Many years ago, after reading the thoroughly enjoyable Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubblegum Book, I slapped an "interesting cards" label on an 800-count box. Every time I came upon a card from any era that was cool or unusual, I added it to the box. That box filled up much quicker than I ever imagined and now I have several just like it. I particularly like the action shots, especially shortstops turning DP's, outfielders scaling walls, and sluggers in full follow-through, but there is always room for odd names (Muddy, Choo Choo, Oil Can, Fair Hooker, Happy Feller), crazy bios (55B Eddie Waitkus, Jim Morris, 64T Dave Bennett, 63T Dalkowski) and just plain goofiness (64T Sadecki, 52T Zernial, Herb Washington). Certainly not the most valuable part of my collection, but just as enjoyable as a vintage complete set.
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