But I’ll still take them over the airbrushing Topps used to do in the 70’s. Those were some truly ugly cards.

are the result of some f*ck face.

how the baseball card business is a mess. I still collect cards for fun and the hope to land some Cubs in the pack. I have a ton of cards, unfortunately I don’t have a fireplace because that is what they are worth. Oh well it is still fun.

the HK thing at first (granted I follow only a half a team outside of the Cubs – sorry but my Dad is a Yankees fan and so I do root for them – same reason I rooted for Mikey J) but that is HILARIOUS…although they do wonder why noone collects these things anymore

is almost as good as “Cubs Anal”

is that I knew immediately what was wrong with the Cliff Lee card, even with the low-res image, which makes that faux pas all the more ridiculous when you think about it.

The photographer didn’t realize it was actually his brother. And if he’d been my brother, I’d have smacked him hard and repeatedly for making me look like a complete dork.

Twins in Wrigley, pre-interleague, with a different uniform on the outfielder….

But its nice to see your full name on the Yahoo / Cubs main page next to the BCB links. Good move on your part. Soon to be a MLB main page regular?

I’ve never understood using an action photo for a traded player’s card. The vast majority of people who collect cards (thankfully one thing I DON’Tcollect) are going to know Lee couldn’t possibly have pitched a game yet for the Mariners when the card was made, so why bother trying to fake it? Seriously, what’s the rationale? Any 8 year olds out there to fill us in?

Most graphic artists aren’t exactly the biggest baseball fans, and wouldn’t know about the patch and wouldn’t take the time to research playing fields and what not. Chances are Topps is under a pretty hard deadline to get cards out, and doesn’t have much time between the completion of trades and their cards going to print to make changes like this… and trust me, it’s not a one or two hour job to do these kinds of changes… still, they should at least have an editor who knows what he or she is doing looking over the finished product before they go to print.

I mean, this is the company that gave us Mike Laga in a 1987 Topps PINK cardinals jersey.

I guess coloring his jersey pink instead of just white made it more “Cardinaly”.

I’m always amazed at the things I learn here