turned on a dime

the most recent package i received from nick over at dime boxes was a good mix of what i collect, which is to be expected when one receives a package from nick.  there were some new to me double plays, such as this 1991 leaf jeff huson

and this 1994 topps doug strange gold parallel

as well as a walmart blue parallel from 2013 topps of aaron hill

there were also plenty of dodgers, including some that featured players from other teams, like this 1996 upper deck collector's choice ramon martinez highlight/checklist that also features his brother pedro

and this 2013 topps archives 1969 topps stickers 4-in-1 that features an angel, a national, and a brewer along with matt kemp

and, of course, there were some solo dodgers, like this 1997 fleer ex-2000 eric karros card

what i didn't expect was this 'random acts of cardness' card, originated by capt kirk of captkirk42s trading cards blog

nick certainly paid it forward with this package, as he does with every trade package he sends, and i'll show some more of the dodger goodness i received later.  as for the rac card, i have already passed it along to jeff at 2x3 heroes.  who knows where it will go from there...

seeing double

i recently completed a trade with the dimwit that had me seeing double.  i sent him a bunch of doubles from 1978, and he sent me some cool cards, some of which are shown below.  like this 1997 fleer ex-2000 hideo nomo card.

i'm showing the front and back because i find it interesting that fleer went to the trouble to reverse the lettering on nomo's jersey and cap, turning him into a lefty.  and then they removed the text/pattern from his glove label.  weird.

speaking of leftys, the package also included a pair of clayton kershaw cards from 2011 topps chrome.  his base

and a blue refractor!

that's a special kind of shiny.
here's a nice double play card from the same set, elvis andrus with buster posey from the 2010 world series

plus, there were some more double plays in duplicate sent my way - as in refractor and base - like starlin castro

sean rodriguez

and ian desmond

and, lest i forget, there was this 2011 topps insert - the 1953 topps 'lost card' of duke snider

thanks dimwit!