Burgers or gum? Milt Wilcox

Last time there was a 5-5 tie. Who will win this matchup, the final one in the set? 

The blogger voters have been remarkably divided on these sets - of the previous 21 matchups, nine were won by burgers, nine were won by gum, and three were ties!

Like Stuart who inspired this series, I've not been voting myself to keep impartiality. Personally, I tend to like the Topps cards more in these matchups due to the variety, but it's a lot of fun to see the different reasons people pick one card over the other. Hopefully now that we're at the end, Stuart will weigh in on his preferences!

As is typical for these matchups, Wendy's has a portrait shot in Spring Training, while Topps snapped a photo during game action at Tiger Stadium.

Milt Wilcox came up with the Reds in September of 1970 and pitched well enough - 3-2, 2.42 ERA in five games - to make the postseason roster. That October he won Game 3 of the NLCS, but lost Game 2 of the World Series. Over the next five seasons he pitched for three teams without fully living up to his potential. After a disappointing 1976 season with the Cubs AAA team, he was released, and his career looked like it was over. That offseason, at his doctor's suggestion, he took up bowling to strengthen his arm. Wilcox credited that for his success when he signed with the Tigers and was back in the majors after two years. Rejuvenated at the age of 27, Wilcox quickly became a mainstay in the Tigers rotation, with seven straight seasons of double-digit wins. In 1984, he went 6-0 to start the season, tailed off a bit to finish at 17-8, but came up big in the postseason, winning Game 3 of the NLCS and Game 3 of the World Series. He had shoulder surgery after the season, however, and would win just one more major league game over the course of the next two seasons. Overall, in 394 games over parts of 16 seasons, Wilcox went 119-113 with a 4.07 ERA. For the past 20 years, with his son Brian, he has been the owner and MC for Ultimate Air Dogs, billed as the "premier dock jumping organization in the country". These are competitions where dogs jump off docks and do various tricks for large crowds.

With only 22 cards in the set, including the manager, who got left out? Looking at the World Series roster, the omissions were Doug Baker, Howard Johnson, Ruppert Jones and Dave Rozema. Johnson, Jones and Rozema were with new teams in 1985. Doug Baker was actually with the Tigers in April of 1985, but spent most of the season back in AA.