Topps issued their annual Opening Day issue this past week. As it has been in the past, this is basically Topps Lite, aimed at beginning and non-collectors at a low retail price point. The base set cards are basically Topps base issue cards with an Opening Day logo added to them. Given that some of the base set cards here haven't actually been issued for Topps Base Issue yet (the ones that will appear in series 2), we do get a bit of a sneak preview on some players. But otherwise the base set cards are fairly benign. There aren't a whole lot of inserts and parallels, but they did a pretty good job on the inserts this year. Unfortunately for Cubs collectors, there aren't any Cubs in the better insert sets. The highlight of this issue for Cubs collectors is probably the Ronald Reagan Presidential First Pitch card. A rundown of the Cubs in this issue is below.
Base Set - 2 Versions - Base & Blue #/2011 plus four colors of printing plates
#6 Aramis Ramirez
#17 Ryan Dempster
#19 Carlos Marmol
#24 Andrew Cashner
#115 Starlin Castro
#117 Tyler Colvin
#165 Carlos Zambrano
#167 Geovany Soto
#207 Kosuke Fukudome
#220 Alfonso Soriano
Mascots - No Cubs Included
Presidential First Pitch
#4 Ronald Reagan
Spot the Error - No Cubs Included
Stadium Lights - No Cubs Included
Stars of Opening Day - No Cubs Included
Superstar Celebrations - No Cubs Included
Topps Town Opening Day
#7 Carlos Marmol
Toys R Us Geoffrey Team Logos
#4 Cubs Logo
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