So I've been babbling about a card package from Greg at Nearly Mint for two posts now, heading into a third. But so far all I've shown from it are a bunch of cards of ballplaying hippies from the '70s. Who cares about that ratty, old cardboard with the dated designs and the pitiful haircuts, right? Can't I modern it up a bit? Why, yes. Yes, I can "modern it up" a bit. Because I love cards of all kinds. As it happens, Greg sent me some cards direct from the '90s, a decade that some of you love so well. The cards included some Dodger parallels of the time period -- which, of course, means they are dressed in silver and gold. Up there is a silver signature Tom Candiotti from '96 Collector's Choice. And down here are gold-lettered items of Brett Butler and Todd Worrell. These looked so much better when Greg was showing off his 1994 Topps box busting skills on Twitter. Maybe it was because I was staring at them while I was at work (s...
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