I've had my eye on this card for a while and finally grabbed one from an eBay seller who was offering it at a much lower price than the other sellers.
I was assigned to cover a Minnesota Twins game back in 2019, it was the first MLB game I had ever covered and I didn't know until I got to the ballpark and talked to the media relations folks that Nelson Cruz was on the cusp of 400 career home runs. One of the decisions I had to make was how I wanted to shoot Cruz's at bats. I made the decision to shoot his at bats with a wide angle lens to try to capture the moment in context. As he rounded the bases I switched to a longer lens to grab some tighter celebration shots which resulted in the photo that was used on his Topps NOW card.
