Sunday, June 14, 2020

Five Random Cubs Cards

I've got 18,213 Cubs cards from 249 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.


1900s - 1970s: 1953 Bowman #112 Toby Atwell  He's smiling because he has a nice rookie season in 1952, hitting .290 in 107 games.   The sophomore slump slammed him as his average dropped to .239 in 1953.



1980s: 1989 Upper Deck #776 Joe Girardi  A double rookie card... the first year for both Girardi and Upper Deck.


1990s: 1993 Fleer Ultra #313 Jose Guzman   I had to do a double take when I looked at the card... why was the ball so close to his arm... did it slip out of his hand?


2000s: 2004 Vineline Sammy Sosa's 500th Home Run  Thank you RNG for a Sosa card on the night that ESPN runs "Long Gone Summer."  


2010s: 2013 Season Ticket Holders #72 Sammy Sosa  This pick is an odds buster in two ways. First, this is the second Sammy card in a row.  Also, the RNG has picked a card from the 2013 Season Tickets Holders set for the second week in a row.  What are the odds??  About the same as Sammy making it into the Hall of Fame.

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