2014 Spirit Base: 391-400

#391 - Miguel Montero
Pretty cool shot with his gear on and mask up.

#392 - Luis Avilan
I had a hard time finding photos of Avilan. I know he's not a marquee name or anything but he's been pretty good for the Braves.

#393 - Ryan Flaherty
Flaherty may have to fill in for Machado in the postseason. That's gotta be a bummer to O's fans.

#394 - Dustin Pedroia
Somehow, Pedroia is pulling off the turtleneck look.

#395 - Jason Hammel
Man, the A's are gonna be stacked in Series 3.

#396 - Adam Eaton
Pretty good illustration of Eaton's speed here.

#397 - Todd Frazier
I know Frazier's more known for his prowess at the plate, but this was just too cool of fielding shot to pass up.

#398 - Lonnie Chisenhall
That's a lotta Ls and Ns.

#399 - Juan Nicasio
I present the "I just saw my mom naked" pitchface.

#400 - Anibal Sanchez
 Last year's AL ERA leader, it's shot up almost a full run this season. 3.46 is still pretty damn decent.

2014 Spirit Award Winners

After hitting the halfway mark of the base set project, let's take a break and check in with some Series 1 inserts. For the third year in a row, the inaugural insert design is the Award Winners set. This year brings some familiar motifs along with some changes. We're still alternating between gold and silver foil for the Silver Slugger and Gold Glove winners, though I decided to subdue the blinginess a bit. Now there are just a few strips of foil instead of a huge shiny background.

The NL cards feature red again and the AL guys are blue. With this system, you can easily distinguish which award each player won just by glancing at the foil color and background. Just to be safe, I added another visual cue with the Gold Glovers having a leather background and the Sluggers a wooden bat. And to make things even more clear cut, the NL and AL logos are screened on upper fabric swatch thing.

The back of the card has the same elements from the front repeated, other than the foil of course. They actually look pretty similar to the 2012 ones I did, though the overall composition fits this design better.