2013 Opening Day Cubs

Opening Day has been a Topps staple since 1998 (though skipped in 2009).  It's billed as the kid friendly version of the base set.  The cards lack the foil printing, making them less expensive. Personally, I'd like to see the base set skip the hard-to-read foil printing.

This year's Opening Day checklist is made up of 220 players.  Divide that among 30 teams and you should average seven or eight players per team.  The Cubs got half of that---four.  But at least that's better than last year, when only three Cubs make the list.  Progress, I suppose.

The cards are all identical to the base card with one slight exception...the rookie cup on Rizzo's card was moved up to accommodate the Opening Day logo.

  

  

Four Cubs were included in the insert sets, and I should have those cards in hand within the next couple days.  I'll get those posted as soon as the cards arrive.


For you  team collectors, here is the 2013 Opening Day checklist, broken down by team:

Angels	Josh Hamilton	56
Angels	Tommy Hanson	36
Angels	Howie Kendrick	26
Angels	Albert Pujols	38
Angels	Mike Trout	27
Angels	Mark Trumbo	77
Angels	Jered Weaver	32
Angels	Vernon Wells	99
Angels	C.J. Wilson	149
Astros	Jose Altuve	164
Astros	Matt Dominguez	4
Athletics	Grant Balfour	49
Athletics	Yoenis Cespedes	137
Athletics	Bartolo Colon	125
Athletics	Coco Crisp	188
Athletics	Tommy Milone	24
Athletics	Jarrod Parker	142
Athletics	Josh Reddick	124
Athletics	Jemile Weeks	18
Blue Jays	Jose Bautista	207
Blue Jays	Mark Buehrle	9
Blue Jays	R.A. Dickey	213
Blue Jays	Edwin Encarnacion	88
Blue Jays	Drew Hutchison	61
Blue Jays	Josh Johnson	135
Blue Jays	Brett Lawrie	220
Blue Jays	Jose Reyes	131
Blue Jays	Ricky Romero	2
Braves	Freddie Freeman	182
Braves	Jason Heyward	180
Braves	Tim Hudson	195
Braves	Craig Kimbrel	199
Braves	Kris Medlen	216
Braves	Dan Uggla	161
Braves	Justin Upton	93
Braves	B.J. Upton	115
Brewers	Norichika Aoki	116
Brewers	John Axford	17
Brewers	Ryan Braun	8
Brewers	Yovani Gallardo	21
Brewers	Corey Hart	110
Brewers	Aramis Ramirez	92
Brewers	Jean Segura	111
Brewers	Rickie Weeks	194
Cardinals	Carlos Beltran	13
Cardinals	Chris Carpenter	190
Cardinals	Allen Craig	211
Cardinals	David Freese	132
Cardinals	Matt Holliday	144
Cardinals	Shelby Miller	72
Cardinals	Yadier Molina	141
Cardinals	Jason Motte	202
Cardinals	Adam Wainwright	91
Cubs	Darwin Barney	55
Cubs	Starlin Castro	54
Cubs	Anthony Rizzo	80
Cubs	Jeff Samardzija	85
Diamondbacks	Heath Bell	39
Diamondbacks	Trevor Cahill	75
Diamondbacks	Paul Goldschmidt	98
Diamondbacks	Aaron Hill	122
Diamondbacks	Daniel Hudson	203
Diamondbacks	Ian Kennedy	136
Diamondbacks	Jason Kubel	62
Diamondbacks	Wade Miley	179
Diamondbacks	Miguel Montero	168
Diamondbacks	Gerardo Parra	34
Diamondbacks	J.J. Putz	158
Diamondbacks	Tyler Skaggs	140
Dodgers	Josh Beckett	192
Dodgers	Carl Crawford	60
Dodgers	Andre Ethier	153
Dodgers	Adrian Gonzalez	87
Dodgers	Zack Greinke	46
Dodgers	Matt Kemp	100
Dodgers	Clayton Kershaw	45
Dodgers	Brandon League	86
Dodgers	Hanley Ramirez	11
Giants	Madison Bumgarner	157
Giants	Matt Cain	97
Giants	Brandon Crawford	155
Giants	Tim Lincecum	104
Giants	Angel Pagan	119
Giants	Hunter Pence	108
Giants	Buster Posey	1
Giants	Sergio Romo	129
Giants	Pablo Sandoval	212
Giants	Marco Scutaro	67
Giants	Ryan Vogelsong	73
Giants	Brian Wilson	152
Giants	Barry Zito	68
Indians	Trevor Bauer	106
Indians	Jason Kipnis	74
Indians	Justin Masterson	64
Indians	Carlos Santana	82
Indians	Drew Stubbs	89
Indians	Nick Swisher	90
Mariners	Felix Hernandez	22
Mariners	Hisashi Iwakuma	78
Mariners	Jesus Montero	16
Mariners	Kendrys Morales	174
Mariners	Kyle Seager	196
Marlins	Adeiny Hechavarria	101
Marlins	Logan Morrison	23
Marlins	Giancarlo Stanton	145
Mets	Ike Davis	48
Mets	Matt Harvey	59
Mets	Daniel Murphy	95
Mets	Jonathon Niese	63
Mets	Johan Santana	160
Mets	David Wright	6
Nationals	Tyler Clippard	166
Nationals	Ian Desmond	109
Nationals	Danny Espinosa	70
Nationals	Gio Gonzalez	44
Nationals	Bryce Harper	50
Nationals	Denard Span	184
Nationals	Drew Storen	209
Nationals	Stephen Strasburg	170
Nationals	Jayson Werth	30
Nationals	Ryan Zimmerman	147
Nationals	Jordan Zimmermann	96
Orioles	Dylan Bundy	52
Orioles	Chris Davis	58
Orioles	Jim Johnson	15
Orioles	Adam Jones	76
Orioles	Manny Machado	172
Orioles	Nick Markakis	121
Padres	Yonder Alonso	84
Padres	Chase Headley	130
Padres	Cameron Maybin	134
Padres	Carlos Quentin	40
Padres	Huston Street	187
Padres	Will Venable	65
Padres	Edinson Volquez	127
Phillies	Roy Halladay	162
Phillies	Cole Hamels	206
Phillies	Ryan Howard	198
Phillies	Cliff Lee	57
Phillies	Jonathan Papelbon	25
Phillies	Jimmy Rollins	208
Phillies	Carlos Ruiz	217
Phillies	Chase Utley	112
Phillies	Michael Young	117
Pirates	Pedro Alvarez	43
Pirates	A.J. Burnett	128
Pirates	Starling Marte	167
Pirates	Andrew McCutchen	102
Pirates	James McDonald	105
Rangers	Elvis Andrus	51
Rangers	Adrian Beltre	7
Rangers	Lance Berkman	107
Rangers	Nelson Cruz	154
Rangers	Yu Darvish	165
Rangers	Neftali Feliz	181
Rangers	Ian Kinsler	214
Rangers	Mike Olt	114
Rangers	Jurickson Profar	37
Rays	Alex Cobb	146
Rays	Jeremy Hellickson	31
Rays	Desmond Jennings	103
Rays	Evan Longoria	200
Rays	David Price	218
Rays	Fernando Rodney	183
Rays	Ben Zobrist	178
Red Sox	Jacoby Ellsbury	20
Red Sox	Jon Lester	42
Red Sox	Will Middlebrooks	210
Red Sox	David Ortiz	143
Red Sox	Dustin Pedroia	41
Red Sox	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	171
Reds	Bronson Arroyo	29
Reds	Jay Bruce	204
Reds	Aroldis Chapman	12
Reds	ShinSoo Choo	66
Reds	Zack Cozart	173
Reds	Johnny Cueto	191
Reds	Todd Frazier	126
Reds	Mat Latos	10
Reds	Brandon Phillips	175
Reds	Joey Votto	19
Rockies	Tyler Colvin	79
Rockies	Carlos Gonzalez	113
Rockies	Wilin Rosario	83
Rockies	Troy Tulowitzki	219
Royals	Billy Butler	133
Royals	Alex Gordon	193
Royals	Eric Hosmer	5
Royals	Mike Moustakas	159
Royals	Ervin Santana	201
Royals	James Shields	94
Tigers	Miguel Cabrera	81
Tigers	Prince Fielder	28
Tigers	Doug Fister	205
Tigers	Torii Hunter	151
Tigers	Austin Jackson	189
Tigers	Victor Martinez	71
Tigers	Jhonny Peralta	197
Tigers	Max Scherzer	118
Tigers	Justin Verlander	35
Twins	Joe Mauer	138
Twins	Justin Morneau	163
Twins	Trevor Plouffe	33
Twins	Josh Willingham	14
White Sox	John Danks	123
White Sox	Adam Dunn	156
White Sox	Paul Konerko	186
White Sox	Jake Peavy	47
White Sox	Addison Reed	53
White Sox	Alex Rios	148
White Sox	Chris Sale	177
Yankees	Robinson Cano	169
Yankees	Brett Gardner	69
Yankees	Curtis Granderson	185
Yankees	Derek Jeter	150
Yankees	Ivan Nova	215
Yankees	Mariano Rivera	176
Yankees	Alex Rodriguez	120
Yankees	CC Sabathia	3
Yankees	Mark Teixeira	139