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Thursday, March 20, 2008

2008 Baseball Card Tournament: First Round - Anaheim

It's tourney time, so let's have a tournament. Here are 64 random cards from my archive of scans. They'll all get seeded into brackets and face off against one another. Each card that advances to the next round gets more written about it. If you want to know more about a card, vote for it - your votes determine the winner.

First Round - Anaheim

West Region

#1 1955 Harry Agganis
This is one of the first vintage cards in my collection. It's also one of the most egregiously abused.
vs.
#16 1997 Score Mark Wohlers
This card pretty much sums up Mark's career after October 23rd, 1996.



#8 1988 Score Reggie Jackson Tribute
Reggie in an Orioles uniform? Can you imagine the conversations with Weaver?
vs.
#9 1972 Topps Traded Denny McLain
After winning 30 games, Denny got traded several times. Most recently to a federal correctional facility.



South Region

#6 1890 Allen & Ginter N30 "World's Decorations" Order of St. Olaf
This attractive looking bauble goes nicely with the other N30 card in my collection.
vs.
#11 1973 Topps Jim Breazeale
What inhuman monster told poor Jim that those glasses looked good???




#3 1986 Topps Roberto Clemente All Star
That's Roberto, not Bob. This would be a #1 seed if it's weren't a subset card, but then again I probably wouldn't have it at all if it weren't a subset card.
vs.
#14 2008 Topps Trading Card History Cameron Maybin
A rookie-laden 1992 Bowman set design is appropriately used to show off Marlins hot prospect Maybin.

Final Scores:

Harry Agganis 13, Mark Wohlers 1
Reggie Jackson 9, Denny McLain 5
St. Olaf 6, Jim Breazeale 8
Roberto Clemente 13, Cameron Maybin 1

14 comments:

Bay Rat North West said...

Alright:

The vintage crushes a depressed Wholers because it obviously has previous "experience".

Reggie in an Orioles Orange uni beats McLain in a Prison Orange Uni.

I would rather have a bad medal than bad chops AND those glasses.

And BOB Clemente crushes the Rook no matter how nice the design of the Rooks card.

Anonymous said...

My votes go to Harry Agganis, Denny McLain, Jim Breazeale, and Bob Clemente. Yes, I said Bob.

AlbuqwirkE said...

Agganis, Reggie, Breazeale, Clemente

deal said...

Agganis, Jackson, Olaf, Clemente
Let see some more brackets!

Anonymous said...

Agganis, Mr. October, Olaf and Clemente

mmosley said...

Agganis - sweet Sox logo
McLain - he seems shocked or confused by the trade
Breazeale - I own that card
Clemente - in a blow out

Billy Suter said...

I have to go with bay rat NW, deal, and joey on this one.

Agganis/Jackson/St. Olaf/Clemente

Fleerfan said...

Agganis, Reggie, Breazeale, Clemente

Captain Canuck said...

Wohlers, Reggie, St Olaf, and Clemente

ernest of canada said...

Agganis, McLain, Breazeale (those glasses rule!), and Clemente.

Kevin said...

Let's go #1, #8, #11, and #3.

DaveH said...

Agganis, Reggie, Breazeale, Clemente get my vote.

The Olaf looks sweet but I want to hear about that Breazeale card. And whats up with a tribute to Jackson on the 2nd place '76 Orioles?

Anonymous said...

#1 , #9, #6 , #14

MMayes said...

West
#1 Agganis 70, #16 Wohlers 44
Wohlers starts off fast with a quick lead, but fades terribly after halftime.
#9 McLain 68, #8 Jackson 66
Close game but McLain, looking like he'd bet on the game defeats Jackson's long range bombs

South
#11 Breazeale 71, #6 St. Olaf 54
St. Olaf looked tired from the long trip.
#4 Clemente 84, #13 Maybin 61
Clemente's experience and athleticism is no match for Maybin.