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| Shawn Boskie may become one of my only Cubs TTM autographs as I like many others have sent many Cubs Cards to Beau Thompson as he seeks to acquire 1 million Cubs cards. |
VERONA, Wis. — Major League Baseball fans can be found everywhere displaying their passion for the game and their team in many ways.
One Chicago Cub fan has decided to exercise his love for the Cubs by striving to acquire 1 million Cubs baseball cards.
From 1893 pitcher Bert Abbey, to 1916 first baseman Dutch Zwiling and all the Cubs in between including Earnie Banks and today’s stars such as Kris Bryant, and Anthony Rizzo, if there is a bubble gum card, Wisconsin Cub fan, Beau Thompson wants it.
Thompson said he started collecting cards 30 years ago.
“I started the One Million Cubs Project because I have a million cards that I don’t really want,” said Thompson. “So I decided to trade them for Cubs. Since one million is a good milestone, I decided on that number.”
Thompson is making many of his trades with card collectors on Twitter.
Most trades are card for card such as 100 Chicago Cubs cards for 100 Atlanta Braves cards.
I have donated to his Cub collection twice and the Braves cards I received in return are awesome.
Thompson’s quest has him developing ties with people all across the country.
In March he received nearly 4,000 Cubs cards from a collector in New Hampshire. In return Thompson sent out Montreal Expos and New England Patriots. In February he traveled to Illinois where he picked up at least 150,000 cards.
As of now Thompson’s Cub card count stands at 108,764 and counting.
Thompson said once he reaches his goal, his is not sure what is next.
“I still haven’t decided what the end game will be,” he said. “It is probably going to take five years to get there.”
Thompson can be found on Twitter @onemillioncubs and his website is
He can be reached by email at onemillioncubsproject@gmail.com
Former Pittsburgh Pirate Al Pedrique took a short 24 days to sign and return my 1988 Score baseball card.
