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Hi. A few facts: 

I am a Cubs fan. 

From 1951 on, I collect Topps and Topps Gypsy Queen pretty much exclusively. 

Before 1951, I collect any baseball card I can find, focusing on Cubs. 

I am a set builder and complete the Topps base set every year. 

Years ago, through the stats section on this wonderful site, I learned that the Cubs were my fifth or sixth most plentiful team. 

This bothered me. 

I set forth to move the Cubs to the top. 

I quickly moved them into second place, just ahead of the Red Sox. 

After about another year of diligently filling in vintage Cubs, they moved into first, where they stayed for well over a year with what I thought was a decent cushion. 

Today, with the introduction of the complete 2022 Topps base set, the Cubs have fallen a full nine cards behind the stupid Yankees, who outnumber the Cubs by some absurd amount in this set. 

ARRRRRRGHHHHH. 

That is all. 

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29 Yankees vs 17 Cubs, excluding the SPs.  Jerks!

Awesome!  Go Yankees!  Lol

It's a losing battle. Every year, I have to make up for this kind of difference. 

You gotta have hope!  Miles and miles of hope!

Well played, Sir. 
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I feel the same way about the Chicago Bulls in basketball. They have made so many Jordan cards that is artificially inflates the numbers for the team.

I just checked and the Database shows 491 more Bulls cards than any other team. That's from being a set collector, other than the two years Elton Brand played there I have not specifically chased Bulls cards. The ratio was higher when I first entered my collection but panini not having the Jordan license has actually helped quite a bit. 

I just checked my baseball stats, and the Yankees are also the team I have the most cards of.  Although I noticed that your Cubs are holding 2nd place.  I am a Diamondbacks fan, and they aren't even top 5.  

I hear you! They're second in my collection too, because the card companies just hate us. LOL!

(I just made a trade offer for a Captain Intangibles card that I need for a set and it *pained* me.)