Sunday, March 15, 2020

Five Random Cubs Cards

I've got 17,885 Cubs cards from 218 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.


1900s - 1970s: 1978 Hostess #131 Rick Reuschel  Big Daddy was coming off of a 20 win season, and that was good enough to get him in the 1978 Hostess set.



1980s: 1982 Topps Traded #10 Larry Bowa  A card from the traded set featuring the other guy the Cubs got in the Ryne Sandberg trade.


1990s: 1993 Stadium Club #9 Shawon Dunston  Always a good idea to duck when Shawon Dunston is making a throw!


2000s: 2005 SI for Kids #514 Derrek Lee  Lee had a career year in 2005 and the people at SI took notice.  Their set features athletes from a wide range of sports and that limits the number of baseball players, which in turn limits the number of Cubs.


2010s: 2013 Team Issued Season Ticket Holders #16 Billy Williams  This card was printed on the tickets to the game on May 4th.  They chose Billy for that game on the 4th, since he wore #4 early in his career, in 1959.

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