This is one of the funniest things I’ve read in a while (scroll down to the second section):
Book it now: Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez will be card No. 666 in the 2006 edition of Topps Total baseball cards.
Topps officials acknowledge that the employee who assembles the company’s card checklists is a Yankees fan who assigns the undesirable number to the pitcher or player on the team that knocks the Yankees out of the playoffs.
That’s why Red Sox reliever Keith Foulke, who got the last out of the 2004 ALCS, was number 666 in 2005 Total, and why the Florida Marlins’ Josh Beckett of Spring, who beat the Yankees in the 2003 World Series finale, was 666 in the 2004 set.
I wonder who gets it if the Yankees win?
Keith Foulke didn’t get the last out of the 2004 ALCS, Embree did.
That’s pretty funny. I’d love to see the full set of 666 cards since this guy has had his job 🙂
Perhaps this will become a prize coveted by players such as the MNF horse trailer.
What about one of those split cards with Jaret Wright and Carl Pavano on it?
I’d have thought A-Rod would get the Number of the Goat (pun intended).
Earning 666 could become a contract bonus clause.