This is Upper Deck's second multi-sport issue of the year that contains some baseball content. This one is a much better effort overall than their World of Sport issue from February in my opinion, featuring cards which are attractive for the most part and an excellent selection of non-traditional sports figures. The one negative in my view, and this is a big pet peeve of mine, is that the parallel structure for the base set is goofy. Some of the cards don't have the mini parallels, while certain other cards are only available in minis and don't have full sized versions. I don't mind a partial parallel set, just have it make some sense (like only rookies) and definitely make everything available in at least one type of card.
Ryne Sandberg and Cap Anson represent the Cubs, and obviously the cards don't feature them in uniform since Upper Deck doesn't have an MLB license. Greg Maddux is also in the set, but given there is no clear affiliation on the cards and he spent the bulk of his career with the Braves, I don't classify these as Cubs cards. There is also an Albert Spalding card in the set that I am listing below as a Cub. Spalding's cards are among the toughest to classify for me since he had so many different accomplishments in his life. But his time as president of the Cubs obviously was a big one, so I typically include most of his modern cards as Cubs cards.
Base Set - 10 Versions - Base, SP Variations, Mini, Mini Black, Mini Foil, Mini Black Foil (#/9), Mini Gold Presidential Foil (1/1), Memorabilia, Dual Memorabilia, Autos, 4 colors of Mini Printing Plates
#46 Ryne Sandberg (Has an auto parallel, no memorabilia parallels, has an SP variation with lightning in the background)
#119 Cap Anson (no Auto or memorabilia parallels, no SP variation)
#209 Albert Spalding (no parallels, no SP variation)
Mini Base Set Extension - 5 Versions - Base Mini, Mini Black, Mini Foil, Mini Black Foil (#/9), Mini Gold Presidential Foil (1/1), 4 colors of Mini Printing Plates
No Cubs Included in the Mini Set Extension
Animal Kingdom Patches - No Cubs Included
Entomology - No Cubs Included
Figures of Sport - No Cubs Included
Goodwin Citizens - No Cubs Included
Museum Collection Relics - No Cubs Included
Presidential Masterpieces - No Cubs Included
Sport Royalty Autographs - No Cubs Included
Thoroughbred Hair Cuts - No Cubs Included
World Traveler - No Cubs Included
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