I haven't been adding too many cards to my rule-following autograph collection because there haven't been many new Cubs players with autographs. Today's card is a catch-up.
I pay pretty close attention to the autograph checklists from Topps but often forget to look at what Panini releases. A recent review of their 2020 products led me to an autographed card for Craig Kimbrel.
This is from 2020 National Treasures. It shows Kimbrel as a Cub in a year he played for the Cubs so that checks all the boxes of my collection rules.
I now have 141 certified autographs of players that had a certified autograph card that shows them as a Cub from a year that they played for the Cubs.
| Terry Adams | Matt Garza | Kevin Orie |
| Arismendy Alcantara | Leo Gomez | Angel Pagan |
| Albert Almora | Tom Gorzelanny | Bob Patterson |
| Moises Alou | Kevin Gregg | Eric Patterson |
| Adbert Alzolay | Angel Guzman | Corey Patterson |
| Jake Arrieta | Jason Hammel | David Patton |
| Javier Baez | Todd Haney | Carlos Pena |
| Darwin Barney | Ian Happ | Billy Petrick |
| Francis Beltran | Brendan Harris | Felix Pie |
| David Bote | Kevin Hart | Lou Piniella |
| Milton Bradley | Kyle Hendricks | Mark Prior |
| Roosevelt Brown | Jose Hernandez | Brooks Raley |
| Kris Bryant | Jason Heyward | Aramis Ramirez |
| Scott Bullett | Bobby Hill | Anthony Rizzo |
| Freddie Bynum | Rich Hill | Henry Rodriguez |
| Marlon Byrd | Nico Hoerner | Henry Rodriguez |
| Jeimer Candelario | Micah Hoffpauir | Chris Rusin |
| Victor Caratini | Cesar Izturis | Addison Russell |
| Andrew Cashner | Brett Jackson | Jeff Samardzija |
| Larry Cassian | Reed Johnson | Rey Sanchez |
| Frank Castillo | Jacque Jones | Ryne Sandberg |
| Welington Castillo | Matt Karchner | Kyle Schwarber |
| Starlin Castro | David Kelton | Scott Servais |
| Ronny Cedeno | Brooks Kieschnick | Jorge Soler |
| Rocky Cherry | Craig Kimbrel | Alfonso Soriano |
| Matt Clement | Bryan LaHair | Sammy Sosa |
| Steve Clevenger | Tommy LaStella | Geovany Soto |
| Buck Coats | Junior Lake | Steve Smyth |
| Tyler Colvin | Derrek Lee | Matt Szczur |
| Willson Contreras | Jon Leiber | Ryan Theriot |
| Juan Cruz | Jon Lester | Ozzie Timmons |
| Yu Darvish | Cole Liniak | Steve Trachsel |
| Wade Davis | Greg Maddux | Duane Underwood |
| Blake DeWitt | Dave Magadan | Jermaine Van Buren |
| Rafael Dolis | Dillon Maples | Josh Vitters |
| Scott Downs | Carlos Marmol | Todd Walker |
| Jason Dubuois | Sean Marshall | Todd Wellemeyer |
| Carl Edwards | Scott Moore | Randy Wells |
| Kyle Farnsworth | Matt Murton | Turk Wendell |
| Mike Fontenot | Rod Myers | Jerome Williams |
| Kevin Foster | Thomas Neal | Kerry Wood |
| Dexter Fowler | Roberto Novoa | Travis Wood |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | James Norwood | Michael Wuertz |
| Kosuke Fukudome | Will Ohman | Carlos Zambrano |
| Sam Fuld | Augie Ojeda | Rob Zastryzny |
| Sean Gallagher | Mike Olt | Ben Zobrist |
| Nomar Garciaparra | Ryan O'Malley | Julio Zuleta |
I only buy autos if the player is in a Cubs uniform. This allows for retired players and managers to join the collection. For example, I recently picked up a 2005 Lou Brock autograph. He's pictured in a Cubs uni and the team name is Cubs. (Sharp card, too.)
ReplyDeleteI would have never guessed that was what Craig Kimbrel's autograph looked like. Fancy!
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