Thursday, December 16, 2021

Topps Now: April 19, 2021

April 19 was Patriots Day this year.  As such, Boston played a very early game, which started shortly after the completion of the Boston Marathon.  That is a team tradition.  


On this date, Enrique Hernandez had the first of many season highlights by blasting a home run to kick off the game.  It was just his third home run of the season and made him the second player in franchise history to lead off the Patriots Day game with a home run.  Ellis Burks in 1988 was the other one.  This card shows him riding in the laundry cart, a team celebration used throughout the last two seasons after a player hits a home run.   

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