Brad Dutton - 2013-14 Brisbane Bandits

The Parade of Beards continues, with everyone's favourite Grizzly Adam's impressionist from the sunshine state, Brad Dutton. 2013-14 is Dutton's fourth ABL season with the Brisbane Bandits. He always claimed to have the best beard in the family.

2013-14 Brisbane Bandits Brad Dutton card front - © 2013 Adam East

Dingo 2013-14 Brisbane Bandits - Series One Checklist

No big writeup on the Dingo release as a whole - please check out my write up of the Adelaide Bites Series One checklists for a LONG blurb about the releases in general. But here's the checklist image for the 2013-14 Brisbane Bandits Series One set of cards.

Dingo 2013-14 Brisbane Bandits Series One Header/Checklist Card - front

Dingo 2013-14 Brisbane Bandits Series One Header/Checklist Card - back

Here are the ten cards that make up Dingo's 2013-14 Brisbane Bandits Series One set of cards:

Card Number: Player: (Nationality, current or past MLB affiliation)

009 Brad Dutton (Australia)

010 Josh Roberts (Australia, played 3 years in the Cleveland Indians organisation between 2004 - 2006)

011 Ryan Battaglia (Australia, played in Cleveland Indians organisation in 2013)

012 Jason Kilby (Australia, signed by Cincinnati Reds in 2013)

013 Ryan Searle (Australia, played in Chicago Cubs organisation in 2013)

014 Andrew Campbell  (Australia, played 2 years in the Cleveland Indians organisation between 2011 - 2012)

015 David Sutherland  (Australia, played 5 years in the Los Angeles Dodgers organisation between 2003 - 2007)

016 Josh Warner (Australia, played in Philadelphia Phillies organisation in 2013)

unnumbered - Header / Checklist card

unnumbered -  Release Schedule for Brisbane Bandits card sets

Designs for the 2012-13 card backs

I'm currently working on the designs for the card backs for my 2012-13 set of Australian Baseball League cards. I thought I'd show you what they look like for each team. From memory, the background image is from a shot of one of the Sydney Blue Sox catchers that I took.

2012-13 Adelaide Giants Angus Roeger card back - © 2013 Adam East

2012-13 Brisbane Bandits Brad Dutton card back - © 2013 Adam East

2012-13 Canberra Cavalry Marcus Knecht card back - © 2013 Adam East

2012-13 Melbourne Aces Aaron Sayers card back - © 2013 Adam East

2012-13 Perth Heat Aaron Bonomi card back - © 2013 Adam East

2012-13 Sydney Blue Sox Timothy Cox card back © 2013 Adam East

2013-14 Official ABL Cards by Dingo Cards? Here's Hoping

Saw a post on Facebook last night by Very Graphic Designs promoting designs for 2013-14 Australian Baseball League cards. Appears to be promotional work for a company called Dingo Swap cards - I've not heard of them before, but I have to say that the preview cards look very nice. There are some great player shots on these cards - love the Hightower card especially.  I'm presuming that they're done by Very Graphic Designs - the same gent who designed the Brisbane Bandits team issued sets last year.

Here's the promotional ad:

And here are the card previews put up onto Facebook (Just to reiterate, these aren't my card designs):

Dingo Swapcards Promotional card design for 2013-14 ABL cards (from Facebook)

Dingo Swapcards Promotional card design for 2013-14 ABL cards (from Facebook)

Dingo Swapcards Promotional card design for 2013-14 ABL cards (from Facebook)

Dingo Swapcards Promotional card design for 2013-14 ABL cards (from Facebook)

Dingo Swapcards Promotional card design for 2013-14 ABL cards (from Facebook)

Dingo Swapcards Promotional card design for 2013-14 ABL cards (from Facebook)

Dingo Swapcards Promotional card design for 2013-14 ABL cards (from Facebook)

It's a great idea - I hope they get traction. The Select cards last year were a step in the right direction, but were let down by poor quality control and average photography choices. One of the gimmicks Dingo are trying to use is the concept of producing a card for every player from every team. I'm not sure exactly what that means - the rosters do change over the season, so it would be a reasonably large set - probably 210+ cards, maybe closer to 250, and there were several players who only made extremely brief appearances fro single games.Still, it would be nice if they can get the licencing.

Brad Dutton - 2012-13 Brisbane Bandits

Brad Dutton returned for his third ABL season with the Bandits in 2012-13, this time without younger brother Wade.

2012-13 Brisbane Bandits Brad Dutton card front - © 2013 Adam East

Checklist - 2012 Brisbane Bandits Select

The official 2012 Brisbane Bandits baseball card set created by Select features cards of the following players:

2012 Brisbane Bandits Logo card by Select

• 13 Brisbane Bandits Logo
• 14 Ryan Battaglia
• 15 Andrew Campbell
• 16 Brad Dutton
• 17 Wade Dutton
• 18 Justin Erasmus
• 19 Chris Mowday
• 20 Rory Rhodes
• 21 Josh Roberts
• 22 Ryan Searle
• 23 David Sutherland
• 24 Mascot "Buster"

The Brisbane Bandits team set of 12 cards can be ordered from the ABL Online Store for $AU9.99.

Brad Dutton - 2011-12 Brisbane Bandits

The two Dutton brothers have been mainstays of the Bandits roster over their first two seasons, becoming known as the "Bash Brothers". Brad, the older of the brothers is the Bandits captain, taking on the role as infielder and leader of the team. He also claims to "have a better beard" than his brother.

2011-12 Brisbane Bandits Brad Dutton card front - © 2012 Adam East

2011-12 Brisbane Bandits Brad Dutton alternative card front - © 2012 Adam East