We'll, when I started this thing, I had bigger and better things imagined for my Baseball Card of the Year feature. But with 2 hiatuses since September and internet access cut from our budget (crazy huh?) and now blogging from my phone with it's tedious limitations, well.. my head hurts.
So I'm just going to wrap this up. Since I started in September, I only nominated 5 cards. Here they are:
- Topps #559 Esteban German
- Topps # 124 Reed Johnson
- Topps # 7 Mickey Mantle
- Topps Allen & Ginter # 18 Clyde Parris
- Topps #614 David Murphy
I had never decided on how the winning card would be decided, whether by vote or contest, but I don't think I have enough readers yet to pull something like that. It would be just embarrassing if no one voted or entered. Almost like that contest I had during the summer where I only had two entrants (hi Mom!) and flipped a virtual coin to decide the winner.
So I've decided on taking away all the rest of the fun from you and just plain picking a winner myself. I'll count this as a victory. 1 point me, 0 points readers. He-he. Keep your eyes open for opportunities to even the score.
Anyways, I decided that Topps Allen & Ginter #18 Clyde Parris is my favorite baseball base card of the year that I personally own. While the other nominations were all selected on their photography, this one won because of originality. I hope to see a lot more historical baseball cards based on lesser known histories. More mainstream cards featuring the Negro Leagues and maybe some other countries' leagues. The Japanese leagues have a long and rich history which most of us know next to nothing about. I think Tristar did a great job covering minor league history with their Obak set, but they just lost their license so who knows if we'll see anything like that again.
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4 comments:
Learn something new every day. I had no idea there was a team called the Black Yankees. Kinda puts that era into perpective.
Nice pick.
I'm with you. That's a GREAT card. Happy New Year.
speaking as the loser of that virtual coin flip, I say nice choice.
Late comment, but man, it would be cool to have a Sadaharu Oh 2010 A&G. I would be all over a well-done Negro League set too.
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