Games of Yesteryear The 1896 Chicago Colts

The 1896 Chicago Colts season was the 25th season of the Chicago Colts franchise, the 21st in the National League and the 4th at West Side Park. The Colts finished fifth in the National League with a record of 71–57. 

This particular game played in New York on August 20 1896. One of my old time favorite player Fred Pfeffer tormented some kids that day and the Colts lost a tough one.

 

Read more on the great Fred Pfeffer

2016 Topps Gypsy Queen Chicago Cubs Checklist

2016 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball marks the brand's sixth year as a modern set.Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball has 350 cards in its main set. Of these, 50 are short prints. Framed parallels exist for 100 cards

• Framed Blue (retail only)
• Framed Purple (serial-numbered to 250 copies)
• Framed Green (serial-numbered to 99 copies)
• Framed Black (one-of-one; Hobby only

Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
11	Jason Heyward
30A	Jake Arrieta/Pitching
30B	Jake Arrieta SP/Batting
37	John Lackey
50	Dexter Fowler
67A	Addison Russell/Batting
67B	Addison Russell SP/Fielding
77	Jorge Soler
79A	Kris Bryant/White jersey
79B	Kris Bryant SP/Blue jersey
89A	Anthony Rizzo/Batting
89B	Anthony Rizzo SP/Fielding
104	Ben Zobrist
124	Jon Lester
126A	Kyle Schwarber RC/Blue jersey
126B	Kyle Schwarber SP/Gray jersey
201	Carl Edwards Jr.
257	Javier Baez
339	Fergie Jenkins SP

Framed Blue (retail only)

Framed Purple (serial-numbered to 250 copies)

Framed Green (serial-numbered to 99 copies)

Topps Now 2016 Cubs World Series Champions Team

TOPPS NOW® trading cards are available for 24 hours only and celebrates the greatest moments in Sports. Topps had a special 2016 World Series Championship team set. The cards feature action shots with, the Topps NOW logo up in the left hand corner. ‘2016’ is displayed in the upper right corner with the Cubs logo, name, and ‘World Series Champions’ logo all at the bottom.

 
The product included a total of 15 cards. Since this was a special edition it was available for five days.

 
This popular series from Topps also came with an Autographed card set.

 

First, lets look at the 15 cards from the original set 

Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
WS-1	Chicago Cubs
WS-2	David Ross
WS-3	Anthony Rizzo
WS-4	Javier Baez
WS-5	Kris Bryant
WS-6	Addison Russell
WS-7	Ben Zobrist
WS-8	Dexter Fowler
WS-9	Jason Heyward
WS-10	Kyle Schwarber
WS-11	Willson Contreras
WS-12	Jon Lester
WS-13	Jake Arrieta
WS-14	Kyle Hendricks
WS-15	Aroldis Chapman

 

 

Chicago Cubs Checklist

AUTOGRAPH PARALLEL CARDS: #/199, #/99, #/49, #/25, #/10, 1/1

 

Player	Odds
Addison Russell	1:10 Boxes
Albert Almora	1:10 Boxes
Anthony Rizzo	1:10 Boxes
Jason Heyward	1:5 Boxes
Javier Baez	1:5 Boxes
Kris Bryant	1:10 Boxes
Kyle Schwarber	1:5 Boxes
Willson Contreras	1:5 Boxes

Final print run = 2,581 sets.