2013 Cubs Custom Team Set

I was starting to lose track of which customs from the Cubs team set I have already shown so I went ahead and added a tab to the top that puts them all in one place like I did last year. And in the spirit of adding new content, here are two cards that have not been shown yet.

 

Dave Sappelt started the season in Chicago but has been playing in Iowa since early May after a slow start.

 

The Cubs selected Zach Putnam off waivers in early November 2012 but granted him free agency at the end of the month. They then re-signed him in late December. Probably has something to do with restructuring a contract. He has only appeard in two games so far this season, a one batter appearance on May 30th and then was later fed to the wolves in a one inning debacle against the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 1st. He faced the entire D-Backs lineup in the 9th inning, giving up 6 hits and 4 runs. Hopefully, it only gets better from there!

 

Unfortunately, both of these photos might need to be changed as the Cubs haven't played the Pirates at home (as pictured) in 2013, so upon closer inspection, this looks like a photo from last year. And while both of Putnam's appearances were at home (pinstripes), that doesn't appear to be Wrigley in the background, so I think that is a Spring Training shot.

 

With a good chunk of the lineup done, I will update these sporadically and/or as players make appearances. If you missed the rest, don't forget to check out the tab at the top.

Borrowing a Segment...

Because of the break I did over the weekend, I'm a little behind on thanking some of bloggers who have sent me some some great packages in the last week or two. I'm still working on scanning some of that stuff in and I'm a little short on time but I will definitely get to them to this week. So I'm was looking at some of things I've already scanned in for a quick topic and came across these two cards:

#334 Anthony Rizzo

#657 Dave Sappelt

It's curious that Topps would include both of these guys. I mentioned the other day that I was pleasantly surprised when I came across 16 different base cards for Series 2, several more than even the Yankees.

Anybody care to guess who's segment I'm going to "borrow"? No? Fine. Be that way.

I guess you'd have to be a Cubs fan and a follower of Nick over at Dime Boxes to guess correctly anyway. These two cards immediately struck me as cards for his Zero Year Club.

Granted, they may be temporary like his post on the 2012 Manny Ramirez in the A's uniform, but as of now they are featured on Cubs cards without having played for the team. Neither are rookie cards. Both have some Major League experience and were acquired this past off season. I expect we'll see Rizzo before the end of the year but I haven't heard a peep about Sappelt.

Thanks Nick for giving me the inspiration for a quick topic in a pinch!