Sunday, August 26, 2018

Five Random Cubs Cards

I've got 15,970 Cubs cards from 134 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.




1900s - 1970s: 1960 Topps #476 Lou Johnson  Johnson spent most of the 1960 season in AAA and played just 34 games for the Cubs.  He has an interesting way of wearing hit hat, over his ear.




1980s: 1982 Fleer #590 Bill Caudill  After three very mediocre years with the Cubs, on April 1, 1982 he was dealt to the Yankees, who then flipped him to the Mariners.  He turned in to a stud closer for the Mariners.



1990s: 1997 Finest #20 Sammy Sosa By 1997 Sammy was starting to really bulk up.  The unanswered question is was it by hard work or was it chemically induced?



2000s: 2001 Ovation #36 Sammy Sosa  The RNG likes Sammy today.  You don't see batting practice pictures on cards too often.  I'm guessing that Sammy always put on a good batting practice show.  After all, that is why he claimed he had a corked bat - for BP.



2010s: 2011 Allen & Ginter Glossy #122 Ryan Dempster  Topps made 999 glossy sets of Ginter in 2011 and I have set #943.  I don't know why I bought the set, but there are two sitting on Ebay going for $300 and $200.


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