I'm not sure about the logic of including retired players in their base sets, but it seems to be a more common practice now. I'm not complaining. It's more cards for the collection.
Card Number 48: DonRuss, 2018; #165
Nothing hugely exciting about the front.
Bit of an odd blurb on the back, talking about Tony tasting World Series glory late on in his career.
But DonRuss weren't done with Tony in 2018.
Card Number 49: DonRuss, 2018; #165 (Short Print)
The difference on the front is that it just says 'Gwynn' instead of 'Tony Gwynn'.
The back has a black baseball top left, instead of white. Actually, I like the way they have done this to denote a short print. Makes it a lot easier to spot them if you pull them from a pack.
But DonRuss still weren't done.
Card Number 50: DonRuss Optic, 2018; #131
I'm not sure how well that has come out. Optic is the DonRuss equivalent of Topps Chrome. This is a very shiny version of the same card as the DonRuss flagship base cards.
The information on the back reads exactly the same as the flagship base cards as well. The card has a different number, Tony moving about 60 spots up the set order, and the Optic logo is in the middle.
That's your triple Tuesday!
Total: 50/394
We've hit the half century!
I like that Panini used a black baseball on the SP to differentiate it from the regular card. The codes on the back of Topps cards are so tiny, I can never tell if I have a short print without searching each card up... and that gets old fast.
ReplyDeleteYes, totally. Topps parallels are ludicrous.
DeleteI'm not a fan of parallels really anyway, unless they are numbered or something. Just leaving 'Tony' off a card is a bit daft really.