The more I see Opening Day, the more I wish it was the design used on the base set. The foil on the base makes it so hard to read. Maybe my almost 50 year old eyes have something to do with that, but the Opening Day cards just seem easier to look at. The names are more visible and the Topps logo is too. Maybe Topps could make more money if Opening Day was marketed to old guys with bifocals instead of kids!
There were ten Cubs included in the 220 card set, which means more Cubs than a lot of other teams. I wonder why? They weren't very good last year. But hey, I guess I shouldn't complain. I'd rather there be too many than not enough.
Of the ten, four players were not in series one. So is this what their series two card will look like? Last year that was the case, the Opening Day card was the series two card. Here are the four:
I especially like the Soto card. You don't often get to see the face of a catcher in an action shot, but on this one you do. The card also gives a good shot of his personalized chest protector with his name on it.
And the other six should look familiar, since they are in series one.
I was expecting a photoshopped Garza. Seriously, they photoshopped Jeremy Jeffress but not Matt Garza?
ReplyDeleteYea, I was thinking they'd get Garza with the Cubs, too. Heritage did. But he's still with the Rays in Opening Day (#219).
ReplyDeleteI hate Heritage, and now I'm going to have to chase a short print. Great. Plus the Pena base. Dandy.
ReplyDeleteJust discovered your blog and I love it. I've got some older Cubs cards (going back to the mid 1960s) but have never systematically sought out more recent cards. I wish I had. I especially like your random Cub card feature.
ReplyDeleteLinda....team sets from eBay are pretty easy to come by and an easy way to quickly add to your collection.
ReplyDeleteIs there a good reference source of all Cubs cards? I ordered a few Opening Day sets and some other recent ones to get me started. I collected from 1965 to 1971 or so and then again from 1985 til about the mid 90s.
ReplyDeleteThis website is a good place to start. Teamsets4U is also a very good reference.
ReplyDeleteI found a person on eBay that puts a nice Cubs team set checklist together. The checklist includes muli-player cards. He also has checklist books for Donruss and Fleer, but I'm sticking to the Topps sets for my collection. Here is his eBay auction:
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Thanks for all the info. I'll have to check these out. Lately, I spend more $$ on Cubs tix than on Cubs collectibles but I'd like to get back to this.
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