Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Saturday, August 24, 2024

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.




Saturday, August 17, 2024

Emotion Recap - Page 24

 


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)



Thursday, August 8, 2024

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!












Thursday, August 1, 2024

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.



Thursday, June 20, 2024

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.



Thursday, May 30, 2024

Emotion Recap - Page 23

 


#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


Thursday, May 23, 2024

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.


Thursday, May 16, 2024

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).





Thursday, May 9, 2024

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.



Thursday, April 25, 2024

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.


Friday, April 12, 2024

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.



Thursday, April 4, 2024

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.

Thursday, March 28, 2024

#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.



 






Thursday, March 21, 2024

#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). 



Thursday, March 14, 2024

Emotion Recap - Page 22


#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.


 

Thursday, March 7, 2024

#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.

 

Thursday, February 29, 2024

#197 Matt Williams

 


POWERBASE : noun : 
: a base of political support

Elected 5 times...to the All-Star Game.

Batting average .268
Home runs 378
Runs batted in 1,218

Managerial record 179–145
Winning % .552

As player
San Francisco Giants (1987–1996)
Cleveland Indians (1997)
Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–2003)

As manager
Washington Nationals (2014–2015)
Kia Tigers (2020–2021)

As coach
Arizona Diamondbacks (2010–2013, 2016)
Oakland Athletics (2018–2019)
San Diego Padres (2022-2023)
San Francisco Giants (2024)

5× All-Star (1990, 1994–1996, 1999)
World Series champion (2001)
4× Gold Glove Award (1991, 1993, 1994, 1997)
4× Silver Slugger Award (1990, 1993, 1994, 1997)
NL home run leader (1994)
NL RBI leader (1990)
NL Manager of the Year (2014)
San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame