Before we go full Cub with the rest of the week, I am going to share my latest Cardinals card which I picked up last week. I am trusting that the title on this post says Albert Pujols. It's the first time I have put a title on a post and had to trust others to check my work in another language. Here is the front of my newest Pujols card.....
The front of the card looks like a fairly ordinary 2002 Topps Albert Pujols card, but the back of the card tells a much different story. The title of the post is at the top of the scan....
This is actually a Kanebo card from Japan. Note the brand marking in the bottom right hand corner. Kanebo was a long running baseball card manufacturer in Japan who produced a set of 2002 Topps cards that were sold in across the county. I have been working on picking up some of the Cardinals cards from this set, started awhile ago, and the Pujols card is the most important card in the group. I picked this card up in a trade, but I have seen them frequently on Ebay and COMC.
