Foil is here along with our first graded card in the Sonny Gray 1989 Topps Inception Rainbow. I really like the addition of this parallel to the Mega Boxes, they look pretty sweet!

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Sonny Gray 1989 Topps Inception Rainbow continues and now it is time for some Chrome! Lots of cards in this run with 8 total cards needed. The /5 is out there, currently listed for $39.99, which is more than all 6 of these ones combined. Maybe one day the 1/1 will be out there for me to add to the rainbow!

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Introducing the Sonny Gray 1989 Topps Inception Rainbow! I have been working on this rainbow of all the Sonny Gray cards in the 1989 Topps design since 2024 Topps Series 1 was released. Having looked though the list of 22 players that were featured in all six of the Series 1 1989 Topps inserts, Sonny Gray stood out as the one that was probably the most affordable to collect (seeing that Mike Trout, Aarron Judge, Ronald Acuna Jr. and Shohei Ohtani also are in all 6 insert sets).

I have been picking up cards here and there over the last couple of years. I have counted 77 Sonny Gray cards in the 1989 Topps design which breaks down as follows:

• 51 collected

• 26 needed (15 of which are 1/1s)

I call this an inception rainbow, since it covers one player over multiple parallels, types and years, all centered around the 1989 Topps design. The rainbow includes numbered cards, three different teams, Foil, Chrome, Relic and Autograph cards.

Join me as I share each insert set one at a time until the grand review of the entire Inception Rainbow!

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Mike Trout 2024 Topps 1989 Relic Run. I just picked up the Series 1 relic to complete the run. I am glad he is having a bit of a resurgence season! #1989topps #miketrout #2024topps #relic #topps

Carlton Fisk was an intimidating fellow. I think I would have thought twice about trying to score from second on a single if I had to barrel into him at home plate. I picked up the O-Pee-Chee up for $10 at The National from a box filled with graded Fisk cards at the same price. The guy saw that I had a PSA 9, thinking I was a Fisk collector, said “there are some 10’s in there if you want to get one.” I replied “oh no, I specifically was looking for 89 Topps.”

@1988toppspodcast did an excellent episode on him about a month ago. I think one of the words used to describe him was surly. Worth a listen for sure!