Nine cards for twelve years

Once again Dime Boxes celebrated his blog anniversary by giving away some cards. I think I was the first person to come across the giveaway, as nothing had been claimed when I came to it. I tried to restrain myself as much as possible, and only selected nine cards, and tried to pick mostly cards that would have limited appeal to others.

Most bloggers love to hate the Yankees, so I knew nobody would miss having a chance at these. A shiny card of Giancarlo Stanton, by far the best postseason performer the Yankees have had since the core four left. Speaking of postseason, never a shortage of heroics from Berra or Rizzuto. I couldn't pass up a vintage Yankee oddball with Danny Cater, and of course a Mattingly Broder was a must-have.

I had never had a Topps Throwback Thursday card, and I've always really liked the designs that came from Topps's non-baseball sets. I wish these were more readily available. The 1985 football design is a favorite of mine. The Rickey Henderson is a TBT too, which I did not realize. That design is from the Terminator Two set, which I was not familiar with. Like Henderson, Claudell Washington was a Yankee when I started following the team, so I was happy to pick up an unusual card of him. Finally, Doug Glanville is someone I interviewed for this blog, so I was happy to pick up a very shiny card of him.