Quick Rips | RIPPED Newsletter\xa0 \xa0 4/30/24 by\xa0RIPPED |
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Nationals’ Crews revels in being 2024 Bowman Baseball cover athlete |
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What’s up, Rippers! When the NFL Draft hits every April, it marks the beginning of the upcoming season. Yes, football is right around the corner! Teams are attempting to build a championship-caliber roster by adding some talented rookies. When training camp starts league-wide at the end of July, we’ll start to see which rookies will have the biggest impact this year. This week, we hear from one of the two 2024 Bowman Baseball cover athletes about this special honor, the NFL Draft draws a record crowd and a big splash at the quarterback position, and a youngsoccer fan pulls a rare card of his favorite player.\xa0 - Nationals’ top prospect Crews graces the cover of this year’s Bowman Baseball
- NFL Draft becomes an offensive show in the opening round
- Soccer player finds a top Messi card out of 2023/24 Topps Club Competitions
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Leading into last year’s MLB Draft, Dylan Crews was considered the top position player available; he was selected No. 2 overall by the Washington Nationals – behind pitching phenom Paul Skenes. Crews rose to No. 6 onMLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospectsentering this season. One of the best young outfielders in the game, Crews was chosen as a cover athlete for 2024 Bowman Baseball, releasing on May 8. Crews will have his much-anticipated 1st Bowman card in this product.He told Toppsthat being on the cover is an unbelievable feeling. The 22-year-old collected cards growing up and remembers players such asBryce Harper,Vladimir Guerrero Jr., andKris Bryantgracing the cover of Bowman Baseball. Crews shares the cover this year with New York Yankees outfielderJasson Dominguez.\xa0 |
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The NFL Draft never seems to disappoint. A record-setting crowd packed downtown Detroit late last week for the three-day extravaganza to watch history unfold. Astonishingly, the first 14 draft picks were all offensive players, including six quarterbacks in the opening 12 selections. For just the third time ever in the 89-year history of the event, the top three picks in the draft were all gunslingers. USC’s Caleb Williams went No. 1 to the Chicago Bears, LSU’s Jayden Daniels was selected second by the Washington Commanders, and the New England Patriots took North Carolina’s Drake Maye at No. 3. In a somewhat surprising move, Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. went eighth to the Atlanta Falcons. The Minnesota Vikings took their heir apparent at No. 10 with Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy. Oregon’s Bo Nix jumped up the board and was selected 12th by the Denver Broncos. The six quarterbacks taken in the opening round match the star-studded 1983 Draft in which future Hall of Famers John Elway, Jim Kelly, and Dan Marino were all selected.TOPPS NOW® commemoratedthis year’s record-tying quarterback class with some amazing cards. Look for rookie cards of these draft picks in future Topps products.\xa0 |
Still decked out in his Hoosier Futbol Club uniform, a young soccer player went to his local hobby shop,Indy Card Exchange, after playing in a match on April 27. Leo and his dad purchased a2023/24 Topps UEFA Club Competitionsbox. The first pack Leo opened, he hit a monster card of his favorite soccer player. It was a beautiful, rareUltimate Stage Lionel Messinumbered 3-of-5. This is what we love to see! It’s moments like these that keep a kid a collector for life.\xa0 |
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