Quarter Box Quartet - All-Time Greats

While I put the finishing touches on a trade post that I don't want to rush, today you get to experience my inability to stay focused in the form of a quarter box quartet.  As is generally the case, all of these came from the miscellaneous quarter bins at my local card shop.

Pretty timely that I randomly pulled this one from my backlog stack just a couple of weeks after Monte passed away.  I grabbed this one, and any other retired players I could find from this Topps rip-off set during a quarter box dig a long time ago now.  An excellent, classic baseball photo.

There was no way this card was not coming home with me.  For a fan of '90s cardboard, what's not to like here?  One of my all-time favorite players in an obnoxious Mighty Ducks sweater against a backdrop that looks like a bad acid trip.  Oh, and it's shiny.  I really need to get back to this card shop soon, it's been too long.

I dubbed this quartet/post "All-Time Greats", but that wasn't entirely honest as this is the one card of the four that doesn't pass that litmus test with me.  Still, I couldn't pass up a rookie card of a very good pitcher from a set that I love for a quarter.

No questioning this guy's place in the history of his sport.  Is there a hockey collector in existence that wouldn't have grabbed this card if they didn't have a copy already?  For me, the gloves are the highlight.  I really wish Panini would get a hockey license again.  Topps too for that matter.  Two hockey cards in this post, neither of them from Upper Deck.  Just sayin'.