Blogging this year has settled into a routine for me. Cards arrive. I log them on Trading Card Database. I scan them and file the scans in folders on my computer arranged by manufacturer. Then I file the cards in my binders, which are also arranged by manufacturer. I started with almost 200 scanned cards arranged this way, then back in June I added another 240 cards. So I have been working through them ever since, all the while adding to them.
However, I am now drawing near the end of my stash of unblogged card scans. I seem to be left with several unrelated cards that don't really go together. Today I'm going to close out my DonRuss folder with three cards that have yet to feature on here. Some of them have been waiting months for their chance to star on the blog, while all the cards around them in the folder have been picked. At last their day has arrived.
Starting with the oldest card, which arrived most recently.
Card Number 556: DonRuss Baseball's Best, 1988; #154
This is a from a 336-card 'factory set' that was released towards the end of the 1988 season. According to BaseballCardPedia, the orange and black borders mean it's sometimes referred to as the Halloween Edition.
Card Number 557: DonRuss, 2001; #24
Somehow, I hadn't blogged this base card before. It's from Tony's final season. The star patterns in the background are cool.
Halloween Edition? I like it. My problem with the photo on that card has more to do with it being zoomed in so much. I can live with the dugout camera angle.
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