Happy New Year, all. As many do when the calendar turns over at the end of December, I’m looking to let go of the past and look forward to the future. So here’s a look at some of the 2021 Spirit cards I made that didn’t quite get polished enough for a proper post.

First up is the Spirit Deluxe Duos dual autograph cards. Not a lot to these other than adjusting the elements of the Deluxe base design to accommodate two players and their sigs. The primary/secondary team color marble spaces add a little bit more interest here.

Next we have the Spirit Hall Marks insert, featuring guys that are approaching some statistical milestones that are close to shoo-ins for induction. Now, I really doubt Nelson Cruz gets the call, but the fact he’s just 2 average seasons away from 500 is kind of an eye-opener. And of course, Max got his 3,000 Ks this year (though in a different jersey). As for the design, the cool thing here would be the embossed placard portrait that mimics the actual plaques in the hall. They’d look a lot better printed than I could render them here.

Lastly, this WARriors insert didn’t really make it past the first draft stage. There’s not a lot of “there” there, but I figured I’d share rather than memory-hole it. Plus, Gausman’s not a Giant anymore, so I can’t exactly resurrect it for 2022. Assuming there is baseball in 2022…..

Anyway, those are the loose threads of 2021 neatly tied up here in one post. I’m not sure what the whole Spirit project will look like in 2022, but I’m guessing I’ll start getting the itch in a month or so to start working on a new Spirit base design. Beyond that, I’m open to anything.