The biggest of the blog projects I have been working on has involved several sheets of paper, a long period of malaise and staring at way too many Dee Brown mug shots. Almost six months ago, Gummy Arts, that well-known Twitter card artist, posted his interpretation of the 1981 Topps Pirates Future Stars card. Here's that tweet: It was a reference to just Tony Pena, but, of course, we diehard card collectors know this card means much more than Pena. The following conversation: Ah, yes, I smelled a project. It was something I had wondered for quite some time. Which of those multi-player prospects cards, those two- and three- and four- and sometimes-even-five rookie stars/future stars displayed the greatest firepower? Which displayed the starriest stars, when all of the players featured had finished their careers? And how did all of them stack up with each other? So I went a hunting. For months. I had no idea there were so many multi-player prospects cards. I should have know...
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