{"product_id":"graded-2025-topps-living-roki-sasaki-838-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-9-mint","title":"Graded 2025 Topps Living Roki Sasaki #838 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 9 Mint","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003e2025 Topps Living Roki Sasaki #838 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 9 Mint — Rikuzentakata Iwate Prefecture Japan, Chiba Lotte Marines NPB, Los Angeles Dodgers 2025 International Free Agent, Starting Pitcher SP Ghost Fork Forkball Splitter, Dodger Stadium Los Angeles California — 2025 Topps Living Series RC PSA 9 Mint Certified\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2025 Topps Living Roki Sasaki Rookie Card #838 — PSA graded at 9 (Mint) — the 838th card in the ongoing Topps Living series for the Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher from Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, who signed with the Dodgers as an international free agent in January 2025 and brought the ghost forkball that made him one of the most dominant pitchers in Nippon Professional Baseball to the NL West rotation that Dodger Stadium and the Los Angeles baseball market absorbed alongside Shohei Ohtani's continuing two-way production. The Topps Living series is an ongoing illustrated\/painted-portrait baseball card series that Topps has maintained in a continuous numbered sequence since 2018 — each card issued to document a specific player at a specific moment, available for a limited purchase window before the print run is finalized. Card #838 in the Living series places Sasaki's Dodgers debut into the continuous numbered record of American baseball card production, a document of the moment the Chiba Lotte Marines ace crossed from NPB to MLB and arrived at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Roki Sasaki was born November 3, 2001, in Rikuzentakata — the coastal city in Iwate Prefecture in the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan that the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami devastated with catastrophic loss, a disaster that shaped the city and the lives of those who rebuilt there in the years that followed. Sasaki's path from Rikuzentakata through the Chiba Lotte Marines to the Dodgers rotation carries the specific gravity of where he came from and what the road from that coast to Dodger Stadium required. His fastball touches 99 miles per hour. His forkball — the ghost fork — drops off the table at speeds that confound the best hitters in NPB and, now, MLB. PSA 9 Mint on the Topps Living illustrated stock. The 838th Living card. The Rikuzentakata kid on the Dodgers mound. Certified and sealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e✨ \u003cstrong\u003ePSA 9 Mint: 2025 Topps Living Roki Sasaki #838 RC — Rikuzentakata Iwate Japan, Chiba Lotte Marines NPB, Dodgers 2025 International FA SP Ghost Fork, Dodger Stadium Los Angeles — Topps Living Series 838 RC PSA 9 Certified\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoki Sasaki — Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan; Chiba Lotte Marines (NPB); Los Angeles Dodgers (international FA, 2025); SP; ghost forkball; Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California. 2025 Topps Living #838 Rookie Card, PSA 9 Mint. Living series RC — sealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e📜 \u003cstrong\u003ePSA Graded: Roki Sasaki Los Angeles Dodgers SP, Rikuzentakata Iwate Japan Tohoku, Chiba Lotte Marines NPB, Dodgers 2025 International FA Ghost Fork Forkball, Dodger Stadium LA — 2025 Topps Living #838 RC PSA 9 Mint Certified\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 2025 Topps Living Roki Sasaki #838 Rookie Card is PSA graded 9 (Mint) and encapsulated. Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan; Chiba Lotte Marines (NPB); Dodgers (2025); SP; ghost forkball; Dodger Stadium, LA. 838th Living card. PSA 9 — Mint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e📦 \u003cstrong\u003eCard Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCard: 2025 Topps Living #838 (Rookie Card — RC; ongoing illustrated Living series). Grade: PSA 9 Mint (second-highest PSA grade). Player: Roki Sasaki. Position: Starting Pitcher (SP). Birth: November 3, 2001, Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan (Tohoku region). Japan career: Chiba Lotte Marines (NPB Japan), 2020-2024. MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers (international free agent, signed January 2025; 2025 MLB rookie season). Signature pitch: Ghost forkball (forkball\/splitter dropping off table at high velocity; combined with 98-99mph fastball). Venue: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California (NL West). Product: Topps Living — ongoing numbered illustrated card series (watercolor\/portrait style); card #838 = 838th card in the entire series across all years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ \u003cstrong\u003e2025 Topps Living Roki Sasaki #838 Rookie RC Baseball Card PSA 9 Mint — Rikuzentakata Iwate Prefecture Tohoku Japan 2011 Earthquake Tsunami Coastal City, Chiba Lotte Marines NPB Japan 2020-2024, Los Angeles Dodgers International Free Agent January 2025, Starting Pitcher SP Ghost Fork Forkball Splitter 99mph Fastball, Dodger Stadium Los Angeles California NL West — Topps Living 838th Card Illustrated Portrait Series RC PSA 9 Mint Certified Sealed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoki Sasaki. Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan. Chiba Lotte Marines. Los Angeles Dodgers — January 2025. SP. The ghost fork. The 99mph fastball. The 838th Topps Living card. The Rikuzentakata pitcher who rebuilt and crossed the Pacific to join the Ohtani Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. PSA 9 Mint. Certified. Sealed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47832302387432,"sku":"2025-TL-RS-838-PSA-9","price":48.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/graded-2025-topps-living-roki-sasaki-838-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-9-mint-vintage-454.webp?v=1774495742","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/graded-2025-topps-living-roki-sasaki-838-rookie-rc-baseball-card-psa-9-mint","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}