All Trade Bait, All The Time...: The Dodgers' Season may be Cracked, but Julie is a Solid Trader

Aloha, everybody,

Back when the baseball season opened, I sent out packages and PWEs to my blogger and collector buddies. I sent some stuff out to Julie from A Cracked Bat, and she recently sent a lot more than "some stuff" to me.

As you can see, she packed the cards with the intent that I open the packets in a particular order. I anticipated a build up from "ordinary" cards to a big payoff at the end, but I gotta say, there was so much good stuff in here, hardly anything was ordinary to me.

I present Exhibit A:

This was the first card from packet #1, but this is definitely a goodie. Let me count the ways:

Post oddball
Young EK
Tight baseball pants with stirrups era
Bonus: Houston Astros in background sporting the tequila sunrise stripes. I'm guessing on that one. Looking for confirmation or correction.

Here's something I never thought I would see...

Very cool! This schedule is from the Dodgers' AAA team in OKC. Checking the promotions, I see they had a bobblehead giveaway night. Who was it? Clayton Kershaw.

No logos? No problem. I dig this Puig!

Here's a Bazooka Butler in what looks like a spring training game...

Julie knows, Gimme some Podres! All new, all beautiful.

This Spectrum has a magnificent shiny sheen as you tilt it side to side.

Bonus: Numbered 91/150!

Here's a new Lasorda card, with a Tim Crews death patch on his sleeve.

I'm trying, but I can't place those faces behind Tommy. Is it someone I should know? Is it that bum, Frank McCourt? Coach Al Davis? Heck if I know.

I always vote yes on a card with a cute Korean girl...