Tuesday, April 21, 2020

The (Second) Dime Box Frankenset Bracket: Sweet 16 (Pt. 2)


Had some nail-biters last week!

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

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#5 (Page 58) -- 1996 Collector's Choice #522 John Smiley (17 votes)




#6 (Page 6) -- 1999 Fleer SI Greats of the Game #52 Joe Rudi (20 votes)

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#2 (Page 10) -- 1992 Studio #86 Jose Lind (16 votes)




#9 (Page 23) -- 1960 Topps #204 Ryne Duren (18 votes)

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#12 (Page 55) -- 1991 Upper Deck #492 Geno Petralli (17 votes)




#3 (Page 13) -- 1989 Upper Deck #117 Gary Pettis (21 votes)

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#2 (Page 45) -- 1993 Pinnacle #404 Bob Zupcic (15 votes)

As we close in on the final rounds of the bracket, I kinda figured the voting would start to get closer and closer -- last week was certainly proof of that.

All four matchups were fairly even, and a couple went right down to the wire with Rich Reese and Ryne Duren squeaking into the next round by a single vote. Also I knew the Rudi and Pettis cards were popular, but I'm not sure I expected them to make this serious of a run deep into the tournament.

And so the first half of the Elite Eight is decided...

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...and now it's time to decide who'll join them.

First up, from the Bevacqua Region:





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

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





#7 (Page 31) -- 1973 Topps #273 Chris Speier

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#14 (Page 42) -- 1992 Stadium Club #376 Greg Gagne




And finally, from the Palmer Region:






#1 (Page 60) -- 1975 Topps #533 Rudy Meoli

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#4 (Page 54) -- 1996 Collector's Choice #484 Rex Hudler





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

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

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

Happy voting!

2 comments:

Fuji said...

Tough choices. I love the Skaggs, but I switched my vote to Green at the last second. Gotta support a well-cropped action shot of an Oakland Athletic. The others I went with my first instinct... Speier, Hudler, and Rigney.

And I'm totally blown away that the Rudi only won by 4 votes. I can't stop staring at that card.

Tim said...

No matter how many times I see it, that Rex Hudler always brings a smile to my face.