Neon design for 2024 Topps baseball card base set
The 2024 Topps baseball cards feature a striking neon design akin to the unique styles of the ’80s.
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Name your own prediction system
If you want your name made into a baseball prediction system, please leave comment. I’ll reply with your acronym.
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Scanning with “dust removal” might alter parts of your baseball card scans
You might unintentionally create “error cards” When scanning your baseball cards.
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Hall of Fame jersey —for toddlers
Who designed this Hall of Fame jersey? The chunky script font looks like a toddler’s uniform.
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Does the angry Cubs logo look like the Bulls logo?
Both logos have angry stares, with the eyes up by the brows.
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Cubs logo on Millennium Falcon (t-shirt)
What do the Chicago Cubs and the Millennium Falcon have in common?
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Flamethrowers from Topps Bunt
Aroldis Chapman looks extremely tough here. Almost TOO tough. Like, in a rage.
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Nicknames series from Topps Bunt
Topps Bunt released another cool series. The nickname series is cool—starting off with KUNG FU PANDA. The lettering of the nickname in diagonal text is like a Kung Fu movie poster. The splattering background gives great life and energy. The photograph is full of personality. What is he doing pointing to one of his fingers.
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A flag for every team in baseball
You know what every MLB team should have? An official team flag. A flag that DOES NOT have their logo. Because a flag with a logo is a pennant. In fact, it would be a rule by MLB branding, that a team flag cannot have any letters at all. It would be interesting if MLB
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Brown as a Chicago Cubs color?
Why is it that the Chicago Cubs colors are blue and red? What does blue and red have to do with a cub? Red: if the cub claws you and causes blood to gush forth. Blue: bears go by rivers to find fish? Yeah, that’s a stretch. Red, White, and Blue: Cubs as patriotic? In
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Chicago Dogs uniform design is a wiener
The Chicago Dogs released their uniform designs today. Folks, we have a wiener—as in WINNER. Thankfully, their home hat features just the hot dog logo. No baseball, no words. Back in August, I blogged about they should put just the hot dog on the hat. Does the entire logo belong on a baseball hat? I’m
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Idea: using the ads on vintage scorecards to call out highlights of the game
I’ve been so tempted to keep score in a vintage scorecard. It would be so cool to fill score a famous game in the actual scorecard of that time. But many of the old-time scorecards featured a ton of ads surrounding the score boxes. I love drawing pictures and adding text to the margins of
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Chicago Dogs logo and branding
Chicago has a new minor league team called the Chicago Dogs, as in hot dogs. They will be playing in a $60 million, 6,300-seat independent league stadium located at Rosemont near O’Hare airport. Let’s be frank and hope the team is a wiener. Their logo is already looking doggone relishing. A simple curved hot dog
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Game 7 scorecard for 2016 World Series
This is it. The big one. Game 7. At the start of the series, I printed out scorecards for seven games. I never really thought I would need all seven. When the Indians took the series lead 3-1, the Cubs were on the verge of losing the World Series. At the start of every game
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Game 6 scorecard for 2016 World Series
So many incredible moments from game six to illustrate Grand slam, pair of homeruns by #Bryzzo, diving catch by Heyward, goofy errors by Indian outfielders, strikeout record almost tied, the incredible bullet throw by Heyward, the scoop play by Báez, super-fraction close call play by Chapman, and this game enabled us to a game 7!
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