Hello there. I'm not sure if anyone is still aware of this blog seeing as how I haven't been posting for a good 2+ years now. BUT in case this finds your eyes, you can keep up with my card designs by either following me on Twitter or just checking out the blog on my personal site. I'm still doing approximately the same things—releasing Spirit, Clubhouse, Pennant, Deluxe cards as well as remixing other card designs. Just figured I'd put my domain/hosting to good use and keep all my work in one spot.
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
2018 Clubhouse: Washington Nationals
146. Bryce Harper
147. Anthony Rendon
148. Max Scherzer
149. Stephen Strasburg
150. Trea Turner
Here's the possibly/probably final Clubhouse card for Bryce Harper with the Nats. Fitting that it's the final Clubhouse post of the year. The team set is solid and probably perfect as-is once you take into account that it was made before Juan Soto was called up. He'd probably get Strasburg's spot today.
Rendon and Scherzer are the autographers. Rendon had a sneaky great season, so this is a pretty good non-hobby pairing.
And here's Max's luster parallel to finish of the 2018 Clubhouse posts.
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Monday, November 5, 2018
2018 Clubhouse: Toronto Blue Jays
141. Josh Donaldson
142. Curtis Granderson
143. Kevin Pillar
144. Justin Smoak
145. Marcus Stroman
With Donaldson and Bautista and Encarnación gone, the Jays roster looks pretty odd these days. I suppose Russell Martin still has some cachet. And Kendrys Morales, Randal Grichuk and Teoscar Hernández all deserve consideration for next year's set.
Donaldson was the no-brainer auto here. Justin Smoak is the other dude, which is kinda nice since he doesn't seem to sign much these days.
Here's Smoak's purple parallel, mixing the Jays blue and red.
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Sunday, November 4, 2018
2018 Clubhouse: Texas Rangers
136. Elvis Andrus
137. Adrián Beltré
138. Joey Gallo
139. Cole Hamels
140. Nomar Mazara
After Hamels hit the highway, it opened up a spot for surprise ace(ish) Mike Minor. Or maybe Shin-Soo Choo gets the spot after his resurgence. And hell, even Rougned Odor seems to be having a Renaissance of his own. Lots of possibilities.
Beltré doesn't sign much these days but since he's basically a HOFer, I couldn't resist. Let us cherish him as much as we can. Oh, and Joey Gallo is the other signer.
The red is probably a little too close to the Rangers red. It's shininess would help set it off IRL though.
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Saturday, November 3, 2018
2018 Clubhouse: Tampa Bay Rays
131. Chris Archer
132. Matt Duffy
133. Kevin Kiermaier
134. Wilson Ramos
135. Blake Snell
Archer and Ramos are gone, leaving us room for, uh, maybe Joey Wendle? I guess Tommy Pham needs a spot, too. The Rays won 90 games...
Snell getting one of the auto spots was a blessing with the season he had. Ramos was tagged for the other.
Miss you, Duffman :/
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Friday, November 2, 2018
2018 Clubhouse: St. Louis Cardinals
126. Matt Carpenter
127. Paul DeJong
128. Yadier Molina
129. Marcell Ozuna
130. Luke Weaver
Harrison Bader is missing here but he kinda came out of nowhere. Luke Weaver didn't have the season we were expecting after last year's strong finish. Swap them out and you've got a good checklist.
I paired Ozuna with Molina for the autograph subjects. The new guy and the old fan favorite.
Another blue parallel for the NL Central.
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Thursday, November 1, 2018
2018 Clubhouse: Seattle Mariners
121. Robinson Canó
122. Nelson Cruz
123. James Paxton
124. Kyle Seager
125. Jean Segura
With his monster year, Mitch Haniger deserves a spot on here, along with maybe Edwin Díaz. Obviously the checklist was made before Canó's PED suspension. Drop him and Seager to make room for the pair.
Segura was the "lesser" auto with Canó being the headliner. Again, next year may be a different story. It'll be interesting to see how his hobby presence changes going forward.
Here he is all sparkly at least.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018
2018 Clubhouse: San Francisco Giants
116. Brandon Belt
117. Madison Bumgarner
118. Evan Longoria
119. Andrew McCutchen
120. Buster Posey
Hey look, an orange & black team posting on Halloween. Nice how that worked out. With the new guys, this was an easy lineup to fill. You could probably swap Brandons and plug Crawford in for Belt but they're pretty much even I think. And since Belt is my favorite player, that gave him the edge.
I don't know how long this Topps/Bumgarner rift is gonna go on but any chance I have to do something Topps CAN'T, I'm gonna take it. Belt would be the other auto guy here.
Since he didn't have an auto, I thought I'd show the best Buster card of the set, his 1/1 wood parallel.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2018
2018 Clubhouse: San Diego Padres
111. Brad Hand
112. Eric Hosmer
113. Manuel Margot
114. Wil Myers
115. Hunter Renfroe
That Margot card is probably my favorite of the whole set. Obviously Brad Hand isn't on the squad anymore. Freddy Galvis probably played his way onto next year's set.
Renfroe and Margot are the signers. The Renfroe pick ended up being a decent one. Man, it must be hard for Padres collectors.
Myers ended up being more of an IF/OF guy, playing more games at third than any other position.
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