It's definitely busy, with the crazy lines in the back and that dark red outline. But I dig how they personalized the bat piece in this card to the guy on the card - I've seen symbols stamped into bat pieces before, but never really words/stats like at this level. So I think it's neat.
There also appear to be variations as I saw these two both on COMC as well:
The one on the right has the traditional symbol, but then the left has a stat. Looking at Beckett makes me think that there might be 2-3 parallels of each guy (a red one, a blue one, an autograph parallel with a bigger bat piece for some guys) with different print runs for each parallel. Regardless, it's a pretty cool set, and it would be an interesting set to chase. Though a pricey one too - David Wright and Jose Bautista both have early cards in this set, which has to be one of their first (if not the first) relic to each of their names.
I always kind of liked the early 2000s Bowman's Best relic/auto cards. I actually used to have the Sanchez auto version. Also, I didn't realize there were multiple versions of the bats!
ReplyDeleteYeah I never would've known there were variations if not for COMC. But this definitely makes me want to look more into early Bowman relics.
DeleteI have that Freddy Sanchez in my collection. I believe Jason Bay had one around that time too. Like Dennis I never paid much attention to the variations.
ReplyDeleteBay does have one in there, and it's sweet you have the Sanchez!
DeleteWow. News to me. Cool set!
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