tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916244525704951667.post9159977856100380341..comments2024-03-29T08:03:02.444-04:00Comments on Wrigley Wax: Pro Debut Cubs 2014Wrigley Waxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04609243184562074109noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916244525704951667.post-14868191959613624632014-06-25T08:23:30.499-04:002014-06-25T08:23:30.499-04:00Unfortunately, Topps doesn't have to make sens...Unfortunately, Topps doesn't have to make sense doing anything. If only because you are holding all of those cards in your hands, they accomplished what they wanted. It's the same thing we as Cubs fans have heard for years - if you keep going to a ballpark that is falling apart, buying the overpriced concessions, paying the marked up prices for June weekend games (against the Pirates and Padres...really?!?!), then there is no reason why anything needs to be changed. Topps hasn't made sense with a lot of their choices, but as long as people continue swarm to their products - whether its Gypsy Queen or A&G which virtually is the same thing, or Opening Day, or Pro Debut or the myriad of "premium" hit packages where you get three cards that likely sell on eBay for a fraction of the MSRP.<br />And I'm completely with you on the befuddlement of using the same photos on their products. I understand if you don't have a large database for a guy from the 70s. But there is no reason Topps can't find different photos of current ballplayers to use for their 15 products. I am a sports photographer. I can find 10-15 different photos of a high school kid if I needed to. I could shoot one game and get that. The AP and Getty photographers are shooting every day, and uploading thousands of photos.mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442472410648784267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916244525704951667.post-65307930807646568142014-06-25T07:48:53.843-04:002014-06-25T07:48:53.843-04:00Topps really would be better served calling the se...Topps really would be better served calling the set "Pre-Rookie" or "Prospects" or something... I guess maybe "Pro Debut" resonates with some people who equate "pro" with "Major League", as if minor leaguers were all amateurs....<br /><br />My big complaint with the set is that it shows players with their minor league team from the prior year - and even then, they're sometimes photoshopped into last year's uniforms, like C.J. Edwards seems to be. As someone who attends his share of minor league games, it's frustrating to watch a guy play in the minors and then pull his card only to find him in the uniform he wore last year in a different league.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com