Double Play has the advantage of being relatively inexpensive, but the disadvantage of being boring. I like the idea of a player master set, but I'll second the criticism of picking someone who played in the 1920s, probably the worst decade for cards (pre-1980 at least). Some of the pastels are neat, but mostly I'm not a fan. Which means: pick any of them! Then you won't be competing with me for cards!
Seriously though, if you're interested in other suggestions, how about W517? It's got tons of hall of famers, the cards are large (like the pastels) and mostly inexpensive (like Double Play). Yeah, there's Gehrig and a couple Ruths, so the set isn't easy to complete exactly, but given the other options you mentioned, it seems like it might be the sort of thing that interests you.
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