My Cubs card from the second wave of this year's T206 has rolled in.
Sammy was the only Cub in the wave. I have mixed feelings that he was included at all. The weird look on his face doesn't help, either.
I also thought the picture looked familiar. I went through my card and...
... there it was, in Collector's Choice from 1996.
That's weird, to have Topps using a photo which apparently originated with Upper Deck. Guess Getty Images either provided the image to UD or bought it from them. I've seen OLD images (such as a Honus Wagner) used by UD and later by Topps, but this is different.
ReplyDeleteThat face he's making made me chuckle.
ReplyDeleteIt’s not the exact same picture but they were probably taken a few seconds apart - check out the positioning of his top thumb on the bat handle.
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