Year by Year Customs: 1972

Not the greatest amount of star power today, but some pretty nice customs. (Fun Fact: This is the first custom for all four of these players, meaning I haven't made one of them in the last 2 years. Of course, 2 were injured and the other 2 were still in the minors, so it all works out).


I think I've been holding this one ever since the Brewers lost in the NLCS. Which means, yes, I made this one in October, and I'm posting it 2 months later. Don't worry, I've done worse.


Coming Tomorrow- A solid design and a few good players.

Andruw Jones is a big name once again

Andruw Jones needed a home. He had played ten consistent hard hitting seasons with Atlanta, and wanted to add a cherry to his slowly melting Ice Cream. He was in luck. The New York Yankees need a hard hitter that could occasionally play the outfield, like Marcus Thames did for us last year.

They needed each other. Andruw is thankfully now a Yankee. And it's a pretty big deal.

Andruw Jones last achieved a stitch of relevancy when he was signed by Los Angeles in 2008, with hopes of revitalizing the hard hitting power of the Dodgers. That didn't happen. He shopped around a bunch of teams (Rangers, ChiSox), until this year, the Yankees signed him.

Hopefully this will be as good as I think it is...and not as good as everyone else thinks it is (bad).

The White Sox...like the Venus Fly trap...

Will grab anything and anyone in sight. Like ANDRUWJOOONES and Omar Vizquel from the Rangers.

Also, that's not the only reason I'm a little mad today. This is:

Just un-freaking-believable. THANKS A LOT, TOPPS!

In Case you haven't heard...

Some sweating, tired, clumsy veteran just signed a minor league deal with the Rangers. I don't know if you've heard of him--He used to be a star in Atlanta. His name is Andruw Jones.

People who are not farmiliar with Mr. Jones' work, it's simply this- Started in 1996 with the Braves, had a pretty decent career until he had a crummy 2007, and after he crappily signed with the Dodgers last season, had an even crummier 2008. Then LA released him, and then Texas got a hold of him. I was starting to think that I was looking at Mario Mendoza.

Anyway, Mr. Jones (Who has nothing to do with Counting Crows) signed a Minor League contract with the Texas money trap- I MEAN RANGERS!!! I am now starting to think that the Rangers are desperate. But they aren't, you see, and therin lies the problem. They have Hank Blalock, Josh Hamilton, Michael Young, Jason Jennings, Everyday Eddie, and a few injured pitchers. Do they really NEED this guy? Andruw may or may not help them, but if they let him into the Majors, Mr. Jones may mess them up.

I can see the Braves regretting their descision to not resign this man, because now he'll be destroying many other teams.