Thursday, October 8, 2020

Page 11 At the Bat Rack Frankenset

 PAGE TEN (with links to pages 1-9)

Rules -
9 different players
9 different card sets
9 different teams
player is at the bat rack (or bat pile) in or near the dugout
Have fun (most important)

PAGE ELEVEN!


and the backs . . .


91 - Joe Carter 1994 Upper Deck
92 - Justin Upton 2015 Topps Update (image variation)
93 - John Blanchard 1962 Topps
94 - Jim Longborg 1975 Topps
95 - Larry Walker 1993 Topps
96 - Orel Hershiser 1985 Fleer Star Stickers
97 - Carlos Lee 2004 Donruss Team Heroes
98 - Jerald Clark 1994 Stadium Club
99 - Wade Boggs 2019 Stadium Club 

Had to use another Comiskey cop-out with #97. Pretty much any regular card with a shot of a batter in Chicago will show a bat rack in the background. Hopefully I will replace that one at some point. Upton and Blanchard are not exactly at the bat rack, but I'll allow it!

I think the Hershiser sticker is my favorite of this bunch, just for the novelty of it. It was fun to have not one, but two pitchers at the bat rack for this page. Fun fact about Johnny Blanchard - he was born in Minneapolis! This card shows him following his best season in the big leagues. He had career highs in almost every offensive category, playing in 93 games for the Yankees. He had an OPS+ of 168 for the season!

Thanks for reading.

6 comments:

  1. Man, the Upton image variation is so cool. Never seen that one before.

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  2. Love the Larry. Was wondering if the Upton was a SP. I don't remember seeing that card before.

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  3. Bat rack envy (pac man fever) I don't recall seeing the Upton but I avoided this particular design like my life depended on it.

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  4. Gotta go with the Blanchard. Clean images of guys holding multiple bats never goes out of style.

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