N-Tense 10 of 12 Frank Thomas

 

Mild-mannered but definitely N-Tense.

N-Tense 9 of 12 Manny Ramirez

 

Manny being Manny is always worthy of an N-Tense card.

N-Tense 8 of 12 Mike Piazza

 

Worthy of an N-Tense? 

Only when Roger Clemens is pitching to him.

N-Tense 7 of 12 Mark McGwire

 

Worthy of an N-Tense card? Definitely, but I think he could have done it without the roids.

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Rookies #8 Chipper Jones

Rookies #9 Hideo Nomo

Rookies #10 Alex Rodriguez

N-Tense #1 Jeff Bagwell

N-Tense #2 Albert Belle

N-Tense #3 Barry Bonds

N-Tense #4 Cecil Fielder

N-Tense #5 Ron Gant

N-Tense #6 Ken Griffey Jr (missing)

N-Tense 6 of 12 Ken Griffey Jr.

 

Unfortunately, this is the only card I'm missing from the set.

Obviously, I had hoped to have it by now!

N-Tense 5 of 12 Ron Gant

 

Ron Gant, worthy of an N-Tense card?

For sure, and he looks good in a Reds uniform.

N-Tense 4 of 12 Cecil Fielder

 

Worthy of an N-Tense card - pure power with a mighty swing.

N-Tense 3 of 12 Barry Bonds

 

Worthy of an N-Tense card - roid rage.

N-Tense 2 of 12 Albert Belle

 

Worthy of an N-Tense card, emotionally and physically.

N-Tense 1 of 12 Jeff Bagwell

 

Worthy of an N-Tense card.

Rookies 10 of 10 Alex Rodriguez

 

Never been a fan.

Especially now that he's a commentator.

Rookies 9 of 10 Hideo Nomo

 

Went on to be an All-Star, Strikeout Leader, and NL ROY in his first season. 

Added another Strikeout Leader and two no-hitters to an 18-year career.

Rookies 8 of 10 Chipper Jones

Went on to become a HOFer.

 

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#199 Checklist 83-162

#200 Checklist 163-200; Rookies, N-Tense, Masters, Timeless

Rookies #1 Edgardo Alfonzo

Rookies #2 Jason Bates

Rookies #3 Marty Cordova

Rookies #4 Ray Durham

Rookies #5 Alex Gozalez

Rookies #6 Shawn Green

Rookies #7 Charles Johnson

Rookies 7 of 10 Charles Johnson

 

Johnson was considered an exceptional defensive catcher and went on the have a good 11-year career. He was a 2x All Star, 4x Gold Glover, and won a World Series in 1997 with the Marlins. He is Fred McGriff's cousin.

Rookies 6 of 10 Shawn Green

Green went on to a very solid 15-year career which included 2 All-Star selections, a Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, and hitting 4 home runs in a game (328 total in his career).

Rookies 5 of 10 Alex Gonzalez

 

Went on to a productive 14-year career, mostly with the Blue Jays (also Cubs, Expos, Padres, Rays, and Phillies). As a Cub he was part of the "Bartman" inning when he committed a fielding error in what went on to become a 7-run inning for the Marlins.

Rookies 4 of 10 Ray Durham

 

Went on to a solid 14-year career, 2X All-Star.

Rookies 3 of 10 Marty Cordova

 

Cordova won A.L. Rookie of the year in 1995 and went on to a 9-year career with the Twins, Blue Jays, Indians and Orioles.

He once fell asleep in a tanning bed, which caused him to miss several day games with the Orioles.

Rookies 2 of 10 Jason Bates

Bates spent his four-year career with the Rockies.

He didn't have as much "pop" as expected hitting only 12 home runs over 319 games.

Rookies 1 of 10 Edgardo Alfonzo

 

Alfonzo went on to have a decent eleven-year career in MLB, getting an All-Star nod and winning a Silver Slugger.

#200 Checklist 3

Last five teams and the four different insert sets.

I prefer when a set has the checklists together at the end of the set and not scattered throughout.

 

#199 Checklist 2

 

This second checklist card transitions from the American League teams (#1-98) to the National League.

The Astros would later jump to the American League in 2013.

Interesting that the Expos (9) got more cards that the Dodgers (7). 

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#190 Scott Sanders - SLIDER

#191 Rod Beck - TORCH

#192 Barry Bonds - CONFIDENT

#193 Royce Clayton - ANTICIPATING

#194 Glenallen Hill - CLOBBERING

#195 Darren Lewis - SILK

#196 Mark Portugal - STRAINING

#197 Matt Williams - POWERBASE

#198 Checklist 1

That ends all the team cards. 

Next up is the rest of the checklists and the inserts.

 

#198 Checklist 1

Since the set is organized by teams, it only makes sense that the checklists are as well. I like this format because then I get to include one with my Angels team set and they lucked out with the center square, the column doesn't break their list of cards.

Interesting to note that the Twins got dissed by only getting three players in the set, while the Yankees of course, get ten. The Indians get ten because they were loaded with vets.