ONE SHEET-COLLECTIONS

2020 BASEBALL HALL OF FAME BALLOT NEWCOMER ROOKIE CARDS

- JOEL REUTER

For many, nostalgia remains the driving force behind baseball card collecting, and that's how we arrived at the idea of One-Sheet Collections.

It's a simple concept with infinite possibilities.

Take a single nine-pocket sheet and a reasonable S50 budget. and build a nine-card collection with a unifying theme

This time around. we turn our attention to this year's Hall of Fame ballot, specifically the newcomers who are eligible for the first time.

Curt Schilling (70.0%). Roger Clemens (61.0%). Barry Bonds (60.7%) and Omar Vizquel (52.6%) were the leading vote-getters among 14 players who fell short of the requisite 75 percent needed for enshrinement while receiving the necessary five percent to stay on the ballot last year.

They will now be joined by a new wave of players five years removed from retirement. It's far from a star-studded group with no slam-dunk Hall of Famer, but there are still some notable names and we've chosen rookie cards for the top nine to make up this month's collection.

Enjoy!

Pocket 1: SP Mark Buehrle

Card: 2000 Bowman Chrome Draft #69

Mark Buehrle RC

Beckett Value: $8

One of the biggest draft steals in MLB history. Buehrle was a 38th-round pick in the 1998 draft out of Jefferson College in Missouri.

The soft-tossing lefty was the definition of a workhorse. tallying at least 198 innings pitched in each of his 15 full MLB seasons. He was a five-time All-Star. four-time Gold Glove winner and he pitched a no-hitter and a perfect game.

He also has Rookie Cards in Bowman Draft. Fleer Tradition Update, Pacific Omega and a jersey relic rookie in Black Diamond Rookie Edition.

Pocket 2: CF Torii Hunter

Card: 1994 Bowman #104

Torii Hunter RC

Beckett Value: $5