[mi5v2]

Hello gang,

After taking a break for a few years, my girlfriend Ashleigh is slowly beginning to get back into the hobby (and will likely join the Beckett community soon ). Yesterday, she and I took a road trip down to Fort Wayne, Indiana to visit S&S Sport Spot, which is unfortunately one of the closest (1-1/2 hr drive) card shops that we have left to visit.

They had a few boxes of hockey that they were looking to clear out, so I picked those up for myself, and I asked Ash if she saw anything that tickled her fancy. She had spotted a box of 1999 Bowman Chrome Series 1, which was a set that she had been working on, so we threw that one on the pile.

I had noticed that they also had some newer wax on the shelf, including 2008 Bowman Chrome, 2010 Bowman Chrome, and 2011 Bowman. While Ash was distracted, I asked the owner to also grab the 2010 BC box for me, so that she would have something more to break, and a shot at an Austin Jackson auto RC (one of our favorite Tigers).

So, we both pulled up a couple chairs and ripped our wax. My breaks were pretty blah, but she had a small pile of goodies that she had set aside, which included a few of her favorite players, some inserts/parallels, and an auto from her 2010 box...


Elvin Soto Team USA auto



...but that wasn't all! ...


Then later on last night, I ask her if she was happy with her breaks. She said yes, that she got a few cool cards of players that she liked. I jokingly said "woulda been cool to hit a Jackson or Strasburg in that 2010 box though, huh?!" To which she casually replies..."I did get a Strasburg...but I technically don't have it yet, as it was one of those mail-in cards, so I have to scratch off and enter a code on the Topps website, and they will send it to me later."

So thinking that she's joking of course, lol, I ask her to go get it so that I could see what she was talking about...and yeah, it was definitely a redemption card...and yeah, it was definitely Strasburg...but not just for a regular auto'd base RC, but...

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...an auto'd PRESS PLATE 1/1!!




I said "that one wasn't in your pile at the card shop, was it"? She said "no, I kept that one separate from the pile, as it wasn't actually a card"!


Congrats again, Ash! Let's hope that he comes back to pitch better than ever in the 2012 season!

Josh

[cakeordeath]

That is absolutely amazing. Great story! Congrats to you both!

[chasescardcave]

Cool story... awesome card!!!

[jumpman23com]

Amazing pull, great story and great card!

[p18mann]

STRASBURG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chiefsncards275]

i cant even imagine how much u could get for that card

[torment]

Thats so epic haha nice pull

[mi5v2]

Thanks for all the comments, folks! It's a story that I won't soon forget, that's for sure!

chiefsncards275-It's always tough to say when it comes to 1/1's...I did notice that a 2010 Topps Chrome Strasburg auto plate sold a few days ago for a little over $400. I'm sure that it would've fetched a lot more about this time last year, but still nothing to sneeze at!

[johnxgodfree]

at least she didn't throw it out or give it away LOL

[bman12]

awesome pull i bet she could get closer to 700.00 for it.congrats on the pull and tell her welcome back because know she is hooked .