Brady Anderson, 1992 Baseball Cards Magazine #70

For an oddball card that was cut out of a glossy cardboard magazine insert, this is a nice-looking card. The color choices in the photo complement the usually-blah 1970 Topps design that this card borrows. The picture itself is a somewhat unconventional choice, a zoomed chest-and-above shot of Brady Anderson in profile as he lifts a practice bat behind his head. The photographer was even savvy enough to shoot Brady from his left side, away from the ear flap. You wouldn't want those showcase sideburns to be covered up.

Mike Mussina, 1992 Baseball Cards Magazine #77

Today is Mike Mussina's 44th birthday, and I've spent much of it trying to sort mountains of early 1990s junx wax, something I've been putting off for months. On the plus side, it allowed me to come across this oddball card of Moose. Back in the day, Baseball Cards Magazine used to give away cards in every issue featuring contemporary players and classic Topps set designs. Here, they've produced a pretty faithful tribute to the 1970 set, for better or worse. I'm not nuts about the original design, but for some reason this card works for me. Maybe it's a calming influence when set against the excesses of the hobby in the 1990s. Hopefully someone got Mike a decent razor for his birthday.