Topps announces next three World Baseball Classic redemptions
Topps announced the next three World Baseball Classic redemptions from 2009 Topps Series 1 on Thursday morning. They are:
No. 3 — Gift Ngoepe, 2B, South Africa
No. 4 — Ubaldo Jimenez, P, Dominican Republic
No. 5 — Sidney De Jong, C, Netherlands
The rest of the WBC cards will be announced in as the tournament progresses. The redemptions can be found one per Series 1 hobby or HTA jumbo box and can be redeemed at topps.com. The cards will be printed on Chrome stock and shipped in June.
The previously named cards were Lee Jin Young (Korea) and Derek Jeter, (United States).
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Gift Ngoepe, eh? It’s no Yu Darvish, but it sure as heck beats Sidney Ponson or even Ubaldo Jimenez.