"Of course," the many collectors who aren't Dodgers fans are saying. "Blasphemy," my fellow Dodgers fans are saying. A few years ago, I would have been right there with the torches and pitchforks: of course the best cards in a trade package are Dodgers cards! But in the last couple of years of really focusing on diversifying my collection, I am naturally drawn to other cards that don't necessarily display Dodgers on the front. Such was the case from a recent envelope from Nick of Dime Boxes . As I always I do when I receive a package from a fellow collector, I -- after my traditional card mail dance around the room -- go through the cards and pull out the ones I need. Once I have that tidy stack, I review which cards stand out and how they might form a blog post. Those cards are placed in a new stack while the others stay where they are while I figure out whether I have anything at all to say about them. Here were the cards -- needed cards -- ...
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