2012 Topps Update, Giancarlo Stanton

Card No. US154

Prior to the 2012 season, the man previously known as 'Mike' announced that he would begin going by Giancarlo Stanton....Giancarlo is actually his first name while Michael and Cruz are his middle names....Perhaps the first and only time a player winds up in an Update/Traded series due to a name change....He's listed as "Mike" on his card in the regular '12 Topps set....His rookie card is included in the 2010 Update series....Giancarlo blasted 37 homers in 123 games for Miami in '12.

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2012 Topps, Jim Thome

Card No. 371

A 2018 Cooperstown inductee and a member of the 600 Home Run Club, Jim Thome is shown here in the midst of this second (albeit brief) go-round with the Phillies....I didn't even realize prior to writing this post, but this is Thome's final Topps card....Thome had three prior cards as a Phil, beginning with his 2003 Update entry....His rookie card appears in the 1992 base set....Jim split the 2012 season--his final is the big leagues--between Philly (30 games) and Baltimore (28 games), clubbing 8 total homers.

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