmanChromeRefractors.jpg2002BowmanChromeXFractors.jpg2002BowmanGold.jpg

2002bowmansbest.jpg
2002bowmansbestblue.jpg
2002BowmansBestGold.jpg

2002bowmansbestred.jpg
2002BowmanHeritage.jpg
2002Finest-1.jpg


2002FinestRefractors.jpg2002FinestXFractors.jpg2002FinestXFractorsProtectors.jpg

2002Topps.jpg2002Topps2.jpg2002Topps3.jpg

2002ToppsChrome.jpg2002ToppsChromeBlackRefractor.jpg2002ToppsChromeGoldRefractors.jpg

2002ToppsGold.jpg2002ToppsGoldLabel.jpg2002ToppsGoldLabelClass1.jpg

2002ToppsGoldLabelClass2.jpg
2002ToppsGoldLabelClass3Titanium.jpg
2002ToppsHeritage.jpg

2002ToppsHeritagechrome.jpg2002ToppsTotal.jpg2002ToppsTraded.jpg

2002ToppsTradedChrome.jpg2002ToppsTradedChromeBlackRefractor.jpg2002ToppsTradedChromeRefractors.jpg

2002ToppsTradedGold.jpg

after looking at these I really need to rescan most of them.
 

carlitoson

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Congrats on the milestone!
It's not often you see a guy featured w/ 3 different teams on his FY cards.
 

MacK

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I just love the awesome Photoshop skills displayed on the 2002 Topps Traded Padres card. (;
 

mrwhitesox30

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It's too bad they couldn't have come up with a single interesting photo for one of his cards. You put way more work into finding the cards than they did putting them together. Was Bay a highly touted rookie or a late bloomer?
 

pghbuccos

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thefatguy thanks Jesse. the 3 hardest to find were Topps Chrome Traded Refractor, Topps Gold Label Titanium /100 and the Finest X-Fractors Protectors /99.

carlitoson thanks and yes 3 different teams in one year is rare especially before he made his MLB debut.

jay1065 thanks

Skorris CCBC yeah it funny how they used the same pic on all those different cards.

EricChavezCollector3 thanks Chad. I would say he ad a few too many cards in 2002.

mrwhitesox30 that's true. he was definitely a late bloomer.
 

goblue6919

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Nice stuff. Whats his best rookie the bowman chrome?

Speaking of Bay... he is moving into a house about 0.3 miles away from mine...
 

pghbuccos

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darrend505 thanks Darren

jarcar thanks Jared. yeah it feels good to have all of his rookie cards after almost 4 years of collecting him.

1995BBRefractorGuy thanks. it's certainly different that he has 3 rookie cards with 3 teams.

goblue6919 thanks. the best and most expensive was the Bowman Chrome Gold Refractor. that's pretty cool he is going to live so close to you.

scotty21690 HUGE THANKS Scott.
 

carlitoson

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I realized that I had this one and didn't see it pictured. The whole "uncirculated" thing is silly IMO (too easy to fake), and I don't remember when/how I picked this up exactly. Perhaps there's a way to look up the number to confirm the card's legitimacy(?) I don't know. :?

Anyway; it's been packed away in a rookie box of mine for years. Let me know if you need it.

JBayUncirc.jpg
 

pghbuccos

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chashawk thanks Charlie. must have been nice to only have 1 rookie card to chase.

carlitoson I actually have that "uncirculated" card and the Chrome version but like you said they are pretty easy to fake so I didn't count them towards completion. thank you for the offer though.

Bowman Uncirculated
2002Bowman1Uncirculated.jpg

Bowman Chrome Uncirculated
2002BowmanChromeUncirculated.jpg

also a minor league card which I didn't count towards completion

St. Lucie Mets Grandstand
2002StLucieMetsGrandstand.jpg
 

nevermore

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Nice work! Those Topps Chrome Black Refractors are impossible to find, I'm surprised that wasn't the one holding you back.

Do you find that his Mets RCs outsell the others now that he is back in NY?
 

pghbuccos

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nevermore thank you. I actually did have a hard time getting both of the Topps Black Refractors but this is only the 3rd copy of the Finest X-Fractors Protectors I have seen. I am not sure if the Mets rookie cards are selling better now that he is a Met again. I haven't really been tracking prices recently although it would be interesting to know.

jeff550 thanks Jeff
 

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