July 14, 2011
THAT ONE'S NOT BEING CLOTHES-PINNED TO THE BIKE WHEEL (via Brandon Heathcotte):
George W. Bush teams up with Topps for 9/11-era baseball card (Andrew Malcolm, July 13, 2011 , LA Times)
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.”
George W. Bush teams up with Topps for 9/11 era baseball card The 200 autographed Bush cards will be randomly inserted into various sets of the 440-card Allen & Ginter sets.
His old man even beat him there.
Posted by oj at July 14, 2011 7:09 PM
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