Before the 2019 cards came out, when we were feverish with anticipation, Ben of Cardboard Icons made a discovery when looking at a mock-up of Clayton Kershaw's Topps flagship card. Glance pant-ward and you will see what appears to be a zipper down. At some point during the game, Clayton did not examine his zipper. Nobody caught the snafu on the mockup. So this ended up appearing on Kershaw's actual card, which you see above. So there's Kershaw on his baseball card for 2019, caught with his zipper down. I recently acquired this card from Max of Starting Nine in the most recent envelope he sent me. I was half hoping that it didn't look as glaring as it did on scans I've seen, but, yup, it sure looks like pants need zipping. Now, it's really not that big of deal. What's the crime if your pants aren't zipped? People are wearing underclothes, I hope. This just seems like an excuse for third-graders to get nasty. But at the same time -- zounds, ...
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