it's been about seven years since i last updated my dodger frankenset. you may recall that i dedicated a blog to the page by page construction of this 726 card set featuring an assortment of dodger cards, and that i used the 1990 target dodger set to fill some holes when no other card would fit. shortly after i completed the set, 2016 topps heritage high numbers was released, and ross stripling's rookie card showed up as card number 720 on the checklist, bumping mike sharperson's target card from the set.
last year, clayton kershaw's heritage card
was held until the high numbers release, and it turned out to be card number 725
in the set.
that spot had been held by john shelby's target card since the inception of the set, and now it makes way for kershaw. as a reminder, it was never my intention to update the frankenset with newer cards, except where the target set placeholders could be replaced.
after updating the last sheet in the set with kershaw's card, the only target cards remaining in the set are:
572 don newcombe
659 jerry reuss
663 paul richards
well, in 2022 topps put max muncy
at number 572 
in the flagship set.
and way back in 2020 (when i wasn't paying much attention i guess) alex wood 
was number 663
in heritage high numbers.
and so, with those three cards now in the frankenset, and those other two pages updated, i will wait with baited breath for the high numbers checklist this year. will a dodger - kershaw, perhaps? - show up at 659? here's hoping!
have a happy halloween!
I guess it's because I'm not collecting them, but I didn't realize that any sets were still being made that went that high number-wise.
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