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Thursday, July 14, 2011

The George W. Bush Baseball Card

I was a big collector of baseball cards back in '67-'69, and this could almost get me to start again (h/t Top of the Ticket):
George W. Bush and baseball card giant Topps have teamed up to create limited-edition autographed cards of the former president tossing out the first pitch at a World Series game in 2001.

“Our 2011 Allen & Ginter product will continue Topps’ historic tradition of chronicling heroes both on and off the playing field,” Topps Vice President Mark Sapir said in a statement. “We’re thrilled to announce that this year’s set will include limited-edition autographs of our country’s 43rd president, George W. Bush -– marking the first time ever that a living president has made their autographs available in a trading card product.”

The 200 autographed Bush cards will be randomly inserted into various sets of the 440-card Allen & Ginter sets.

Although Topps has previously released cards honoring Barack Obama, Bush's would be the first baseball card that a former U.S. president has provided an official signature.
There are pictures of Obama throwing out the first pitch in a couple of games, but Topps will never use them. They've never done a baseball card with a picture of someone throwing like a girl.

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