I've got 21,620 Cubs cards from 316 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.
1900s - 1970s: 1965 Topps #596 Don Landrum Landrum was the Cubs full-time center fielder in 1965. He wasn't anything overwhelming, but the Cubs were able to sell high with him and he was traded to the Giants in a deal that brought Bill Hand and Randy Hundley to the Cubs.
1980s: 1988 Star Gold #79 Mark Grace Last week the RNG picked a Grace card from Star Silver and this week we get one from Star Gold. I wonder what the odds for that would be?
1990s: 1996 Denny's Artist's Proof #5 Sammy Sosa Pretty funky looking card, with the 3-D graphic on the left and a clear picture on the right. The Artists Proof cards came one per 360 packs, so you'd need to have a Grand Slam breakfast every day for a year to come up with one.
2000s: 2000 Fleer Traded #58 Team Rookies We have 12 major league ABs with a .167 batting average on the left and a career record of 14-30 along with an ERA of 6.15 on the right. The Cubs system was pretty thin in 2000!
2010s: 2016 Topps Now #571 October 11, 2016 The Cubs ninth inning comeback, as they went turned a 5-2 deficit into a 6-5 victory, was an amazing thing to watch.
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