Archive for July 2011
Here is a new one for your custom card of the day. These two ladies play for the University of Florida. I did these as a custom card request. I loved the challenge and think they turned out good as well. I had some reservations about some subtle changes like making the ball the color of a softball, it looks a little weird on the card is all. It provides a bit of a strange background for the Gators logo as well.
Just to let it be known; custom card requests are always welcome. I have done a couple and have really enjoyed doing them. Often my biggest problem is deciding what to do with my custom cards. It also gets me out of ruts I feel. Sometimes I feel like all I do is the same Royals or St. Joe Mustangs stuff so this is nice to break the monotony.
Andrew Polly picked up the win tonight in the 12-3 victory over rival Chillicothe. Polly had a solid game, pitching 6 1/3 innings while giving up 3 runs on 8 hits. He also struck out 4 while not allowing any Mudcats to reach base by walk or hit by pitch. The Mustangs offense was led by the amazingly consistent Brent Seifert who drove in another 3 runs giving him 25 RBI in MINK league play while sporting a .343 average.
Kris Koerper also knocked in a couple runs on his way to a 2-3 day. The true offensive hero was Jake Kretzer. The Northwest Bearcat went 4-5 and drove in a huge 5 runs. Kretzer mixed a double in with 3 singles to compile his 4 hits. His most impressive at bat in my opinion was the at bat where he planned to give the Mudcats and out. After TJ Daily got hit by a pitch to leadoff the inning, Kretzer squared around for a sacrifice bunt and put the ball perfectly between the first baseman, second baseman and pitcher for a hit. I have seen Kretzer come through with a couple good bunts this year, I think bunting is one of the lost arts of the game and I really like watching a team willing to bunt and have the players with the ability to do so.
Bold predictions as I get ready to leave for the Mustangs game: Player of the game will be TJ Daily.
This is why you start taking pictures early in the season kids…Patrick Burkhart is now hurt and I’m guessing by his mobility in the dugout that he won’t play again this year. I was impressed with what I saw out of him the few times I got to see him play. Hopefully he will return to St. Joe next year for a better look.
Andrew Nellestein didn’t play Monday night, the local catcher doesn’t see a lot of time with TJ Daily and Landinn Eckhart ahead of him at the position. The Mustangs did win 7-1 thanks to a strong start by Jayson Huett and two doubles by Brent Seifert. Seifert drove in 3 runs on those two hits. It seems he always gets hits with runners in scoring postition. Huett got the win and is now 3-0 with an impressive 2.13 ERA.
I saw the picture of Brent on the Mustangs facebook page for the mugshot and paired it with my shot of him trotting around the bases after drilling a 3-run shot over the party deck last week. I am a huge fan of both Seifert and 1983 Topps cards so I really wanted to do this one.
It has been way too long since my last “History of Joakim Soria” post. I have a lot more years ready to go I just get distracted with my other projects and don’t get them posted enough. This post is dedicated to 1984 Topps. Definitely one of Topps classic designs but I am not a huge fan of it. I actually consider it the retarded cousin of 1983 Topps. 1983 Topps had a smooth, curvy design with the nice inset picture and Topps tried to go back to the same design template and just square things up. It ends up being too rigid in my opinion. I also do not like the font for the team name or the pink background behind the mugshot. I’ve picked on it enough, it is still a classic Topps design no matter my opinion. I like the picture here and how it fits on the card, I’ve often said how much I like pictures that are a little unusual and this one fits the bill. Look for another “History of Joakim Soria” installment soon.
Here is a new one for your custom card of the day. These two ladies play for the University of Florida. I did these as a custom card request. I loved the challenge and think they turned out good as well. I had some reservations about some subtle changes like making the ball the color of a softball, it looks a little weird on the card is all. It provides a bit of a strange background for the Gators logo as well.
A Hair Off Square 