Thursday, February 8, 2024

2003 Bazooka Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

2003 Bazooka set had 280 cards, with 12 Cubs players

Size of Cards

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

Basic Features

I always liked collecting Bazooka baseball cards, and this set doesn't disappoint. There are mostly action shots on the front, along with the name of the player and team logo on the bottom. The reveres of the card have the usual bio and stats, including a short blurb. There is a section called Bazooka Blast Stats of the Year. There is lots of great information contained there.

Twenty cards in the collection included a colored Bazooka logo along with a facsimile signature of the featured player. The player's standard and unique logo cards were produced in equal quantities.



Chicago Cubs 2003 Bazooka Checklist


Number Player
7 Bazooka Joe VAR
19 Hee Seop Choi
21 Sammy Sosa
22 Mark Prior
22 Mark Prior VAR
64 Moises Alou
78 Matt Clement
127 Kerry Wood
171 Nic Jackson
201 Aron Weston RC
206 Jemel Spearman RC
222 Donald Hood RC








       














Saturday, January 27, 2024

1998 Pinnacle Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

1998 Pinnacle set had 200 cards, with 6 Cubs players

Size of Cards

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

Basic Features

Today's post will focus on the 1998 Pinnacle brand with so many sets of parallels you could go blind reading about all of them. The front of the card features glossy action player photographs. The reverse contains another color image that includes biographical and statistical data with a short blurb about players' careers.

The set contains the following subsets:
Rookies (158-181)
Field of Vision (182-187)
Goin' Jake (188-197)
Checklists (198-200)

There were three different versions of every card, 1–157. The cards were printed in equal quantities and have home, away, or seasonal statistics on the back, and all three are traded for equal values.



Chicago Cubs 1998 Pinnacle Checklist


Number Player
15 Mark Grace
53 Sammy Sosa
71 Kevin Orie
104 Kevin Foster
132 Doug Glanville
168 Jeremi Gonzalez








Chicago Cubs 1998 Pinnacle Inserts Checklist


1998 Pinnacle - Artist's Proofs Cards have a gold Dufex finish and a red "Artist Proof" foil stamp on the front.
Number Player
PP15 Mark Grace
PP48 Sammy Sosa
PP71 Jeremi Gonzalez


1998 Pinnacle - Museum Collection Cards have a silver Dufex finish on the front, and "Museum Collection" is printed on the lower back.
Number Player
PP15 Mark Grace
PP48 Sammy Sosa
PP71 Jeremi Gonzalez


1998 Pinnacle - Epix Epix card came in three differant colors (Emerald, Orange, Purple)and was Part of a large cross-promotional release featuring 1998 Pinnacle, 1998 Score, 1998 Zenith and an unreleased 1998 Pinnacle Certified. For this specific set, #E1-E6 are "Game", #E7-E12 are "Season", #E13-E18 are "Moment", and #E19-24 are "Play".
Number Player
E6 Ryne Sandberg


Chicago Cubs 1998 Pinnacle Sets Checklist


1998 Pinnacle
1998 Pinnacle Inside
1998 Pinnacle Mint Collection
1998 Pinnacle Performers
1998 Pinnacle Plus
1998 Pinnacle Snapshots
1998 Score
1998 Score Rookie & Traded
1998 Zenith

Thursday, January 25, 2024

1998 Collector's Choice Cubs Checklist

Number of Cards

1998 Collector's Choice set had 530 cards, with 18 Cubs players

Size of Cards

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

Basic Features

This set was issued in two separate series, each containing 265 cards. The front of the card features glossy action player photographs plus a team logo that are surrounded by a simple white or gray border. The reverse contains another color image that includes biographical and statistical data with a short blurb about players' career. There is a section called "Do you know," which has general trivia information and is the best part of this Upper Deck set. Series One (#1-265). It is available in two distinct hologram varieties. Factory sets replace card #202 Tony Barron with #202A Kerry Wood.

1998 Collector's Choice subsets:

  • Checklists (266-270)
  • Cover Glory (1-18)
  • Golden Jubilee (271-279)
  • Rookie Class (100-126/415-432)
  • Masked Marauders (181-189)
  • Top of the Charts (253-261)

1998 Collector's Choice Mini Bobbing Heads Insert:

This 30-card insert set includes specifically modified miniatures that fold into a stand-up figure with a detachable bobbing head, randomly inserted at a rate of one in three packs. This is one insert worth collecting

Chicago Cubs 1998 Collector's Choice Checklist


Number Player
14 Ryne Sandberg CG
53 Kevin Orie
54 Kevin Foster
55 Ryne Sandberg
56 Doug Glanville
57 Tyler Houston
58 Steve Trachsel
59 Mark Grace
117 Jeremi Gonzalez
202a Kerry Wood
327 Mark Clark
328 Rod Beck
329 Mickey Morandini
330 Sammy Sosa
331 Jeff Blauser
332 Lance Johnson
333 Scott Servais
334 Kevin Tapani
335 Henry Rodriguez