2006 Topps Set (Baseball)

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The 2006 Topps Baseball Factory Complete Set features 659 cards. Rookie cards of Francisco Liriano, Ryan Zimmerman, Hanley Ramirez, Dan Uggla, Joel Zumaya, Brian Anderson, and Justin Verlander are among the cards contained in this factory set, along with the usual assortment of superstars. There is one missing card, #297 Alex Gordon, who turned out not to meet the new gold standard for having a rookie card.

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Only three baseball players, but some very significant non-baseball cards mark this set.

The 1988 U.S. Olympic baseball team joins rookies and traded veterans.

Focusing on more than 150 years worth of America's most famous movers and shakers.

This set consists of 792 standard-size cards. Cards were primarily issued in 17-card wax packs, 50-card rack packs and factory sets. Card fronts feature wood grain borders encasing a color photo (reminiscent of Topps classic 1962 baseball set). Subsets include Record Breakers (1-7), Turn Back The Clock (311-315), All-Star selections (595-616), and Team Leaders (scattered throughout the set). The manager cards contain a team checklist on back.

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