I never liked horizontal pics of players on baseball cards.It's always been somewhat of a peeve.I don't know why.Maybe It's a continuity thing,where flipping through a bunch of upright cards of player close ups and then suddenly being interrupted by a sideways shot of a player sliding into second, disrupts my mental equilibrium.A set like 2001 Fleer Tradition ,where all base cards are horizontal, doesn't bug me as much ,but still ..bugs me. Topps seems to really dig the "wide screen" shots of players diving,stealing a bag and being mobbed at home plate ,as these cards are prevalent In most of their more recent product starting with 2009.I like my base cards up right.The horrid side ways shot of a cloud dust with a hardly recognizable player sliding into third base really does nothing for me.Not to mention the fact hat I never know If I'm placing the card In a sleeve right side up.
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| UGHH!Look at It.It's like a billboard. |
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| Upper Deck could have cropped this McCann and made It an awesome rectangular,upright card but that would have meant the omission of the cool Careerbuilder.com advertisement along the fence In foul territory . |
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| Is this a "Team Leaders" card?Checklist ?No,It's a Ryan Ludwick base card.Although, for all we know It could just be his stunt double. |
Horizontals are hit and miss for me. Some cards look beautiful with the landscape frame, but others are simply horizontal for horizontal's sake. That Delgado might be a good example of the latter.
ReplyDeleteI agree that some look great,but I'd much rather have an all upright base set of cards or an all horizontal set.I don't like my uprights intermingling with horizontals and vice versa,lol!There's a place for horizontal cards in inserts,special cards and game used IMO.The one set that did pull off using both formats was UD Masterpiece,I think.
DeleteNick pretty much hit the nail in the head. This years Stadium Club had some nice horizontal shots.
ReplyDeleteI think If done In good taste,then It works.Here's an older Stadium Club horizontal Tony Pena that kind of conveys my point.
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Pena looks great In his trademark crouched position but putting the lower half of some undisclosed Met player Is a waste of space,i think.