Covering all the bases

 I got a really nice trade package from Dime Boxes this week that covers all the bases of the kinds of cards I like to collect. 

Lots of Yankees cards, including some oddballs. My favorite is the "vintage" Starting Lineup card - I've never seen one of those before. Also some shiny cards on the bottom row, though the shine didn't show up well in the photo.

I love minor league cards, cards of vintage players, and oddballs, especially consumer brand/retail oddballs like Kellogg's, Coca-Cola and Burger King. Nick even threw in a Babe Ruth postage stamp!

These were two of my favorite oddballs. Alfonso Soriano is one of my all-time favorite Yankees, so it was cool getting this Chicago Tribune card with a mashup of the '72 and '73 Topps designs. And while Bubba Trammell had only a very brief Yankees tenure, I actually got a few cards from this McDonald's set at a McDonald's in 2004, so it was fun to get another.

This was my favorite of the oddballs, though. It is from the 1986 True Value set. It's similar to an A&G rip card - there is one card with more on the inside!

Here's the whole thing opened up. The Rinse'n'Vac ad is as much fun as the cards to me. I can't decide whether to detach the cards or leave it intact.

Unfortunately I did not win a trip to a 1986 postseason game. 

And of course there was plenty of vintage! Lots of '60s Cubs, plus a '75 mini.

More vintage! That Whitey Ford card is well loved - well, I love it too. Moose Skowron and Clete Boyer are awesome pickups. The '70 Rose is a great card but I did have it already, so it's up for trade if anyone wants it.