Bowl Pick 'Em Contest Winnings, Part XXIII

College football will be here again before we know it IS HERE, so I've got to get my prize from last season's Bowl Pick 'Em contest at Cards on Cards posted! My prize for a second place tie was a very generously sized box of cards, so I felt a bit overwhelmed even sorting through them. I finally sorted them out by player, and, as usual, I'll plan to post them all eventually, but I might quit halfway through, we'll see.

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I'm still not done with this prize package. Today I've got a bunch of Bowman, which usually leads to players I don't know.

2004 Bowman #328 Blake Hawksworth
2011 Bowman Chrome Draft - Prospects #BDPP37 Nick Martini (x2)
2011 Bowman Draft #44 Mark Hamilton
2011 Bowman Draft - Prospects #BDPP7 Kenneth Peoples-Walls
2011 Bowman Draft - Prospects #BDPP66 Adam Ehrlich
2015 Bowman - Chrome Prospects #BCP84 Nick Petree
2015 Bowman - Chrome Prospects #BCP53 Corey Littrell

This scan is bookended by two players I know well, despite being Bowman. Blake Hawksworth didn't last too long, but played 2 years with the Cardinals and one with the Dodgers. Then there's Corey Littrell, who's rising fast through the minors and may see some MLB action in 2017.

2015 Bowman - Prospects #BP38 Tim Cooney
2015 Bowman - Prospects #BP84 Nick Petree
2015 Bowman - Prospects #BP123 Rob Kaminsky

Tim Cooney actually played for the Cardinals for a few games in mid-2015, but missed all of 2016 due to injury. We can probably look forward to seeing him again in 2017, perhaps after starting the season at AAA to get back in his groove.

College Bowl Game Contest Win, Part 9

For the 2012-2013 College Football season, I entered the College Football Pick 'Em contest hosted by madding of Cards on Cards. I've won several of his contests over the years, and he always dumps a ton of Cardinals on me when I do. Yet, I think this time he may have outdone himself. I may have to work hard to get them all posted before the 2013-14 College Football season starts August 29, and I start posting my Power Rankings again.
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2009 Heritage
#40 Ryan Ludwick
#124 Jason Motte
#327 Kyle Lohse
#368 Aaron Miles
#501 Shane Robinson
#507 John Smoltz
#518 Blake Hawksworth
#590 Jarrett Hoffpauir
#652 Tyler Greene

There are quite a few young guys in that bunch, especially Motte and Robinson who are still with the team. The oldest guy is probably Smoltz, who pitched for us late in the year and his whole stint still seems a little surreal to remember. Also, horizontal cards can actually look pretty good when the whole set matches.

2009 Heritage #220 Tony La Russa

...nevermind. At least it's a manager card. But still, this kind of chicanery prevents a set from looking nice in a binder. Maybe if we can get Topps to go all-vertical or all-horizontal by 2015, then 2064 Heritage and beyond won't suffer from this problem. I do like the old Cardinals logo up top, though.

2009 Topps 206 #159 Rick Ankiel

This card only goes with the rest of them in that it's an old-style, current player card, and I figure, that's good enough. Now if we could just get rid of that Ankiel mystery beard...