Ideal baseball cards, part two.

Zito. From Heartbreaking. It's GOLD.

This Dice-K jersey bit, a dreaded Upper Deck X, is a card we unabashedly like even as we admit that it couldn't be more graphically busy if it were in flames. But in this case, ridiculosity works. Nachos Grande sent this in a trade and we suspect it's lots better than what we sent him, because he's that sort of person. In a related development, upon seeing it our older daughter asked, "Hmm, would you kill me if I said I like the Red Sox? Papelbon and Dice K and all." I believe she also named other players, although I can't be sure because I had passed out. We've had two experiences receiving mail from The Hamiltonian, whose expertise on Josh cards is unparalleled. Except Tricia collects parallels, so maybe that's not the best word. Anyway. Here is a link to our first experience and then, above, nothing less than a Topps Finest Curtis Granderson auto card, is our second experience. (There are no little dots; those are light specks on the toploader it resides in. This Curtis card is also now surrounded by a deadly laser force field that we had built especially for it so the card does not end up wherever our Carlos Beltran pants bit might be.) We are learning about high end cards. What we are learning is: they rock. Tricia also sent along two jersey bits from one Japanese Collegiate All-Star:

What more can be said?