Covering the Bases(CTB) is a feature where we take a deep dive into a single card, today we look at a recent Topps Rookie Cup Winner.
A recent LCS purchase of a 59 card Topps Holiday Tin yielded 3 All-Star Rookie Cup, one of which was an image variation.
2025 Topps Holiday #H182 Jackson Chourio
This is such a great image that one may not notice Jackson Chourio has antlers and a right sleeve wrapped in a candy cane pattern.
Rookie Cup
Chourio earned the outfield Rookie Cup with a 21 Home Run 79 RBI season which was good enough for 3rd place in the NL Rookie of the Year voting behind Padres Centerfielder Jackson Merrill and Paul Skenes.
Base
On the Base Card we see Chourio sans antlers and wearing a Milwaukee Brewers team colored yellow sleeve. We also see the original team label border without the Holiday Evergreen Garland. The remainder of the card is identical including the great action shot and Rookie Cup flare.
Game Dating
The uniqueness of this shot made it easy to find in Getty Images and it turned out to be a big moment in Jackson Chourio's rookie campaign.
The text accompanying the photo reveals something fun "Jackson Chourio #11 of the Milwaukee Brewers slides safely into home following an inside the park home run against the Texas Rangers"
Jackson Chourio's eighth career Home Run can be seen here. In the video we can see the In the Park Home Run is largely due to a misplay by Texas Rangers Center Fielder Derek Hill and Jackson Chourio's aggressive base running. Milwaukee won the game 6-5 so the two out in the park home run may very well have been a difference maker.
Topps Now
Jackson Chourio's first ITPHR was also chronicled in 2024 as part of the Topps Now series. Here we see Chourio just after the plays completion with a sly smile indicating the Venezuelan Rookie is keenly aware of what he had just done. Topps has added a nice bit of text indicating that Jackson is the youngest to accomplish the feat since future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr did it in 1989.
Photographer Stacey Revere
The images used on both the Rookie Cup and ToppsNow cards were taken by Stacey Revere, a self taught Native American(Choctaw) Photographer who is based in Milwaukee. In addition to covering the World Series, NBA Finals, Olympics, SuperBowls, Indy500 and the UFC Revere has also worked to bring attention to issues affecting Native Communities.
A really interesting Andscape profile of Stacey Revere can be found here. Among the topics covered are the persistence of the Cleveland Indians name and use of Chief Wahoo as a Mascot. Stacey Revere's Photography site can be found here.
Team Phungo
Have not posted here in a while, not sure if this is a return. If it is future posts will likely be similar to this. CTBs on Rookie Cups, Phillies and HOFs.
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Sources and Links
2025 Topps All-Star Rookie Cup Index
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