The past two years, the Durham Bulls have had some high-end prospects on their roster. It would have been fun to own a Durham Bulls team set from one of those two years, but unfortunately a small group of Ebay sellers bought the majority of the cards and are currently selling them at a small profit.
The sets are $9.99 in the team store.
I honestly cannot comprehend spending $40 on a Minor League team set and am a little disappointed that people actually bought these cards at that price.
You know what they say about feeding trolls.....
Nobody on the 2023 Durham Bulls has the ceiling of Wander Franco, but they are still a really good team with several Top 100 prospects. They are currently in second place and likely won't catch the first place Norfolk Tides (Orioles) before the end of the first half.
I attended a Durham Bulls game last week and had the good fortune to find a copy of the 2023 Durham Bulls team set.
My view for the game.
This is the first half of my $9.99 Durham Bulls team set.
I am actually impressed by the number of cards included. These are typically between 25-30 cards, but the 2023 Bulls set comes in at 41 cards. I scanned them in groups of 6, but also made a single card scan of one card to give you a close up of the design. There will be 19 cards in this post, 21 in the second post.
This is the last card in the set.
Ripken The Bat dog appears at one Durham Bulls game per home stand. The team actually borrowed the concept from the Greensboro Grasshoppers who have had bat dogs for as long as I have lived in North Carolina. That's been a few minutes.
Ripken is a bit of a local celebrity. He also retrieves the kicking tee at NC State football games and does puck drops with the Carolina Hurricanes.
As for the design, it's simple and I really like it for a Minor League team set. Save the flash, give me nice photos of the players. The back is similar with a simple design, but I like that there is a second picture on the back. I will have to go back and look, but I don't remember another Durham Bulls set with this feature prior to this year.
Nice minor league set! Interesting how the design is1979 Topps for the front, 1990 Score for the back.
ReplyDeleteTaj Bradley is an MLB regular right now and doing well - I actually have him on one of my fantasy baseball teams.
Seems to be a thing with Choice when they make Minor League team sets. Borrow a random design for the front, borrow a different design for the back, and put them together.
DeleteThis really is a great design.
ReplyDeleteYes, strong design and good photography.
DeleteSolid design... both front and back. And that bat dog card is awesome!
ReplyDeleteRipken is a rising star. This is my second Ripken The Bat card. Need to get one with him as the NC State tee dog.
DeleteI'll never understand why people keep buying things from resellers that they know have been drastically marked up. But after what, three years of doing so now, I guess it's safe to say that it's a trend that probably won't be ending anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a thing and I feel like it has gotten worse since the pandemic. Everyone sat at home for a few months and watched too many episodes of American Pickers and Storage Wars.
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