It came from the dime box...

I had a rare afternoon yesterday alone so while running some errands I dropped by the local card shop (Grand Slam Collectibles) to kill some time. Only thing he had of any interest was over priced hobby packs of Allen & Ginter and some of the new 2010 Panini football. I'm not ready for football. It's still hot. It's still summer. So I gravitated over to the sea of 10 cent monster boxes and I grabbed a chair and started to thumb though a few boxes. Here are a few of the cards I wanted to share.

I know nothing about this card other than it comes from the 2003 Topps 205 set. I grabbed it because it was unique. I don't plan to keep it so all you White Sox fans (are there any of those?) it's yours if you want it. The front (I guess it's the front) of the card depicts Magglio Ordonez & Paul Konerko on what appears to be mini cards. The back features a nice framed black & white photo.

Take each mini card and fold it back and it reveals individual stories for each player and in the middle it reads "Celebration At The Plate". It talks about the baseball ritual - the celebration that occurs after a home run between the batter who just hit and the guy on deck and how they exchanged upraised hands as a symbol of celebration and a desire to pass on the success throughout the line up. Very cool.

My guess is this is some sort of regional card. The copyright info is 1983 Drake Bakeries / 1983 Topps. Card #11 in a series of 33.

Drake regional card of 1984's series. Card #14 in a series of 33. I just might have to investigate this set a little more. If anyone has any info on these Drake Bakery cards please let me know...I'm curious.

2006 Fleer Greats of the Game Fred McGriff #38. I don't have many McGriff Braves cards so this was a must purchase.

2004 Fleer Greats of the Game Kirby Puckett #68. Kirby was one of the first veteran players I was drawn to in my early days of player collecting. Love the photo on this card as it looks like he just hit one out of the park.

2003 Fleer Avant Tim Hudson #41. I don't know much about these Avant cards either other than I like the way they look. What caught my attention was on the back it says "Congratulations! You have received an exclusive Avant MLB high quality Fleer trading card." Was this part of some insert set or a mail-away set?

This mini card almost escaped my attention. 2006 Bowman Heritage Sean Casey #158. Casey is a guy I don't run across a lot of his cards and he is a classy individual (much like Tim Hudson). The small design was also a plus.

I picked up several other cards (mostly Braves), but to anyone else they may seem bored so I spared you readers (I do have readers, don't I?) and shared a few that I thought were interesting.

And to think, I went to the shop in the first place looking for the pages to hold my amassing A&G mini card collection only to find nothing. At least I didn't walk away empty handed...and I got to see the Braves thump the Padres too.