Showing posts with label 2019-20 Topps Gypsy Queen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2019-20 Topps Gypsy Queen. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Tim's Gauntlet: Day 2
For someone like me, who doesn't collect a lot of newer cards, today's challenge of finding a card from current release year with a unique photo, should've been a difficult one, but it actually ended up being the easiest!
I figured out the other day that I own exactly five cards from 2019-20 sets, with four of those five being from the Prizm basketball set (courtesy of Matt), all of which are very cool, but aren't exactly what I would call "unique". Thankfully though, my only other new card, which came from one of Rod's daily giveaways, does have a unique photo (at least in this humble blogger's opinion it does), and was the first thing that came to mind when I saw Tim's list of daily challenges...
Other than reading a few blog posts after it's yearly releases, Gypsy Queen is not a set that I've ever paid much attention to, and it's not because I have anything against it, no, in fact I could say the exact same thing about the majority of newer sets, it's very hard for me to be interested in something when I don't know, or even care, who the majority of players are -- and often can't even tell the sets apart from year to year. That being said, there are exceptions to most rules, and this 2019-20 Ruth B. of Yankees was one of them!
The reflective nature of Babe's appearance is what drew me to the card, and even after having it for several weeks now, it's appeal still hasn't worn off. Of course now that I've gone and used it for this post, I'm sure that someone out there is going to tell me that this particular image of the Babe has been used in 14 other sets over the last couple of years, and therefor isn't "unique", but I had never seen it on a card before, so it's "unique" to me.
Looks like another challenge is in the books, and the good news is, even though they're not written yet, I've at least got the cards in mind for days 3-6, but have no idea what to do for day 7 -- I guess then it's a good thing that I have a couple of days to think about it :)
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