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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

My Favorite Card of 2017

This is my very first year participating in P-Town Tom's end of the year contest. You've probably seen many other bloggers post about their favorite cards of 2017, and I'm finally ready to show mine after a few days of careful consideration.

As you can probably tell, my favorite card of the year is card #126 from 2017 Topps Stadium Club, Brooks Robinson. I knew that I was most likely going to choose a Stadium Club card, simply because the set produces incredible and memorable cards year after year. This year, many cards stood out to me such as the Tim Raines, Reggie Jackson, and Willie McCovey base cards. However, I stuck with the one that stood out the most to me, and that's the card of the 16-time Gold Glove award winning 3rd baseman. 

Robinson's card perfectly captures everything I like about 60's and 70's baseball, lots of bright colors. I hadn't seen these all-orange Orioles jerseys before I saw them on this card, so I appreciate Topps for caring enough to use this image. I like the set a lot, especially the silver font used for the player name. Mostly, I just love all the details. The background is something very different compared to what we usually see on cards nowadays. I enjoy that Brooks is holding a bat in this card. There are countless small details along with quite a few large ones that come together for this card. That is a card that's deserving of my favorite card of the year. 



7 comments:

  1. Gosh, I love Stadium Club. I had not seen this card until now. Gorgeous. The orange uniforms are . . . just, wow!
    Great choice!
    Thanks for entering!

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    1. In the process of writing up the favorite card of the year post. Tried to give your blog a little plug... hopefully more readers will find you! Keep up the nice work!

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    2. Thanks so much I really appreciate you doing that. The contest post was really fun to write and I really enjoyed taking part it in. Thanks again for running it.

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  2. I added your blog to my reading list and will start sharing it on Twitter. That's a fantastic image, I love the Orioles all orange uniforms.

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    1. Thank you so much, I just added your blog to my list and I'm going to be taking a look at your want list soon. I'd like to complete a trade.

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  3. Excellent choice-I forgot all about this one when naming some standout Stadium Club singles. (Not that I have any, mind you) Also, I added you to my blogroll. :)

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    1. Thanks Chris, I just put you on my blogroll as well. I really appreciate it

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