Tuesday, March 17, 2020

The (Second) Dime Box Frankenset Bracket: Cowan Region


Last week's votes are in!

#11 (Page 47) -- 1993 Upper Deck #415 Denny Neagle (22 votes)

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#6 (Page 28) -- 1983 Fleer #249 Aurelio Rodriguez (12 votes)




#3 (Page 35) -- 1995 Upper Deck #312 Steve Buechele (19 votes)

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#14 (Page 53) -- 1991 Score #475 Andy Van Slyke (14 votes)




#7 (Page 33) -- 1963 Topps #294 Bill Rigney (27 votes)

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#10 (Page 15) -- 2001 Ultra #132 Matt Stairs (7 votes)




#2 (Page 74) -- 1992 Upper Deck #666 Bob Ojeda (20 votes)

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#15 (Page 26) -- 1973 Topps #231 Bill Parsons (14 votes)

What was an insane week for the rest of the world ended up being a fairly drama-free round of frankenset voting -- none of the matchups were all that close, and even the lone upset (Neagle over Rodriguez) was an easy victory.

It's also nice to know that the only manager to win a frankenset page (Bill Rigney) survived into the second round, given that most managers don't get the most exciting cards.

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And with that, the first round is complete!

Much thanks to everyone who voted -- now, without further ado, let's go all the way back to the Cowan Region to kick off the second round of the frankenset bracket.





#1 (Page 68) -- 1972 Topps #611 Rich Reese

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#8 (Page 37) -- 1996 Stadium Club #333 Jay Buhner





#4 (Page 62) -- 1973 Topps #555 Bill Hands

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#5 (Page 58) -- 1996 Collector's Choice #522 John Smiley





#6 (Page 61) -- 1999 Fleer SI Greats of the Game #53 Joe Rudi

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#14 (Page 32) -- 1998 Stadium Club #284 Sean Berry





#2 (Page 10) -- 1992 Studio #86 Jose Lind

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#7 (Page 29) -- 1977 Topps #255 George Scott

That's it for this week's matchups -- the polls are now on the sidebar.

Happy voting!

6 comments:

Johnnys Trading Spot said...

For me this round was an easy one.

P-town Tom said...

You could kind of say two managers made it out of that round with Tommy Lasorda making a cameo on the Bob Ojeda card. Actually, now that I think about it, Ojeda doesn't make it out of that round without Lasorda.

Mike said...

Hate to see Aurelio Rodriguez go!

Fuji said...

Like Johnny... I felt like this round was pretty easy. I'm hoping Rudi eventually makes it to the finals. That's such an awesome card.

Adam Kaningher said...

With the cancellation of March Madness, I'm really looking forward to this bracket over the next few weeks.

Tim said...

Denny Neagle looks like the Homer going into the bushes meme.