Quarter Box Quartet - Dukes, Teemu, Ainge & Mr. Met!

Just a quick one today, a quartet of cards plucked from the quarter boxes at Central Sports Cards in Pawtucket, RI...

Since I've been on a minor league kick the past few months, I snapped up this Ramon Martinez card from the 1989 ProCards set.  I'm fairly certain this is the first Albuquerque Dukes card to enter my collection.

I've always been a fan of newspaper-themed cards, and when you combine that with one of my favorite hockey players of all-time sporting an obnoxious Mighty Ducks sweater I'm sold!  I got the Fedorov card from this set in a trade and have been on the lookout for others ever since, so I was very happy to land Teemu here for just 25 cents.

A Danny Ainge rookie card for a quarter?  I'm not sure how I went so long without picking up this iconic card of the current President of Basketball Operations for the Boston Celtics.  Not that I've ever chased after one specifically, but I always figured it would set me back at least a buck if and when I did find a copy.

Lastly, perhaps my favorite of this small bunch, an awesome Upper Deck flagship card from 2004 featuring Ichiro and Mr. Met.  I wasn't collecting at all in 2004, so had no idea this card existed, but it was one of those were the photograph is interesting enough that I happily threw it into my stack.

If I had to choose between these four cards and a candy bar, which is about comparable in price, I'd take the cards any day!  You can keep your Snickers bar, give me Mr. Met!