Time for the next release on the 2022 Spirit calendar. Clubhouse is the “fun” set geared towards younger collectors or those not so smitten by modern hobby pillars like autographs, parallels, etc.
These may look a bit familiar as they’re a re-worked version of one of the Spirit base designs I was tinkering with back in January. They received some positive feedback but I felt they didn’t fit the vibe of the Spirit base design I had established in the past 10 years. Luckily, they fit the Clubhouse vibe pretty well with bright colors, some bubbly text and an almost cartoon-ish twisting wave, though some adjustments were made. The obvious change is adding a white border to the cards which instantly places them alongside what a lot of folks consider a baseball card to be. (There’s a reason Topps has added borders back to their flagship design the past two years). Adding borders allowed me to make the team logos a bit bigger. The other change was including the accolades text in the bottom right below the position banner.
The backs have the color ribbons at the top with the primary color bleeding off the top edge. Yordan only has 3 seasons under his belt so there’s plenty of room for his full career stats, but for longer-tenured players, they’ll probably have just 10 seasons and full career line.
I don’t have any done right now but there will be some Clubhouse inserts to follow, including the traditional Clubhouse All-Stars. Hopefully some other “fun” ideas come to mind.