{"product_id":"2024-topps-now-shota-imanaga-453-purple-25-rookie-rc-baseball-card","title":"2024 Topps Now Shota Imanaga #453 Purple #\/25 Chicago Cubs Rookie RC Baseball Card","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003eShota Imanaga 2024 Topps Now #453 Purple Parallel #\/25 Chicago Cubs Rookie RC Baseball Card — Born September 1 1993 Kakogawa Hyogo Prefecture Japan, Yokohama DeNA BayStars NPB, Chicago Cubs Free Agent December 2023 — Serial Numbered \/25, Only 25 Copies Printed — The Topps Now Purple Parallel Documenting Imanaga's MLB Debut Chapter in Wrigley Blue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ A Shota Imanaga 2024 Topps Now #453 Purple parallel card serial numbered \/25 — one of only 25 copies of this specific color parallel produced for this specific Topps Now issue, the limited-edition Purple version of the card documenting a moment or performance milestone from Imanaga's debut 2024 season with the Chicago Cubs. The Topps Now product line captures real-time moments from the MLB season through cards released in short-window print-on-demand runs, with colored parallel variants like the Purple #\/25 produced in strictly limited quantities that make each serial-numbered copy a scarce physical document of the moment the card captures. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🌟 \u003cstrong\u003eKakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan — The Yokohama DeNA BayStars — The NPB Pipeline — The Road to Wrigley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShota Imanaga was born September 1, 1993, in Kakogawa — a city in Hyogo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan, on the Honshu coast along the Harima Sea, west of Kobe in the prefecture whose urban core runs along the train corridor from Osaka to Himeji. Kakogawa is a working-class industrial city whose manufacturing roots in steel and textiles defined its character through the twentieth century, and from it came a baseball player who would develop through the Nippon Professional Baseball league into one of the most complete shortstops Japan has produced in the contemporary era. Imanaga played for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in NPB from 2016 through 2023 — the DeNA BayStars franchise based in Yokohama, the port city south of Tokyo, where the club plays at Yokohama Stadium. He won the NPB's Mitsui Hisho Golden Glove award at shortstop — the Japanese equivalent of the MLB Gold Glove, recognizing the best fielder at each position as voted by managers and coaches — a validation of the defensive quality that accompanied his steady offensive production in NPB. The Chicago Cubs signed him as a free agent in December 2023 on a four-year deal, and Imanaga arrived at Wrigley Field in 2024 as one of the most anticipated Japanese position player signings in recent MLB history. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ \u003cstrong\u003eThe Chicago Cubs — Wrigley Field — The 2024 MLB Debut — The Topps Now Format\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopps Now is the print-on-demand product line through which Topps releases cards for specific daily and weekly events, performances, and milestones during the MLB season — a departure from the traditional annual set format that allows Topps to capture individual moments in real time during the season, rather than waiting for a year-end set release to document what happened in the summer and fall. Each Topps Now issue is released in a short window — typically 24 to 72 hours — and the total print run is determined by orders received during that window. The Purple parallel #\/25 applies a strict serial number cap of 25 copies regardless of demand — the \/25 is cut at 25, and the card in this listing is one of the 25 physical copies that exist for this specific Topps Now issue and this specific parallel color. Imanaga's 2024 Cubs debut season — his first in Major League Baseball after eight seasons in NPB — produced the card #453 in the Topps Now 2024 series, and the Purple parallel at \/25 makes this a scarce document of his inaugural MLB chapter. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e📦 \u003cstrong\u003eItem Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItem: Shota Imanaga 2024 Topps Now #453 Purple Parallel Rookie RC. Serial number: #\/25 (one of 25 copies). Player: Shota Imanaga. Born: September 1, 1993, Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. NPB: Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2016-2023). MLB: Chicago Cubs (signed December 2023). Position: Shortstop. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾🌟 Kakogawa. Hyogo. Japan. The Kansai coast. September 1 1993. The baseball pipeline. The DeNA BayStars. Yokohama Stadium. Eight NPB seasons. The Golden Glove. The best fielder. December 2023. The Cubs. The free agent signing. The four years. Wrigley Field. The ivy. The North Side. Chicago blue. 2024. The MLB debut. The Topps Now card. The Purple parallel. Serial numbered \/25. Only 25 copies. Year One documented. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039437598952,"sku":"RAW-2024-TN-SI-453-PURPLE","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/2024-topps-shota-imanaga-453-purple-25-rookie-rc-baseball-card-vintage-treasures-746.webp?v=1770178702","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/2024-topps-now-shota-imanaga-453-purple-25-rookie-rc-baseball-card","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}