Backing up a year from yesterday's post, here are the cards from Topps Gold Label re-entry set. There were 100 players on the checklist and of those, six were Cubs.
Andre Dawson was the only retired Cub in the set.
Current Cubs make up the other five. My favorite feature from this set is the card numbering. Several players have card numbers that match their uniform number. Bryant is #17 and Rizzo is #44.
And who got the card with their uniform number?
Dawson's 8 went to Cal Ripken
Schwarber's #12 went to Troy Tulowitzk
Heyward's #22 went to Clayton Kershaw
Arrieta's #49 went to Jacob deGrom
Arrieta is the only player that makes a decent arguement to get the card over the player it was given to. He won the Cy Young in 2015 while deGrom finished seventh in the Cy Young voting.
Not to mention that deGrom wears number 48, not 49.
ReplyDeleteThis might sound ridiculous but Schwarber looks downright baby-faced in the fielding shot.
ReplyDeleteAnd that Dawson fielding photo is too cool for school.
I always liked the Hawk. Good to see he still gets cardboard love.
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