Sunday, August 27, 2023

Five Random Cubs Cards

I've got 21,195 Cubs cards from 316 different brands listed on a spreadsheet. A random number generator picked five cards, one each from the past several decades.


1900s - 1970s: 1963 Topps #212 Glen Hobbie The lefty lost 57 games between 1960 and 1963, won just 35, and had an ERA above 4 over that span.  How bad were the Cubs that they kept running him out there every four games?


1980s: 1982 Fleer #606 Mike Tyson  Tyson was cut during spring training in 1982 and never played in the big leagues again.  


1990s: 1993 Studio #8 Steve Buechele The placement of the logo background and Buechele's helmet almost end up giving him a Mickey Mouse ears hat.


2000s: 2000 Topps Chrome #106 Mickey Morandini This is the guy that should have gotten the Mickey Mouse ears, not Steve Buechele.


2010s: 2016 Topps Now Throwback Thursday #133 Kris Bryant  The only Throwback Thursday cards I have are those, like this one, from the World Series.

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