Red Sox Frankenset: Choosing Cards #34-36

It's time to take a look at a few more cards and see which ones deserve inclusion in my Red Sox Frankenset. Just a refresher, I'm going through my Red Sox doubles and picking the best at each number for the Frankenset. 

 

We're finishing page #4 today. Not the best selection of cards, and my choices seem fairly obvious (at least to me). Last time I added a new feature too - Cards that would have probably won if I had a double of them. I continued that with this row as well.

 

#34

Favorite Card: 2001 Topps #34 Rico Brogna

My Choice: 2001 Topps #34 Rico Brogna

Card I Wish I Had a Double of: 1956 Topps #34 Tom Brewer

 

Only 1 double for spot #34. It's better than having a blank, right? Brogna was only a member of the Red Sox for half a season and didn't do much while he was there. I don't mind this card winning by default. It's a nice enough action shot at least. 

 

#35

Favorite Card: 2016 Topps Archives #35 Jim Rice

My Choice: 2016 Topps Archives #35 Jim Rice

Card I Wish I Had a Double of: 2001 Upper Deck Hall of Famers #35 Jimmie Foxx

 

Nice to have some choices here, even if half the cards are of the same player. I almost went for Martinez and his flying bat, but I've always liked the Archives card of Jim Rice. Just nicely done and aesthetically pleasing.

 

 

#36

 

Favorite Card: 2001 Fleer Boston Red Sox 100th Anniversary #36 Dom DiMaggio

My Choice: 2001 Fleer Boston Red Sox 100th Anniversary #36 Dom DiMaggio

Card I Wish I Had a Double of: None - DiMaggio is the best 

 

I have a lot of 1992 Fleer doubles, and obviously we're in the Red Sox portion of the set. (I always liked when Fleer ordered their sets by teams starting with the previous year's champs. This set was the first time they did it alphabetically by league.) Anyway, I have the opportunity to add my first card from the specially produced 2001 Fleer Boston Red Sox 100th Anniversary set. Picking Joe's brother is an easy choice here!

 

So with these three selections, our final row of page 4 is complete:

 

  

The row doesn't look too horrible. There's a nice mix with a brief tenured player, a Hall of Fame masher, and a beloved Boston legend. 

 

With these selections, I have completed the fourth page of my Frankenset! 

Jeff Suppan's card is far and away the best card on this page. It does seem like this page has room for improvement in the future, doesn't it? A few too many lesser known players and not as many exciting or fun cards. I'm sure somewhere down the line I'll revisit each page and see if any new cards can unseat the current holders. 

What say you, good readers? Did I make the right choices with the bottom row? Now that the full page is before you, any changes you would make? (Feel free to review choices #28 -30 and #31-33!) Let me know in the comments!  

 

In case you're interested...

 

Page 1 (#1 - 9)

Page 2 (#10 - 18) 

Page 3 (#19 - 27)