I wanted to find a way to post some of the customs that I have done for each set so everyone can see them the way I do. I have each set's cards in a seperate file on my computer, and I add files to them as new cards are made by myself or others. I came up with an idea to post cards in groups of 50 from each set. Many of the sets have the first 20 or so done already with a good amount done in between as well. The missing ones should be easy to make, especially with the templates already done.
First up is the 1990 Topps set. Here are cards #792-805 with notes on a few of the cards.
First up is the 1990 Topps set. Here are cards #792-805 with notes on a few of the cards.
793. Mike Schmidt
794. Mike Schmidt All-Star
Mike was selected to the 1989 All-Star Game starting lineup even though he had retired in May 1989 before the game happened in July.
795. Bo Jackson Highlights ('89 All-Star Game HR)
796. Mo Vaughn Draft Pick
797. Pete Rose Manager
He was suspended in 1989 and replaced by Tommy Helms. Since Topps only made 1 manager card per team, Helms got the 1990 card.
798. Dave Dravecky Highlights (came back from cancer in his pitching arm to pitch in the Majors in 1989)
799. Dick Pole
800. Guillermo (I'm not Willie) Hernandez
801. Checklist 7 (I did backs to these so I can put them in my albums)
802.Tommy John by GCRL
803.Nasty Boys by Jays Cards and Stuff (this blog is no longer up, but had some nice customs. Hope it reappears someday).
804. Dave Stewart World Series Highlights
805. Nolan Ryan Highlights (5000th Strikeout)
806.Goose Gossage by Richard
807. Tom Goodwin Draft Pick
808. Chuck Knoblauch Draft Pick
809. Todd Jones Draft Pick
810. Neil Allen
811. Chris Bando
This card was a pain to make. I did a search for Chris Bando Athletics, and the only A's photos I found were a black and white one of Chris, and a ton of Sal Bando. I took one of him from his coaching career, and photoshopped it to get this. If I can find a better one, this one will definitely get remade.
812. Billy Beane
813. Buddy Bell
814. Bob Brenly
815. Leon Durham
816. Tim Flannery
817. Bob Forsch
818. Greg Gross
819. Glenn Hoffman
820. Glenn Hubbard
821. Keith Moreland
822. Dwayne Murphy
823. Dave Palmer
Another one I had to photoshop.
824. Kent Tekulve
825. Steve Trout
826. Joel Youngblood
827.Will Clark NLCS Highlights by Richard
828. Chris Brown
829. Bill Dawley
830. Dave Otto
831. Brian Snyder
832. Doug Jennings
833. Scott Hemond
834. Dann Howitt
835. Dick Scott
836.Dave Duncan Coach by Richard
837. Rene Lachemann Coach
838. Art Kusnyer Coach
839. Dave McKay Coach
840. Tommie Reynolds Coach
841. Merv Rettenmund Coach
842. Stu Tate (former Auburn alum and one of my favorite players)
843. Jamie Quirk
844. Larry Rothschild Coach
845. Ozzie Virgil
846. Kevin Batiste
847. Xavier Hernandez
848. DeWayne Buice
This was an awkward photo (the original one was horizontal, and had a watermark on the right side, so I had to cut it off funny), but this is probably one of the only Topps cards with a photo of an Upper Deck card on it.
849. Jose Nunez
850. Chris Hoiles
Now that I am done with the first 50 or so cards in the 1990 set, I'll probably work on the 1991 set, and keep going up through the 2001 set, that way each set will get equal attention. I'll keep updating the cards as I get new blocks of 50 made, and I'll keep adding new ones that anyone emails me, so if you've ever wanted to help me out with customs, I have pages with the checklist for every set from 1989-2001 and all the templates on the sidebar. Speaking of the sidebar, I updated my page of players that I collect. While this blog is mainly for customs, I do collect baseball cards and have close to 100,000 cards and an extensive player collection. One of those players, Brody Koerner, just got his first MLB card in Donruss (Panini) Elite, so now I went from having every one of his cards (one minor league issue) to needing 20-50 (thanks Topps/Upper Deck/Donruss for inventing parallels. NOT!!!). If anyone ever wants to try to make some trades, I'm open to it. I might not be able to trade as much as other bloggers, but I might be able to swing a few trades a year cumulatively. I'll probably try to pick up some 2017 Topps cards when they come out and will make a post of what I get once I get some. I'm still not sure of the official release date of the flagship brand. Some sites have Feb. 1st, and others have the 8th. If anyone can hep clear the confusion that would be awesome.
Thanks for checking out my blog.
-Jeremy