2014 Allen and Ginter

Card Manufacturer: Topps

Card Set: Allen and Ginter

Year: 2014

Card Number: 205

Card Type: Base

This marks the second year in a row that Robin's been featured on a Allen and Ginter card.  As a matter of fact I think Robin's been in well over 80% of the Topps products this year if not more.  And that's great for a guy like me you likes cheap additions to the collection.  Of course Topps has recycled a heavily used image here, although cropped and "Ginterized". But the card looks good and if I ever get the chance to meet the man again this will look great signed.  I actually really like the look of this year Allen and Ginter and Robin has all the parallels that go along with having a card in the base set.  I'll be picking those up when I can find them.

I do miss the old uniforms sometimes.  Maybe not the baby blue so much, but the classic white with blue pinstripping and the hat with the old mitt logo is awesome. 

 Here's a little bit of trivia for you too.  We know that the image used here was taken back in 1988, because that was the year that the Brewers wore the H/K patch to honor their late manager Harvey Kuenn. Discuss.

2014 Topps Finest - Finest Greats Xfractor Autograph

Card Manufactuer: Topps

Card Set: Finest

Year: 2014

Card Number: FGA-RY

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Finest Greats Autographs

Sub type: X-Fractor

Card Attributes: Autographed, Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 048/149

I was super excited to see this card in my mailbox today.  This year's Finest is very sparse with Brewers. As a matter of fact there are only 3 featured in the base set with all the parallels. No Brewer graces any of the inserts except for Robin's auto in the Finest Greats set.

Besides the xfractor auto there are also all the other parallels associated with this insert. I'm pretty happy just to have gotten this one for a decent price. I most likely will not be pursuing the others, but this card now has a good home.  The scans don't do the shiny goodness justice and it's been a long time since I added a new autograph card to the collection.

2007 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts #67

Card Manufacturer: Upper Deck

Card Set: SP Legendary Cuts

Year:  2007

Card Number: 67

Card Type: Base

In 2001 Upper Deck put out it's first Legendary Cuts product and continued to do so up until it lost it's MLB license. 

The design reminds me of the old cabinet cards of yore. A really nice design for a set mostly known for it's great hits. The base set featured 100 cards and no parallels.  Robin has a bunch of relic cards in this set as well and I think he might have an auto or two as well.

2014 Topps Archives Silver Foil Parallel

Card Manufacturer: Topps

Card Set: Topps Archives

Year:  2014

Card Number: 96

Card Type: Base Parallel

Parallel Set: Silver Foil

Card Attributes: Serial Numbered

Serial Number: 10/99

This was the second year in a row Robin was issued a card in Topps Archives set. Robin was put on the 1980's design. I think it would have been better had he gotten on the 1973 design since he had actual cards issued for him in all the other design years featured this year, but at least they used a different picture.  And with getting a base card you also get all the other parallels that go along with that.  This year there were two the Gold #d to 199 and these Silver parallels #d to 99.  There are also the 4 printing plates as well.

I apologize for the crappy scan.  The scratches and stains are from the scanner, top loader and penny sleeve not the card.  And the scan doesn't do the card justice.  A nice shiny parallel for the collection.

2014 Bowman Is Back insert

Card Manufacturer: Toppps

Card Set: Bowman Platinum

Year:  2014

Card Number: 89BIB-RY

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Bowman Is Back 

Another one of my recent pick ups.  Topps has been inserting these cards in to various Bowman products for a couple years now.  And as luck would have it Mr. Yount got his mug put on one and inserted into this year's Bowman Platinum.  

The cards are really nice and shiny.  The front and back both mimic the 1989 Bowman release, but at least Topps didn't mimic the size like it did back in 1989. Those cards were a pain to store and display.  These cards are regular size.

2014 Panini Golden Age Star Stamps

Card Manufacturer: Panini

Card Set: Golden Age

Year:  2014

Card Number: 26

Card Type: Insert

Insert Set: Star Stamps

Whew. I'm back finally.  It was a long summer spent mostly out in the field, but I'm mostly done and can get back to my intermittent blogging.

When Golden Age came out this year the majority of the subjects were non-baseball, but there were a few mixed in with the product and of of the coolest featured Mr. Yount.   

It's interesting to know that I'd been watching these cards on ebay since they came out and was pretty amazed at the prices that this card was going for.  The first one went for over $20 and most have gone for more than $10.  And being the cheapskate that I am I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to pick this card up.  But I noticed that justcommons.com had one in it's inventory and for a really reasonable price compared to ebay sales and shipping, so I ended up picking up 6 new Younts from them and putting together a few Brewers team sets I needed.

This card comes from the Star Stamps insert and features 4 players. You probably can't tell from the scan but each player is it's own separate sticker and has a deckeled stamp edge. 

And while the lack of logos on the hats is a little off putting this is a great card simply for the fact that all four players featured are linked.  This card represents the 1999 Hall of Fame class.  A great collection of players all linked with MLB history and a great addition to the collection.

21st Century Digital Younts

I have to admit I'm a little addicted to Topps Bunt.  I was skeptical of the app before I tried it, but to be honest it's kind of fun.  Not so much fun I'd be willing to throw real money at it, but I enjoy the trading and playing the game.  There even happen to be a couple of Younts in the mix.  I don't have any in my Bunt card collection and probably won't seek them out since they hold no value in playing the game, but it's nice to see Robin represented in the digital frontier.

Topps released a set of limited edition prints on it's website a while back and also made a Bunt insert set based on a lot of those prints.  The "For Mayor" set featured Robin and other stars of the game and he was also featured in the Bunt insert set.

Topps also released  a TBT (Throw Back Thursday) card featuring Robin's 1975 rookie card.

While I find it neat Robin's been featured in the app with a couple digital cards they can't be used in play.  And I'll keep my collection to real physical objects.

What do you think. Do digital cards have a place in a player collection?