I've got some more Cubs inserts from series two. In each case there was just one Cubs player on the checklist. Want to guess which player got the majority of the cards?
Mega Stars is a more limited insert set and has a checklist of 20 players. There are guys like Kershaw, Altuve, Ohtani,.... and PCA. Really? Baseballcardpedia estimates that just 375 copies of each of these cards was made, so I had to pay far more than usual for an insert set.
Why look who we have in Home Field Advantage... PCA again. Coming into the 2024 season he played in a whopping total of five games at Wrigley Field. I'm pretty sure he hadn't figured out any home field advantage in those games.
Surprised to see him again? This card comes from City to City. The ORD is the airport code for O'Hare Airport. The letters were the designation for airport when it was known as Orchard Place Field and they were never changed when the airport was renamed in 1949.
This is getting ridiculous, isn't it. And this was another of the harder to find sets, so once again I had to shell out more than usual.
Finally, someone other than PCA! Hoerner is the lone Cub in the 25-card set and he deserves to be in it by virtue of his Gold Glove performance in 2023.
I'll have one more inert on Monday and it is from a set that it would be impossible for Topps to place PCA into.
I like the design of the Home Field Advantage insert set.
ReplyDeleteWow, Topps' research department must have found that rookies really drive product sales. (FYI - Topps Chrome has 154 rookies with autographs to chase.) PCA is a fun player, and he has a chance to be a solid major league ball player, but he's still developing. At this point he doesn't merit being part of so many different insert sets.
Hoerner may have a Gold Glove, but that has nothing to do with his qualifications for "Covering the Field", which is about hitters who hit to all parts of the field. The red dots represent where he hits the ball.
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