An Unexpected PWE: Everyone's Dream

I recently received a PWE from Brendan, better known as Elliptical Man over at A View from the Third Floor. When I saw the envelope, I didn't think I had won a recent giveaway or anything, so I was intrigued. So, what was inside? It didn't take me long to see they were all candidates for my Frankenset, but if there was any doubt, Brendan included a little checklist guide to what he sent.

Eighteen cards in total made their way from beautiful San Diego to the less picturesque Fargo in a 70 cent envelope. Some were cards I already had in my Frankenset, but some were new to me, so I will need to see if they might find a home in the set. 

Dave Stewart the cameraman. Chuck Finley hugging a runner. The Gary Pettis is a great find. He missed the bunt! Hadn't noticed this one before. Some great glasses/sunglasses shots, too. Do you know the guy in the middle? Scroll down for the answer. And Steve Carlton with the White Sox? Just doesn't look right.

Chris Bosio signing some autos. Why is 40-something Carlton Fisk bunting? Tim Raines bunting - makes more sense. Pitcher running the bases. Two legendary nicknames. Love a good bubble gum card. And then you have the Rollie Fingers mustache battling the Justin Turner beard (sorry it's sideways). 

I appreciate Brendan going through my list and finding some awesome cards to fit my Frankenset categories. He's a loyal reader of the blog, too, so I owe him a double thanks! 

The man in the middle on page one was the one and only Jay Buhner. If you got it wrong, you owe me one Ken Phelps card.

My Favorite Frankenset Card by Page; Page 3 (Cards 19-27)

Page 3 of the Frankenset has some solid cards. It can't quite measure up to page one or page two, but it does feature two baserunners you wouldn't expect to be pictured chugging around the bases on a baseball card.

Here are those entries:

1995 Pinnacle #22, Bob Hamelin

6'0", 230 lb. Bob Hamelin flying out the batter's box so fast his helmet falls off. Shocking fact: Hamelin stole four bases in 1994. FOUR! He swiped 11 in his six seasons in MLB.


Our second unlikely baserunner:

1996 SP #23, Tom Glavine

Stolen base fact (unlike the case of Hamelin, not found on the back of the card): Tom Glavine stole one base. In 22 seasons. Glavine had 1645 plate appearances in his career, whereas Hamelin had 1508.

So Bob Hamelin was clearly the better base stealer. (The preceding sentence was just typed for the first time in Western Civilization's known literature.)

Odd choices by Pinnacle and Upper Deck, for sure. But this week's winner is the beneficiary of an even odder choice decision by the makers of the 1990 Classic baseball series.

1990 Classic Yellow #T25, Jeff Treadway

Did you catch it? Odd, isn't it? Besides "why in the world would you choose this photo?," the other main thought I had was wondering what happened here. The only thing I can see causing this scenario is Treadway fouling the ball off. One of those barely got a piece of it spinning foul balls. For a guy who hit .277 in 134 games the previous season, you think Classic could have done better. Or maybe they were being sneakily intentional, because this card in my opinion, is a true "classic."