1983 Topps Chicago Cubs

Date Completed: Various times

Cubs 1983 Record: 71-91. Finished 5th in NL East

Best looking card: Ryne Sandberg - biased because it was my first ever "big" card purchase

Worst looking card: Tom Filer 

Best Fun Facts:

• Randy Martz - allowed 2 hits in Complete Game Win vs. Mets on 08-05-82
• Not really much by way of fun information as Topps seemed to get lazy this year putting out more game highlight information on the backs this year.

Things I like about this set:

• This set was about 4 years before I was at the age where I really started collecting cards. It was very foreign to me at the time. 
• Like the dual photo and the circle photo is a lot better than 84's square box. 
• Nice card design and colors - easy to read.
• Looking at the entire team, I like the mix of action shots, posed shots, and unusual shots. Kind of a good mixture of not too many action photos and not too many close ups.

Things I don't like about this set:

• Purple on the front borders is a bit weird for the Cubs. Maybe they could have gone with red as that would have looked sharp.
• Cropping on some shots just looks a bit off. 
• Lack of effort that went into the back information. Seems kind of lazy this year.