I mean, that is a pretty optimistic look, in the regard of - what is the baseball doing right now?
This is a classic baseball card not-pose, but live action point to snap a photo. It calls to mind the wrapper from 1977 Topps, which also calls to mind a famous baseball card from 2011 - #US175. But both of those examples include a pair of hands still visible.
But over all, the various lines in the image easily lead the collector's eyes to Frazier's eyes, and lead the brain to wonder if Todd just hit a home run - which is always possible.
This card is perhaps an example of how some, seemingly including the Topps Baseball head honcho for many years now, may not care for a white bordered card. A classic home white uniform, as on this card, really creates a lot of white space on a white bordered card. However that it where design comes in. For the Cincinnati Reds in the 2013 Topps Baseball set, the design graphics I call the 'Sea Turtle' do have a nice synergy in that the base primary red color used in the design seems to perfectly match the color and tint the baseball club uses in their iconography and uniform detailing. Which is something that is not always true of the Sea Turtle colors and some other teams.
The appearance of the Rookie Cup here does illustrate one demerit in this baseball card design - no Position on the front of the card. The Rookie Cup is awarded on a one-per-Position basis, but in this set, one must turn the card over to confirm how that is working, for the players who didn't just win Rookie of the Year and/or aren't coming off that Rookie excitement process which 'The Hobby' makes their fame reach pretty high levels, for collectors.
So evidently, Todd Frazier was the best Rookie Third Baseman in the game in 2012.
Uniform Hero? Nowhere close now.
Where’d the egg hatch? Frazier was drafted twice, first by the Rockies in the 37th round in 2004, but he went off to college and then became a first round pick for the Reds, 34th overall, in 2007.
How about the migrations? For a college slugger, Frazier took a little longer to reach the Majors than most, debuting in Cincinnati in 2011.
Don’t flip over real Turtles.
That slightly longer route to the Bigs seems to have given the Topps card back scribe a chance to take a quick break.
Can the Turtle Catch the Rabbit?
CAREER CHASE: With 25 home runs, Frazier is 737 away from Barry Bonds' all-time record of 762.
Todd Frazier's career certainly became associated with Home Runs as it has gone along, though his Slugging % actually had just hit a peak in his 4/5ths of a full Rookie season - which in turn makes his 19 Homers that year seem a little less remarkable.
2020 finds Frazier in camp with the Texas Rangers on a Major League deal as I compose this one, so he will see more MLB action in the season to come. He currently has 214 Home Runs on the back of his newest baseball card.
Todd Frazier's career certainly became associated with Home Runs as it has gone along, though his Slugging % actually had just hit a peak in his 4/5ths of a full Rookie season - which in turn makes his 19 Homers that year seem a little less remarkable.
2020 finds Frazier in camp with the Texas Rangers on a Major League deal as I compose this one, so he will see more MLB action in the season to come. He currently has 214 Home Runs on the back of his newest baseball card.
Subspecies? Topps is certainly not going to let a Rookie Cup selection go to waste and it is probably near automatic that that small set of players will be included in Opening Day and Chrome.
There is a Short Print photo variation of this card in the Series One "Great Catch" theme, however this post will have to be updated some day with a So, Did He Catch It? section — when I eventually catch a copy of that card.
There is a Short Print photo variation of this card in the Series One "Great Catch" theme, however this post will have to be updated some day with a So, Did He Catch It? section — when I eventually catch a copy of that card.
Bling That Shell A classic red & white baseball card can certainly use a nice blue border:
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