September 6th 2019 marks the 10th anniversary of one of the more memorable moments of Prince Fielder's career.
2009 Topps #1 Prince Fielder
The Brewers defeated the Giants 2-1 in extra innings that day, the winning blow was a Walk-Off Home Run by Fielder. To celebrate the Brewers executed a choreographed bowling style celebration. The moment polarizes old and new school fans. I suppose if you want to pinpoint a moment where MLB decided that maybe it is ok to celebrate big Home Runs might have been Prince Fielder September 6 2009.
The image of that moment was honored by Topps with the lead-off card for their 2010 set.
I did some digging and I believe the photograph was taken by Morry Gash and can be found at AP-Images. There are a number of similar shots across the net, but this is the only one that I was unable to find any discrepancies between the card and photo.
Flip
2009 Topps #1 Prince Fielder (b-side)
Fielder didn't get the #1 slot just for the September 6th Walk-Off. He was a superstar player at the peak of his career. Checking his numbers on the card back we notice he lead the NL in RBI with 141. The 46 Home Runs trailed only Albert Pujols (47).
The text also mentions Fielders 2009 HR Derby victory.
2009 HR Derby Cards
As part of the Derby Topps created a set of jumbo cards that were on display at Citifield for the All-Star game. I took the above photo at the Futures game.
Stray Observation
The pitcher that gave up the Home Run was reliever Merkin Valdez. In 74 career games Valdez only took the Loss in one game, this was the one.
Sources & Links
Topps #1 Club
Game Dated Cards Index
AP Images - Morry Gash
baseball-ref
The Brewers defeated the Giants 2-1 in extra innings that day, the winning blow was a Walk-Off Home Run by Fielder. To celebrate the Brewers executed a choreographed bowling style celebration. The moment polarizes old and new school fans. I suppose if you want to pinpoint a moment where MLB decided that maybe it is ok to celebrate big Home Runs might have been Prince Fielder September 6 2009.
The image of that moment was honored by Topps with the lead-off card for their 2010 set.
I did some digging and I believe the photograph was taken by Morry Gash and can be found at AP-Images. There are a number of similar shots across the net, but this is the only one that I was unable to find any discrepancies between the card and photo.
Flip
Fielder didn't get the #1 slot just for the September 6th Walk-Off. He was a superstar player at the peak of his career. Checking his numbers on the card back we notice he lead the NL in RBI with 141. The 46 Home Runs trailed only Albert Pujols (47).
The text also mentions Fielders 2009 HR Derby victory.
As part of the Derby Topps created a set of jumbo cards that were on display at Citifield for the All-Star game. I took the above photo at the Futures game.
Stray Observation
The pitcher that gave up the Home Run was reliever Merkin Valdez. In 74 career games Valdez only took the Loss in one game, this was the one.
Sources & Links
Topps #1 Club
Game Dated Cards Index
AP Images - Morry Gash
baseball-ref
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