Sunday, March 3, 2024

Five Random Cubs Cards

I've got 21,680 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: 1969 Topps #420 Ron Santo All-Star The Santo card is one of several in this subset in which the action photo in the background is not the player featured on the card.  That always struck me as quite odd.


1980s: 1989 Score #102 Vance Law The design isn't flashy but it has everything I need... team, player, and position.


1990s: 1996 Emotion #159 Ryne Sandberg  He's got a rather odd look on his face.  I wonder what emotion that is?


2000s: 2000 Fleer #13 Kyle Farnsworth  I love Fleer from this era using Topps designs for Tradition since they didn't have their own traditions to use.  Pretty bold move!

2010s: 2018 Bowman's Best #52 Anthony Rizzo The 2018 season saw Rizzo drive in over 100 runs for the fourth consecutive season.  He has not topped 100 since.

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