You learn something new every day.

After I posted that I was going to try to complete the 2020 Topps archives set I got an email from Jay of the Card Hemorrhage, and he'd said he had some cards to help me out. I got his cards fairly quickly and I still need to get your cards together and get them in the mail Jay. 

I picked one card from each group within the set to share. First up is a card of the MVP of the 2020 World Series. I was rooting for the Rays to win the World Series, but it was not meant to be. Seager did have a nice series, but I thought the MVP award might have gone to Kershaw who won 2 games, giving up just 3 runs with 14 strikeouts.

For the 1974 design I picked this Sammy Sosa card because I don't seem to see many Sosa cards these days. The first thing I noticed about this card was the C on his sleeve. I wasn't familiar with this patch. I learned that Sosa was a captain on the Cubs in 2000 and 2001, so this photo must be from one of those two years. Sosa was one of 6 Cubbies to wear the C as a Captain in those two years. In addition to those 6 Cubs players, only 7 other players have worn a C on their uniform to designate them as a Captain. I love learning about stuff like this and now I'm on a quest to find cards of all 13 players featuring the Captain C.

Whitey Ford passed away last month and I picked this card to represent the 2002 Topps design. Seems like  more Hall of Famers have passed away in 2020 than in any recent year. I hope that we are done for a while.

 Jay sent me 30+ cards and I think I am down to 147 cards for the set, so I am just over half way there. Thanks again Jay!

2020 Topps Archives Needs

3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 67, 68, 77. 78, 80, 82, 85, 88, 91, 92, 93, 95, 101, 103, 108, 115, 119, 121, 124, 126, 132, 133, 136, 137, 140, 142, 145, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169,172, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 191, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 201, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 217, 221, 223, 224, 227, 230, 232, 233, 235, 238, 241, 242, 243, 244, 247, 249, 250, 252, 255, 258, 260, 262, 263, 264, 266, 267, 269, 272, 275, 277, 279, 280, 282, 283, 284, 285, 288, 289, 290, 292, 293, 295, 297, 298, 299, 300