By happenstance, four of the cards below depict the Mets playing the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Todd Hundley and Carlos Baerga cards look like they could be from the same game, but unlikely because those cards are from different release years. It could be possible for the Baerga and Rey Ordonez cards to be the same game or even the same series. I wonder if there is a way to find out these things?
I understand that photo shopping is sometimes necessary, but it really should not be used. The Mo Vaughn card below is a good example of bad photo shopping. There is nothing that I can think of that relates the Mets to mountains. I recall Vaughn being a big guy, but something seems off about his body here.
Ryan also sent some nice shiny cards my way. I dig the Jacob deGrom Future Stars chrome card. It isn't grammatically correct since it features just one star, but I enjoyed the Future Star cards back in the day. Sure, Topps was probably wrong more times than right with their choices, but it was a nice feature to the cards.
Topps started the Future Stars card back in the 80's when they would feature multiple players on the card. Later in the 80's they changed it to just showcasing one player, but kept the plural tense on the cards. I would think the 1987 Topps Bo Jackson card is the most recognized one. Topps kept the tradition going, but would correct the cards to show the singular tense.
They changed the design over the years into the 90's and eventually stop it's use after 1996. Topps eventually brought back the wrong tensed Future Stars in the 2014 flagship release.
Overall, this was an excellent trade. Thanks for the cards, Ryan!
