Sports Cards Ate My Brain

Ok, it's not actually from the past but the card designs are. I have not been actively collecting lately but 2015 Topps Archives includes the 1976 Topps design so I had to get blaster and see what is what. Cards 1 - 100 are in the 1957 design, 101 - 200 in the 1976 design and 201 - 300 in the 1983 design. Pack 1 37 Jhonny Peralta - The "h" right after the "J" always confuses me. 47 Henderson Alvarez 50 Ken Griffey Jr. 105 Joe DiMaggio 139 Michael Wacha 149 Hunter Pence 169 Jon Lester 275 Ted Williams 299 Mark Trumbo 300 Willie Mays The cards did not come out of the pack in numerical order.  By mistake I sorted them before posting.  This is great mix of all-timers in this pack.  The 1957, 1976, and 1983 are three of my favorite designs so I'm hyped so far. Pack 2 220 Jay Bruce 18 Homer Bailey 171 Ian Desmond PGGWB George W Bush Presidential Chronicles - not a fan 19 Hisashi Iwakuma 148 Hyun-Jin Ryu 281 Hanley Ramirez 123 Anibal San...

To recap:  These are the cards I would take with me if I could take ten 9-card pages with me to Mars. I decided that each part of my collection cannot have more than one page.  The cards must fit into a regulation page as far as height and width but I am taking liberties with how thick some of the cards are. The third page is made up of non-Brave, non-George Brett baseball cards. 1909 T206 Rube Geyer This card has to be included because it is my oldest baseball cards and is from one of the great sets.  This one has the common Piedmont back.  I got it at a pawn shop for $3.  For those of you who may be unaware, cards of all types were packaged with cigarettes in the late 19th and early to mid 20th century. 1968 Topps Game #8 Topps Game cards were inserted in 1968 packs.  This is my favorite one because it is an all-time great plus it is a Home Run.  This is one of the sets I'm trying to complete. 1969 Topps #237 This is Bobby ...