2014 Quarry Unlimited - #20 Chicago White Sox Part 2

YELLOW

RED

ORANGE

ROOKIE PROSPECTS

My Top 5 White Sox Cards
1. Adam Eaton (blue)
2. Gordon Beckham (purple)
3. Adam Dunn (green)
5. Dayan Viciedo (green)
5. Paul Konerko (purple)


The White Sox are one of those teams that rarely has great cards mainly due to their simple black and white color scheme.  Therefore I was excited to see that they were bringing back their 1980's red, white, and blue uniforms for the 2014 season, well partially bringing them back anyway.  The irony of this whole situation is that none of my top 5 contained the throwback uniforms and I still have a pretty strong quintet.  The Adam Eaton is by far my favorite.  It is very reminiscent of one of my favorite cards of all time, the 1995 Topps Mike Devereaux.  I agree with Marcus that the Beckham is very much like Stadium Club.  The purple border even further highlights it in my mind.  The Oakland Adam Dunn card showed his celebration of his first (and only) playoff clinch, the White Sox card commemorates his one (and only) stint as a pitcher.  Just fantastic.  The green border of the Viciedo card really accentuates the infield dirt.  It really pops.  Finally we come to the ultimate card in the great career of Paul Konerko.  He was often overshadowed and has been a shell the past couple of years, but he really was a great player.


Coming tomorrow - #21 Miami Marlins

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2014 Quarry Unlimited - #20 Chicago White Sox Part 1

Sometimes in life all you need is to take a few days off to completely reinvigorate yourself.  I needed to get away from the computer for a couple of days.  I feel much better and let's back to the Quarry Unlimited set posthaste.

Which brings us to the #20 team on the countdown, the Chicago White Sox.  I have often felt that being in Chicago has always kept the White Sox down.  Much like Mets, Jets, Clippers, and Islanders, they will most likely always be the #2 team in their city.  That is not to say that these teams don't have hardcore fans, because they do.  I'm just saying that if they were in a smaller city by themselves, then they would probably have more. 

When I was growing up, the Chicago White Sox were about a close as possible to becoming the Tampa Bay White Sox before some last minute wrangling kept them in town.  Just think about how much would have changed if that had happened.  The White Sox would have been placed in the AL East instead of the Central which, with a Frank Thomas in his prime, could have prevented the Yankees from winning a title or two in the 90s.  It would have also altered the placement of the Tampa Bay Rays (and possibly even the Florida Marlins) perhaps making them a Washington team before the Expos could move there.  If so, would we talking about Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg playing for San Juan or Oklahoma City right now?  Would the Expos have been folded altogether?  The Butterfly Effect in the case of the White Sox is certainly fun to think about, because who knows what would have come if the franchise had made the arguably better decision of leaving Chicago back in 1988.

WHITE SOX TEAM TRIVIA

Total # of White Sox in 2014 - 44

# of new White Sox in 2014 - 20

Best score in 2014 - April 20 at Rangers 16-2

Worst score in 2014 - August 5 vs. Rangers 16-0

Border color that worked best with this team - Purple

Border color that worked least with this team - Red

Position on last year's list - #18 = DOWN 2

Let's take a look at the first half of the 2014 Chicago White Sox with the manager's card leading the way.

PURPLE

GREEN

BLUE

I'll be back tomorrow with Part 2.  As usual, your thoughts are always welcome and encouraged.

Thanx for reading.