Showing posts with label Rookie Cup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rookie Cup. Show all posts

Friday, February 14, 2020

2020 Topps, Pete Alonso

Card No. 350

The 2019 home run king, Pete Alonso, is the choice to represent the recently-released 2020 Topps flagship set....Pete shattered a number of records including the single-season Mets franchise record with 53 long balls as a rookie in 2019....He's the first Met to have the coveted Topps Rookie Cup on his card since Michael Conforto and Noah Syndergaard each had it in 2015....Pete's rookie card is part of the 2019 Topps set....Looking to become the first big-leaguer to post back-to-back 50-homer campaigns since Alex Rodriguez (2001-02).

*MK*

Friday, April 5, 2019

1990 Topps, Ken Griffey Jr.

Card No. 336

Call me crazy, say what you want: This is Ken Griffey, Jr.'s best Topps card....While it doesn't have the fanfare that his 1989 Topps Traded rookie carries, you can't deny the charm and near-perfection of this card....Full disclosure: I'm a Rookie Cup junkie....Junior's farewell card appeared 20 years later in the 2010 Topps set....Made the first of 13 career All-Star Game appearances and won the first of 10 Gold Gloves in 1990 with the Mariners.

*MK*