With great big thanks to Paul from over at Wrigley Wax, I
have been slowly but surely compiling my Cubs Haves and Want Lists based upon his personal collection
checklist. You know, the one he uses to generate his 5 Random Cubs Cards on Sundays. Not only is his collection a dream, but his organizational skills are fantastic as well.
There are quite a few of his older posts that I have
bookmarked and frequently reference. If Paul looks at the Wrigley Wax blogger
statistics, he probably wonders why these old posts keep getting views. Sorry, that’s my fault! If I used Pinterest the way my wife does, it would be full of
pinned Wrigley Wax posts.
This post from four years ago links to his Google doc checklist. And
subtracting the number of Cubs cards quoted on that post from the number on his most
recent 5 Random Cubs Cards this past Sunday, it was also more than 5,000 cards
ago. Wowzers!
I have the file saved to my desktop and if it was a hard
paper copy, it would be dog-eared! I think I have nudged him once or twice to
update it with his most recent additions which he always graciously does.
Anywho, to make a short story long, the point of all this is
that I was making my lists for Donruss a little while back and without the
cards in front of me, came up with one more card than Paul had listed for the
1992 base team set. After cross referencing the lists, I discovered that I had
a Mike Bielecki card that Paul didn't have on his list.
As an 18-game winner on the 1989 Boys of Zimmer team, I knew
that Bielecki was certainly a Cub.
But after tracking down the card itself in my collection, I
realized the mistake was mine and definitely not Paul’s. Take a look:
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| 1992 Donruss #776 Mike Bielecki |
Cubs uniform? Check.
Wrigley Field (with
ivy in the background)? Check.
Team name? Check.
Braves? D’oh!
I knew Bielecki had been traded to Atlanta but somewhere
along the line, this card infiltrated my collection as an undercover Cub and
managed to hide out for, probably, years.
But it’s a keeper. Allowing these exceptions might be the
only way I catch Paul’s collection volume!
Thanks for keeping me on my toes, Paul!
You had me going for a bit there, thinking that I was missing a card! I haven't seen that Bielecki card before.
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That card would fit in my collection. In fact, I may have that one as well. As long as it's a Cubs uni, the team doesn't matter. The ones that weird me out are the ones with different unis, but have the Cubs logo. I still keep those, though, they are just don't look right in the binder with Cubs, so they stay in a box with others like them.
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