Capewood's Collections: October 2014

Friday, October 31, 2014

2014 Stadium Club - The Base Cards

Last Friday I teased Stadium Club with just a photo of the box. I was just going to post another tease today consisting of this:

But I want to see these cards.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the set. My two complaints: 1) the backs are not glossy; 2) the card stock could be heavier. #1 is a minor complaint, #2 is a major. But the design is good, very minimalistic, the photos are good, and the backs have a nice design, somewhat reminiscent of early Stadium Club. There were 90 cards in the box, 75 of them base cards, with no duplicates. That means I got about 37% of the 200-card set. I'm not a set collector so I'm happy with that. The base cards, like early Stadium Club have no real subsets. There are rookie cards and there are some retired veterans included. By my count, only one card featured a batting stance (refer to my Topps Update post of a few days ago). Even though only 15 cards were parallels and inserts, I got a reasonable cross-section. There is an on-card auto in each mini-box, so there are guaranteed 3 hits per box.

Today I'm going to just feature some base cards. I'll get to the inserts and parallels on Monday.

#13 Stan Musial

You can't go wrong with Stan the Man. The sharp-eyed among you may notice that a severely cropped version of this photo is on Musial's 2014 Gypsy Queen card. This was the only instance of photo sharing I found.

#24 Anthony Rizzo

Glad to see some throw-back kinds of photos, like players signing autographs.

#34 Jordan Zimmermann

Nice overhead shot.

#44 Hank Aaron

Some of the retired cards feature b/w photos.

#103 Adam Eaton

Green grass, player concentration and a good catch to be made. All while rocking a retro uniform.

#120 Jose Bautista

The old bat-over-the-shoulders-behind-the-neck pose. Oh, wait, that's a golf club.

#126 Torii Hunter

I love cards with a recognizable guest star.

#150 Clayton Kershaw

Lots of big stars.

#163 Masahiro Tanaka

And big name rookies.

#173 Mike Schmidt

And Mike Schmidt!

#174 Yadier Molina

And scary tattoos.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Every Madison Bumgarner Card I Own

Part 2 of my John Kruk post will be delayed until next week.

After his masterful World Series performance, this is the best tribute I can make.

2007 Bowman Draft Draft Picks Gold #61