I’m a bit curious why they didn’t include the team name on the card but it wouldn’t be Topps if they didn’t do something that makes me scratch my head.
I mock Topps a lot but I’m impressed that they’ve gotten some interesting OB players to sign cards for them. For example, they’ve had what are pretty much the first NPB cards of Hideo Nomo since 1994. I’d be more impressed (or at least more interested) if they’d issue base set cards of these guys rather than only rare and expensive autographed cards.
UPDATE - Fuji mentioned in a comment seeing a different autographed Gossage NPB card on Ebay so I took a look and found that he also had cards in both the 2025 Topps NPB and Stadium Club NPB sets. I swiped the images:
I think both of these are better looking cards (mostly because I don't like the Chrome cards) but it's interesting that neither one identifies the team.
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"I’m a bit curious why they didn’t include the team name on the card"
Considering how the backs of almost every Topps NPB card is usually just a big ass team logo and a line of text, their solution to how the backs waste so much space might've been to just erase the team name on the front so those backs are more justified.
Or at least that's my reasoning since it sounds funny in my head.
This card is sweet! Adding it to my eBay watch list.
Found three 2025 Topps NPB autos of Goose on eBay (all with BIN prices exceeding $100), but they feature a different photograph than the one in your post. In the eBay photos you can clearly see his Fukuoka Dalei Hawks jersey.
Took a quick look at EBay. There’s a couple from the non-Chrome NPB set up which has a different photo but the same card design along with his card from this year’s Stadium Club set. I’ll try to update the post with the images of those cards when I get a chance
I'm with you in wishing they would just put him on a regular card rather than one of these expensive/limited auto ones.
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