what's your worst personal trade?
by thejd on Jul 27, 2009 3:04 PM PDT
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Printin the spirit of the approaching mlb trade deadline i got to thinking, "what was the worst trade i ever made?" it has to be hands down when i traded a hank aaron autographed baseball for a pete rose autographed baseball. now mind you this was before charlie hustle got bounced from the league and his income was dependent on autograph signings.
so what are some of your worst trades you ever made. it could be baseball cards, computers, cars, whatever. wife swapping may be a bit personal for this thread.
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I cannot think of any off the top of my head. But, maybe some Star Wars cards I traded for Charlie’s Angels cards.
Angel trades that make me cringe? Carney Lansford in exchange for Butch Hobson comes to mind.
I love this team.
Dude
You shouldn’t be collecting Star Wars cards or Charlie’s Angels cards.
What are you collecting, Barbie dolls? ;)
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 27, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Back in '88
I traded a Jose Canseco RC and an Eric Davis RC for more packs at a card shop. Got nothing good in the new packs. So it sucked for a while but not so much now! Not like any of those are worth anything these days.
right hand...........for the left hand.
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 27, 2009 3:35 PM PDT reply actions
In 2nd grade......I gave a girl my older sisters stuffed animal for a kiss.
I got the Kiss but she didn’t really talk to me that much after that and my sister was PISSED off at me for a couple weeks.
It was a good trade cuz I got the kiss, but a bad trade cuz my sister hated me for a while. this is the only good/bad trade i can think of.
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by acuda27 on Jul 27, 2009 3:37 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
hell yea you gotta get that young stuff, its the best...
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Jul 27, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions
hah! have you seen little miss sunshine. that movie is great dude watched many times :)
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Jul 28, 2009 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
it is...so have I
When my kids were small, my ex and I owned a vanagon like that one too
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
thats sick, did you have to push it too :p
They want power, We want respect...
by SenorChuckles on Jul 28, 2009 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions
lol...not that one
but there was a 1980 K car station wagon that needed a lot of help
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
In addition to the UK passport, I also have an Irish one...
…the Guinness thing is pretty much mandatory if you want them to renew it.
I see red people
In grade school I traded a Ding-Dong for a "Snickers" bar.
The “tradee” had carefully sculpted a bar of soap into the approximate shape of a Snickers bar and then carefully re-sealed the wrapper.
He had almost finished the Ding Dong by the time I opened my “surprise” Snickers bar. Yes, it was a bad trade, and a good practical joke on me.
It took a while but I got my revenge.
Did authorities ever recover the body?
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Jul 27, 2009 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
So that was my worst personal trade...
…but the trade I took most “personally” was when the Angels trades Carney Lansford, Mark Clear, and Rick Miller to Boston for Rick Burleson, and Butch Hobson.
I liked Burleson, but thought Hobson would be a bust. He didn’t disappoint. Burleson was a tough competitor, but spent a lot of time on the DL, making the trade almost a double bust.
I was so irritated because 2 of the 3 players traded were “home grown” (rare in the 70’s for the Angels). Lansford went on to win a batting title, and had a pretty good career.
To me, this was the 2nd biggest error of “Buzzie”, the first being the claim that he could replace Nolan Ryan with two 8-7 pitchers.
When I was quite young, I traded some basketball cards for an Earvin Johnson.
I didn’t know squat about basketball, except that I liked Magic. The cards I gave up were probably some pretty good ones – they were hand chosen from my collection by a real basketball fanatic.
Of course, I don’t even know what happened to Earvin or any of my other basketball cards, so I guess that it doesn’t matter at all!
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
A friend of mine traded
almost every Angel card he had for about 10 Don Mattingly rookie cards to some unsuspecting more-on. I traded a 75’ Hank Aaron, George Foster and some others for a 76’ Topps Ty Cobb Specialty card. I got powned.
Stay on the damn bag!!
Traded Freedom for Marriage
My wife check this site.
In Remembrance of Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, Henry Pearson. Heal soon Jon Wilhite.
I want Andrew Thomas Gallo to be a pinata, and the Angels supply the bats...
*Doesn't check this site.
In Remembrance of Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, Henry Pearson. Heal soon Jon Wilhite.
I want Andrew Thomas Gallo to be a pinata, and the Angels supply the bats...
Here is one
This dude I know traded his freedom and his paycheck for occasional sex and a constant reminder that he was not good enough.
Oh wait, that is almost EVERY dude I know…
by Rev Halofan on Jul 27, 2009 5:17 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Gotta rec that, Rev.
In Remembrance of Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, Henry Pearson. Heal soon Jon Wilhite.
I want Andrew Thomas Gallo to be a pinata, and the Angels supply the bats...
slaves !!
j/k
Meet me @ the budweiser patio
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Jul 27, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions
2 that aren't as bad as time goes on:
1) A couple Will Clark RCs for a couple Jim “Don’t Call Me Chris” Everett RCs.
2) Eighteen Gorge Washingtons for a Mark McGwire RC. You know, the ’84 olympic team one.
Captain, there are doubt's...
that should say GEORGE Washington
In case you couldn’t figure that out.
Captain, there are doubt's...
another example of why we need an edit button
NA, #34 SP, LAA
Light up the Halo for Nick!
The Fail Bus leaves in five minutes, please make sure you are under it...
Summer, 1977. Phoenix Arizona. 20 years old.
Traded one Cheryl Wood for one Sharon Taylor. Shoulda stuck with Cheryl.
We don't have a Bullpen. We have a Cowpen. Before we get to call it a Bullpen these guys gotta grow a pair.
Sharon was the doppleganger of Lynda Carter.
But, yeah, Cheryl would. Cheryl was a much, much better person, too. But, come on, Wonder Woman for heaven’s sake. What 20 year-old guy would NOT make the same stoopid mistake?
We don't have a Bullpen. We have a Cowpen. Before we get to call it a Bullpen these guys gotta grow a pair.
I'm starting up the Stirrups Illegitimate Child Fund
Any members of HH born in 1978 in Phoenix to a Ms. Sharon Taylor, please contact me. Thank you.
Arte eats dinner in Corona Del Mar; Tony Reagins eats dinner at the Corona Del Taco
Sharon wouldn't. That search will be futile.
We don't have a Bullpen. We have a Cowpen. Before we get to call it a Bullpen these guys gotta grow a pair.
Ah, now I understand the reason for your regret.
Arte eats dinner in Corona Del Mar; Tony Reagins eats dinner at the Corona Del Taco
So amazingly beautiful. So unattainable.
In the final chapter, I won (been deliriously happily married for 27 years now), but in those early chapters thing really looked dicey.
We don't have a Bullpen. We have a Cowpen. Before we get to call it a Bullpen these guys gotta grow a pair.
This reminds me of the song by Supertamp...
“Now some they do and some they don’t
and some you just can’t tell.
And some they will and some they won’t,
and some it’s just as well”
About sums up my experience.
Another Supertramp song sums up mine
So, when the day comes to settle down,
Whos to blame if youre not around?
You took the long way home
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Well I didn't make this trade but a neighborhood kid did...
We were trading Pokemon cards and he traded his holographic Blastoise for a Bulbsaur and a Pidgey. I tried to tell him not to make that trade and explained why it was a horrible trade but he had his mind made up using his “I’m getting 2 for 1” logic.
In hindsight I should have just taken that other kid’s offer and raised him an energy card or something and gotten the Blastoise myself. lmao.
"F it, let's pitch." - Ervin Santana
by Chzburger Jones on Jul 28, 2009 11:27 PM PDT reply actions
A holographic blastoise??
I remember I always wanted a holographic card
but sadly i never got one :(
Please get rid of Speier. "Yes, I suck."- Jose Guillen.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart, Marquis Cooper, Steve McNair, and Frank Grimes, or Grimey, as he liked to be called
by JoseGuillenSux on Jul 28, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
traded my share of video games
but technically they werent trades, more like “borrows”
Please get rid of Speier. "Yes, I suck."- Jose Guillen.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart, Marquis Cooper, Steve McNair, and Frank Grimes, or Grimey, as he liked to be called
by JoseGuillenSux on Jul 28, 2009 11:53 PM PDT reply actions
still kicking myself in the arse remembering when....
i traded my 1965 Buick Riviera GranSport (near perfect condition) for a 1990 Acura and a 1/4 ounce of meth. (this was quite a while ago)
yeah. meth user.
you deserve to have lost that Buick
We don't have a Bullpen. We have a Cowpen. Before we get to call it a Bullpen these guys gotta grow a pair.
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