The Holiday set has been a Walmart-exclusive for the past three years. I picked up the 2016 set because I needed to get everything from that glorious season. I skipped last year, feeling that I didn't need a gimmicky parallel. I had no plans to get the 2018 set, either.
But a coworker got me a Holiday blaster and I was able to pull six of the ten Cubs. Being the completist that I am, I figured I might as well finish off the set. It was a few simple clicks with Sportlots and I had the team set.
I was pleasantly surprised with the Cubs checklist because of one card...
.... Daniel Murphy. I didn't realize that the Holiday set was an update to update. This is the only card that I am aware of that shows Murphy as a Cub. I'm not familiar enough with the complete checklist to know if there are any other players that were shown with their late-season new team. Anyone know?
The other nine cards are parallels to the already-seen flagship cards.
There aren't any surprises or goofy rookies among the nine. It's the big names.
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In addition to Murphy, I found a Justin Bour as a Phillie base card in my Holiday rip. Maybe they did just a couple.
ReplyDeleteInteresting about Murphy. It didn't even register that is his only "mainstream" Cubs card because he does have a couple of Topps Now cards as a Cub. I wonder if he'll show up in Series 1 or if he gets the Series 2/Update treatment with the Rockies.
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