Sunday, March 10, 2019

Five Random Cubs Cards

I've got 16,647 Cubs cards from 195 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.




1900s - 1970s: 1959 Topps #29 Jim Bolger Bolger was not with the Cubs in 1959.  He was traded to the Indians in January.  The Tribe was unimpressed with him (8 games, no hits) and sent him to the Phillies in June.  He played in 33 games the rest of the season, and hit just .083.  That was the end of his big league career.




1980s: 1989 Topps #240 Greg Maddux  This is a nice shot of a baby-faced Maddux on the mound at Wrigley.



1990s: 1996 Select #121 Brooks Kieschnick Four Cubs have cards in this set - Mark Grace, Ryne Sandberg, Sammy Sosa, and Brooks Kieschnick.  
As our friends on Sesame Street would say.....
One of these players is not like the others,
One of these players doesn't belong,
Can you tell which player is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?


Did you guess which player was not like the others?
Did you guess which player doesn't belong?
If you guessed this player is not like the others,
Then you're absolutely right!
Because three of them were All Stars
And the other one was Brooks Kieschnick
  




2000s: 2006 Greats of the Game #CHC-SA Ryne Sandberg  This is from one of my favorite sets of all time, the 2006 Greats of the game. This insert set has both base and relic or autograph cards and I've got them all.... check it out here



2010s: 2014 Bowman #16 Starlin Castro Hometown This is the Hometown parallel, with the flag of Dominican Republic in the background.




1 comment:

  1. Well done on the Sesame Street song! One of my favorite songs from childhood!

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