{"product_id":"graded-2024-topps-elly-de-la-cruz-89b69-1989-topps-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint","title":"Graded 2024 Topps Elly De La Cruz #89B69 1989 Topps Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Gem Mint","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003eGraded 2024 Topps Elly De La Cruz #89B69 1989 Topps Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Gem Mint – The Perfect-Grade 1989 Topps Throwback Design Card of Cincinnati Reds Shortstop Elly De La Cruz, the 6'5\" Switch-Hitting Force of Nature Whose Debut in 2023 and 2024 Seasons Made Him One of the Most Electrifying Young Players in Major League Baseball, PSA 10 Gem Mint\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The 1989 Topps design carries meaning in the baseball card hobby that extends well beyond the cards themselves. 1989 was the year Ken Griffey Jr.'s rookie card appeared in the Topps set – a card that became the symbol of an entire era of collecting, the card that an entire generation of fans who opened packs in 1989 and 1990 remembers as the one they were looking for. The 1989 Topps throwback insert that Topps now applies to current players uses that same design framework, applying the classic white-and-colored-border look to players of the present and creating a visual bridge between the hobby's most nostalgic era and its most current stars. Elly De La Cruz's appearance in this 2024 Topps 1989-design insert – card #89B69 – connects him to that design heritage. ⚾\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The player the card documents is as distinctive as the design. Elly De La Cruz signed with the Cincinnati Reds as an international amateur from the Dominican Republic and moved through the system as one of the most talked-about prospects in baseball – not just because of the power numbers or the stolen base numbers or the contact rates in the minors, but because all of those tools existed simultaneously in a 6'5\" shortstop who switch-hit and who moved around the infield with a quickness that his listed dimensions should not have permitted. His 2023 debut was electric. His 2024 season confirmed that what scouts had seen in the minor leagues was real at the highest level of the game. 35 home runs. 67 stolen bases. A presence at the plate and on the bases that the National League had to build game plans around. ⚾\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Elly De La Cruz. Cincinnati Reds. Shortstop. Switch Hitter. Dominican Republic. 6'5\". 2024 Topps. 1989 Topps Throwback Design. Card #89B69. Rookie RC. PSA 10. Gem Mint. Hall of Fame Sports. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Graded 2024 Topps Elly De La Cruz #89B69 1989 Topps Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 10 Gem Mint. Hall of Fame Sports. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039702266088,"sku":"2024-T-EDLC-89B69-1989-PSA-10","price":139.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/graded-2024-topps-elly-de-la-cruz-89b69-1989-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint-290.webp?v=1770264168","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/graded-2024-topps-elly-de-la-cruz-89b69-1989-topps-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-10-gem-mint","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}