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Monday, September 9, 2024

2008 Topps Gold ALROY Dustin Pedroia

 September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month. As a nod to the Gold Together activities going on this month to help raise awareness of the leading cause of death by disease in children, I thought I'd contribute several "gold" themed posts sprinkled throughout the month. Here's the next one.


Let's talk about this card...



I like the way Topps incorporates the gold cards into their base sets. The cards aren't impossible to find, individually numbered to the card year. But, they make something a bit different to chase. The next level of parallel above the retail set one we looked at last time.

That concept is even better on the older cards with full white borders available to turn gold. Instead of a gold stripe on a full bleeg photo, this card really feels like a golden tickt. Even if it's a pretty blah picture of the reigning AL ROY and future MVP.

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I'm sure you all remember Mina Smith from her interview with us. Through her social impact initiative "Love Your Neighbor" she is fundraising for the Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation. I highly recommend you support her efforts with a donation if you are able. You can find the link here.

Thank you for supporting her efforts to Love Your Neighbor!

1 comment:

  1. The 2008 card design which I think is great - would be perfect if they would have made the borders just a little smaller and got rid of the drop down topps - logo/symbol

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