Showing posts with label George Bush. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Bush. Show all posts

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Interesting Baseball Cards (Part I)


2007 Topps Derek Jeter #40

This card was all over the news last year when it came out.

From ESPN:
As President Bush smiled and waved from the stands and Mickey Mantle looked on from the dugout, Derek Jeter swung his bat. Talk about pressure.

The game never happened, of course. It was just someone's idea of a visual gag -- pulled off in a Topps baseball card through digital manipulation. "We saw it in the final proof and we could have axed it," Topps spokesman Clay Luraschi told The Associated Press. "But we decided to let it run, we wanted to print it. We thought it was hilarious." The card was changed when Topps issued a complete set at midseason.