The Rules: I will be matching up each card as they come out of the pack. I'll rank them in order of who I think is the best and assign 0-5 points to each card. Whichever pack has the highest number of points will be teh winnah. If I am unable to determine the winner of a certain round I'll have you guys decide in the comments.
Let'e start 'er up... Card 1:
#1 09 Heritage Cole Hamels
The man won the NLCS and the World Series MVPs. Not a bad pitcher at all. I like th fact that Topps was able to stay with the '60 Topps mugshot motif and still get an interesting background with the stadium press boxes over his shoulder.4 points
#2 08 Heritage High Ryan Ludwick
Quad-A player who finally broke through last year. Nice posed swing as he stares off into the distance gazing at his FUTURE. The spring training scoreboard and ads don't hurt neither.2 points
#4 09 Goudey Carlos Guillen
This card is hideous. I totally understand Carlos isn't Brad Pitt or anything, but did Upper Deck really need to make him look like Quasimodo wearing pajamas? Ugh, this card disgusts me.0 points
After one round:
2009 Heritage 4 - 2008 Heritage High Series 2 - 2009 Goudey 0.
2 comments:
Agree with you on the Goudey Guillen. Someone was asleep at the wheel on that one. What's really surprising is that I can't think of a single original Goudey that comes off looking that bad.
Is it strange that I don't consider Allen & Ginter strictly retro? As in, it seems more like a continuation of a really old style of card versus the Heritage series, which is more self-conscious in how it's presented/marketed (including the way the series is named)?
Probably too fine a distinction, but that's my gut reaction to the retro label.
(Also, I'm totally new to collecting baseball cards, so feel free to set me straight.)
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