{"product_id":"2017-topps-archives-2016-bowman-kyle-schwarber-122-99-on-card-auto-rookie-rc-baseball-card","title":"2017 Topps Archives 2016 Bowman Kyle Schwarber #122 \/99 On Card Auto Rookie RC Baseball Card","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003e2017 Topps Archives 2016 Bowman Kyle Schwarber #122 \/99 On-Card Auto Rookie RC Baseball Card — A Serial-Numbered \/99 On-Card Autographed Rookie Card in the Topps Archives Vintage Design Format, from the Left-Handed Power Hitter Who Returned from ACL Surgery to Help the Chicago Cubs Break the Most Famous Drought in Baseball History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The 2016 Chicago Cubs World Series championship ended 108 years of waiting — the longest championship drought in North American professional sports — and Kyle Schwarber was at the center of one of that championship run's most remarkable subplots. He had torn his ACL and LCL on the second day of the regular season in April 2016, missed the entire summer, and returned in October to DH for the Cubs in the World Series against the Cleveland Indians — a return that the medical community had not expected to happen during the same season. He went 7-for-22 in the Series with 3 runs scored, performing at a level that required a full season of physical preparation he had not had. The Cubs won in Game 7 in Cleveland, and Schwarber's improbable presence in the lineup through October was one of the defining stories of the run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Schwarber was the 4th overall pick in the 2014 MLB Draft out of Indiana University — a left-handed hitter with the power profile that evaluators project as a future run producer at the highest level of the game. His bat speed and the leverage in his left-handed swing produce the kind of launch angle and exit velocity that the modern game specifically values, and he has gone on to become one of the most reliable home run producers in the National League through his time with the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e📋 \u003cstrong\u003e2017 Topps Archives 2016 Bowman Design — On-Card Auto in the Vintage Format\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e📋 The 2017 Topps Archives set produces cards in the designs of Topps past, and the \"2016 Bowman\" subset within Archives presents Schwarber's card using the 2016 Bowman design — a chrome-adjacent aesthetics format within the vintage Archives product. The \/99 serial number limits this card to 99 copies, and the \"On Card Auto\" designation means the signature is applied directly to the card face — the preferred autograph format in the collecting community, distinguishing it from sticker autographs applied separately. Card #122 in the subset, this is a numbered parallel auto RC that combines serial-number scarcity with direct-on-card signature authentication. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾📋 Kyle Schwarber. 2017 Topps Archives. 2016 Bowman Design. #122 \/99. On-Card Auto. Rookie RC. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039506968808,"sku":"VTG-2017-TA-KS-122-AUTO","price":299.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/2017-topps-archives-2016-bowman-kyle-schwarber-122-99-card-auto-rookie-rc-baseball-187.webp?v=1770183247","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/2017-topps-archives-2016-bowman-kyle-schwarber-122-99-on-card-auto-rookie-rc-baseball-card","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}