time for another installment of "quien es mas macho" - the posts wherein we pit cards that have something in common against each other rather than ricardo montalban vs. fernando lamas (here and here are links to some other posts that i've done in this vein). today, we have cards of chipper jones to evaluate - his 1998 topps card
this is certainly not a rare thing, topps producing cards of players using different photos but similar poses, but i think the fact that these are not posed shots is a bit different. i remember opening packs of 1979 topps and wondering if every nolan ryan card showed him with his hands above his head because that was how he was shown on both his 1978 and 1979 base cards. of course, my go-to for this sort of repetition is don sutton and his "suttoning" pose.
anyway, the name of the game is essentially which card is better than the other, and here i have to go with 1998. the 2000 card features a kind of awkward looking follow through to his swing, and the unbalanced card design does it no favors, either. the '98 card features a more confident looking swing, plus the jackie robinson patch which is a plus in my book.
what do you think? quien es mas macho?
Maybe a photographer with a consistent style. I like that the '00 is not as cropped in.
ReplyDeletegood point - it would be interesting to know if the same photographer took these photos.
DeleteNeither card really stands out to me as being mas macho... but if I had to choose one, I guess I'd go with the 2000. Don't really have a good reason though.
ReplyDeletei think you might have the right answer: neither card is mas macho.
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