The 2017 set consists of 175 cards. The players are both current and retired. There are also 24 cards with photo variations. The Cubs netted 18 cards, 14 base and four variations.
These are the seven retired Cubs in the set. Some of these cards have gold print while other have blue ink. I haven't figured out if there is any reason for the difference.
Ernie Banks and Hack Wilson also have variation cards.
Seven active Cubs had cards in the set, to match the seven Hall of Famers. Its interesting that they showed Schwarber as a catcher.
Bryzzo has variation cards.
The cards all look nice enough, or at least as nice as logoless cards can look. I'll be working my way backwards the next couple days, with the 2016 and 2015 sets.
As far as gold vs. blue text text goes, it looks like the "super old" players (pre-1950) got the gold and the relatively more recent got blue. At least, that's the pattern that I see.
ReplyDeleteSchwarber's Donruss 2016 cards show him as a catcher too. I bet they didn't have many photos to work with since he was injured most of last year. With a March release date, they probably didn't have time to airbrush/photoshop World Series photos.
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