The Ultimate Allen & Ginter Mini Set Bracket: The FINAL FOUR Vote is Now Live!

The region champions have all been crowned!  Now, we move on to the FINAL FOUR of our Ultimate Ginter Mini Set Bracket.

#1 seed 2008 Baseball Icons vs. #4 seed 2012 Man's Best Friend 

The Sport Ball region champion Baseball Icons now takes on the Cats & Dogs Region champion Man's Best Friend.  For the upper half of the bracket, this is considered a "chalk pick" in that the top two seeds in the upper half of the bracket each won their respective region.  

In the Elite Eight match-up, the Baseball Icons set still looked unbeatable cruising to a 14-4 victory over the Baseball Superstitions set.  On the other hand, the Man's Best Friend set did almost as well against the other dog themed set in the Elite Eight (winning by a 13-5 margin over the Collectible Canines).  

This should truly be a great match-up and a tough vote for most people!

The full checklist for Baseball Icons set:

BI1 Cy Young

BI2 Walter Johnson

BI3 Jackie Robinson

BI4 Thurman Munson

BI5 Mel Ott

BI6 Honus Wagner

BI7 Pee Wee Reese

BI8 Tris Speaker

BI9 Christy Mathewson

BI10 Ty Cobb

BI11 Johnny Mize

BI12 Jimmie Foxx

BI13 Lou Gehrig

BI14 Roy Campanella

BI15 George Sisler

BI16 Rogers Hornsby

BI17 Babe Ruth

The full checklist for the Man's Best Friend set:

MBF-1 Siberian Husky

MBF-2 Dalmatian

MBF-3 Golden Retriever

MBF-4 German Shepherd

MBF-5 Beagle

MBF-6 Dachshund

MBF-7 Yorkshire Terrier

MBF-8 Labrador Retriever

MBF-9 Boxer

MBF-10 Poodle

MBF-11 Chihuahua

MBF-12 Shih Tzu

MBF-13 Collie

MBF-14 Pug

MBF-15 Cocker Spaniel

MBF-16 Saint Bernard

MBF-17 Bulldog

MBF-18 Boston Terrier

MBF-19 Basset Hound

MBF-20 Shetland Sheepdog

In the bottom half of the bracket, we have the following pairing to vote on:

#3 seed 2007 Flags of All Nations vs. #7 seed 2016 Ferocious Felines

The 2016 Ferocious Felines set is our only set in the Final Four that wasn't originally a top four seed.  I look at that as a win in that our initial seeding posts worked very well (maybe too well, haha)!  

The #3 seeded Flags of All Nations almost didn't make the Final Four though...it went down to the wire with the Flags outlasting the Outlaws, Bandits, and All-Around Ne'er Do Wells by a 9-8 margin.  The #7 seeded Ferocious Felines also nearly missed out on the Final Four after barely making it by the First Ladies set (also by a 9-8 margin).  You can get a much closer vote than what we saw in the Elite Eight from the bottom half of the bracket...and I suspect that might mean that this particular pairing is going to go down to the wire as well!

Full checklist for the Flags of All Nations set (where once again the asterisks are for cards that I still need for my personal set):

1 Algeria

2 Argentina

3 Australia

4 Austria

5 Belgium

6 Brazil

7 Bulgaria

8 Canada

9 Chile

10 China

11 Colombia

12 Costa Rica

13 Denmark

14 Dominican Republic

15 Ecuador

16 Egypt

17 Ryan France

18 Germany

19 Greece

20 Greenland

21 Honduras

22 Iceland*

23 India

24 Indonesia

25 Ireland*

26 Israel

27 Italy

28 Ivory Coast

29 Jamaica

30 Japan

31 Kenya

32 Mexico

33 Morocco

34 Netherlands

35 Nigeria

36 Norway

37 Panama

38 Peru

39 Philippines

40 Portugal

41 Puerto Rico

42 Russian Federation

43 Spain

44 Switzerland

45 Taiwan

46 Thailand

47 Turkey

48 United Arab Emirates

49 United Kingdom

50 United States of America

Here's the full checklist for the Felines set (with the asterisks indicating cards that I still happen to need for my personal set):

FF-1 Bengal Tiger*

FF-2 Clouded Leopard

FF-3 Canadian Lynx

FF-4 Jaguar

FF-5 African Lion*

FF-6 North American Cougar*

FF-7 South African Cheetah

FF-8 Cheetah

FF-9 Classic Tabby

FF-10 Sand Cat

FF-11 Manx Cat

FF-12 Serval

FF-13 Ocelot

FF-14 Caracal

FF-15 Siberian Tiger

In the Final Four we have sets of size 17, 20, 50, and 15 cards each.  I don't think there is a ton that we can learn from that other than all the small sets (defined as 10 or fewer cards) have been eliminated.  Which of the four sets will make it through to the Finals of our bracket?  The only way to find out is to have YOU VOTE so make sure you do so!

To vote, please copy the text below and then delete the set you don't want to win.  This will make it a lot easier for me to quickly tally the winners of each match-up.  I also encourage you to stump for your favorite sets (remember, there is a bracket prediction contest going on here as well).

• 2008 Baseball Icons vs. 2012 Mans's Best Friend
• 2007 Flags of All Nations vs. 2016 Ferocious Felines

Copy and paste the above text into the comment section and then simply delete the set you don't want to win each of the match-ups.  That should make voting quick and easy for both you and me!  Remember that comments, votes, and general contest participation will potentially earn you chances to win additional prizes in the contest (along with the bracket challenge of course)!  Vote now!

Want more information about a specific insert set including the full checklist?  Here are my yearly breakdowns all in one spot for you.

• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019