2018 Clubhouse: Oakland Athletics

96. Matt Chapman

97. Khris Davis

98. Jonathan Lucroy

99. Matt Olson

100. Marcus Semien

The lack of pitchers here is about the only thing that sticks out to me. Sean Manaea would fit somewhere in here. The A's are hard since they don't traditionally keeps guys around long enough to really cement themselves as franchise/hobby favorites. We'll see what happens to them this offseason.

Khris Davis and Matt Olson are probably the "stars" on the squad considering they're dinger smashers. Good choices for the auto cards.

Chapman may be the best overall player on the team. Here's his red parallel.

2017 PENNANT BOX BREAK - PACK 2

4. Kevin Gausman

48. Madison Bumgarner

10. Denard Span

226. Roman Quinn

187. Max Scherzer

209. Wil Myers

219. Jonathan Lucroy

115. Gerrit Cole

3. Marcell Ozuna

TB2. Ian Kinsler - Throwbacks

Pack number two introduces insert number two, Throwbacks. I’ve done them twice before since the idea is perfectly suited for the Pennant brand. Featuring players in throwback uniforms is pretty much a no-brainer for retro sets like this. The Kinsler here may be a little weird since the Tigers were wearing uniforms of the Negro League’s Detroit Stars in the picture used here. The other cards in the insert set use the era-appropriate logos of the respective teams. I couldn’t find any kind of Detroit Stars logo so went with a simple red star like the one found on the hats. Hopefully that little background info clears things up in case it looks a little generic. The subsequent Throwbacks cards will help add context after the fact.