Brick and Ivy

  I have recently looked through three boxes of complete baseball card base sets, series I & II. They were Topps 1990, Topps 1991, Upper Deck 1991, and last month I went through a Topps 1998 box. (Actually the 1991 UD box was missing a few cards when it arrived. Boo.)

  I've got a thing about finding Cubs players on another team's player card. So when I'm pulling out the cards I am going to keep, I pull the Cubs found in the wilds of MLB. I also attempt to identify the Cub and then add his found card to the  'Cubs in the Wild'  list at The Trading Card Database. I also pull out cards with brick and ivy on non-Cubs cards. These were going to be a list at TTCD, but apparently photographers like taking shots at Wrigley Field. Too many of these pop up, and so I far I have kept them all.

So here is a tally of the brick and ivy cards I found in the four boxes.

Topps 1990: There were only five brick and ivy cards in this set, three bricks and two ivy.  I'm sure I am about to break some unwritten Cubs fan rule, but one of the brick cards belongs to one of my all time favorite players.

 #590

  That's right, it's Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith.  I 💖 Ozzie!


Topps 1991: I found twenty-six brick and ivy cards. 7 Astros, 1 Braves, 4 Dodgers, 2 Expos, 3 Giants, 5 Mets, 3 Padres, and 1 Reds. Some of the All-Star cards seem to have Wrigley backgrounds, but the whole pixelated, black and white background graphic thing made keeping those cards seem pointless.


Upper Deck 1991: Wow. This set had 47 brick and ivy cards, and this UD set is close to 300 cards shorter than the previous two Topps sets I went through! One of the good things about this set is that the back of the cards also have in-game photographs. This doubled the chances of finding brick and ivy cards. Here's the card tally. - 6 Astros, 1 Braves, 6 Cardinals, 2 Dodgers, 5 Expos, 5 Giants, 2 Mets, 3 Padres, 6 Phillies, 5 Pirates, 1 Rangers, and 5 Reds.  -Some of these have Wrigley on the card front. Some show Wrigley on the card back, and some have Wrigley on both sides. I found another Hall of Famer in this batch as well.

#158 

Topps 1998: Only two cards with brick or ivy were found on non-Cubs cards. Joe Oliver, Reds, and David Segui, Expos.

That's all for this post. Until next time...
Later!

🌠  TYZ