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Baseball card maker gets a sense of humor

Derek Jeter's 2007 Topps baseball card includes the New York star in full swing at the plate but [if you look closely] you will also notice President Bush in the stands and Mickey Mantle looked on from the dugout. "Somewhere in between the final proofing and its printing, someone at our company -- and we won't name names -- thought it would be funny to put in Bush and Mantle," said Clay Luraschi, a spokesman for Topps.

I think this kind of "visual gag" would make baseball card colleting fun again. Maybe Topp's is on to something? Find Barney Stinson in the crowd on a players card and, wait for it, win a walk on role on a CBS sitcom. The cross promotional combinations are endless.

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posted by TheWino @ 11:50 AM