The Lost Bossys: Baseball Edition Pt 3

  So awhile back I started doing the Topps/OPC baseball designs and I figure what better way to motivate myself than to feature Mike Bossy.  If you missed it, Part One is here, and Part Two is there.  Part Three took me a little longer due to two factors, one was moving, and the other was that I felt the 1987 Topps/OPC is a sacred design, reserved only for baseball.  1987 was the first baseball pack I ever opened.  So it felt weird putting a hockey player in the frame, but I did it.  And you know what, it works.  You could say the wood panelling represents the hockey stick.
  So the digital cardboard baseballification of Mike Bossy is complete.  I flipped flopped between OPC and Topps.  Some cards just look better as Topps due to the frame design, otherwise I went with OPC, or neither.  If I had to pick a favourite, I would go with either the 1983 or 1985.   Which design do you think goes best for hockey?

1985 OPC Baseball Mike Bossy

1986 OPC Baseball Mike Bossy

1987 OPC Baseball Mike Bossy

The Lost Bossys: Baseball Edition Pt 2

  The baseballification Mike Bossy's career in cards continues.  By this time, the Islanders Dynasty was in full swing and Bossy had solidified his place as the NHL's top sniper, who is not named Gretzky.
  The 1981 card was a bit of a pain since I had to swap out a baseball cap for a hockey helmet.  The 82 and 83 were fairly simply.  I switch to making them Topps cards since the Topps logo looks a lot better than the OPC in these sets.  I always loved the 1984 set but I couldn't find the right font for the team name so I actually cut and pasted each letter off other 1984 Topps cards, but then had to get them all the same colour.  Not the way I like to do it but the best font I could find would have cost $40.  I like making these cards but I am not up for buying fonts.
  Three more to go.

1981 OPC Mike Bossy

1982 Topps Mike Bossy

1983 Topps Mike Bossy

1984 Topps Mike Bossy

The Lost Mike Bossys: Baseball Edition Pt. 1

  What if Topps/OPC used their baseball designs for hockey?  I am not sure but it does give me an excuse to make some more cards of my favourite player, Mike Bossy.  I have the first three done, but hockeyizing the 1981 Topps gave some frustration switching the baseball cap into a hockey helmet that could have a position and team name on it.  So for now, just three Bossy on baseball designs.

1978 Topps Mike Bossy

1979 Topps Mike Bossy

1980 Topps Mike Bossy

Baseball: 1986 NL Stars

  I previously showed off the 1986 American League Stars, now it was time to move onto the senior circuit and showcase the stars of the National League.

Carter led the World Series Champ Mets with 105 RBI.

Davis was a runner-up to Carter for the Silver Slugger at Catcher.

Gwynn led the NL in At-bats, 642, Hits, 211, and Runs Scored, 107.

Krukow set career bests in wins, 20, ERA, 3.05, and was a finalist for the NL Cy Young.

Two-time NL MVP, Dale had an off-year, only hitting 29 HR and 83 RBI.

Parker led the Reds with 31 HR and 116 RBIs.

Raines stole 70 bases for the sixth consecutive season and led the NL with a .334 BAA.

On the worst team in the NL, Rhoden won 15 games and finished 4th in ERA, 2.84.

Schmidt led the NL with 37 HR, 119 RBI and a .937 OPS

Cy Young Winner Mike Scott, had a NL best 2.22 ERA and 306 SO.

Fernando led the NL with 21 wins and finished 2nd in Cy Young voting.

Worrell saved 36 games and won NL Rookie of the Year

Baseball: 1986 AL Stars

  I really liked how the 1986-87 OPC Howard Johnson came out.  So I decided to do one for each team.  I didn't realize how many teams use blue and red as their primary colours.  I also think I could have gone with a dark green for the text on Canseco.  Now to start work on the stars of the NL.

Baines was a triple crown winner for the lowly White Sox, 21 HR, 88 RBI, .296 Avg.

Barfield led the majors in home runs with a career best of 40. 

Boggs hit a league best .357.  He hit .350 of better in 4 consecutive seasons.  He's also of my favourite players so I did him a card instead of AL MVP and Cy Young winner, Roger Clemans.

Brett struggled through injuries but still posted a .401 on base.

Rookie of the year Canseco swatted 33 homers and 117 RBI.

Carter hit 29 Hrs and led the majors with 121 RBI.  

Higuera won a career best 20 games in his sophomore season.

Mattingly hit 31hr, 113rbi, .352 avg and a ML leading .967 OPS.

Oddibe led the Rangers with 105 runs scored and 33 stolen bases.

   

Presley led the basement dwelling Mariniers with 27 HR and 107 RBI.

Puckett hit a career high 31 HR, and won his first of six Silver Slugger awards.

Ripken led all major league shortstops with 25 HR and 81 RBI.

Trammell hit 21 HR and stole 25 bases while leading the Tigers with a .277 avg

Witt led the AL winning Angels with 18 wins and was a Cy Young finalist.

Baseball: Howard Johnson

  My favourite team as a child was the New York Mets and Howard Johnson was my favourite player.  He had power and speed.  HoJo was the second player in MLB history to record three 30 HR - 30 SB seasons.  Johnson and Darryl Strawberry are the only teammates in MLB history to record 30/30 seasons in the same season, 1987.  Johnson had a monster season in 1991, leading the NL with 38 HRs, 117 RBIs, finishing second with 107 runs and nabbing 30 bases for his third 30/30 season.  Unfortunately, the Mets glory day were past and Johnson finished 5th in NL MVP voting while the Mets finished 20.5 games out of a play-off spot.
  Here's a quintet of Howard Johnson in OPC hockey card style.

1981 OPC Baseball

  I recently joined a custom cards group on Facebook called Custom Baseball Cards.  The group is actually for all sports but it's been very heavy with the baseball since I joined.  So as my introduction into the group I made a mosh-up of baseball in the OPC hockey style.  Obviously, I had to go with the two Canadian teams.  Since I posted them here, I figure I may as well add it to the blog.
  If you know of any active custom card communities, or blogs, especially hockey, drop the links in the comments.