A little Topps Baseball appreciation thread… share your favorite card!

[ALR-bishop]

[hockeyhockey]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

al, you've got the coolest collection of anyone. so awesome.

[abothebear]

It is tough to pick one for the top spot. This one is very cool and memorable, and it has stood the test of time. Many others might displace it at the very top, depending on the day and mood. But the 1987 Bo Jackson Future Stars card has so much going for it - the wood grain, the sunny action shot, the iconic athlete rookie card, the rainbow future stars script - it’s great.



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1980 Prototype coins on a Topps Presentation Board

[frankhardy]

My favorite is a 2001 Topps Traded Albert Pujols. Being a Cardinals fan, I have kept up with his career from the first week of his rookie season. I have seen almost every one of his 679 home runs. The only player in major league history to hit over .300, 30 HR, and 100 RBIs in his first 2 seasons. And by the way.... He went ahead and did it in his first 10 seasons for good measure. He was one hit and one RBI from doing it 11 seasons in 2011. He made up for it by winning a second World Series, while hitting 3 HR in one game.

It's my favorite card.... I just can't decide if I like it better autographed or in a PSA 10 slab?

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by frankhardy

My favorite is a 2001 Topps Traded Albert Pujols. Being a Cardinals fan, I have kept up with his career from the first week of his rookie season. I have seen almost every one of his 679 home runs. The only player in major league history to hit over .300, 30 HR, and 100 RBIs in his first 2 seasons. And by the way.... He went ahead and did it in his first 10 seasons for good measure. He was one hit and one RBI from doing it 11 seasons in 2011. He made up for it by winning a second World Series, while hitting 3 HR in one game.

It really is insane just how good Pujols has been. For comparisons sake...Miguel Cabrera is a generational talent at 1st base. He's 12th all time in WAR for a 1B with 69.1 WAR and is a sure-fire 1st ballot HOFer.

Pujols career WAR? 99.8. That's 30.1 more than Cabrera, and 2nd highest for a 1B after only Lou Gehrig. Just...insane.