Another T205 vs T206

[T206Collector]

Even if you like the look of dirty gold borders, and even if you like a ton of peripheral art on the front of your baseball card, and even if you like a set full of nothing more than floating heads with baseball caps on them, then how can you stand the huge numbers of ugly heads?

Can you tell which one's the actual catfish?



"Baseball cards rule!"

"Uh huh huh, h-uh huh uh heh heh huh... you said 'ball'!"



"I'm cranky! And I blame you!"



"Have big ears and pursed lips I do."

[Bugsy]

T206 art is juvenile compared to the 205s. The 205s actually look like the real players. Let's not forgot that the 205s were visionary in that they included team names and logos on the front, a practice used ever-since. Bios and statistics on the back? Now those are backs worth collecting! The 206 set is amateur hour.

[T206Collector]

I will grant you Mathewson and Joss as compelling portraits to portray on a baseball card. But Cobb looks like he has a scrunched face and no neck, and I'm sure Joe Tinker is thrilled that T205 accurately captured his enormous unibrow. And Frank Chance looks like he is in pain -- like he just got some horrible news.

I just can't get behind a set that captures its subjects, realistic or otherwise, in such ugly caricatures.

Finally, I could spend hours copying and pasting sophisticated (i.e., not juvenile images) of T206 cards.

[Ease]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

"Baseball cards rule!"

"Uh huh huh, h-uh huh uh heh heh huh... you said 'ball'!"



"I'm cranky! And I blame you!"

I love these! For the record I'm a t205 guy all the way.

[Bugsy]

Fair is fair. Here are a few favorites.

1. Eddie Gaedel's father.
2. Humpty Dumpty.
3. First baseball card depicting an erection...gotta love the smile.
4. I don't even know what is happening here.
5. Not only does he have no neck, but he throws like the Sandlot kid.
6. The forebear of A-Rod's limp-wristed slap action?
7. Have you seen my baseball" Franks and beans!

[Bugsy]

And talk about generic. I don't know of anyone who looks like any of these guys. One small step from strip cards.

I'm glad there are a ton of 206 collectors. You guys keep spending your money there and I'll spend mine elsewhere

In all seriousness, the 206s are cool, but there are a dozen sets I would collect first. Just my preference. At least we can all agree that there is nothing better than getting a Ty Cobb or Walter Johnson in the mail

[T206Collector]

T206s have their fair share of uglies, to be sure -- and the T205 Egan is MUCH better than the T206 version....




-- but T205 is ugly all over the place....

Make mine a HUGE forehead...



Why does Fletcher look that way? Seriously. What healthy thoughts could this man possibly be having?