Topps baseball cards and I share a common birth year - we both came to be in 1952.
Eight years later, I started collecting baseball cards, a passion I kept up until I entered high school. I kept my cards until our son was born in 1973. He too became a passionate collector when he was young. And now, my grandson Owen, is also collecting cards, although he is much more passionate about amassing a collection of basketball jerseys.
Topps cards therefore have been a part of the Price family for 3 generations. But that connection is coming to end. Major League Baseball is ending its contract with Topps to produce its cards.
Major League Baseball will abandon Topps as its partner for trading cards, ending a relationship that’s been in place since 1952.
Fanatics, the company that makes sports apparel, is expected to get the trading card deal instead, according to two people familiar with the matter. Fanatics and MLB declined to comment.
MLB renewed its deal with Topps in 2018, and the existing deal ends in 2025. The MLB Players Association deal also aligns with the league, so its deal would end, too.
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