After the announcement that Kris Bryant will hold the pole position for the 2017 Topps set, the final checklist with all the numbers assigned to the other 349 cards has been updated. Something got my attention though:
Here are the first 10 cards in sequential order:
#1Kris Bryant, Chicago Cubs
#2 Jason Hammel, Chicago Cubs
#3 Chris Capuano, Milwaukee Brewers
#4 Mark Reynolds, Colorado Rockies
#5 Corey Seager, Los Angeles Dodgers
#6 Kevin Pillar, Toronto Blue Jays
#7 Gary Sanchez, New York Yankees
#8 Jose Berrios, Minnesota Twins
#9 Chris Sale, Chicago White Sox
#10 Steven Souza Jr., Tampa Bay Rays
Two Cubs cards leading things off. Awesome. NL Rookie of the Year takes #5, Chris Sale is #9...hold it.
Wait...I didn't just type that, did I?
1...2...3...(mumbling 4-6)...7 Gary Sanchez...
I'm sorry. Card #7? And it's not Mickey Mantle??!
So apparently, after years of no card 7 (starting in 1997), and then a decade of Mantle (2006...with 10 extra cards to make up for the missing 7 in the first ten years), followed by another four-year hiatus (2013-2016), there will no longer be a need for a filler card on the bottom left corner of the first page of my 2017 Topps binder.
At least, they kept it consistent as a New York Yankee is the subject (no pressure Gary). No official word from Topps as to why #7 is back in circulation in the base set.
Sincerely,
JayBee Anama
3 comments:
That's lame that they just quietly unretired it like that. Not showing much respect for their history, much less the Mick.
Did they ever go back and issue some #7's for the missing 2013-2016 Topps cards?
First I read that card #100 is Nate Jones (over @ Night Owl Cards)... and now #7 is unretired? What in the world is going on over at Topps?
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