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[Randallk34]

Originally Posted by JRX

Any Pardee card will do 10k

Not if his next card is Ryan Mountcastle or something like that

[Oliroller]

Originally Posted by Randallk34

Not if his next card is Ryan Mountcastle or something like that

Come on man! All the dudes you can take a shot at and you have to choose Mountcastle? I was going to say let him do Larussa

[JRX]

Originally Posted by Randallk34

Not if his next card is Ryan Mountcastle or something like that

Not if he's some sort of mutant human/castle hybrid on top of a mountain.

[eldavojohn]

Originally Posted by TacBacJack

People complain about having the same old players but it's really the execution that matters. Also, obscure player choice, even if it is undoubtedly the icon of hat team, does not ensure good reception.

Originally Posted by eldavojohn

Right. I mean, I'll tell you what, I bet that CC Sabathia comes in at ... oh ... 1285. Like I don't expect it to be lower than the Yount (Vides nutjobs are around) but definitely pretty close.

Originally Posted by JRX

Vides CC 1162

Ha!!!

[cnote81]

Originally Posted by 1000 Sport Zonk

Pardee Lasorda will be the ultimate test for this stage of P70.

Please don't speak this into existence.

[JRX]

I will say I think Vides and JK5 could have 2 of the more interesting wrapper cards

[salthill]

Three words. Pardee Harry Caray.

But could he outshine Cardtoons…

It would be a bovine nightmare!

[Timsterino]

Originally Posted by TacBacJack

The Yount is super low for how much people crow about having diverse player choices.

Diverse player choices don’t matter if the card isn’t attractive. The big yellow squibble killed the Yount card in my opinion.

[cnote81]

Originally Posted by Timsterino

Diverse player choices don’t matter if the card isn’t attractive. The big yellow squibble killed the Yount card in my opinion.

It was a disappointing step back after a solid Ichiro card.

[Shinjoy]

Originally Posted by TacBacJack

Ok real talk how much do people really want a Boston Betts? Would you consider a two-team card? Asking for a friend.

Aren't two-team cards guaranteed to make everyone unhappy? Living in Boston, Mookie getting traded stung, even though I'm not a Red Sox fan. I think the only way two-team cards might work would be something like a Milwaukee+Atlanta Hank Aaron card.

Originally Posted by cnote81

Compare it to the McCormick Aaron from today- it looks like an instagram filter over a Getty image and nothing more.

Filter over a stock image is McCormick's artistic style in general. The Aaron will probably be about as good as it gets for him, although I wish he'd used a different (pre-1990) border.

[ThoseBackPages]

if Hayes did 11, i agree that 10 is his floor

[Timsterino]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

That hayes doesnt sell 2K if Pardee's name wasnt on it

100% correct

[cnote81]

Originally Posted by Shinjoy

Filter over a stock image is McCormick's artistic style in general. The Aaron will probably be about as good as it gets for him, although I wish he'd used a different (pre-1990) border.

And I get that some people enjoy that- this is all personal opinion. There's nothing wrong with elegant presentation of an iconic image. I just don't think it's fair to Don C (again, words I never thought I'd write) to compare the cards today.

[Silas Barnaby]

Originally Posted by Shinjoy

Filter over a stock image is McCormick's artistic style in general. The Aaron will probably be about as good as it gets for him, although I wish he'd used a different (pre-1990) border.

I thought he did cowboy art and stuff like this:

[eldustino]

Don C Gwynn was and is a great card. My favorite single drop day in P2020 was the Don C Gwynn / Beck Mo.

Don's had some other decent contributions, and he gave us Jerry Manuel, the player.

I don't hate the Godzilla card but I'm passing on all today.

Shin your take on dual team cards is on point. I misread TBJ's question. Tell your friend that the only dual coards that would work would be if the teams were linked (like shin said) or possibly NPB/MLB or Negro League --> MLB (IMO)

[Shinjoy]

Originally Posted by Silas Barnaby

I thought he did cowboy art and stuff like this:

I hadn't seen that one. He's most famous for his cowboy prints that have a black and white sketch of a cowboy in front of a color image of a desert landscape that's processed in the same way his baseball cards have been.

The Aaron card is essentially the same thing, except you get this brightly colored picture of Aaron in the foreground instead of the black and white cowboy. It's a pretty cool (but not THAT cool) card that puts me in a time machine. It reminds me of some of the 1952 Topps cards that have images in the background.

[1000 Sport Zonk]

Originally Posted by Shinjoy

Filter over a stock image is McCormick's artistic style in general. The Aaron will probably be about as good as it gets for him, although I wish he'd used a different (pre-1990) border.

Most of his stuff is paintings of cowboys and roadsigns, he recently incorporated this low-toner color xerox effect to his own western photos but also couples them with a painted element. He seems to have limited himself for this project to just the effect (which could have been crafted himself for all I know).

Ive been disappointed overall with his cards because my expectations were a lot different from the final result. I do think this Aaron is his best so far, minus the card boarder which I am not a fan of.

[Silas Barnaby]

Originally Posted by 1000 Sport Zonk

Ive been disappointed overall with his cards because my expectations were a lot different from the final result.

I expected something closer to the Will Clark work shown here:

[ThoseBackPages]

wait wait wait

the guy who painted that Will Clark above, is the one who released todays Hank Aaron?

[Silas Barnaby]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

wait wait wait

the guy who painted that Will Clark above, is the one who released todays Hank Aaron?

I believe so.

[ThoseBackPages]

that is freaking terrible then. Topps should be able to break his contract

[kevbojones]

His work could have so much potential

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

that is freaking terrible then. Topps should be able to break his contract

[ThoseBackPages]

yea, he hoodwinked Topps for sure

those paintings look original

[cnote81]

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

yea, he hoodwinked Topps for sure

those paintings look original

He's not the only one that's been delivering cards that look nothing like a reasonable person would have anticipated based off the artist's prior work...

[Shinjoy]

Is that because of everyone's preference for painted images, or would today's Hank Aaron baseball card look better if he were standing next to tiny images of a mug of beer and a BMW?