Opening week at the flea market, Pt. 2: It's good to be behind

Things are getting a bit tense here in Dime Boxedonia.

For one thing, I've basically run out of spare pages for my binders in the last few days. With my organizational system, I usually need a constant influx of them to keep things moving.

Since I'm too cheap to buy them at the moment, I thought I'd put a warrant out there on any spare nine-pocket pages my fellow bloggers have lying around. If you have any you'd like to unload, I'll gladly make it worth your while in cardboard.

Perhaps even more worrisome than the pages is the fact that I'm way behind on my organizing. I mean way, way behind. I'm still filing away cards I landed at the local card show, which was over a month ago.

Between those card show finds and the massive amount of trade goodies I've received lately, I'm probably more swamped with un-filed cards now than I ever have before.

Still, that's a testament to just how much awesome cardboard I've picked up during the past few weeks. Because of that, I guess being behind in organizing isn't all bad.

Of course, the 200-plus cards I brought home from the local flea market this past Sunday didn't help things much, at least in terms of my sorting upkeep.

Still, it was totally worth the hassle.

In yesterday's post, I mentioned that I picked up a few individually-priced goodies from the vendor with the legendary dime box.

Although I didn't have the time to dig too deeply into them, this particular vendor had a couple large quarter and fifty-cent boxes on display. I'll probably pick through the bins a little more as the flea market season wears on.

The jaw-dropping Mathews at the top of this post came from the quarter box.

This equally awesome card of "The Georgia Peach" was of the fifty-cent variety.

I was a little shocked to see the quarter price tag on the Chavez.

I've had a tough time finding any 2013 Topps golds this year. I snagged Kevin Milwood's 2013 Topps gold card from the quarter bin for good measure as well.

The Lawrie was a fifty-center. In case you missed it, he's my newest "binder guy".

And, yes, as is the case with any new inductee, I'm now taking donations for the "Lawrie Fund".

For just fifty cents, I scored the emerald parallel of one of 2013's best cards thus far.

I did manage to pluck a few more pieces from this vendor's individually-priced cardboard, but you'll have to wait until my last post to see those.

If you've paid attention to my past card show/flea market posts, you probably already know what I'm saving for last.

Still, I won't spoil it for those who don't.

Apparently, one of the other regular vendors at the local flea market added a couple of new boxes to his table this year.

The boxes in question held a couple large stacks of singles from a few of Topps's latest and greatest sets. Since I don't often have the cash to bust pack after pack of new product, I usually rely on trading to fill my needs from recent checklists.

And, while I love trading for newer cards, digging through boxes like these are an absolute treat.

The box on the left was about half-filled with 2013 Topps Opening Day singles for just a dime a piece.

From there, I managed to land this terrific "Ballpark Fun" insert (and treasured "interview" piece) of Johan Santana...

...along with a hearty stack of base cards.

The box on the right, meanwhile, was another of the "latest and greatest" variety.

This time, it featured stacks of 2013 Heritage singles, priced at a quarter each.

Thanks to this box, I basically managed to cut my remaining base wants from the set in half. I even scored a couple of my most wanted Heritage pieces with the Morneau and cranium-themed Youkilis.

All in all, the vendor charged me just six bucks for the 24 Heritage and 15 Opening Day singles I'd picked out.

Certainly a lot better value than I'd find at my local Target, that's for sure.

After that "latest and greatest" spree, I moved on to the last of the three regular vendors.

He usually has mounds and mounds of cards to dig through. Trouble is, I've already bought most of the ones I've needed from him in the past. And he doesn't get much new "stock" in on a week-to-week basis.

But, since he's always been accommodating to me in the past, I always try to buy at least a few bucks' worth of cardboard from his table during my flea market trips. He always knocks a couple dollars of the final price, anyways.

Tommy Leach isn't a "binder guy", but the fantastic photo alone is what convinced me to take this piece home.

I will always be a sucker for Conlon Collection.

Is it just me, or do these seem to turn up in every dime box?

Everywhere I go, there these are. I can't seem to run away from Pacific's Nolan Ryan-exclusive checklist.

Still, while largely forgettable these days, the set did manage to provide at least a few bright spots.

As far as this checklist goes, these are definitely a couple of its high water marks.

Much like Conlon Collection, I'll never get sick of these '94 UD All-Time Heroes cards.

I don't think they've ever received full recognition for their greatness in this hobby.

True to my dime box ways, I'd probably rate this as my best find from these boxes.

A standard Upper Deck base card of a fairly obscure relief pitcher.

Fellow card enthusiast Pat Neshek is one of the newer additions to my binders. While this is just my fourth card of his, I'm hopeful that my future dime box quests will churn out a few more.

For just three bucks, I managed to take home a nice stack of about 35 new cards.

Before I got to the cluster of regular vendors, I stumbled upon a different flea market vendor who also had cards on display.

Trouble was, there wasn't a price in sight. While I've had negative experiences with the dreaded "unpriced box" in the past, I still started digging.

At one point, the vendor offered me the three huge boxes he had for twenty bucks, two of which contained baseball cards. As has become ritual when a vendor offers me such a deal, I say...

"Thanks, but I don't really have room for this many cards."

Which is pretty much true. And, if the vendor insists (which most have), I go to Plan B...

"Thanks, but I don't have that much cash with me today."

Which was a lie, but I really didn't want to blow my entire budget on one table of mysterious boxes. I'd rather take the much funner route of picking for individual gems. (Although I might've pulled the trigger at about ten bucks.)

Happily, my dig resulted in quite a few gems, as evidenced by the above Bobby Grich.

While I still wasn't sure how much he'd charge me, the twenty-dollar offer convinced me that he wouldn't ask for an outrageous amount.

One of the boxes was mostly overproduction-era material.

Most probably wouldn't bother with such a thing, but I jump at the chance to dig through all those gems.

I love when card companies feature pitchers in non-pitching situations. Obviously, the "pitcher at the plate" Bechler is the more well-known example of that.

At the same time, though, I've always been fascinated with shots that feature pitchers in fielding mode.

The Finley might be my new favorite in that department.

The other of this vendor's baseball boxes was entirely comprised of 1985 Fleer, sorted by team.

That certainly excited me. I've had a tough time finding anything from this set around these parks.

About half of the 44 total cards I scored from this table were of the '85 Fleer variety.

Still, I think this was the best card the table had to offer.

A major-leaguer with...braces?!

I had to do a double-take at first.

If I were a betting man, I'd gamble on seeing Mr. Hall here in a future "Gems of Junk Wax" post.

Finally, the moment of truth.

I had my 44 total cards at the ready. All there was left to do was knock out a total price. Still, what the vendor said to me wasn't what I'd expected.

"What do you want to pay me for them?"

I always get a little worried when a vendor asks me that. From past experience, I know what they're worth, for the most part. All of the cards I'd picked out were standard, dime box-like material.

But I'm always nervous that I'll offend the guy or something. I don't know why. So, a bit cautiously, I said...

"Four bucks?"

After a moment of consideration, the seller agreed to my offer. So, in the end, this was basically a dime box.

But I had to sweat it out for a bit there.

Of course, the 200-plus cards I found at the local flea market put me even further behind in organizational debt. And, crazily enough, I'm actually planning on going back again this weekend.

But, hey, with all the great cardboard I find from this place, I make the trek as much as I can.

I'll take the organizational trade-off any day of the week.

Opening week at the flea market, Pt. 1: Return of the dime box

I might as well warn you now.

This will be a bit of a "show-off" week around here. I am extremely backlogged with trade posts, so I'm going to do my best to get caught up in that department as soon as possible.

One of those trade posts is going to be a massive four-parter. Once you see what arrived on my doorstep recently, I think you'll understand why.

On top of that, the local flea market recently opened for the year. After a couple harsh weeks weather-wise, my mom and I were finally able to make our initial trek there this past Sunday. Needless to say, I was ecstatic.

Now, during last year's flea market posts, some of my readers might remember that I usually crammed all of the day's finds into one write-up.

I'll be changing things up a bit during this year's flea market season. Instead of one big mega-post for each trip, I'll be dividing my finds into multiple posts. I've been trying to provide slightly lighter reads for my readers, anyways.

But enough about that. Let's get to the real meat of this post.

The treasures!

In continuing with last year's trend, I almost immediately went to the little cluster of card dealers at the local flea market. Thankfully, all the "regulars" look to be back for another season, with their usual array of discount bins at the ready.

When I made my way up to the first vendor's table, I saw something that immediately put a smile on my face.

The dime box was back!

While I usually managed to scrounge up a few quarter or fifty-cent gems, I'd vehemently missed this particular vendor's usual dime bin. For whatever reason, it'd been MIA for the latter half of last summer's flea market trips.

Thankfully, the dime box is back in 2013. And, from the looks of it, better than ever.

Before I really start to delve into my finds here, let me tell you how good of a deal I got on this batch of cardboard.

Since I've been a regular customer for a few years now, most of the vendors at the flea market know me. Because of that, they almost always graciously knock off a few bucks on the final price. This guy takes it to the extreme, though.

After all was said and done, I'd plucked 144 dime cards and nine bucks' worth of other miscellaneous goodies (which you'll see in a later post) from his table.

Now, if my math is correct, that should total up to about 23 bucks, which would've been about my entire budget for the day. So...final cost?

Ten dollars.

In essence, nearly all of my 140-plus dime box finds were on the house. A lot which included a couple stellar Astros adds with the above Bagwell and Biggio pieces.

As I always say, it pays to be a regular customer.

Literally.

More than almost any other dime boxes I've picked through, this vendor's discount bins feature a little bit of absolutely everything.

I think that'll come across in the remainder of this post.

From what I've seen, I don't think it's humanly possible to be aware of every insert set that was released between the late '90s and early 2000's. There are just so darn many of them.

These awesome "Hot Properties" pieces were certainly new to me.

The city of New York has certainly seen its fair share of baseball history.

This pair features a couple of the more memorable moments from "The Big Apple".

Of course, most fans probably know the tale of Bucky $^%&* Dent by now.

While perhaps not the most revered moment in Mets history, I sure wish I was around to see that memorable 19-inning Braves-Mets contest in 1984. Keith Hernandez hit for the cycle in that game, while "The Kid" caught all 19 frames.

In a game that took over eight hours to complete (thanks to rain delays), the Mets prevailed, 16-13. And, since the game began on July 4th, the promised fireworks display went into effect at nearly 4 o'clock in the morning on July 5th in Atlanta that morning.

That must've upset the neighbors.

Yay!

Dime box oddballs!

Does it get any better?

Although I've been going steady with 2001 Topps Archives for a good twelve years now, I'm still finding more reasons to love it.

I've purchased stacks upon stacks of these from dime boxes over the years. However, as is the case with Mr. Morgan here, a new one pops up every now and then.

Plus, Colt .45s pieces are hard to come by these days.

Even after all these years of collecting defunct franchises, this is just the thirteenth Colt .45s card I own.

Oh, how I love dime box short-prints.

No matter how angry I might be at Topps and their money-hungry SP tactics, I'll always have a soft spot for ones of the dime bin variety.

They're one of my guilty pleasures.

I made a pact with myself last year.

Unless I somehow found them at a dirt-cheap price, I wouldn't pull the trigger on anything from last year's All-Pete Rose set. (Courtesy of Leaf.)

While I collect "Charlie Hustle", I've never liked the idea of revolving a checklist around one solitary player.

In the end, I guess the cardboard gods had other ideas.

When I saw a fairly substantial stack of these in the vendor's dime box, I couldn't help but scoop 'em up.

Considering the deal I got on this dime box adventure, I'd say I made a pretty good choice.

Pete Rose overdose aside, they're actually not all that bad.

I know these scan like crap, but I absolutely have to brag about this "score" on my part.

After all was said and done, I landed a couple dozen of these '80s Sportflics issues, all of which feature legends from past facets of the game.

From left to right in this scan, we have Juan Marichal, Steve Carlton, Ralph Kiner, Roy Campanella, Bob Gibson, Lefty Grove, Enos Slaughter, Jimmie Foxx, and Phil Rizzuto.

I've heard the phrase "the scan doesn't do these justice" quite a bit here in the blogosphere. I've used it quite a few times myself over the course of this blog's history.

But never has it been more true than with this batch of gems.

As has become the norm with my recent dime box adventures, I managed to pick up a few pieces for my many mini-collections during this dig.

One of my more lofty goals is to acquire every "multiple-exposure" card ever printed.

With this beautiful Murray, I'm one step closer to realizing a huge cardboard dream.

Here, we have a couple adds to my "ripoff" mini-collections.

As I've mentioned many times in the past, neither my "double dip" nor my "play at the plate" quests were my ideas in the first place. I borrowed them from various members of the blogosphere who partake in similar collections.

They've sure been a ton of fun to "save" from the dime box depths these past few months.

While I'm probably not the only collector hoarding these types of cards, here are some new subjects for a couple of my other mini-collections.

The Sanders is one of the few "Multi-Sport Heroes" pieces I've plucked from dime bins over the years. They're just not all that common in this hobby.

Now, "pitchers at the plate", on the other hand, have long been fairly plentiful in the world of discount boxes. Still, that doesn't make them any less fun to find, by any means. The Glavine was one of my better pickups of the day.

And, speaking of which...

As of now, here's probably the most peculiarly-shaped "pitcher at the plate" piece in my collection.

I would've bought this card regardless of who was pictured on the front. Its strange die-cut quality made sure of that.

The fact that Burnett is a "binder guy" just made it that much sweeter.

It'd be hard for me to crown a single "king" of this dime box dig.

For now, though, I'd have to give the honors to Mr. Tejada here. After all, I can't say I've seen another shot quite like this one.

This is what I mean when I say I collect simply "cool" cards. The Tejada wouldn't quite fit into any of my mini-collections, yet it proved to be arguably the best dime find of the day.

Although, I'll admit, I'm tempted to start a "somersaulting ballplayers" mini-collection now.

If you thought these were cool, then you're in luck.

After all, we still have two more flea market posts to go.

Still, I think you can see why I was so excited to see this vendor's dime box back in action this year.

It never fails to provide a staggering array of treasures.

Gems of Junk Wax Bracketology: The field of 64 (Part 3)

You know the drill by now.

Below are the next eight matchups from the field of 64. Personally, I think this region features a little of everything. Some easy choices, some tough choices, and some in between.

The polls are now on the sidebar!

Voting on this region will close this Thursday, April 25th, at 11:59 PM, so be sure to get your votes in before then!

So, without further ado, here are the next group of pairings from the "Gems of Junk Wax" tournament.

#1 seed -- 1991 Fleer #689 Tom Glavine

VS.

#16 -- 1991 Topps #530 Roger Clemens

All things being equal, Roger Clemens is most likely my least favorite player in baseball history.

Still, I find myself putting those feelings aside whenever I see his '91 Topps issue. In terms of posed photography, it has to be one of the greatest cards ever produced.

That being said, I think the Glavine will give "The Rocket" a run for his money.

Although I know I'm in the minority on this, I've always been smitten with Fleer's 1991 design. Couple those awesome yellow borders with one of the few "sliding pitcher" cards I've seen, and you have a definite gem of the overproduction era.

We'll just have to see how the voting turns out.

#8 -- 1987 Topps #170 Bo Jackson RC

VS.

#9 -- 1994 Pinnacle #379 Mark McLemore

Yeah.

While the McLemore is definitely an outstanding card, I'm betting this matchup will be a bit of a blowout.

To this day, the "Bo" remains arguably the most memorable card of the entire era.

#5 -- 1988 Donruss #625 The Ripken Family

VS.

#12 -- 1991 Bowman #410 "The Shot Heard 'Round The World"

I like that the randomizer paired these two together.

Understandably, most of the 64 cards in this tournament feature individual players. These, however, are a couple of the extreme few "themed" cards of the bunch.

Even though 1988 Donruss is one of my least favorite sets since, well...ever, it featured a flash of brilliance with that Ripken-centric issue. I own a few other cards that feature the "Ripken Family", but the Donruss piece is by far the best.

Most fans agree that "The Shot Heard 'Round The World" will always be one of the more defining moments in baseball history. 

While most of Bowman's overproduction era releases were highly yawn-tastic, that card is easily one of my favorites from the entire era.

How much do I like it?

It was the very first individual piece I featured in this theme, way back in December of 2011.

That seems like an eternity ago.

#4 -- 1992 Upper Deck #780 Turk Wendell RC

VS.

#13 -- 1988 Score #501 Reggie Jackson

While the victor of matchup would be an easy choice for me, both of these pieces certainly have their strong suits.

Best I know, the Wendell is the only card to feature a player brushing his teeth. On top of chewing black licorice and jumping over foul lines during his time in the bigs, Wendell habitually brushed his teeth between every inning of every game in which he played.

Upper Deck certainly didn't waste any time in exposing Wendell's quirks to the public, as that piece is actually his rookie card.

The Jackson is one of just three cards I own of him in Orioles garb. A lot of people forget that "Reggie" sandwiched a one-year stint with Baltimore between his big years with the A's and Yankees.

Because of that, Jackson as an "O" may well be the most unfamiliar uniform in existence.

#6 -- 1993 Upper Deck #645 Phil Hiatt

VS.

#11 -- 1991 Upper Deck #175 Fernando Valenzuela

Holy cow.

The randomizer struck pure gold with this one.

Two of my coveted "multiple exposure" cards will have to fight it out. One horizontal, one vertical. One day card, one night card. One fielder, one pitcher.

Thus far, this is probably my favorite matchup of the entire tournament.

I think you can see why.

#3 -- 1993 Upper Deck #174 Carlos Baerga

VS.

#14 -- 1993 Topps #633 "The Three Russians"

I'm interested to see where the voting goes with this one.

The Baerga is a prime example of Upper Deck's stellar photography in '93. It's definitely one of the better "double dip" cards I own.

On the other hand, the "Three Russians" piece is certainly a well-kept secret. I didn't find out about it until well into my blogging tenure.

Unbeknownst to me, the Angels signed three prospects out of Russia during the early '90s. Even more interestingly, they all made their cardboard debuts on the same 1993 Topps issue.

I've heard conflicting reports on what the Russian lettering on the front actually means, but the piece is more commonly referred to as "The Three Russians" in today's hobby.

This matchup should be a whole lot of fun.

#7 -- 1994 UD Ken Burns Baseball #66 Bill Mazeroski

VS.

#10 -- 1992 Topps #2 Rickey Henderson RB

This will probably prove to be a battle between a couple historic heavyweights.

I feel honored to own the Ken Burns Baseball card series that was released in 1994.

My parents bought it for me as a birthday gift during my early collecting days. If you can find one, I'd definitely recommend landing a copy for yourself.

It features tons of gems from baseball history, although I'd argue that the Mazeroski is the best of the bunch. Such an awesome view of one of the more memorable moments in baseball history deserves to be recognized in this tournament.

Of course, the Henderson chronicles his 939th career stolen base, the one that surpassed Lou Brock on the all-time record list.

In today's game, I think it's safe to say that his 1,406 career steals is a record that will never be broken.

That's what makes his 1992 Topps issue so historic.

#2 -- 1994 Conlon Collection #1000 Ty Cobb

VS.

#15 -- 1992 Score #891 Rob Dibble "Dream Team"

Longtime readers of this blog probably know who I'd choose in this matchup.

I won't try and say too much, but I've always had a profound interest in the deadball era. Incidentally, Ty Cobb was the unquestioned icon of that time period in baseball.

If you had to sum up "The Georgia Peach" with one photo, that shot would most certainly be it.

Well, now that you've seen this region's matchups, hit the polls!

Again, voting closes this Thursday, April 25th, at 11:59 PM. I'll try to have the victors announced on Friday.

Happy voting!

Gems of Junk Wax Bracketology: Victors from the field of 64 (Pt. 2)

Thus far, I think it's already safe to say that this tournament has been a resounding success.

The second group of matchups from the inaugural field of 64 produced a terrific turnout, quite a bit larger than we saw in the first batch. Thankfully, everything went smoothly with the new polling system as well.

Plus, after this post, we'll have determined half of the "Terrific 32" that will be moving onto the next round of the tournament.

Again, a big thanks goes out to all my readers who took the time to vote on these matchups. In the end, quite a few turned out to be neck-and-neck races.

On that note, let's see who will be moving on to the next round in the "Gems of Junk Wax" tournament.

#16 seed -- 1987 Topps Traded #22T Ron Cey (20 votes)

def.

#1 seed -- 1989 Topps #11 Bruce Sutter (13 votes)

Well, it finally happened.

A #16 seed managed to take down a #1. Mr. Cey pulled the ultimate upset with his victory here. (Even all these years later, that's still never happened in men's "March Madness" history.)

Again, though, the seeds in this tournament are much like the points on Whose Line is it Anyway?.

They don't matter.

I had a feeling "The Penguin" would emerge victorious in this matchup. Both are terrific "sunset" cards, but Cey as an Oakland A is still one of the more fascinating sights in cardboard history.

As far as unfamiliar uniforms go, it has to be near the top.

#9 -- 1988 Fleer #582 Tim Flannery (22 votes)

def.

#8 -- 1991 Studio #38 Sammy Sosa (9 votes)

As funny as his '91 Studio card is, I'm not sure I really wanted to see Mr. Sosa advance past the first round.

No matter what, he's still one of my least favorite players in the history of baseball.

Thankfully, Mr. Flannery won in pretty comfortable fashion.

#12 -- 1991 Topps #760 Benito Santiago (26 votes)

def.

#5 -- 1994 Upper Deck #57 Julio Franco (4 votes)

With a 22-vote difference, this may well prove to be the biggest blowout in this entire tournament.

Still, with the unquestioned greatness of Benito Santiago, were you really expecting anything else?

I'm just glad Mr. Franco didn't get shut out.

#4 -- 1990 Score Rookie/Traded #100T Eric Lindros RC? (19 votes)

def.

#13 -- 1994 Upper Deck Minors #48 Scott Eyre (13 votes)

This matchup turned out to be a lot closer than I would've guessed.

Although Mr. Lindros pulled away near the end, this race was neck-and-neck for the majority of the polling timeframe.

I guess at least a few of my readers agreed with Eyre's "sleeper" status in this tournament. In the end, though, I think the Lindros was indeed the better candidate of this matchup.

After all, it's one of the wackier cards of the overproduction era.

#11 -- 1987 Classic Yellow #124 Andre Dawson (17 votes)

def.

#6 -- 1992 Topps #261 Tom Lasorda (14 votes)

In revealing this region's individual matchups, I deemed this to be the most interesting pairing of the bunch.

The voting certainly didn't disappoint.

Much like the Lindros-Eyre matchup, this was a dead heat for a while. After all was said and done, though, the Dawson emerged victorious.

While I personally think my readers got it right, I thought the Lasorda had a better shot at winning. From what I've seen, it's one of the more recognizable cards of the era.

The Classic Dawson is a truly unbelievable piece of cardboard, but I doubt many people had seen it before I happily dug it up from that fateful dime box back in June.

Either way, I'm interested to see how far "The Hawk" can advance in this tournament.

#3 -- 1989 Scoremasters #22 Mark Grace (20 votes)

def.

#14 -- 1990 Swell Baseball Greats #11 Robin Roberts (12 votes)

I'm starting to question just how random my randomizer truly was.

This is already the second all-Cubs matchup we've seen in this tournament. The beautiful Scoremasters Grace overtook the "unfamiliar" Robin Roberts fairly effortlessly.

And, well, guess who Mr. Grace will face in his "Terrific 32" matchup?

None other than Andre Dawson.

Another Cub.

Coincidence?

#7 -- 1991 Topps #455 Walt Weiss (17 votes)

def.

#10 -- 1992 Stadium Club #444 Lance Johnson (15 votes)

With just a two-vote margin of victory, this proved to be the closest matchup of the tournament thus far.

Although I personally would've picked Lance Johnson, I can't much argue with the popular choice. The Weiss may well be the greatest "double dip" card in history.

Plus, while following this neck-and-neck matchup last week, I came to a frightening realization.

Should there be a tie in the voting, what would happen? 

I'd never thought about that during the preparation for this project. Truthfully, I'm still not sure. Maybe I'll just give the nod to the higher seed in that case. 

So maybe the seeds will matter, after all.

#2 -- 1989 Score #645 Randy Johnson RC (19 votes)

def.

#15 -- 1992 Stadium Club #387 Ruben Sierra (13 votes)

While Mr. Sierra made it a bit of a contest, the victor in this matchup was never really in much doubt.

As much as I love my "sunset" collection, I've always loved acquiring rookie cards of my favorite players.

This Score issue of "The Big Unit" is near the top in that department.

So, in keeping with the setup of my first "victors" post, here's a look at this region's "Terrific 32" matchups.

#16 -- 1987 Topps Traded #22T Ron Cey vs. #9 -- 1988 Fleer #582 Tim Flannery

#12 -- 1991 Topps #760 Benito Santiago vs. #4 -- 1990 Score Rookie/Traded #100T Eric Lindros (RC?)

#11 -- 1987 Classic Yellow #124 Andre Dawson vs. #3 -- 1989 Scoremasters #22 Mark Grace

#7 -- 1991 Topps #455 Walt Weiss vs. #2 -- 1989 Score #645 Randy Johnson RC

Hopefully Mr. Lindros will be able to give Santiago a little better run for his money this time around.

Until then, though, this looks to be a fantastic batch of matchups.

I'll be posting the next round of pairings from the field of 64 later tonight.

Get ready to vote again!