Monday, August 15, 2016

The Frankenset Bracket: The field of 64 (Pt. 1)


The official Frakenset Bracket is set, but first, let's check out the results of the second round of play-ins.

#6 (Page 22) -- 1995 Collector's Choice SE #197 Jose Rijo (17 votes)

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#15 (Page 33) -- 1993 Upper Deck #294 Casey Candaele (12 votes)




#7 (Page 2) -- 1995 Topps #17 Dave Nilsson (17 votes)

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#14 (Page 27) -- 1979 Topps #239 Willie Horton Reverse-Negative ERR (13 votes)




#13 (Page 14) -- 1978 Topps #125 George Scott (16 votes)

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#8 (Page 6) -- 1981 Fleer #46 John Wathan (14 votes)




#9 (Page 9) -- 1995 Pinnacle #79 Charlie Hayes (19 votes)

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#12 (Page 68) -- 1993 Upper Deck #611 Francisco Cabrera (10 votes)




#10 (Page 28) -- 1970 Topps #252 Lowell Palmer (21 votes)

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#11 (Page 45) -- 2008 Topps #402 Taylor Buchholz (9 votes)

I agreed with every victor here, save for George Scott, which was the lone upset of the group. The Wathan play at the plate is one of my personal favorite cards in the frankenset, so I'm sad to see it go.

Guess you can't win 'em all.

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And now, it gives me great pleasure to introduce the first eight head-to-head matchups from our first region of the official Frankenset Bracket.




#1 (Page 61) -- 1973 Topps #542 Pat Corrales

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#16 (Page 14) -- 1978 Topps #125 George Scott





#8 (Page 72) -- 1993 Upper Deck #645 Phil Hiatt

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#9 (Page 20) -- 2012 Topps #172 Reed Johnson





#4 (Page 19) -- 1972 Topps #166 Chris Speier IA

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#13 (Page 5) -- 1996 Score #38 Bip Roberts





#5 (Page 74) -- 1991 Topps #659 Oscar Azocar 

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#12 (Page 55) -- 1995 Stadium Club #495 Turner Ward





#3 (Page 3) -- 1972 Topps #19 Billy Cowan

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#14 (Page 32) -- 1992 Stadium Club #282 Lonnie Smith





#6 (Page 54) -- 2008 Upper Deck #454 Garrett Atkins

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#11 (Page 30) -- 1992 Upper Deck #268 Mike Benjamin





#7 (Page 21) -- 1984 Fleer #182 Glenn Hubbard

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#10 (Page 59) -- 1973 Topps #525 Jim Fregosi





#2 (Page 18) -- 1984 Fleer #158 Roy Lee Jackson

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#15 (Page 57) -- 1992 Stadium Club #507 Jay Bell

The polls are now on the sidebar.

Happy voting!

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