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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold
Players are picked for varieties of reasons. Sometimes to match a theme, sometimes to highlight different seasons of theirs. Often over the course of a cycle longer serving members will get multiple cards - like Ventura has a White Sox card from the initial set, sometimes the next time they get a card is to balance them out. For him, for example, his best career season was 1999. Most long serving players will get cards for their primary team at some point in the cycle, but, for example, this is the first Baines card released from his Oakland time.
As a count on the cycle, as of a week ago, the White Sox are in 3rd place for total number of cards released, behind the Cardinals and Pirates (not counting alternate names of teams, like the White Stockings, RedLegs, etc...). These things go in cycles - the White Sox got 4 cards in the second tournament batch, for example. I'm sure there will be other elite level cards coming over the coming weeks and months.
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Pretty sure White Sox were never called the White Stockings according to baseball reference.
I kinda disagree with you on the Baines card by overlooking at minimum 4 White Sox years with the one for Oakland. Try looking at his Baines 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 as he had MVP votes in all 4.Okay, th number of Sox cards might be 3rd but when at least 50% or more of those are from 69 to 40 cards that argument don't pass the smell test. I'm trying to be a good soldier & spend $$$$ but really not happening. I almost got demoted to bronze with all the great Sox cards.
Just frustrating waiting for some cards but not happening either.
But thanks for replying bro, love the work yall do.