The (Second) Dime Box Frankenset Bracket: Alvarado Region

Last week's results are in!

#1 (Page 68) -- 1972 Topps #611 Rich Reese (18 votes)

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#8 (Page 37) -- 1996 Stadium Club #333 Jay Buhner (16 votes)

#5 (Page 58) -- 1996 Collector's Choice #522 John Smiley (18 votes)

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#4 (Page 62) -- 1973 Topps #555 Bill Hands (16 votes)

#6 (Page 6) -- 1999 Fleer SI Greats of the Game #53 Joe Rudi (24 votes)

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#14 (Page 32) -- 1998 Stadium Club #284 Sean Berry (10 votes)

#2 (Page 10) -- 1992 Studio #86 Jose Lind (22 votes)

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#7 (Page 29) -- 1977 Topps #255 George Scott (11 votes)

Two blowouts, two nailbiters, but in the end no real surprises last week.

Even in the early stages of the tournament, Rich Reese just barely avoided being the second #1 seed to be sent packing -- he'll squeak into the Sweet 16. Also a second straight drubbing at the hands of Joe Rudi leads me to believe he might be a Cinderella story to watch as the bracket rolls on.

As usual, only time will tell.

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And so we move on to the Alvarado Region -- with all the early upsets and general madness (including the #1 seed being knocked out in the first round), it's easily been the zaniest section of the bracket thus far, which makes sense given the card it's named after.

Let's check out this week's matchups.

#9 (Page 23) -- 1960 Topps #204 Ryne Duren

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#16 (Page 49) -- 1996 Upper Deck #434 Al Martin

#12 (Page 55) -- 1991 Upper Deck #492 Geno Petralli

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#13 (Page 16) -- 1998 Topps #140 Jay Bell

#3 (Page 13) -- 1989 Upper Deck #117 Gary Pettis

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#11 (Page 38) -- 1973 Topps #334 Freddie Patek

#2 (Page 45) -- 1993 Pinnacle #404 Bob Zupcic

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#7 (Page 30) -- 1997 Topps #266 Eric Owens

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

Happy voting!