MiLB Madness: Beggar boards, MLB stars, envisioning a tape attack, cardboard weights and ... a totally informational card?

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Minor league baseball cards from the past can include some weird stuff ... stuff you wouldn't imagine to be found on a baseball card. Here are some some new oddities in this latest edition of MiLB Madness. 

A BEGGAR BOARD FOR A MASCOT ... AND CAUGHT ON CARDBOARD!
The Card: Boomer 2015 Choice Trenton Thunder
The Buzz On This: I get that MiLB games are fertile ground for autographs nine times out of 10 -- the 10th perhaps being the big-time phenom bonus baby or a re-habbing MLB star -- but there was always one thing I knew was not a good thing when it came to hounding ... the beggar board. It's a genuine no-no to present a page of stuff to a Hall of Famer for sure, but I'd also suggest that maybe two or three cards might be OK presented mounted on a page for a player to sign each card ... but nine? That's not even cool for a mascot, though from the looks of this card all nine cards there did get signed. Somehow, this super-controversial scenario got captured on a card ... though maybe Boomer is the nice guy about it all like the card back suggests.

Keep reading for more examples of some weird or fun baseball cards you can find in MiLB.

TWO STANDOUTS, ONE SET ...
The Cards: Eric Karros & Jose Offerman 1989 Cal League Cards Bakersfield Dodgers
The Buzz On This: This pair played a combined 29 seasons in the majors -- and several of those together on the Los Angeles Dodgers -- but among their earlier stops was Bakersfield and these are among their earlier cards as well but not a first for either of them. In a past lot of team sets I grabbed, there weren't a lot of highlights -- time doesn't often do wonders for MiLB sets after a certain number of years -- but when reliable veteran MLB names like these two are found they do stick out and they made the cut this time. It's been some time since they both played their last big-league games.

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DID THE PRANK START THIS WAY?
The Card: B.J. Downie 2019 Grandstand Arkansas Travelers
The Buzz On This: Every time I see this card, I imagine on of those ballpark pranks where a player has been taped to a wall or a pair of football uprights with nowhere to go. Now, I know that Downie is a trained professional trainer -- his card says so -- and he's 100-percent innocent on that front (I'll assume and guarantee that) but this tape photo is just, just ... unusually ominous. (Normally, there'd be some foot/ankle sticking up into the card photo for a lot of trainer cards.) It was odd enough I forked over the pocket change for it ... because I knew it needed to be seen here.

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THOR VIBES?
The Card: Matt Rosenhamer 2018 Grandstand Lakeland Flying Tigers
The Buzz On This: I have actually amassed a number of strength coach cards in just grabbing stuff for this series -- almost to the point where I don't know what to say when I pop one in here -- but this one just gives off superhero vibes with the pose, the weight and that name, Rosenhamer. Is that you Thor? No, the hair isn't right ... I bet The Hamer trained somebody on the team with that nickname. Yeah, that's it. (No, not Syndergaard ... he was a Met back then. I told you I've run out of things to say on trainer's cards.)

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THAT BACK IS NOT BEFITTING ...
The Card: Ryan Morgan 2022 Choice Lakeland Flying Tigers
The Buzz On This: Sure, my photo of that back is out of focus ... but it doesn't even matter? For a baseball information assistant that card back sure doesn't offer up much information. You'd think what that job even entails could be a line or two ... but, hey, what do I know. I'm not the one with a card.

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