Okay, this post is inspired by this entry over at Hand Collated. Like him, I tend to forget about the Topps Million Card Giveaway until I read a post about it. And like Hand Collated, I didn’t really have anything special in my collection. In fact, I only had three cards: ’87 Winfield, ’05 Carpenter, and an ’07 Glaus. No great shakes, really. Certainly nothing worth paying postage for. Anyways, a long time ago, I proposed a trade to some random dude offering those three cards for a 1970 Lowell Palmer card. And then I forgot about it because I knew it was a long shot. I mean, I had previously offered those cards for an ’86 Marty Barrett (my all-time favourite player) and was rebuffed.

So I just checked my account and lo and behold, the guy accepted my offer and now I own a 1970 Lowell Palmer card. Not only that, but someone is offering me a 1969 Ron Willis card for it. This could potentially turn into One Red Paperclip all over again and I could end up with a ’52 Mantle.

BUT!

Do you think I’d actually ever trade this kick-ass card?

The only card I’d trade Lowell Palmer for is another Lowell Palmer!

Which one would you prefer?

Lowell Palmer FTW!