2017 Topps First Pitch Insert

Number of Cards

2017 Topps First Pitch has 40 cards which there are 12 Cubs fans

Size of Cards

The size of the cards are standard-size 2 ½ x 3 ½

Basic Features

The World Series champion Chicago Cubs gives celebrities like actresses, singers, and athletes the great honor of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch to start a game at historic Wrigley Field. The 2017 Topps First Pitch, now in its third year, included numerous Wrigley Field celebrities, and Topps included them in their insert collection. This would be their final year of doing it.

The front of this fun insert shows the celebrities standing on the mound trying to toss the ball 60 feet to the catcher, most of whom had trouble doing it. The reverse side features a biography of their careers; this insert featured two series.

Chicago Cubs 2017 Topps First Pitch Checklist

Number	Player
2015 Topps First Pitch
FP4	Eddie Vedder
FP10	Graham Elliot
FP11	Tom Morello
FP17	Chris Pratt
FP20	Chelsea Handler
2016 Topps First Pitch
FP3	Warren Griffin III
FP9	Craig Sagerc
2017 Topps First Pitch
FP2	Bob Odenkirk
FP4	Jeremy Piven
FP8	Joan Jett
FP9	Joe Mantegna
FP14	Brett Eldredge
FP21	Bonnie Hunt
FP22	Stephen Colbert
FP23	Mase
FP28	Diplo
FP33	Anthony Rapp
FP35	Steve Bowen
FP40	Luke Donald

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Cubs players you might not be familiar with Cliff Heathcote

Cliff Heathcote

was born on January 24, 1898 in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania

Dubbed "Rubberhead" because a routine fly ball that he was fielding bounced off his head early in his career, On May 30, 1922, during a doubleheader, the wackiest deal in baseball history took place. Heathcote was exchanged for Max Flack. Heathcote participated in the first game for the Cardinals and the second one for the Cubs. For their new teams, both athletes opened the afternoon game in right field. Later that year, on August 25, in a wild 26-23 Cubs victory over the Phillies, Heathcote set a modern National League record by reaching base seven times in a nine-inning game. Heathcote went 5-for-5 plus two walks.

The most recognizable set Rubberhead was featured in

1923-24 Exhibits W461

Number of Cards

It consisted of 58 cards and included 3 Cubs players.

Size of Cards

measure 3 3/8" x 5 3/8"

Basic Features

The 1923–24 Exhibit card set includes player portraits in black and white. The team name is in italicized block style type, while the player names are written in cursive on the cards. Along with his team, the player's league and position are also listed. The font color for the cards can be either black or white depending on the color of the backdrop image.

Cubs players you might not be familiar with Dom Dallessandro

Nicholas Dominic “Dom” Dallessandro

was born on October 3, 1913 in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Dom Dallessandro, an outfielder, spent the majority of his eight seasons in the major leagues playing with the Chicago Cubs. He hit.304 with a.400 on-base percentage in 1944, which was his greatest year. Let's face the harsh reality of the Cubs, who could have had DiMaggio but got this outfielder in place of him. Pants Rowland, a retired White Sox manager who had been scouting DiMaggio, He told the Cubs, "You can get a better ballplayer for half the money."

I've always questioned whether Pants was bought off to offer the Cubs owner false information so that he would choose poorly not to sign Joe DiMaggio. That's simply my viewpoint; everyone else who dealt with DiMaggio claimed that this young man was the best they had ever seen. Let's now discuss Dallessandro's "claim to fame" happenings.

• It's incredible that Ted Williams was once traded for him.
• Being only 5 feet 6 inches tall, he is somewhat short.
• Last Cubs’ player to be discharged from military service, WW2
• Throughout his career, he always got a lot of power hits, including doubles and triples. Not an easy out, he also finished his career with twice as many walks (310) as strikeouts (150).

The most recognizable set Dom was featured in

1941 Double Play (R330)

Number of Cards

It consisted of 70 cards and included 10 Cubs players.

Size of Cards

Approximately 2-1/2” by 3-1/8”.

Basic Features

The cards, which are distributed by Gum Products, Inc., feature two players in sepia-tone pictures, a type of print that has warm hues created by a particular chemical procedure when developing film. This issue, created soon before the United States entered World War II, is regarded as the last release of playing cards to fall under the "pre-war" category. Cards have blank backs.

Dom Dallessandro 1941 Double Play

1941 Double Play (R330) Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
1	Larry French-Vance Page
3	Billy Herman-Stan Hack
97	Stan Hack-Bob Klinger
101	Dom Dallesandro-Augie Galanw
103	Bill Lee-Phil Cavarretta

1977 Holiday Inn MSA Disc Cubs Checklist

Who would ever collect these weird, mostly unknown cubs memorabilia? Well, I do, and if you do, then you're a hard-core Cubs collector.

Number of Cards

1977 Holiday Inn MSA Disc Set, which consisted of 70 disks and included two Cubs players

Size of Cards

The discs are approximately 3 3/8" in diameter.

Basic Features

The disc version of the ballplayer, which was created by Michael Scheter Associates (MSA) in 1977, was sold by a variety of advertisers, including Holiday Inn. The discs have a diameter of around 3 3/8". These discs are not numbered, thus we have arranged them alphabetically.

In 1977, the Holiday Inn hotel network in the Midwest offered a disc set for free when a child's dinner was purchased at one of the participating restaurants.You won't find any team logos on these disks, either, as they were only sanctioned by the Major League Players Association through Mike Schechter Associates.

1977 Holiday Inn MSA Disc Chicago Cubs Checklist

Number	Player
n/a	Jose Cardenal
n/a	Booby Murcer