Monday, December 28, 2020

Bored-er?

 So, one of the distinctions that has become a staple of making parallels for sets, is doing something with the border. A&G is not exception of course, and one of these is to add black decorative bordering to the minis.


It is pretty looking, but not sure it makes a lot of sense on a baseball card. Luckily James is a writer, not a player, but either way, as pretty as the border is, it just doesn't fit to me and may be even a little boring.

Again, don't get me wrong, I like the design, but find it out of place enough that it doesn't help make the card anything more. Maybe a Tigers or Yankees fan may have different feeling about it with the black being more suited to the team colours.

Hey! A place I actually have been - that was unexpected. That's where my wife and I went for our honeymoon...wow...15 years ago now.

It's a nice enough picture, but it can't do justice to the beaches which were amazing. I like the shells border for the set - fitting enough.

A nice short print of Hader and for the rest of the base cards...


For my own collecting purposes, I'd rather they throw Frank in a Jays uniform, but he will always be a White Sox player through and through/

5 Packs, 30 Cards, 76 Points

3 comments:

  1. Sweet James! I remember hearing about him being included on this checklist and getting excited.

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  2. I have no idea who "James" is!

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    1. Bill James - statistician....yeah, not exactly an on the field of sports guy, but that's A&G.

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