This bat card for Albert Almora is from Topps 2017 World Series Champion Relic set. The irony is that in small print the card says that the game-used memorabilia is not from the World Series.
I thought briefly about going after all of the cards from this set. But since I have relic cards from all the other players in the set, I decided to pass. Adding the Almora was all I needed to do.
Almora is slotted to platoon in center field this year. It will be interesting to see how he does and how much Dexter Fowler will be missed.
WIth this, I now have 81 relic cards that show a player as a Cub during a season they played for the Cubs. Of them, 13 are on the Cubs roster right now. That is probably the most I've had of current players at any one time. And if you add Chapman, Fowler, Hammel, and Soler, that would make 17 players from the World Series team.
Almora is slotted to platoon in center field this year. It will be interesting to see how he does and how much Dexter Fowler will be missed.
WIth this, I now have 81 relic cards that show a player as a Cub during a season they played for the Cubs. Of them, 13 are on the Cubs roster right now. That is probably the most I've had of current players at any one time. And if you add Chapman, Fowler, Hammel, and Soler, that would make 17 players from the World Series team.
| Arismendy Alcantara | Nomar Garciaparra | Jose Nieves |
| Albert Almora | Matt Garza | Mike Olt |
| Moises Alou | Mark Grace | Corey Patterson |
| Jake Arrieta | Mark Grudzielanek | Carlos Pena |
| Javier Baez | Jason Hammel | Felix Pie |
| Darwin Barney | Rich Harden | Juan Pierre |
| Francis Beltran | Brendan Harris | Mark Prior |
| Kris Bryant | Kevin Hart | Aramis Ramirez |
| Damon Buford | Jason Heyward | Anthony Rizzo |
| Marlon Byrd | Bobby Hill | Addison Russell |
| Andrew Cashner | Rich Hill | Jeff Samardzija |
| Welington Castillo | Todd Hundley | Kyle Schwarber |
| Starlin Castro | Brett Jackson | Jorge Soler |
| Aroldis Chapman | Jacque Jones | Alfonso Soriano |
| Hee Seop Choi | Eric Karros | Sammy Sosa |
| Tyler Colvin | David Kelton | Geovany Soto |
| Willson Contreras | Bryan LaHair | Matt Szczur |
| Juan Cruz | Junior Lake | Ryan Theriot |
| Ryan Dempster | Derrek Lee | Darryle Ward |
| Blake DeWitt | Jon Lester | Todd Wellemeyer |
| Jason Dubois | Ted Lilly | Randy Wells |
| Jim Edmonds | Kenny Lofton | Rondell White |
| Carl Edwards | Greg Maddux | Jerome Williams |
| Mike Fontenot | Carlos Marmol | Kerry Wood |
| Dexter Fowler | Gary Matthews, Jr. | Carlos Zambrano |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | Fred McGriff | Ben Zobrist |
| Kosuke Fukudome | Bill Mueller | Julio Zuleta |
Nice WS collection. Fowler was a big part of the chemistry but great teams adjust and move on. I hope the Cubs qualify.
ReplyDeleteVery nice addition. I, too, would like to add one of these "non-WS" relics to my collection and I think the Almora is the way to go without breaking the bank.
ReplyDeleteI miss Fowler already. Did you see the video of him at the Cardinal spring training complex yesterday where he had to get directions on how to get to the field? He looked so lost wearing all that red!