Sunday, October 28, 2018

Five Random Cubs Cards

I've got 16,090 Cubs cards from 135 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.




1900s - 1970s: 1960 Topps #489 Steve Ridzik  He looks like he should be the pitching coach, not a pitcher.  Does anyone else find that there are lots of players on cards from this era that look really old?  Assuming that this was taken in spring training, 1960, Ridzik was just shy of his 31st birthday.




1980s: 1988 Star #8 Mark Grace  Grace was featured in both the 1988 Star Base and Star Gold set.  This card is on of the eleven of him from the base set.  The orange border does not look good for Cubs cards.  Mets, yes, but Cubs, no.



1990s: 1995 Collectors Choice #210 Sammy Sosa Doesn't Sammy look dreamy!



2000s: 2002 Donruss #163 Juan Cruz  The rated rookie was 3-11, including starting the season 0-7, in 2002.  That does not rate very highly to me.



2010s: 2012 Factory Team Set #CHC9 Geovany Soto  He hit just .199 in 52 games for the Cubs in 2012 before being traded to the Rangers.  The move didn't do much for Geo.  He hit .196 in 47 games with Texas.  


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