PENNANT BOX BREAK - PACK 12

218. Matt Wisler 

124. Aaron Nola 

196. Hishasi Iwakuma 

91. Freddie Freeman 

60. Anthony Rendon 

179. Yasmani Grandal 

151. Jimmy Nelson 

112. Michael Fulmer 

243. Elvis Andrus 

TD13. Clayton Kershaw/Madison Bumgarner - Throwdown

I know it's taken a bit to get through the box, but I'll have a couple of posts to break it up as I post my entry for this year's Gint-a-Cuffs competition. Stay tuned.

2014 Spirit Base: 351-360

#351 - Cliff Lee
Cliff better put a hat on. It's always sunny there.

#352 - Neil Walker
Walker's having the finest season of his career so far.

#353 - Kolten Wong
Looks like he's finally up to the majors for good.

#354 - Tyson Ross
Probably the biggest bright spot for the Padres this year.

#355 - Brandon Belt
What a strange season for Belt. He started off like gangbusters, then naturally cooled off, then broke his thumb in May. After he finally returned in July, he dealt with a stiff back for a few weeks before getting hit during batting practice. Since then he's been out with a concussion. Then just a couple of days ago he was finally activated, though he's yet to see any playing time. I had such high hopes for his 2014 season after that hot start. Now I just hope he's able to stay healthy and contribute in some way.

#356 - Hisashi Iwakuma
Though not quite as revelatory as last year, Iwakuma's been good again this season. Lo and behold, the Mariners have a chance to make the playoffs.

#357 - David DeJesus
I've been looking for a good bunt image to throw in here but I think DeJesus is the first I've actually used.

#358 - Tanner Scheppers
Probably the unlikeliest of Opening Day starters. And after spending the post-April season mostly on the DL, the Rangers have already announced he'll be a bullpen guy in 2015.

#359 - Colby Rasmus
I have a hard time finding good defensive shots of outfielders that show them actually catching the ball. I had no choice but to use this one of Rasmus here.

#360 - Rafael Soriano
This was probably the least obnoxious clap photo he has out there.

2014 Clubhouse All-Stars

Just in time for the All-Star break..... aww, crap. Well, here's the 2014 Clubhouse All-Stars design anyway. I decided to go horizontal this year to match the 2014 Clubhouse base set. I also wanted to mimic one of the big features from that so I ran the player names really big across the width of the card. To make sure they didn't impose too much, there's a little bit of transparency to them as well as a soft fade. Hopefully they're still readable even if you don't see every edge of every character. The letter height varies depending on the length of the player names. That's why Iwakuma's aren't nearly as tall as Harper's below.

Along the bottom is a strip of info: league, team and position. The color of the bar alternates with the background and star color.

On the back, background color is solid so the text is plenty easy to read (other than it being jibberish here.) There's a vertical player photo on the left with the AL/NL logo on the bottom. I packed last year's design with too much info on the back that I'm sure would be nearly impossible to read. This year, it's all cleaner and clearer.