Fleer 2005 Matt Clement: A nice pose of Matt Clement with some puffy clouds in the background. The white and blue of the sky match nicely with the white and blue on the Cubs uniform. The thing on his chin, that's got to go.
Heritage 2006 Derrek Lee: One of my favorites. Derrek Lee is a class act (although it would be OK with me if he would raise his average about 100 points and start hitting with some power again). The card looks great, really capturing the feel of the original 1957 set.
Topps 2000 Kevin Tapani: A nice shot of Tapani about to make a pitch. Is that a change up he is throwing? His index finger is curled down. And we learn on the back of the card that Kevin's dad was a minor league hockey player.
Fleer 1992 Rey Sanchez: A nice action shot of Sanchez at short. He's wearing my favorite style of Cubs uniform, with the plain blue numbers (today they have red trim around the blue) and no name on the back. He also has the old-school flip down sun glasses. Did any of you have those when you were a kid? Wearing them made me feel like a real big leaguer.
Donruss 1988 Mark Grace: This would be one of Mark Grace's rookie cards. He is wearing #54 in this spring training game. Donruss must have thought Grace had some potential because the card is number one in the set. At the time of the card, Grace had no major league experience.
That's a great Grace card...I hadn't seen it before.
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