About a month ago, I posted the third part of this box...that I initially bought last year. Now, granted, it's not like the gaggle of boxes I broke during the 2014-15 year but never posted until 2017 (and I may have one more box from that era??), but...considering that I have two more similar boxes from last year that I need to post, and considering that this box has taken most of the summer...I've been slacking.
So yeah. Here, for your viewing entertainment, are the last nine packs of these thirty-six.
Pack 28-
Dupes: 3/12
Needs: 9/12
Guys Named Hill: 2/12
Some general AL Central stuff- Brian McRae on a base running action shot, and Tom Candiotti in a nice night card.
Photos like the Glenallen Hill shot are why I love Stadium Club. It's not at all pretty. There's a butt obscuring a lot of the action. But sometimes a lot of the action of baseball isn't pretty. Stadium Club's success came from its ability to produce raw, unfiltered vision of this game. To this day, it still does...albeit, in a slightly tidier fashion.
The Devereaux is also pretty cool, proving even the static shots could be layered, and interesting.
More interesting static shots in St. Louis. Hill's might be the more interesting one, as it's just a profile shot, but...the facial expression is really nice.
Pack 29-
Needs: 6/12
Dupes: 6/12
Guys With Kids Who Played as Well: 2/12
Guys With Kids Who Played Alongside Them: 1/12
Some solid, well-lit batters cards of Alfredo Griffin and Wes Chamberlain.
Ken Griffey, rounding out his Seattle career alongside his son, looking graceful fielding grounders. And Steve Bedrosian closes some games in Minnesota here, 25 or so years before his son would close games for the Angels.
Pack 30-
Needs: 3
Not a ton else to write about here, other than the three needs.
Pack 31-
Dupes: 4/12
Needs: 8/12
Absolutely awesome shots: 1/12
I like the moment of capture on the Darren Lewis photo. It just sort of works.
I forget is this card has been documented on blogs before, probably PATP or someone like that, but...damn. This is pretty incredible.
Pack 32-
Dupes: 8/12
Needs: 4/12
HOFers: 1/12
ROBERTO ALOMAR! In one of his first Blue Jays releases, too.
And a cool horizontal shot of Gary Scott.
Pack 33-
Dupes: 8/12
Needs: 4/12
Catching shots: 2/12
Bernard Gilkey, 6 years before being distracted by a spaceship in center field at Shea Stadium, in an early-career release in a Cards uniform, and a pre-managerial Bud Black.
There catching shots are pretty cool, especially Don Slaught's. Tettleton's is nice, and the little orange Tiger stripe is a nice touch, but the angle is a little unrevealing.
Pack 34-
Dupes: 4/12
Needs: 8/12
Great batter's box shot of Phil Plantier, and a nice shot of young Todd Hundley.
Brian Downing's swing is HUGE in this. I imagine he's probably striking out, though. And I love the Caminiti card because it's also a rare shot of the career power hitter working third base.
Pack 35-
These were my three needs, and only Wally Backman's batting stance, Tim Burke's hair, and Roger Clemens not taking steroids yet could take me out of this dupe-fest.
Pack 36-
Dupes: 6/12
Needs: 6/12
Tony Fernandez' smile, Chris Gwynn's stride and Mel Hall's swing bring this box to a close. I didn't yield an entire base set, but I came close enough, which is nice.
So, that was 1991 Stadium Club Series 2. Not bad at all. Collation, as usual with these products, leaves a lot to be desired, but I got enough of the base set that I'm not...completely discouraged.
Expect another SC break soon. Preferably one that takes less than 4 months to blog about.
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