September 29, 2009 at 04:16AM View BBCode
Right now the team name for guys in the pool is "Draftee." I would like to suggest this change to "Future Star" or "Prospect," because that is what a real baseball card would say.September 29, 2009 at 04:53AM View BBCode
I had considered that... I figured I would get complaints about players labelled "Future Star" who clearly had no future. :) (Seriously... that was my reason...)September 29, 2009 at 03:21PM View BBCode
http://www.checkoutmycards.com/Cards/Baseball/1987/Topps_Tiffany/429/Tim_Pyznarski is a nice precedent. I suppose we can say Tim here had the bust curve :) I guess I meant "Future Stars" with an "s." I like "Prospect" better regardless because that is what newer cards use.September 29, 2009 at 05:38PM View BBCode
Originally posted by Jughead
While I have you here, what is the character limit for team name on the player cards, or does it depend on the design? I am going to shorten my team names so they fit and want to know what I have to work with.
September 29, 2009 at 06:06PM View BBCode
OK, I made the change to fall back to lower case when necessary... with that change, "Angels of Anaheim" is only clipped on cards 4 and 10.September 29, 2009 at 06:16PM View BBCode
I'm guessing that that change is just on beta until the next set of changes?September 29, 2009 at 11:10PM View BBCode
I like Amateur better than Draftee or Prospect...September 30, 2009 at 08:39PM View formatted
September 30, 2009 at 08:59PM View BBCode
I'm just glad someone likes the cards enough to care what they say, considering how many hours of work went into them... :)September 30, 2009 at 09:32PM View BBCode
I think the reason I became caught up in what they say is because the designs (intentionally) resemble those that I actually own.September 30, 2009 at 09:35PM View BBCode
A specific card style for draftees would solve the problem as it would simply not have a space for a team name at all....September 30, 2009 at 11:54PM View BBCode
Perhaps if you look at the Bowman layouts from 1989 to present (especially 2001 to present) you could use those, because people associate Bowman with prospects, especially Bowman Draft, which was first printed in 2002. (2001 Bowman has Pujols' rookie, so people like that design too.)October 02, 2009 at 01:27AM View BBCode
Originally posted by celamantia
I'm just glad someone likes the cards enough to care what they say, considering how many hours of work went into them... :)
June 14, 2014 at 03:14PM View BBCode
Bumping this ancient thread to remind myself about the specific cards for rookies.June 14, 2014 at 03:52PM View BBCode
I like the cards and I *do* appreciate the effort that went/goes into them. That effort especially popped out at me when I created what I believe is the only "Hall of Fame Player Card Gallery" on the site for the Sandberg Yingling League.June 14, 2014 at 08:16PM View BBCode
i like the afros, beards, long hair idea...never gave a thought to the Amateur thing. i do like the cards though.June 16, 2014 at 01:48AM View BBCode
another card-related idea...what about putting a little ring on the line when they win a championship, next to the other awards/trophies...I'd like to know whether a guy won his ring with the '87 Bros or the '92 JoesPages: 1