Awhile back, when there was still optimism in the world and the only threat was that winter would never end, Topps put out their latest "effort" in 2020 Series 1. As per usual, the card design and quality is crap. But that's for another discussion.
Also, as per usual, I tried to grab as many of the Bravos as I could. (there's no way I'm wasting money on the rest of this set) Let's see who I've managed to acquire...
Shane Greene. Pitcher. May be our closer. He's no Kimbrel, but I do like the high socks.
Dansby Swanson. Shortstop. Put together a nice year last season. I like him.
Was the photographer trying to do one of these and just got his angles wrong?
(Photo of 1991 Topps Weiss ganked from the interwebs as I have no idea where my set is to scan it)
Charlie Culberson. 2B? LF? PH? Just one of those guys that plays anywhere when needed.
Got him from the Dodgers in the Kemp deal. Free agent as of last December. Shouldn't have a card.
Tyler Flowers. Catcher. Re-signed as a free agent to back up Brian McCann. No. Travis D'Arnoud?
Ron Acuna. CF. The Headcase himself. Let's hope he pulls it together and stops getting benched for swollen empty head syndrome.
Nick Markakis. RF. This guy's still alive? Wasn't his rookie card in '84 Donruss? No. Wait. That was Nick Esasky. I've been away from this too long.....
Julio Teheran. SP. Julio!!! Going to love watching Julio tutor the young starters like Soroka this year. A great pitcher.
What? They didn't sign him? He's in the Inferior League now with Anaheim? uh... California... uh... Los Angeles?
Crap.
Luke Jackson. RP. According to the back of Luke's Topps card, Luke is the Braves closer. Someone might want to pass that along to Shane Greene, Mark Melancon and Will Smith. Maybe Brian Snitker while they're at it.
The Braves. Featuring Johan Camargo. Not sure if I'm comfy with him at third this season.
Austin Riley. LF. 3B. Oh Austin.... you came out swinging. Find that again, won't you?
Billy Hamilton. OF. He garnered a grand total of 26 appearances before being jettisoned off to the Giants. And yet here he is. Should not have a card.
Mike Soroka. SP. Let the pigeons loose! Hark! The Angels sing! (Not a Teheran pun, promise) The Man Himself. Lives just down the street from me. Calgary's own! Thank you Chris Reitsma.
So those are the base cards. Let's see what inserts I'm missing....
SP Variations
47 Chipper Jones
150 Ronald Acuna Jr.
SSP Variations
150 Ronald Acuna Jr.
156 Hank Aaron
Meh... Not too worried about those. Although maybe the Chippah...
85-7 Chipper Jones
85-8 Dale Murphy
85-9 Hank Aaron
85-10 Mike Soroka
85-11 Ozzie Albies
85-12 Ronald Acuña Jr.
Alright, those could be cool....
DB-4 Hank Aaron – Milwaukee Braves
DB-5 Warren Spahn – Milwaukee Braves
DB-12 Eddie Mathews – Milwaukee Braves
DB-20 Hank Aaron – Milwaukee Braves
DB-40 Phil Niekro
DB-47 Dale Murphy
DB-59 Chipper Jones
DB-77 Tom Glavine
DB-78 John Smoltz
Again, interested... I already have one of the Chippers
DN-2 Austin Riley
DN-5 Ronald Acuña Jr.
DN-16 Ozzie Albies
DN-30 Mike Soroka
Home Run Challenge
HRC-2 Ronald Acuña Jr.
HRC-4 Freddie Freeman
starting to get a wee ridiculous now.... How many damn inserts does one set need?
Whatever. If I find them, I find them. I'm not going fanatical about them.
How about you? Did you track down all of the possible cards for your team?
2 comments:
My team set is complete ... except for the inserts, of course, because that's impossible. If they sense you've completed the inserts, they'll automatically make more.
topps and their cheesy inserts bore me. as for the team set, i bought one of the ones you find at target of the a's and i have a few of the series one base a's. i'm sure by the end of 2020 i'll have at least a complete base set of athletics... and possibly the padres. but on a fraction of the inserts
p.s. acuna is so fun to watch. hope he matures and becomes one of those generational type players
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