Retired NFL star Tom Brady is arguably one of the greatest of all time to ever play the sport.
Many are familiar with Brady’s story: He was drafted in the 2000 NFL Draft and became a seven-time Super Bowl champion. But most fans may not know that he also was a baseball player taken in the 18th round of the 1995 MLB Draft (507th overall).
What Happened: A three-sport athlete in high school, Brady played baseball, basketball and football. While many football cards of Brady exist, baseball cards of the legend are finding their way into packs thanks to a new announcement from Topps owner Fanatics.
Topps is releasing boxes of 2023 Bowman Draft baseball on Dec. 12, a date that can be written as 12/12 and celebrates Brady’s famous NFL number.
The boxes will include rare cards and autographed cards of Brady with a Montreal Expos baseball jersey — a hypothetical look had the NFL star chosen to play baseball professionally.
Fanatics founder Michael Rubin shared photos of the cards and several trading card fan accounts took notice. The boxes will include a base card and several serial-numbered autographed editions. The auto cards are numbered 50 (gold), 25 (orange), 5 (red), and a 1/1 supersector, making 81 total autographs.
Fanatics CEO @michaelrubin shares @TomBrady Expos auto cards that will be inserted in Bowman Chrome product. pic.twitter.com/c2nBKpCNGw
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) December 8, 2023
Rubin said the ‘what if’ cards are the “first-ever official Brady baseball trading cards.”
Several of the autographed cards include unique inscriptions by Brady including “Allons Aux Expos,” which is “Let’s Go Expos” in French. The #12 of 50 gold serial number includes the inscription “if baseball doesn’t work out, there’s always football.”
The hobby boxes of 2023 Bowman Draft include 12 packs and come with three autographs per box. The boxes had a pre-sale price of $479.99, with the price likely going up now on the resale market.
Related Link: 5 Things You Might Not Know About Tom Brady
What’s Next: According to the Twitter account of Eric Whiteback, known as The Collectibles Guru, there is a $500,000 bounty for the #12/50 gold autograph with the baseball over football inscription. Whiteback said the bounty is from an anonymous Brady collector with no expiration.
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