VOTE: "Best Looking" Cards (Round II)

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Here are the winners from Round I (the 1936 HOF induction class):












NOW... it's time to vote for the 1937 HOF induction class...

so please vote for the "best looking" cards ever printed of these players:

NAP LAJOIE
JOHN McGRAW
TRIS SPEAKER
GEORGE WRIGHT
CY YOUNG

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

LAJOIE: M116 Sporting Life blue background

YOUNG: 1903 E107

McGRAW: T205

WRIGHT: 1869 Peck & Snyder Cincy team

SPEAKER: T205

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Posted By: Darren J. Duet

Lajoie 1933 goudey
Young t205
Mcgraw t206 portrait with cap
Wright Peck & Snyder Cincinatti
Speaker 1914/15 Cracker Jack

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Posted By: PASJD

Lajoie T206 with bat
Young T206 portrait
McGraw T205
Wright dunno
Speaker T205

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Posted By: Andy Baran

1.) Lajoie - Cracker Jack

2.) McGraw - Alpha Photo Engraving

3.) Speaker - M116 Sporting Life

4.) George Wright - 1874 Warren Studios (sorry for the scan of Harry - I should read a little better)

5.) Cy Young - 1902 W600 Sporting Life (most of his other cards, including the E107, make him look like a geezer).

6.) Connie Mack - E98

7. Ban Johnson - Fan Craze

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Posted By: jay behrens

person, I think team pics need to be excluded. This about a person, not a team. Same would gof or multi-player cards.

Changing my votes to the same as Andy's.

Wright - I wouldn't have listed him to begin with since he is not in as a player.

This group truely has a some lackluster cards with nothing that really stands out.

Jay

Wow upside down is Mom. Mom upside down is what dad wants to see.

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Posted By: Kenny Cole

My favorites:

Lajoie - E107
Speaker - M116 Sporting Life
Young - E90-1 (Boston)
McGraw - Cracker Jack
George Wright - 1874 Warren CDV

If you are going with the 1937 election year, you also need to include Mack and Ban Johnson, since they both had cards. I'll go with the E98 Mack and the Fan Craze Johnson.

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Posted By: Scott Elkins

Lajoie - E92, E101, E102, E105 etc. Leaping to Catch
McGraw - E92, E101, etc. (Pink Background)
Speaker - E90-1
Wright - Don't do 19th Century
Young - E90-1 Boston

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Guys:

We are talking about GEORGE WRIGHT...

NOT his brother Harry.

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Posted By: Paul

Lajoie - T3
Young - T205
McGraw - T3
G. Wright - Warren Studios card
Speaker - T3
B. Johnson - Fan Craze
Mack - Tattoo Orbit (His Topps Magic Photo is really cool. An almost 90 year old man in full catcher's gear. But it is so tiny that I decided not to vote for it.)

I guess I voted for too many T3s, but they sure are nice.

By the way, not to criticize the voting in the first round, but do the supporters of the E107 Wagner really feel it is the best LOOKING Wagner? Best? I won't argue. Most desireable? Again, I won't argue. But best LOOKING?

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

I think it being the only image of old Honus in his "Sunday best" is what made it so likeable.

I think people are tired of the oft-seen T206 portrait of Honus and all of the similar cards.

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Posted By: Julie

M101-2--is this a card, for the purpose of this thread?
Everyone knows that Ban J's only (other?) card is the Fan Craze, and is it UG-LY. So B Johnson: M101-2, or (yurg) the Fan Craze. Poor guy's gotta have Some card!

Young T206, glove shows.
George Wright--the CdV Warren
Lajoie Cracker Jack
McGraw T206 (sweater)
Speaker --T3! (hands down!)
Mack--Texas Tommy!

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Posted By: Glen V

Need more pictures of the player's cards to choose from. I like Cracker Jack cards, but Lajoie's isn't a great picture of him. Here's another option:

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Posted By: JimB

LAJOIE - T206 w/bat (one of my all-time favorite baseball cards!)
SPEAKER - 1914/15 Cracker Jack
YOUNG - E90-1
MCGRAW - T206 slouching red background
WRIGHT - No opinion



P.S. That CJ Cobb doesn't suck. Is it from the recent find?

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Posted By: Julie

"slouching red background" and I call "sweater" (McGraw)?

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Posted By: Mike Williams

Lajoie - E94
Speaker - E90-1
Young - T205
McGraw - CJ
Wright - P&S

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Posted By: John Spencer

Lajoie: T3
Young: Just So
Speaker: Cracker Jack
McGraw: T3
Wright: P&S

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Posted By: brian p

I have to partly disagree with the comment that Jay made earlier--there really are some standout cards in this group, especially Napoleon Lajoie. Many of the cards of Lajoie are pretty darn attractive--he might be called very 'cardogenic'. Besides my choice below, you definitely can't go wrong with his E96, M116, and all his T206 cards.

Nap Lajoie: T3
John McGraw: T3
Tris Speaker: E126 American Caramel
George Wright: no opinion
Cy Young: E90-1 Boston

Brian

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Posted By: tbob

Nap Lajoie: E94
John McGraw: E94
Tris Speaker: M116
George Wright: don't care
Cy Young: T206 pitching facing front

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Posted By: Drew

Lajoie E90-1
McGraw T3
Speaker M116
Young T206 Portrait
Wright ?

Drew