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Topps Pays Final Respects to Fallen Yankee
The
morning before Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle shockingly lost his life in
an airplane accident on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Topps was
prepping his all-new Yankee trading card for a November 6th release.
The next day, New York City-based Topps employees had a tough decision
to make— what to do with Lidle’s card that was ready to print?
Although the card was shipping in just a few weeks, Topps felt that
the proper thing to do was to pull Lidle’s card and change the
format of the design.
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Topps made changes to include the words “In Memoriam 1972-2006”.
2006 Topps Updates & Highlights ships 11/6 and carries a $2.00 SRP for each 12-card pack.
© Ryan Cracknell, Trader Crack's; October 16, 2006.