What to my wondering eyes should appear...

But mail from Gcrl, in a manila bubble mailer.

The mail on Saturday brought a pleasant suprise. Gcrl had posted that he would send me some cards a little while back to help out a newbie collector. What a wonderful mailer full of cards he sent. Since I've stating I'm going to start my collection by gathering up Kansas City Royals cards from 2005 to present, plus my fantasy team, he sent me 52 different Royals cards from various sets and two for my fantasy team. Since I'm completely new to this addiction, I might not get all these sets named correctly, but I'll try to detail what he sent me, and tonight I will scan a couple of my favorites to share.

This post is as much for me as it is anyone else, finding out what sets these cards are in was an education for me. I found that between http://www.teamsets4u.com/ and http://www.checkoutmycards.com/ I was able to find every one of them and attribute them to the correct set (I hope).

The list is pretty long, 54 cards in all, enjoy.

2006
Upper Deck Update:
1090 - Buddy Bell

2007
Topps Series 1:
27 - Joey Gathright
146 - Luke Hudson
184 - Gil Meche
262 - Ryan Braun
303 - Mark Grudzielanek

Upper Deck Masterpieces:
83 - Billy Butler

Goudey Red/Green Backs:
137 - David DeJesus (Green)
144 - Mike Sweeney (Red)

Upper Deck Series 2:
123 - Mitch Maier
131 - Todd Wellemeyer
735 - Octavio Dotel
748 - David DeJesus

2008
Upper Deck Timeline:
43 - Alex Gordon

Upper Deck Series 2:
524 - Shane Costa
526 - Mark Teahen
776 - Jose Guillen

Topps T205:
TCP4 - Luke Hochevar

Topps Chrome Refractors:
183 - Billy Butler

Bowman:
37 - Gil Meche

Topps Stadium Club:
101 - Luke Hochevar

Topps Heritage:
86 - Alex Gordon
236 - Mark Grudzielanek
239 - Zack Greinke

Topps Series 1/2/Update:
46 - Zack Greinke
189 - Esteban German
208 - David Dejesus
210 - Mark Teahen
222 - Mark Grudzielanek
577 - John Buck
585 - Brian Bannister
UH109 - Alberto Callaspo (1060/2008)

2009
Upper Deck Series 1/2:
494 - Joakim Soria
678 - Zack Greinke

Topps Chrome Refractors:
26 - David DeJesus
167 - Joakim Soria

Upper Deck Goudey:
84 - Joakim Soria

Topps Heritage:
108 - John Buck
135 - Devon Lowery
196 - Alex Gordon
308 - Zack Greinke
353 - Luke Hochevar
367 - David DeJesus
413 - Kansas City Royals Team Card

2010
Upper Deck Series 1:
240 - Jose Guillen
248 - Miguel Olivo

Topps Heritage:
148 - Chris Getz

Topps Series 1:
69 - Kansas City Royals Team Card
117 - David Dejesus
182 - Coco Crisp

Fantasy Team (The Whippets)
2010 Upper Deck Series 1:
188 - Todd Helton

2010 Topps Series 1:
295 - Kevin Youkilis

Thanks again gcrl, I'll keep any extra Dodgers cards I find set aside for you. Now I have to go back through these sets and see what else I need to track down. I can feel a cardboard addiction settling into my completist brain already, and this list gives me a great jumping in point!