Tuesday, February 18, 2020

The (Second) Dime Box Frankenset Bracket: Bevacqua Region (Pt. 1)


Let's take a look at how the latter half of the Alvarado Region played out.

#11 (Page 38) -- 1973 Topps #334 Freddie Patek (23 votes)

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#6 (Page 8) -- 2016 BBM Fusion #66 Norihiro Nakamura (18 votes)




#3 (Page 13) -- 1989 Upper Deck #117 Gary Pettis (33 votes)

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#14 (Page 39) -- 1997 Fleer #344 Tony Eusebio (7 votes)




#7 (Page 30) -- 1997 Topps #266 Eric Owens (21 votes)

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#10 (Page 71) -- 1987 Fleer #632 Bob Horner (19 votes)




#2 (Page 45) -- 1993 Pinnacle #404 Bob Zupcic (26 votes)

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#15 (Page 5) -- 1973 Topps #38 Mike Epstein (12 votes)

Not quite as upset-crazed as the first half of the matchups, but we still had a bit of a shocker (Patek over Nakamura and a battle that went all the way down to the wire (Owens over Horner).

With the #1 seed already out of the picture, I can't wait to see how the rest of this region plays out.

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For now, however, we move on to the Bevacqua Region -- so named for the bubble-blowing champ of '70s lore.

Here's a look at the first round of matchups.





#1 (Page 51) -- 1973 Topps #456 Dick Green

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#16 (Page 56) -- 2017 Topps #499 Danny Valencia





#8 (Page 41) -- 1967 Topps #363 Dave Johnson

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#9 (Page 34) -- 1995 Collector's Choice #299 Chuck Carr





#5 (Page 69) -- 1988 Fleer #616 Sammy Stewart

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#12 (Page 61) -- 1983 Fleer #543 Ron Gardenhire





#4 (Page 22) -- 2017 Stadium Club #197 Tyler Skaggs

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#13 (Page 17) -- 1990 Upper Deck #151 Rick Honeycutt

That just about does it for this week -- the polls are now on the sidebar.

Happy voting!

5 comments:

acrackedbat said...

every time I see a Gardenhire, it's hard to believe this same fellow managing the Rangers. great choices here as always!

dean said...

He manages the Tigers not the Rangers.

Fuji said...

Right out the gate was a toughie. I hated going against the vintage Oakland Athletic, but I chose Valencia on the perfectly executed synchronized safe signal. Never seen someone so happy getting tagged out, so I went with Carr over Johnson. The My Name is Earl Sammy Stewart and Tyler Skaggs were no-brainers for me.

GTT said...

I love that Dick Green card. RIP Skaggs.

acrackedbat said...

Thanks Dean. As a Tigers' fan, I knew that. I've been out sick. Obviously still running a low-grade fever. Told you I couldn't believe he manages the Rangers. No one believes it. LOL! :)