trade packages are a bright spot in my mailbox

do you even laser?

julie at a cracked bat sent me some dodgers recently, and my favorite card in the mailer was this 1996 topps laser hideo nomo bright spots insert

nomo was indeed a bright spot for the dodgers in 1995, although he, like the rest of the dodgers, failed to deliver in the nlds against the reds.  

some might say that cody bellinger's 2017 season was much like nomo's 1995 campaign.  this cody bellinger highlight card (one of 30, i believe) shows him "making it count" in 2017

while bellinger certainly helped the dodgers get through the nlds and nlcs, his inability to adjust to the way the astro pitchers were pitching him is a big reason why the dodgers failed to win the world series last year.  anyway, i like that there is a lurking yasiel puig in the background of that card.

there is a card where both puig and bellinger get billing in 2018 topps, and julie sent that as well.

not the dynamic duo, just dynamic dodgers.

here's one more card from the trade package. a 2015 topps tribute yasiel puig parallel.

it's not purple, by the way; it's amethyst!

thanks julie!