From the Houston Chronicle: Card number 666 in the Topps Total Set
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Coincidence...or revenge?
By David Barron
The Houston Chronicle
When Boston relief pitcher Keith Foulke closed out the St. Louis Cardinals for the final out of the 2004 World Series, he became a hero to Red Sox Nation.
But Foulke's accomplishments had darker, more sinister connotations in the hallways of 1 Whitehall St., in lower Manhattan, headquarters of the Topps Co., the nation's leading manufacturer of baseball trading cards.
And when Topps Total, the company's newest 770-card set, emerged earlier this month, who should show up on card number 666 but Keith Foulke.
Coincidence? Perhaps until you consider that the biblical mark of the beast in 2004 Total was assigned to Florida Marlins pitcher Josh Beckett, who beat the Yankees in Game 7 of the 2003 World Series. Troy Percival of the Angels, who got the final out of the 2002 Series, was number 666 in 2003, Topps Total's debut season.
Company spokesman Clay Luraschi said the editor who compiles the Total checklist is a "die-hard Yankees fan" who prefers to remain anonymous.
Alas, barring a turnaround by the 2005 Yankees, who are in third place in the American League East, the pinstriped editor will be left to wreck his revenge once more when 2006 Total hits the hobby stores next summer.
By David Barron
The Houston Chronicle
When Boston relief pitcher Keith Foulke closed out the St. Louis Cardinals for the final out of the 2004 World Series, he became a hero to Red Sox Nation.
But Foulke's accomplishments had darker, more sinister connotations in the hallways of 1 Whitehall St., in lower Manhattan, headquarters of the Topps Co., the nation's leading manufacturer of baseball trading cards.
And when Topps Total, the company's newest 770-card set, emerged earlier this month, who should show up on card number 666 but Keith Foulke.
Coincidence? Perhaps until you consider that the biblical mark of the beast in 2004 Total was assigned to Florida Marlins pitcher Josh Beckett, who beat the Yankees in Game 7 of the 2003 World Series. Troy Percival of the Angels, who got the final out of the 2002 Series, was number 666 in 2003, Topps Total's debut season.
Company spokesman Clay Luraschi said the editor who compiles the Total checklist is a "die-hard Yankees fan" who prefers to remain anonymous.
Alas, barring a turnaround by the 2005 Yankees, who are in third place in the American League East, the pinstriped editor will be left to wreck his revenge once more when 2006 Total hits the hobby stores next summer.
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Thanks for the article, that's interesting.
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At any time pre-Sept. 1, the 30 major league teams combine for 750 active players, plus everyone on the disabled list (usually 4 or 5 per team by late August). Add in the September call-ups, and the possibility of doing cards of managers and coaches, and 770 isn't even a fully comprehensive set.
For over a decade, regular Topps was 792 cards, and in 1993 it went to 825. Score was 893 one year (plus factory sets had an additional 7 cards). Upper Deck 40-Man holds the record, at 1200.
As an autograph collector, I love these sets.
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<< <i>satan rocks. And he gets those damnn yankees!! next year the yankees team card will be #666 as one of the biggest flops in baseball history.
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