MINI FRANKENSET BATTLE TO THE DEATH

GOT A LITTLE PILE OF ALLEN & GINTER MINIS FROM @GROGG AND NOW IT'S TIME TO PUT THEM IN THE FRANKENSET

BUT WAIT

WHAT IF THERE'S ALREADY A CARD WITH THAT NUMBER IN THE SET? THEN THEY

BATTLE 

TO 

THE

DEATH

LET'S HAVE SOME CARDFIGHTS, SHALL WE?

FIRST UP, WILLIE MCCOVEY BASE MINI. THESE ARE AMONG THE FIRST 2019 GINTER CARDS I'VE SEEN AND MY GOODNESS DO THESE LOOK GOOD. THE IMAGE IS HUGE AND THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME BACKGROUND INSTEAD OF WATERCOLOR BLOBS. THE DESIGN ISN'T EATING UP HALF THE CARD. LOGO IS ATTRACTIVE AND BIG BUT NOT OVERLY SO. DOES STRETCH MAKE THE FRANKENSET?

 A CHALLENGER APPEARS

2006 JOHN SMOLTZ IS ALREADY IN THE SET AT CARD 53. YOU'D THINK THIS WOULD BE A SLAM DUNK FOR SMOLTZIE BUT - I BOUGHT QUITE A BIT OF 2006 GINTER AND ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF MINIS FROM THAT YEAR IN THE SET. THERE WERE TWO OTHER '06S ON THE PAGE IN FACT. THIS AIN'T JOE PANIK, THIS IS WILLIE FRIGGIN MCCOVEY. 2019 NEEDS SOME REPRESENTATION IN THE FRANKENSET AND SMOLTZ CAN GO IN A PLAYER COLLECTION

MCCOVEY WINS

NEXT UP - MARK MCGWIRE. YAAAY. AS A CARDINAL. BOOOOOOOOO. STILL BASE MINIS AND THERE AIN'T A LOT OF OPEN SLOTS IN THAT SET. WHO WILL FACE BIG MAC

2008 ADAM DUNN. I APPRECIATE THAT ADAM DUNN IS THE PATRON SAINT OF THREE TRUE OUTCOMES BUT LET'S BE HONEST, DUNN IS BASICALLY A WORSE VERSION OF MCGWIRE. PLUS REMEMBER HOW I SAID I HAVE A LOT OF 2006 CARDS IN THE SET? THAT GOES TRIPLE FOR 2008

MCGWIRE WINS

NO CLUE WHO THIS GUY IS

STILL DON'T KNOW. WILL THIS GUY MAKE THE SET WHILE SMOLTZ AND DUNN ARE SQUEEZED OUT?

LOLNOPE. I KNOW EXACTLY WHO BONNIE BERNSTEIN IS. ALSO ARE THOSE THE EXACT SAME STANDS BEHIND MCGWIRE ON ROCKS' CARD? I DON'T NEED THOSE STANDS IN THE SET TWICE.

BERNSTEIN WINS

I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO SCAN CODY ALLEN'S CARD BY ITSELF AND AM TOO LAZY TO JUST CROP THIS ONE. DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE THE OTHER CARD #215 IS JOHNNY FRIGGIN BENCH. SEE WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE EXCESSIVE DESIGN THOUGH. POOR JOHNNY'S SQUISHED BETWEEN FLOWERY FONTS

BENCH WINS

GIANCARLO! I AM TO SWOON. I MEAN BOOOOO YANKEES BOOOOOOO. BETTER THAN THE MARLINS I GUESS. GIANCARLO IS A GINTER BACK, WILL HE BE CHALLENGED?

2008 JOHN LACKEY HAS THE MISFORTUNE TO SHARE A CARD NUMBER WITH STANTON. I MEAN, THIS AIN'T EVEN A CONTEST. GIANCARLO TAKES LACKEY DEEP

STANTON WINS

LOU BROCK! LEGENDS ABOUND IN THIS PILE OF MINIS. NOT EVEN GOING TO BOO THE CARDINALS HERE, LOU'S ONE OF MAYBE A HALF DOZEN ST. LOUIS PLAYERS THAT GETS A PASS. THIS IS ACTUALLY A GINTER BACK SHORT PRINT CARD SO SHOULDN'T BE ANY COMPETITION FOR THE FRANKENSET

UM..... CARD #389??? THERE MAY BE SOME COMPETITION BUT IS IS ONE OF THE SUPER SHORT PRINTED MINIS THAT ARE ONLY FOUND IN RIP CARDS. I HAVE NOT HEARD WHETHER THIS WAS A CONSCIOUS DECISION TOPPS MADE TO SKIP NUMBERS 301-350 IN THEIR SHORT PRINTS OR IF IT WAS YET ANOTHER OF THEIR 'PRINTER ERRORS' BUT EITHER WAY AS SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO BUILD A SET OF 1-350 (YAKNOW, LIKE EVERY OTHER DANG SET SINCE 2006) THIS IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. I PUT THIS CARD IN THE EMPTY SLOT FOR CARD #339 BECAUSE WHY SHOULD I SUFFER WITH NO BROCK DUE TO TOPPS' SHENANIGANS

OPEN SLOT FILLED

BOOOOOOO NATIONALS. JEEZ PLAYOFF SEASON MAKES ME HOSTILE. THIS OBVIOUSLY IS A BLACK BORDER PARALLEL AND YOU CAN SEE BELOW THERE AIN'T NO COMPETITION FOR THE FRANKENSET BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT MANY BLACK BORDER CARDS. I MUST SAY I DO PREFER THE NEW STYLE BLACK BORDER PARALLELS THAT LOOK LIKE SUPER ELABORATE WROUGHT-IRON DECORATIVE FENCES OVER THE OLD SOLID BLACK BORDERS. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT BRIAN DOZIER. OH- I PICKED UP DOZIER IN MY FANTASY TEAM FOR LIKE A WEEK BUT HE SUCKED SO HE ENDED UP GETTING REPLACED BY CESAR HERNANDEZ. I TOLD YOU I HAD NOTHING TO SAY. YOU KNOW WHAT'S WORSE THAN PEOPLE DISCUSSING THEIR FANTASY LEAGUE TEAMS? THIS CARD:

I NORMALLY LOVE LOVE LOVE GINTER MINI INSERTS. SO MANY COOL SUBJECTS! THIS ONE HOWEVER... @GROGG ACTUALLY WARNED ME ABOUT IT TOO BUT I THOUGHT I COULD HANDLE IT. IT'S SO MUCH WORSE IN PERSON. DAMMIT, ENGLAND WHY

THANKS TO @GROGG FOR ADDING A LITTLE MORE FUN TO THE FRANKENSET