1900s - 1970s: 1960 Fleer #50 Frank Chance Fleer did a nice job of colorizing the pictures on these cards. This one gives us a nice look at one of two managers to lead the Cubs to a World Series crown
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Five Random Cubs Cards
I've got 16,275 Cubs cards from 155 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.
1900s - 1970s: 1960 Fleer #50 Frank Chance Fleer did a nice job of colorizing the pictures on these cards. This one gives us a nice look at one of two managers to lead the Cubs to a World Series crown
1980s: 1989 Topps Stickers #49 Shawon Dunston... or Shawon Tungsten as he is known by Cardtoons
1990s: 1999 Team Issued Wrigley Field Top Ten Gabby Hartnett Twenty years after this set came out, the Homer in the Gloamin would still rank as a Wrigley Field Top Ten Moment.
2000s: 2004 Leaf #114 Corey Patterson The 2004 season marked the time that Corey turned into KKKKKKKKKKKKorey. It was the first season his hit total didn't exceed his number of strike outs.
2010s: 2011 Topps Update Cognac #157 Reed Johnson Reed is celebrating a walk-off home run he his against the Padres on April 20, 2011.
1900s - 1970s: 1960 Fleer #50 Frank Chance Fleer did a nice job of colorizing the pictures on these cards. This one gives us a nice look at one of two managers to lead the Cubs to a World Series crown
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I remember when the Cognac refractors came out and everyone was calling them liquorfractors. Good times!
ReplyDeleteI would suggest that putting three Ks in front of the name of a black person, however innocent in intention, is probably not a great idea.
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