Silly Ripken error in 2012 Topps

VandyDan · Feb 1, 2012

On the back of his Golden Greats insert card, the following is the first sentence:

"Ripken hit four walk-off homers, including one came when the Orioles were behind"

Certainly being the grammar police about message board posts is one thing, but COME ON TOPPS!

I'm assuming (hoping?) that they meant "including one that came when the Orioles were behind'.

Does this constitute an error card? It is a card, it has an error...

matfanofold · Feb 1, 2012

Would not all of them be from when they were behind, hence a walk off?

Edit, nevermind, I suppose they could have been tied all other times....

Russ S. · Feb 1, 2012

Not really an error.
I'm sure they are all printed that way.
Card wasn't proof read, that is all.

ThoseBackPages · Feb 1, 2012

came = game

Old Kentucky Shark · Feb 1, 2012

So we're jumping on Topps for a one word grammar mistake now.

I'm sorry if I missed any sarcasm OP. If you're serious, then I'm sorry Topps ruined your card collecting experience with that error.

VandyDan · Feb 1, 2012

Oh it is quite in sarcasm. But I do miss the days when a) this would be the sort of error that Topps would correct in subsequent pressings (like Cal's brother) and b) Back's of cards carried interesting and well-thought out content.

It hardly ruins my hobby experience. But it is kinda irksome, I think.

PujolsCollector · Feb 1, 2012

THANKS TOPPS!

ChasHawk · Feb 1, 2012

holy crap that meme is getting old

cmnkb8 · Feb 1, 2012

ChasHawk said:
holy crap that meme is getting old

Someone needs to make t-shirts with the expression and sell them here.

hive17 · Feb 1, 2012

ThoseBackPages said:
came = game

That's how Sam felt after the Cardinals won the Series last year! HI-OOOOOO!

........eh

rsmath · Feb 1, 2012

Old Kentucky Shark said:
So we're jumping on Topps for a one word grammar mistake now.

ok. Maybe someone in the MLB licensing office also flunked out of high school! :lol:

metallicalex777 · Feb 2, 2012

That would be the old school UER that Beckett sometimes shows (uncorrected error)...if there is a corrected one that may make value somewhere on either of the two.

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